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| "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| That's how the Volksoper has described their production, starting next week. Any thoughts on whether any songs could be on a collision course or on any you would really be surprised to hear? | |
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| Reminding me of our discussions of the Merman numbers for "Dolly." | |
| Posted by: Delvino 11:09 am EDT 09/05/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| I love "World Take Me Back," Herman's great Dolly song for Merman, but it's hard for me to fathom how it fits in with "Before the Parade Passes By." They are two entreaties -- invocations -- to find fresh reasons to get up every morning; when they were in the same act it had to seem as if Dolly was a woman subjected to recurring epiphanies. | |
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| Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 12:37 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| When the Roundabout revived THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD a few years back, I wished that they'd done a performance or two that included all the possible combinations of resolutions, instead of having the audience vote. There are a lot of those variations that I've never seen performed and some of the choices seem to be tried and true ones that audiences pick a lot of the time. The way I'd envisioned it would be that they would, for example, reveal one character as the murderer and, when that section ends, reset to the cue and reveal another character as the murderer. It could be that with all the combinations of lovers and killers and detectives that doing this would take entirely too long and the audience wouldn't be interested, but, as a fan of the material, I would have reveled in the chance to see some of these variations. | |
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| re: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? | |
| Posted by: tenor1350 01:15 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? - JereNYC 12:37 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
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| Years ago, I did a production where, after the last performance we invited the audience to stay, and we did every killer. The audience reaction was really terrific. We didn't do all the lovers, because that would have taken forever. And other than a couple of lines leading up to the song, they're all pretty much the same. The confessions are all pretty unique. |
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| re: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? | |
| Posted by: DavidEsq 10:53 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? - tenor1350 01:15 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
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| We did something similar when we did it at my college (in 1990!) but we didn't give the audience at the last performance a choice! After every confession Durdles came out an improvised another segue to the next murderer! When you're only doing 4-5 performances, it's a fun way to end. | |
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| re: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:13 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Has anyone ever done a DROOD with all the songs written? - tenor1350 01:15 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
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| That is fresking wonderful, and I wish I could have seen it. But don't you find the incestous lovers at least a bit different from the others? 😄 Laura |
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| “If You Could See Her” vs. “Meeskite” | |
| Posted by: flipthepenny 02:52 am EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Off the top of my head, I recall a tune called “Meeskite” (meaning “Ugly,” I think?) being written as a replacement for “If You Could See Her,” and similarly meant to be sung with the performer in the gorilla suit. That certainly seems a “collision course” the likes of which you speak. | |
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| Both songs were in the original production | |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 12:25 pm EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: “If You Could See Her” vs. “Meeskite” - flipthepenny 02:52 am EDT 09/04/19 | |
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| It wasn’t a replacement. Nevermind. Alan beat me to it. |
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| re: “If You Could See Her” vs. “Meeskite” | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:50 am EDT 09/04/19 | |
| In reply to: “If You Could See Her” vs. “Meeskite” - flipthepenny 02:52 am EDT 09/04/19 | |
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| Not at all. Both songs were in the original version, which is still licensed for production. Both songs are heard on the original Broadway cast recording, the original London cast recording, and the 1986 London revival cast recording. "Meeskite" is sung near the end of Act One but Herr Schultz. "If You Could See Her" is sung in Act Two by the Master of Ceremonies. Perhaps you're remembering that when the show was in previews in 1966, the decision was made to replace the word Jewish in "If You Could See Her" with the word meeskite. |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - the costumes look terrific - interesting take! | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 11:39 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:21 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| I honestly have to say that I don't care much for this. | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: dlevy 05:26 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - Chromolume 05:21 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Don't go. | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 06:30 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - dlevy 05:26 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| What would you do, mein Herr? | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:21 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - Chromolume 06:30 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| I'd get roommates and then I'd be the life of the party. | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:44 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - AlanScott 08:21 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Oops. I should have written that I'd get roommates and then it would be the end of the party. | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:48 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - AlanScott 09:44 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| ...but instead we both segued into The Happy Time. ;-) | |
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| re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:23 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - AlanScott 08:21 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Boom boom boom boom. ;-) | |
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| I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 04:24 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: "Cabaret" in Vienna - including "all songs ever written for the show or movie" - tmwctd 04:00 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Seth, dein Deutscher | |
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| re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:23 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 04:24 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Yes, they probably don't really mean every song ever written for the show. And they probably will include "I Don't Care Much," which wasn't written for the show. :) |
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| re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:33 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) - AlanScott 08:23 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| And they probably will include "I Don't Care Much," which wasn't written for the show. :) It wasn't, but the tune was in the Entr'acte. |
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| re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:08 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) - Chromolume 08:33 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| Yes, that is very odd, but I wonder if somehow it ended up in the published score and the licensed materials, but was not performed on Broadway or in London since it's not on the recordings. Of course, it could have been cut for the recordings, but it does raise the question. | |
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| re: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:22 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: I'd be awfully surprised to hear "Herman, My German." (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 04:24 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
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| It'll All Blow Over. :) | |
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