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| I’m doing the math. | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 04:26 pm EST 11/17/22 | |
| In reply to: The unsung hero of Les Miz: Herbert Kretzmer - TheBroadwayMaven 03:44 pm EST 11/17/22 | |
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| “ One way to measure the heft of his contributions: the original French version of the show was only two hours long. When he was through with it, it lasted three. You do the math.” … and it doesn’t add up. He may not have been a fan of the word “translation”, but how in the world does a translator add an HOUR to a show? (And if he DID in fact somehow turn a 2-hour musical into a 3-hour-and-15-minute musical merely through the filter of his own contributions… I’d suggest that isn’t exactly as ringing an endorsement of his talents as an adaptor as you seem to think.) I’m not disputing his role in the show’s success, and I quite like a lot of his lyrics – I just think this summary actually works against the very point you’re trying to prove. |
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| Last Edit: royscho 12:28 am EST 11/18/22 | |
| Posted by: royscho 12:26 am EST 11/18/22 | |
| In reply to: I’m doing the math. - ShowGoer 04:26 pm EST 11/17/22 | |
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| Actually, when the show opened at the Barbican, it was 3 hours and 45 minutes, slowly settled into 3 hours and 12 minutes after ~2 years of tweaking prior to the Broadway opening, and about 12 years later was cut to 2 hours and 58 minutes (or so,) when they wanted to stop paying overtime for the Broadway production (which quickly became the standard for all productions around the world.) | |
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| Posted by: JAllenC3 04:30 pm EST 11/17/22 | |
| In reply to: I’m doing the math. - ShowGoer 04:26 pm EST 11/17/22 | |
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| Also, much of the new hour was a result of Nunn & Caird working with the original librettist James Fenton. None of his lyrics survive in the show, but he was heavily involved in the restructuring of the show from the French version. | |
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