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re: The other Into the Woods (VERY, VERY long)

Posted by:	NeoAdamite 11:53 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to:	The other Into the Woods (VERY, VERY long) - AlanScott 06:27 pm EST 01/19/15

Thanks for going into depth. I had noticed some of the cuts/restorations, but without doing more research than I have time for right now I didn't know the history (or novelty) of the various changes. For me, "Our Little World" added something useful without slowing things down too much. I really liked the extended section of "He's a Very Nice Prince," because it made "Agony" land better. And "No More" landed more strongly for me than it did for you. I understand what you meant by "college production": the cast is all young, and their sense of discovery and playfulness (that is, playing with a show they treat as established canon) is an integral part of the experience. But it's an ambiguous phrase that some will read as more negative than you meant. I've been recommending it, but I agree that a conventional production (even a middling one) is a better first experience of the show.

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re: The other Into the Woods (VERY, VERY long)

Posted by:	AlanScott 06:35 pm EST 01/20/15
In reply to:	re: The other Into the Woods (VERY, VERY long) - NeoAdamite 11:53 pm EST 01/19/15

Well, I suppose that I did mean college production in a somewhat ambiguous way. I didn't mean it in a wholly negative way, but I did feel that it not only had the adventurous feeling that you might get in a college production and the feeling of making the most of limited resources, both of those good things, but it suffered in places from choosing its cast from a limited talent pool. In a college production, you forgive that if there are also wonderful things going on. I can't pretend that I don't wish one or two roles had been cast differently.

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