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re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film

Posted by: Chromolume 11:31 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to: re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film - Chazwaza 10:09 pm EDT 08/15/14

Those are all fair points. I think only one applies to Into the Woods, which has a song clearly written to end Act 1.

Indeed. In fact, if you consider the process in reverse - if the property had been a film first, there most likely would have been no "Ever After" - the structure of the film wouldn't have wanted or needed it. But a stage adaptation of that film would have wanted a more definite ending to Act I - and perhaps a song like "Ever After" would have been written to accomplish that.


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re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film

Posted by: Chazwaza 11:55 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to: re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film - Chromolume 11:31 pm EDT 08/15/14

Though I am curious how they've done without "Ever After" which so perfectly sets up the seemingly ended "I wish" stories, before the "to be continued" that leads into things not ending with "happily ever after" at all. It's such an integral part of the concept of the show... in fact, I imagine one could have found a way to film it and make it work. But I'm curious to see what they do instead.


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re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film

Posted by: Chromolume 12:37 am EDT 08/16/14
In reply to: re: All those songs cut from INTO THE WOODS film - Chazwaza 11:55 pm EDT 08/15/14

I don;t know how they're doing it, but in my head, the fact that a bit of "So Happy" precedes "Ever After" in the show says to me that one could just segue to a modified version of "So Happy" - which really serves the same purpose as "Ever After" in terms of plot.

Things that are covered in "Ever After" not in "So Happy" - for instance, the new beanstalk, the Witch lamenting her loss of power, etc, could all be worked into a modified "So Happy," or could be shown visually without having to be voiced in the song.


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