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re: "Rainbows" dropped from WOODS films

Posted by:	JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:05 pm EDT 08/14/14
In reply to:	re: "Rainbows" dropped from WOODS films - TheOtherOne 12:24 pm EDT 08/14/14

Also, consider that ITW has never played an engagement in New York or London without significant textual changes. It never played with the same text twice. Major changes were made for the first London production, the first New York revival, the Regents Park production, and the Central Park production. This show in particular seems to be continually evolving and I don't see why that wouldn't continue with a film. That said, to my mind, none of the textual changes since the original Broadway production have either been necessary or been improvements. The one that causes the least issue is the addition of "Our Little World" to the first act. It's unneccessary and makes an already top heavy first act even more so, but it doesn't really do any harm to the piece to include it.

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we have different definitions of "significant"

Posted by:	Chazwaza 06:37 pm EDT 08/14/14
In reply to:	re: "Rainbows" dropped from WOODS films - JereNYC 02:05 pm EDT 08/14/14

The Broadway revival was almost entirely the same. The changes made to some lyrics, a few lines, and the minor tinkering with some song sections or the useless addition of some fairytales characters did not change anything significantly (though almost, or perhaps all of them detracted from the show). And as far as I'm aware London was almost the exact same but was drastically different in the design and direction. Far as I can see, the show has remained largely the same show that opened on Broadway originally.

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