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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 08:13 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - Chazwaza 03:20 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| Well, maybe it’s partly a criticism. It reminds me of Dot’s abrupt pregnancy in “Sunday in the Park...,” another Lapine show. It’s a Lapine aesthetic, and it’s fine. But I thought I remembered that one of the sages on this board knew something or other about the story-development on “Into the Woods” and that there might have been something else that got cut. | |
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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:10 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - lordofspeech 08:13 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| A lot got cut and changed from the first performances at the Old Globe through to opening night on Broadway. I may have written about some of those changes here in the past, but if I did, I don't have the post handy and I don't have the time or patience to try to write a new post on it now. Sorry! But a lot did change, and some valuable and/or fun stuff was gone. | |
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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: superior_exterior 02:16 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - AlanScott 02:10 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| I wouldn't mind someone figuring out a way to put the full Second Midnight back into a production. I know the first act is already fairly full...but I think the show is well-loved enough at this point that people would accept adding another few minutes back in. | |
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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:24 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - superior_exterior 02:16 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| Oh, I love "Second Midnight." One of the many oddities of Sondheim's two books is the version of "Second Midnight" that's in there, which is missing stuff. | |
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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: dooey 08:32 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - lordofspeech 08:13 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| The day we first meet Dot, she's already pregnant; she just doesn't know it yet. It's hinted at early on: DOT: "Nothing seems to fit me right." and GEORGES: "...Dot getting fat, fat, fat. Waiting to go out, out out." |
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