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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by: NightMusic77 02:07 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 11:50 am EDT 10/30/15

I seem to remember reading somewhere that when the show was originally being written, they had to be very careful to not paint Nick Arnstein in a bad light because of Frances Arnstein's involvement with the show.

It would be interesting to see the book rewritten without having to meet that condition this time around.


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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by: enoch10 11:47 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - NightMusic77 02:07 pm EDT 10/30/15

>> It would be interesting to see the book rewritten without having to meet that condition this time around.

next to the criticism of the transfer of the production no one's seen yet this is my favorite part of this thread. you want a FUNNY GIRL with a more unsympathetic nick because what ... that would make it such a better love story?


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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by: simbo 06:08 am EST 11/02/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - enoch10 11:47 pm EDT 10/30/15

I don't need it to be a better love story. I want it to be a better story, fullstop. As the Lennart script stands, act two kinda wiggles around looking for a story and not really finding one (this could be one of those functions of casting Sydney Chaplin, who tended to be the leading man you'd get when all the good ones didn't want to be dominated by the leading lady - I've never thought much of him in any of the roles he initiated - a Nick that had a song and a point of view beyond "dejected puppy" for act two would give the act a point that it currently lacks for everythign that isn't the 3 minutes 52 seconds of "Music that Makes Me Dance".


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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:58 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - enoch10 11:47 pm EDT 10/30/15

"...the criticism of the transfer of the production no one's seen yet..."

This objection is so tiresome. I was commenting on Harvey Fierstein's quotes about how he is rewriting the show, and about the fact that people involved with Menier Chocolate Factory productions always go on about how whatever show they are doing is going to be improved by a cheap, bare-bone presentation with a tiny orchestra. Some judgments about a production can be made based on known facts and upon statements made in advance by the creative team, as was certainly the case with PORGY AND BESS.


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re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:40 pm EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - NightMusic77 02:07 pm EDT 10/30/15

Even more importantly, Nick Arnstein was still alive when FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway, and lived for more than a year thereafter!

P.S.: To correct a typo in my previous post, I hope it was understood that what I meant was: "I think many people agree that there are problems with FUNNY GIRL, but NOT necessarily the problems Fierstein noted."


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