My HS buddy (from the School of Performing Arts - NYC class of '54),
Tony Mordente, a great dancer, later asst. to Jerome Robbins and now
Hollywood TV director, delivered that line in the show. He's also
the guy that comes leapfrogging at the screen during the title
sequence in the movie version. Just gossip, but what the hell.
Chuck
On Jun 23, 2006, at 8:01 AM, John Howell wrote:
Andrew Stiller wrote:
In 1964, we did West Side Story with exactly one line change,
altering "You came here w. your pants open!" to "You came here
w. your mouth open!" ...
I don't remember that line at all, but do you happen to recall the
deliberate shock value in 1957 of "Gee, Officer, Krupke ... KRUP
YOU!" You left that in? A lot of high schools wouldn't have, but
I can't think of a replacement verb that rhymes.
But if you had male dancers good enough to do that show, I'm jealous!!
John
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