re: On The Twentieth Century 1978 vs 2015 - Thoughts?
Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:13 pm EDT 11/02/24
Posted by: WaymanWong 12:03 pm EDT 11/02/24
In reply to: re: On The Twentieth Century 1978 vs 2015 - Thoughts? - PlayWiz 02:07 am EDT 11/02/24

Thanks for the correction about Kahn being nominated. I think I knew that, but had a momentary lapse. Since then, Kaye's become a 2-time Tony winner.

I'm reminded, too, that the Tonys allowed Larry Kert to be Tony nominated in 1971, even though he took over for Dean Jones as Bobby in ''Company.''

I guess they decided NOT to give Kaye the same dispensation, although maybe it involved how long Kahn did ''On the Twentieth Century'' before leaving.

As for Comden's estate, by coincidence, I also posted yesterday about how the current national tour of ''Peter Pan'' has a new song called ''Friends Forever'' (to replace ''Ugg-a-Wugg''). Amanda Green took ''Comes Once In a Lifetime'' from ''Subways Are For Sleeping'' and wrote new lyrics. Below is a video that includes Amanda talking about reworking this tune by her father, Comden and Jule Styne. And Nolan Almeida and Raye Zaragoza sing a snippet of it.

For the record, I've enjoyed Amanda's comic cabaret tunes (like ''Every Time a Friend Succeeds'') and love her lyrics and Tom Kitt's music to ''High Fidelity.''
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