Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Drowsy Chaperone Question,
#1Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:09am
What is the song in the show,"The best Man for the Job". I cannot find any info on it.
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Updated On: 12/6/10 at 01:09 AM
#2Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:15amGeorge's song? The best man George? On my recording it's called "George's Triumph." I don't think that song was included in the show, at least on Broadway, in London, or on tour.
#2Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:26amI just did the show (pit musician) and I don't recall any song with that title.
#3Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:35pmbump
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#4Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/6/10 at 10:55pmYou probably can't find anything on that because it's nonexistent. I just did the show as well, and I can tell you that there is no such song.
#5Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/7/10 at 12:36am
There was no such song in the Broadway production or on the tour, or included on the cast recording. But for some reason, it keeps popping up on independently-run theatre sites listing the numbers of the show (it apparently comes before Show Off) and is apparently sung by George. It's even listed on the Amazon.com page for the cast recording- even though it's not on any version of the cast recording.
According to a CurtainUp review, it was in the production when it played LA. It was most likely cut since then.
...You clearly did not do a very good search. A simple google search of: drowsy chaperone "best man for the job" : yielded all this information.
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#6Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/7/10 at 4:49amI saw the show in LA just after it opened - Sutton Foster had a cast on her wrist from a rehearsal accident and did her cartwheels one handed! - and I do sort of recall Eddie Korbich doing a number early in Act One. I don't have a program handy but anyone who has one from that engagement could tell us.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/7/10 at 5:04amBut what is there to tell? It's a song that did not stay with the show.
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#8Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/7/10 at 9:17am
I think i know what song you're talking about.
Wether it's called "Best man for the job" or not, i don't know, but it comes straight after "Cold Feet" when Man In Chairs telphone starts to ring.
George starts singing - "Wedding bells will ring. Wedding bells will chime. *ring ring* Wedding bells...*ring ring*...will celebrate..."
and then Man in Chair stops the record, and does some dialouge, and proceeds with the record.
George - "...a happy wedding time!"
...well something like that anyway haha.
I'd call this a reprise if anything, without the dialouge it lasts less than 30 seconds, using the theme from the opening number. Hope this helped, and wasn't too confusing haha.
#9Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/7/10 at 8:01pmWorked on the pre-Broadway version... the early weeks of the Los Angeles run had a song for George called that. It was cut late in previews.
#10Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/11/10 at 6:35pmThank you, so that little reprise with the phone bit appeared in the final production?
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
#11Drowsy Chaperone Question,
Posted: 12/11/10 at 7:05pmYes, it did. But it's only a little reprise of the wedding bells section of "Fancy Dress".
