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musicallover09
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 Movie Changes Who likes the changes from Movie to Stage in TSOM? I for one like Lonely Goatherd in the Bedroom Scene It is Very Peppy is alot more fun to sing/play(pianist/singer point of view) and I also like Ordinar Couple better
I never really liked Something Good I dont know why...
Who likes/dislikes all of these changes
Personally I have only seen one production that did not deviate by putting My Favorite Things in the bedroom Scene or Something Good where Ordinary Couple goes and I enjoyed that production alot (although i only got to see a tape of it as with my schools) I have to say I ussually prefer the original to the changed versions I have no clue why...
What are your sentiments?
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Luc
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In my production, Confidence was added and it was a show-stopper. We made it a chorus number (dancing not singing). We also changed "Ordinary" to "Something Good" so I don't know what that sounds like.
I also like that The Lonely Goatherd is in the bedroom, but I think it's really weird having "My Favorite Things" between Maria and The Mother Abbess. It makes no sense to me.
I also like the two songs that the Baroness, Max and the Captain sing. They are soooo good! I wish they were in the movie!
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what_the_heck013
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I hate the changes to the movie. I agree that "Lonely Goatherd" belongs in the bedroom  I mean, not like that, but you know what I mean... yeah. And, yes, it doesn't make sense that Mother Abbess sings "My Favorite Things", but I find a certain sort of humor in it. Sort of a comical "Climb Ev'ry Mountain".
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MsDivaKate
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I think its to show her softer side. As I believe in that scene she tells Maria she too enjoys singing and that was a song from her childhood...this may not be correct..its been a few years since I've performed in/seen the stage version and I don't remember all the details. Also they are singing this ridiculous song full out in the Abbey...something which is not allowed! It kind of humanizes Mother Abbess and makes her more then just the mother superior. The same with Climb Ev'ry Mountain which I actually think is a good contrast to My Favourite Things because we now see her very serious side.
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Luc
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I agree that it's weird that she sings MFT because part of the reason Maria is in the meeting with her is for singing the song. But I do think Climb Ev'ry Mountain is appropriate because it's more serious and it's teaching Maria a lesson.
In the play, My Favorite Things is really just a filler.
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musicallover09
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I agree I also think that it shows a connection between the two in that hey both shared the same past, in a sense, and that the Mother Abbess knows how Maria feels and most likely had the same feelings when she first came to the abbey she chose to stay.
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Baker
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The only movie change that I like better than the show is the switching of An Ordinary Couple with Something Good. Couple is just awful in my opinion. I also love I Have Confidence, but it I can't imagine it working well on stage.
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MsDivaKate
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We all detested an Ordinary Couple in my production. That song seemed to go on forever lol,
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jazzygirlsings
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There are many hints throughout the scene between Maria and Mother Abbess that show that perhaps Mother Abbess was quite like Maria when she was younger. That's one of the reasons Maria sort of gets away with some of the things she does...(See also "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria") or the fact that she lets Maria sing "Favorite Things" at all in her presence!
It is also a way for Mother Abbess to calm Maria before she delivers the news that she must leave the abbey.
It's a great place for the song, actually!
And the way it was staged in the second production I did was very touching!
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LisaKitty
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Let's not forget the worst travesty of all in the stage-to-movie "translation" -- the cutting of the two cleverest songs in the score: "How Can Love Survive" and "No Way To Stop It".
It really ticks me off how many stage productions cut those wonderful pieces because "they aren't in the movie".
Grrrrr! 
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Mark Walton
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Apparently there is also a difference with Rolf at the end, when the Von Trapp family is holed up in the Abbey, hiding from the Gestapo or SS: In the movie, Rolf turns the family in, but in a stage production he does not. I've never seen a stage production; can anyone confirm or correct?
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Luc
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Yes, in the stage production he sees Leisl and the family and yells "There's no one up here, sir!" And then runs off. I like that better than him turning them in. I like it a lot better.
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