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re: Vanessa Hudgens to Star in New Broadway Production of GIGI

Posted by:	WaymanWong 10:09 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to:	Vanessa Hudgens to Star in New Broadway Production of GIGI - Official_Press_Release 04:53 pm EDT 09/10/14

1. I'm happy to hear that they're restoring ''The Parisians.'' But will it take the place of ''The Earth and Other Minor Things''? And I'm glad that ''Say a Prayer for Me Tonight'' is coming back; it's better than ''In This Wide, Wide World'' (which should be cut, but apparently they're keeping it, too). 2. I've never seen ''Gigi'' onstage. What is ''I Never Want to Go Home Again''? And why wasn't it on the cast album? 3. Anyone heard who else is cast? A summer reading included Victoria Clark, Corey Cott and Howard McGillin.

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re: Vanessa Hudgens to Star in New Broadway Production of GIGI

Posted by:	AlanScott 10:38 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to:	re: Vanessa Hudgens to Star in New Broadway Production of GIGI - WaymanWong 10:09 pm EDT 09/10/14

I quite like "In This Wide, Wide World," which occurs later in the show than "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight," so there's no reason they can't both be in the show. I also like "The Earth and Other Minor Things" fairly well, though the lyric is pretty anonymous and could be sung by anyone. With three ballads Gigi might begin to seem a rather droopy girl rather than a spirited one. So it's good that they're also including "The Parisians." The added number I can really do without "Paris Is Paris Again." "Thrillingly, killingly," "Spicily, vicely," oy. Alfred Drake really deserved something better. "I Never Want to Go Home Again" is a number sung at the beach by Gigi and the chorus. The melody can be heard in the overture. The surmise I've heard is that it was left off the cast recording because it was the only number for which the chorus was required. Not recording it considerably cut down the costs of making the recording. I guess by that point RCA realized they were going to lose most or all the money they had invested in the venture. Overall, this project makes me feel, "Oh, God, why?"

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