| The one she sings to her son about the brand new world. Catchy, upbeat, optimistic. But you're right: she was a character with a sort of drifting, not terribly compelling drive. In a sense, the inciting incident -- the decision to flee to America -- unseen, leaves her riding a crest of hope at the start of the show, but then nothing to do about it. She meanders through act one. It was a serious problem, Rebecca's inability to take action on her own behalf. We lose patience, and all three of her act one solos felt disconnected to events in the book. She just announced feelings in song. |
