On Thu, 24 January 2002, "Lloyd W. Hanson" wrote:
> Bernstein and Laurents did not have their Tony scream anything in the
> original production. Neither did the stage director/choreographer
> (wonderful, I simply cannot come up with his name right now.
> Embarassaing because the concept of the whole show was his idea.
Jerome Robbins. Believe me, I was wishing the whole way through we had him
instead of the director we did have...
> You're correct when you say the role was written for a baritone. The
> high notes are supposed to be sung in falsetto according to
> Bernstein. The name of the game in the show is conservation of
> energy because so much of the show is dance. For everyone.
That makes sense. The Maria and I had just about zero dancing to do. They left
in the dream ballet, but cut us out of most of it.
> Great to hear you had a chance to do it. I have done the work as
> music director/conductor.
It's a wonderful show, and I'm glad to have had the chance to sing Tony - but
it's definitely not an experience I care to repeat.
Richard
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