#imagine a world where both nytw and bway hadestown were both extant and valid production concepts that get performed

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i heard livin it up on top (bway version of course) play on the radio tonight on my drive home. and while i am not going to turn this into yet another Opinion Piece about Which Version of the show is Best(tm) it did make me think about how often operas will be performed in different versions. the age old battle of prague vs vienna don giovanni (nevermind the fact that the current most common/popular production combined elements of both libretti) and italian vs french, four act vs five act don carlo(s), or magic flute productions which can look and act completely different from one another based on what recits are kept or cut or translated loosely or rewritten entirely. for several reasons of course i don't see musicals doing the same type of thing Any time soon but it would be interesting indeed if they did

#sasha speaks #imagine a world where both nytw and bway hadestown were both extant and valid production concepts that get performed #without one overtaking the other as Definitive or Final. imagine how many other shows would look different #if their earlier drafts were made public and allowed to be put to stage again and played with... #also my opinions on the aforementioned operas. if you must know: #do whatever you want forever with magic flute; i don't care about don carlo enough to want to Fix It in any way; #and don g is best with both dalla and tesoro while mi tradi and the finale sextet are indispensable. And per queste sucks thank you amen