[Vertigo50]

For those who have seen the Broadway version:

I know the Balladeer is also Oswald (Neil Patrick Harris). Was this a commentary somehow? I mean, did it seem like they were making a statement with this, or were they just trying to limit the number of actors, or what?

Also, I thought the Balladeer had some lines and/or singing parts in the final scene. How did they work around that?

[Salome]

baladeer gets sucked into the "another national anthem" pandemonium and by the end of the song is transfoprmed intp Oswald. i wasnt sure i'd like it at first until i saw it ..and it made perfect sense...having him assimilated into their mindset.

[Pannic]

In the original version, "Another National Anthem" was like them running him off the stage, wasn't it?

[Jekkienumber24601]

yeah. that version was lame. having lee not do anything the whole show and then having balladeer forced offstage. I love the revival version.