"Rose's Turn" lyric change for Angela- Page 2

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 3:32pm

The show really cannot support another moment without Rose being center stage. It's almost that simple to me. In act one Rose gets a break during "If Mama Were Married..." and "All I Need..." and another number, no matter who sings it, would seriously interfere with the focus of the show and its through-line.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 3:34pm

This is really one of those instances where I would argue "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 3:47pm

Patti also sings "Who Needs Him?"--the solo Styne and Sondheim wrote for Rose in the second act, after Herbie walks out, which was replaced by the reprise of "Small World."

It's a beautiful song, but who needs it?

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 3:53pm

"Who Needs Him?" is a great song, but once again, what's the point? I love "Smile, Girls." It's hysterical, but it's not needed. It's just one of those few shows, where I really feel like everything's already in place. It's sort of like when you watch a special 3 hour director's cut of a previously 2 hour long movie. Sure, some of the new scenes are well written, acted, and shot, but most of the time, I usually go back to the theatrical cut if I feel the need to watch the movie, but I might pull the director's cut out every now and then to watch certain scenes.

Gypsy really had an abundance of great material, didn't it? I usually feel like most songs are cut because they suck, but in this case, every song that was cut was actually quite good.

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/1/12 at 3:57pm

The sheet music manuscript for Who Needs Him is actually written as Whi Needs Her, and has a much more ambivalent and less dramatic ending. I have heard it posited repeatedly that it is another cut Herbie song rewritten to be a cut Rose song.