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| A question about Act II | |
| Posted by: dbg 04:35 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
| In reply to: Merrily We Roll Along November 23 NYTW - toros 12:00 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
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| When I saw Merrily at the Menier, Act II opened with a big and very enjoyable production number from Musical Husbands. It was set on a ship and reminded me of something from Anything Goes and seemed to include the entire cast. I later saw the video of the show as it was when it moved to the Harold Pinter theatre. The production number from Musical Husbands was gone and replaced by a rather dark scene with, as I recall, three dancers/singers in it. What opens Act II in the current version? A production I saw in Beverly Hills in 2016 starring Aaron Lazar and Wayne Brady and directed by Michael Arden was outstanding but opened Act II with nothing much related to Musical Husbands. |
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| re: A question about Act II (spoilers) | |
| Posted by: toros 05:53 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
| In reply to: A question about Act II - dbg 04:35 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
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| Act II opens with Gussie's big, brash version of "Good Thing Going" from "Musical Husbands." Cleverly, it starts with her coming down the stairs from Frank's bedroom ) and the lyrics to the verse suggest she's talking about Frank) before it turns into the spashy number, which is very well performed. This was how it was done at the Huntington a few years back | |
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| re: A question about Act II (spoilers) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 06:05 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A question about Act II (spoilers) - toros 05:53 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
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| But yes, there have been a few different versions of that number - Encores used a longer ending, for instance, instead of the crossfade after "it's not that nothing went wrong" as it is in the score. I seem to think that they went by the score version in Boston, but I could be misremembering. | |
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| re: A question about Act II | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:39 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
| In reply to: A question about Act II - dbg 04:35 pm EST 11/25/22 | |
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| I think cutting that number for the West End was a smart move. The song and dance made a rather poor case for Musical Hisbands being anything other than a thoroughly generic B musical. | |
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