GothicLover146
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Post by GothicLover146 on Sept 10, 2017 0:03:05 GMT
On my first trip to New York at the end of July, I ran into another woman who recognized the play I was going to see (my friends and I had been planning for months to go see Kinky Boots live on Broadway). She told me about a bookshop that was nearby that specialized in books about any and every play/musical ever written. Naturally, I rushed over there as fast as I possibly could and I was absolutely blown away; they had everything about every play/musical I had ever heard of going farther back than Shakespeare to the recently released Hamilton. There was books on and about plays, sheet music, merchandise, you name it, it was there.
Getting to the point, while combing over everything, I found The Sound of Music: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical. It also included pictures of the original Broadway cast, pictures from the movie, other significant productions, and even the Salzburg Marionette Theater's version. Of course, I was not leaving the store without that book, so I bought it, along with the complete book and lyrics of the play Sweeney Todd. Easiest $38 I have ever spent. I have always known that the Broadway play and the film were very different, but it didn't stop me from enjoying every second of it. It took me less than a day to read it, and I have reread it more times than I can count. The book adds so much more to the movie for me, enriches it for me if you will. I like to imagine that the scenes in the book that are not in the movie are just scenes that happen off screen. What I wouldn't give to have seen more of Frau Schmidt, a somehow even sassier Max, and I quote:
(Sister Berthe enters. She gives Maria a reproachful look. Maria stops singing and draws herself up spunkily)
Maria: I have been given permission to sing!
Sorry, I ranted once again. I was just so happy to have the book that I didn't know who else to vent my excitement to.
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Post by lemacd on Sept 10, 2017 5:24:50 GMT
that is so cool! what a treasure!
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Post by INeverExplainAnything on Sept 10, 2017 10:46:37 GMT
Oh wow that shops sounds AMAZING! That book sounds awesome, what a great find.
And don't ever apologise for ranting about something you love - especially something like TSOM!
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Post by indigoblue on Sept 10, 2017 21:43:05 GMT
Anything you can transmit to us from it would be wonderful!
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GothicLover146
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Post by GothicLover146 on Sept 11, 2017 2:59:38 GMT
I would be more than happy to share any parts of the book! Feel free to ask me about any part or song or whatever, I am so very excited to share with everyone. Some of the songs are in different places and obviously there is dialogue that is completely new and different as well, but there are also three songs in the book that are not in the movie. The song "Something Good" is only in the movie, and the love song that the Captain and Maria share in the book is called "An Ordinary Couple", which honestly is so different from "Something Good" that had they sang both, I would have been more than okay with it, not to mention it's quite short. One of my absolute favorite scenes is when the Captain and Maria confess there love to each other. It's so different that I love it (though of course, I still love the scene in the movie).
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Post by GothicLover146 on Sept 11, 2017 3:33:15 GMT
Oh wow that shops sounds AMAZING! That book sounds awesome, what a great find. And don't ever apologise for ranting about something you love - especially something like TSOM! It really was! I would live there if I could, lol. Alright, I will continue to fangirl, but don't say I didn't warn you!  |
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Post by indigoblue on Sept 16, 2017 22:29:15 GMT
There's another song which I love which only appears in the play, called 'How Can Love Survive'. You can hear the orchestra play it in the background in the film when Elsa re-enters the ballroom after she has seen off Maria, just before she joins Max.
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Post by lemacd on Sept 17, 2017 6:56:58 GMT
I love that song, too. I love "No Way to Stop It" too... I get why they were cut, but they are really great songs.
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GothicLover146
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Post by GothicLover146 on Sept 18, 2017 19:46:54 GMT
There's another song which I love which only appears in the play, called 'How Can Love Survive'. You can hear the orchestra play it in the background in the film when Elsa re-enters the ballroom after she has seen off Maria, just before she joins Max. I actually really like that song as well. I found it really amusing to read the lyrics without knowing how the song sounded first (as I have never had the pleasure to go see The Sound of Music live), but after hearing it, I still really enjoyed it. I watched the movie recently and I remember going "this sounds extremely familiar..." and not being able to remember where I had heard it before. I feel like a numbskull now XD |
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Post by UndoubtedlyTheWine on Oct 13, 2017 18:00:16 GMT
Lucky you!! Great find!
