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[yippedoodah]

I actually like this more than the original cast...

[westcountrypromotor]

@isyou it does add some realism, but remember that the Puerto Ricans were likely to know English, and they do converse with the Jets, so they understand each other. It can be done in English, realistcally, but there should be a distinct spanish accent and maybe trouble with the english.

[Mike0Powell]

@elerico subtitles with theatre don't work? They do in Throughly Modern Millie.

[y14305]

This seen I like best so mutch!

[wickedphant0m]

@elerico The idea that the story is so famous that the revival didn't have to stand on it's own, but rather, relying on the the audience coming in and already knowing the whole thing was bad storytelling. I thought the concept of weaving spanish into the english was really cool and added lots of realism, but they went overboard with it to the point where it obscured the plot in some scenes to the huge chunk (at least half) of the audience that isn't proficient in spanish.

[elerico]

@wickedphant0m How is that bad storytelling? It's already famous, so they can subvert it by adding some realism in regards to language. Movies are moving away from having non-english speaking characters speak english in a foreign accent. For most musicals, making the same leap to dialogue in a foreign language is impossible, as subtitles with theater wouldn't work. But we can do this with an established story such as this.

[jxlee2011]

1962 and 2009 both r good! life will go on...

[Seanschemmelfan]

@yippedoodah The original is better!

[GeiserAlexis]

@ShaggifyThis The end of act one on broadway I believe is I feel Pretty.

[ShaggifyThis]

Is this the ending of Act 1?

[wickedphant0m]

@CubicalGirl The problem with the spanish language thing is....when you assume that you can change decent sized sections of the language being spoken on stage and people will still get it because they already know the story...that's just really bad storytelling.

[ThisPerfectFinale]

@mbren116 I think its the broadway revival cast? i'm pretty sure Anita is played by Karen Olivio but dont take my word for it :)