Sorry. August 2001.
> Yes. There is a wonderful script that is dated August
> 2011. A few others from the board have seen it as well
> over the years. And for almost ten years now I have
> treasured that script. And yes. I think we all wanted the
> original production on Broadway but if there was going to
> be an alternate I would have chosen this script. And all
> it needed in my opinion was a couple more revisions and
> then they could have started rehearsals. For example, Act
> One finishes with "Seize the Night" which of course was
> originally the Nightmare Sequence in Act Two, which in
> this script is replaced with a dance sequence marked
> simply as "Alfred's Nightmare". The Prologue with the
> three numbers, "Angels arise", "God has left the building"
> and "Original sin", isn't silly like the final production
> with the silly mushroom gag. It's actually pretty serious
> and straight forward.
>
> If I ever get to Heaven, one of the things I will want to
> see is Steve Barton acting in a live production of this
> script using the original sets, costumes, lighting, sound
> and orchestrations from the original Austrian and German
> productions.
>
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