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re: the real? reason Dorothy Rodgers nixed the original lyrics to'We're Gonna Be Alright"
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:18 pm EDT 08/17/22
In reply to: re: the real? reason Dorothy Rodgers nixed the original lyrics to'We're Gonna Be Alright" - young-walsingham 02:01 pm EDT 08/17/22

The story that I heard was that Richard Rodgers, on first hearing, thought the original lyrics were funny or perhaps wickedly funny. However, Dorothy apparently convinced him to have Sondheim rewrite them. Something like that.
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