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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:11 am EST 12/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - Jack1009 08:50 am EST 12/17/22 | |
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| Forgive me if this is well-established: does this revival use the 1994 (York and beyond) iteration of the score? Even with other textual adjustments? I'm curious to read in this thread that the role of Charley seems smaller. He has slightly less music in act one, post B'way, which may or may not impact that impression. | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:15 pm EST 12/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - Delvino 09:11 am EST 12/17/22 | |
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| Without going to the trouble of counting lines, but going to the trouble of looking at the revised script to refresh my memory, I would say that Charley's role is bigger, not smaller, in the revision. | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: Delvino 11:31 am EST 12/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - AlanScott 07:15 pm EST 12/17/22 | |
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| He has two of the tentpole numbers, "Franklin Shepard Inc" and "Good Thing Going," as a 2nd act solo since the 1994 (if I got that wrong, someone will correct me). I can't imagine ever considering the role less-than. But though I saw a preview of the original (circa 10/15/81, two days before the new Franklin went in, I believe), I tend to speak of it in terms of the recorded score, on which Charley is prominent. | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 12:43 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:42 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - Delvino 11:31 am EST 12/18/22 | |
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| Musically, the balance of solo material (from 1994 on) has changed a little from the original - Frank gets "Growing Up" and Gussie gets 2 reprises of it, plus the diegetic reprise of "Good Thing Going." Beth is added to the wedding version of "Not A Day Goes By." And Charley loses the long held "best thing that ever could have------------------- happened" in "Now You Know." So perhaps it feels as if Charley is used less, comparatively, though musically at least, it's pretty much the same role. | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:24 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - Chromolume 12:42 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
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| I think it is important to mention that Frank loses "Rich and Happy," in which he has a full-song's worth of solo. It's a company number, but Frank's solo is the length of a song. He has only a fraction of that in "That Frank." | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:23 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:22 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - AlanScott 06:24 pm EST 12/18/22 | |
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| Yes. Good point. (And of course Charley was not in that number at all.) | |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 10:32 am EST 12/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - Delvino 09:11 am EST 12/17/22 | |
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| It definitely uses the 1994 iteration of the score, yes. As for the role of Charley being smaller, it's hard to say without having seen the original version. On the OBCR, however, it seems as though we are given much more information about Frank's life outside of Mary and Charley than we are ever given about theirs without him. |
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| re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:03 pm EST 12/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Case Of The Curious MERRILY - TheOtherOne 10:32 am EST 12/17/22 | |
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| It definitely uses the 1994 iteration of the score, yes. But with 9 players in the band instead of the 12 originally orchestrated for that version. (Including the synth, which for me, takes away a lot of musical character from "Franklin Shepard, Inc" in particular.) |
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