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Post by augiesannie on Oct 15, 2017 23:05:53 GMT
GothicLover146, isn't there a scene where the nuns are helping Maria pack for the honeymoon and they hold up a sheer negligee and speculate about its missing lining? As far as the scene where they confess their love to each other, I've never really bought it - they haven't been behaving even a little bit in the play like they've liked each other "all along," - but I do like their rueful acknowledgement of Brigitta's role. And the little girl/little boy/kissing thing is sorta sexy. I love those missing songs, but I understand why Robert Wise wanted to take the emphasis off the Nazis and put it on the love triangle with Elsa. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by utility_singer on Oct 22, 2017 2:53:16 GMT
Ooh, that sounds terrific. Do you remember the name or address of that shop? I'd love to go browse around.
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Post by gothicbutterfly95 on Oct 22, 2017 3:24:53 GMT
GothicLover146 , isn't there a scene where the nuns are helping Maria pack for the honeymoon and they hold up a sheer negligee and speculate about its missing lining? As far as the scene where they confess their love to each other, I've never really bought it - they haven't been behaving even a little bit in the play like they've liked each other "all along," - but I do like their rueful acknowledgement of Brigitta's role. And the little girl/little boy/kissing thing is sorta sexy. I love those missing songs, but I understand why Robert Wise wanted to take the emphasis off the Nazis and put it on the love triangle with Elsa. Thanks for sharing! Yes there is. She's requesting to look at herself before the wedding and tells them she has a mirror in her bag. As for the love scene, I can buy their 'you knew it too?' thing - I think because Elsa left prior to their conversation and Maria knows she's out of the picture the heartbreak has lessened a little. I buy the little girl/ little boy thing. But every time he starts to say 'Your whole life will be different now' I cringe HARD. Worse than the 'Please Maria, help me'. OH HELP. |
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GothicLover146
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Post by GothicLover146 on Feb 22, 2018 2:28:53 GMT
GothicLover146 , isn't there a scene where the nuns are helping Maria pack for the honeymoon and they hold up a sheer negligee and speculate about its missing lining? As far as the scene where they confess their love to each other, I've never really bought it - they haven't been behaving even a little bit in the play like they've liked each other "all along," - but I do like their rueful acknowledgement of Brigitta's role. And the little girl/little boy/kissing thing is sorta sexy. I love those missing songs, but I understand why Robert Wise wanted to take the emphasis off the Nazis and put it on the love triangle with Elsa. Thanks for sharing! Yes, there is! That is Act Two, Scene Three. I have to admit I laughed out loud at that part and caught the attention of my roommate. She was very confused!  I would have to agree with you on basically every point you have made. They don't really act like they are even a little bit interested in one another in the play. There really isn't much, if any, indication in the dialogue or stage directions anywhere that they do. I also really enjoy the way Brigitta's role is enforced as the observant child in the bunch and the scene where they actually confess their love to one another, which is the very first scene in the second act. Even the scene where she speaks to the Reverend Mother seems to add in just that tidbit more to it. There are so many lines in the play I would have loved to see in the movie, especially the "When you were a very little girl, did a very little boy ever kiss you?" one! |
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Post by GothicLover146 on Feb 22, 2018 2:33:04 GMT
Ooh, that sounds terrific. Do you remember the name or address of that shop? I'd love to go browse around. I am almost positive the store that I went to was called 'The Drama Book Shop'. This is a link to the website that I have found: www.dramabookshop.com/welcome |
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I would have to agree with you on basically every point you have made. They don't really act like they are even a little bit interested in one another in the play. There really isn't much, if any, indication in the dialogue or stage directions anywhere that they do. I also really enjoy the way Brigitta's role is enforced as the observant child in the bunch and the scene where they actually confess their love to one another, which is the very first scene in the second act. Even the scene where she speaks to the Reverend Mother seems to add in just that tidbit more to it. There are so many lines in the play I would have loved to see in the movie, especially the "When you were a very little girl, did a very little boy ever kiss you?" one!