| re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:21 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG -- Can the Original 1981 Version Ever Be Shown Again? - comedywest 07:05 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| "When they did the reunion concert in 2002, Ann Morrison said they wanted to used the original book, but Furth wouldn't allow that (which pissed more than a few people off)." Since you have said what I was reluctant to say in my post below, I will add that Furth did not attend the concert. What I have heard, and perhaps you have heard the same, is that this was because of the elements of the original that he did not want to be done. He was persuaded to allow those things, but he was not happy. As you (and Ann Morrison) say, they wanted to do the original book, or at least a lot more of it, and he would not allow that. He would allow only a minimal amount of the original dialogue to be included. Sondheim attended, of course. Prince was reluctant to attend, because he felt he had failed the cast in 1981, but he was persuaded to attend and was very glad he did. |
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