| re: CAROUSEL question | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:07 pm EST 12/28/24 | |
| In reply to: re: CAROUSEL question - peter3053 09:44 pm EST 12/28/24 | |
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| It's funny - I can think of one decision made in the opposite direction equally as bad. Act I of the Baker's Wife originally ended with the blockbuster that is "Meadowlark" - not only a huge curtain closer for the leading lady, but also a perfect place to pause the action. I still think it's the right and obvious place for the intermission. Then Schwartz changed things, so that the act ends the following morning, with the song "Any Day Now Day," where the Baker tries desperately to avoid the truth that his young wife has left him. We're left with the conflict that the villagers are now without their amazing bread, as the Baker is too depressed/drunk to bake. It's a big production number, so it works as an ending on that level, sure - but "Meadowlark" and Genevieve making that decision to leave is SO much stronger for an act ending. At least IMO. (I assume this is still the way things were for the recent London revival?) |
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