She Loves Me

@projectbway event 02: adaptations - she loves me

this time it’s the playbill for the 1963 She Loves Me tryouts!! (parts of it at least)

There is a plethora of information in here, but the soundtrack is especially interesting

many of the songs present in the composer’s demo were still in the show at this point, but there are a few oddballs.

major changes (all comparisons are with the original 1963 broadway production and the 1963 demo recordings)

firstly, because ‘vanilla ice cream’ was not yet part of the show (at this point having its place taken by ‘the gift of magic’), the song reprised at the end of the show was instead ‘no more candy’. in the final version of the reprise, Georg recites Amalia’s letter from ‘ice cream’, revealing to her that he is Dear Friend. I wonder how this would have played out with ‘no more candy’ as the song being reprised?

there is also ‘seasonal pleasures’ which is present where ‘letters’ would eventually be. this song is not present in the demos, but i assume would probably have served the same purpose as ‘letters’, showing the passage of time and setting up Georg and Amalia’s upcoming date. there always seems to be another version of ‘letters’! (this brings the total to four!)

minor changes

the second reprise of ‘good morning, good day’ seems to have been cut by this point, but not the first one. huh.

‘days gone by’ comes before ‘sounds while selling’ for some reason.

‘will he like me?’ is directly after ‘i don’t know his name’, instead of after ‘goodbye georg’.

I finally watched the 1978 BBC television adaptation of She Loves Me

So now I have ✨opinions✨

Laura Benanti in "She Loves Me."

This fun musical is at The Walpole Footlighters

The Walpole Footlighters in East Walpole, MApresents the delightful musical “She Loves Me”Music by Jerry BrockLyrics by Sheldon HarnickBook by Joe MastroffDirected and Choreographed by Doug HodgeMusical Direction by Marilyn WhippleHere’s a sneak peek at some images from the show which runsOctober 27, 28 and November 3, 4, and 11 at 7:30October 29 and November 12 at 2:00 2023.

musical theatre challenge: 1/3 costumes | amalia balash in she loves me (2016) 

i happened to find the original demo tracks for all of the songs just on tumblr

i literally couldn’t find them anywhere else

so now i’ve put them on internet archive so that they’re easier to access :D