cut songs from musicals
cut songs from musicals
#0cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:01amsome of the greatest songs ever written get cut for one reason or another. Anyone have any favorites?
Idina: Somehow I got myself to the stage, came out at the end of the show, and I had some kind of closure.
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#1re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:12amCome Down From The Tree...ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
#2re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:15amI know these werent cut completely since they showed up in one version, but does anyone know about the songs from RENT that were in the NYTW version but not the off broadway version and so on? I read that there were quite a few and if anyone knows where I could find out more about them or hear them that would be great.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#3re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:22amCan That Boy Foxtrot?~Cut from Follies
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#6re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:25am
yeah, i've heard some songs from that version of rent, a friend of mine had them...i'm not sure how she got it though. i wish i could be of more help. but if you want to hear something funny, roger (who wasn't adam at the time) sang a song called "the right brain" and it's actually to the tune of "one song glory."
"the right brain, can't seem to find, the right brain" to the tune of: glory, one last refrain, glory
it was kind of weird.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Updated On: 2/10/05 at 12:25 AM
#7re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:28amhahaha. Too bad they didnt keep that one in there...:-P "Right brain..hmmmhmmmhmmhmm.." OK I'm done. Anyways, thanks for the info. If anyone has anymore keep it coming. I hear they cut quite alot from the NYTW version for its debut off broadway and on broadway.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
temms
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/04
#8re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:58am
The "Rent" cut songs:
I saw "Rent" downtown before it transferred - the only song that wasn't in the Broadway version was a short song called "Door/Wall" that went where "Will I?" goes now - "Will I" came later in the act, after "I'll Cover You" and before "Christmas Bells." It wasn't really a song, it was about a minute long and went something like:
"The dooooooooooor
The wallllllllll
Mimiiiiiiiiiiii"
etc. I didn't quite get the point.
Someone gave me a copy of the original demo a long while back (and long since gone missing), and there was indeed quite a bit of stuff that was cut, but only one song, "Open Road", sung by Roger when he's on his road trip late in the second act, that was really any good. Gilles Chiasson recorded that one on his solo album, I believe.
"Right Brain" was indeed "Glory" with terrible lyrics about accessing the creative side of the brain. There was a recurring song that kept repeating the line "For someone cool, you're a fool", and another recurring duet for Joanne and Maureen called "Female to Female" that used an RCA-adapter as a metaphor. There was even a hoedown number for Benny, Mark, and Benny's wife Alison (who only sang in that number) about Mark becoming a real estate agent (I'm not kidding, really.)
A lot of the lyrics were different - "Rent" began with something like:
"If I threw my body out the window
Guts all steaming, bleeding, [something] in the snow
I wouldn't have to keep on making films that no one wants to show
Rent!"
[paraphrased, obviously]
"Light My Candle" was there as is, as was "Seasons of Love" and "Without You" (with Mimi singing it as a solo, I think) but a LOT of work went into the show between the workshop and the final version.
#9re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:01am"Boom, Crunch" from Into the Woods
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#11re: cut songs from musicals
Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:18am
Marry Me a Little, Multitudes of Amys, and Happily Ever After from Company!
Crystal, Ronnette and Chiffon from Little Shop!
Big Fat Heart and Pick Up The Pieces from Seesaw!
When Daniel Marries- Once On This Island
You Don't Have to Kiss Me Goodnight- The Music Man
Father of Fathers- Baby
She's Gone- Side Show
I Could Be In Love With Someone- Last 5 Years
Take It In Your Stride- Annie Get Your Gun
Dear Sweet Sewing Machine- Fiddler on the Roof
Can That Boy Foxtrot- Follies
Travelin' Light- Guys and Dolls
Mama's Talkin' Soft- Gypsy
Noah- Jamaica
Everything I Want is In Manhattan- The Life
I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of...
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
uvegotcooties
Swing Joined: 2/7/05
#12Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:54am
Bang! - A Little Night Music (its in Putting it Together)
Yuck - Grease
Natalie - Brooklyn
Tell A Little Lie - Smile
Mamma's Talking Soft - Gypsy
Plain Jane Fat Ass - Bare
Boom, Crunch - Into The Woods
Belle, The Sleeping Car - Starlight Express
No Girls Toy - Raggedy Ann (random, I know)
"Tracy Turnblad's a tramp and she's retarded. That's right, she's fast AND slow at the same time."
#14Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 6:58am"Boho Days" ~ tick...tick...boom
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#16Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 7:42amThe Lost in Boston CD series is great for some cut songs. I believe there are 3 or 4 of them! Another good one is Unsung Musicals, All feature various Broadway performers.
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:33am
"Love Is Only Love" cut from "Mame." Ended up in the film version of "Hello Dolly."
Also another vote for "When the Rain Falls" from Pimpernel.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#18Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:43amI once heard a pirate tape of Lansbury singing LOVE IS ONLY LOVE in a "Mame" rehearsal. She sang it to Patrick and she sang it beautifully.
#19Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 9:26am
I love "For someone cool, you're a fool", cut from RENT. It was sung by Mark and Roger near the begining of the show about the burden of creating something new. Sometimes movie musicals try to add a new song by the composer, but since Jonathan is gone, they could consider incorporating this one. The lyric and tune were pretty catchy.
There was an awful song sung by Benny and Allison called "REAL ESTATE" which was out of tune with the rest of the show.
#20Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 10:03am
Marguerite - The Scarlet Pimpernel
The World Has Gone Insane - Jekyll and Hyde
Where Do I Go From Here - Fiorello
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
#21Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 10:17am
"It's What You Believe In" was cut from PETER PAN... they recorded it on "The Musical Adventures of Peter Pan" (the 1996 Studio Recording) and its great!
And who can forget "Tear It Up and Throw It Away (The Jury Duty Song" cut from "Avenue Q".... hilarious!!!
Updated On: 2/10/05 at 10:17 AM
Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
#23Fav Cut Songs
Posted: 2/10/05 at 11:05am
definetly... I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You. 5 Years
If you are talking about JRB'S 'Letting You Go'? It isn't cut from anything.
Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
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