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| re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? | |
| Posted by: den 08:25 pm EST 01/09/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? - BroadwayTonyJ 07:59 pm EST 01/09/22 | |
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| I think that may have been one of the reasons for the show's failure. The 'Amen' number from the film was not in the show, but I suspect that's what audiences came to hear, and there was nothing in the score, pleasant though it was, that compensated for its absence. | |
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| re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 05:22 pm EST 01/10/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? - den 08:25 pm EST 01/09/22 | |
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| I bet the stage adaptation of the film SISTER ACT had the same problem, although it seems to have had a life post-Broadway. The stage adaptation of PRETTY WOMAN finally included the Roy Orbison song as a post-curtain call sing-a-long because, apparently, audiences were disappointed that it wasn't included in the show's otherwise original score. I always wondered if the cast got a salary bump for performing added material after the opening night. Actually, there's probably been a lot of movie-to-stage adaptations that had to deal with the "Do we include the hit song?" question. Did the flop BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S musical include "Moon River?" |
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| re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? | |
| Posted by: larry13 01:05 am EST 01/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Anyone see 'Look to the Lilies,' the Broadway musical of 'Lilies of the Field'? - JereNYC 05:22 pm EST 01/10/22 | |
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| "Moon River" was NOT in the flop musical according to both the Internet Broadway Database and Wikipedia. Even thought neither source is infallible, I would have been greatly surprised to learn the song had been included in a 1966 Bob Merrill musical. | |
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