| re: The GIGI Score | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 03:46 pm EDT 04/11/23 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:41 pm EDT 04/11/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The GIGI Score - Erik_Haagensen 11:16 am EDT 04/11/23 | |
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| Erik: Alan says you pointed out that the 2015 ''Gigi'' revival features quite a number of rewritten lyrics that went uncredited. I guess I assumed that Heidi Thomas, who's credited with the ''adaptation,'' might've rewritten them. But if not her, who did it? And I wonder if that person didn't want the credit or if Lerner & Loewe's estates would've stipulated that no credit would be given. As for the 1974 Tonys, I looked them up on YouTube. Elliott Gould presented the category of Best Score. After reading the names of the nominees, he opened the envelope and announced: ''The winner is ... you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative ... 'Gigi,' Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner.'' As the orchestra plays ''I Could've Danced All Night'' (NOT from ''Gigi''), the camera pans the audience for Lerner and/or Loewe, but they are no-shows. Gould looks baffled and then walks offstage, without even saying the perfunctory, ''Apparently, they couldn't be here tonight, so I'll accept it in their honor.'' (Also puzzling: Why is Gould quoting a Johnny Mercer lyric before announcing Lerner & Loewe?) Is there any record as to Lerner & Loewe's thoughts about the stage version of ''Gigi''? Did he discuss it in his ''The Street Where I Live'' memoir? |
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| Link | EntertainmentWeekly.com: Heidi Thomas Talks Vanessa Hudgens and Reworking 'Gigi' (2014) |
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