When I first read Tonight in my email, I thought - it has to the Quintet, and then I read more - and well I was right. I concur that this is a brilliantly crafted song of musical theatre. The Cher version was such fun (I am listening to her autobiography now). Also I do find it interesting that it did not appear on Glee. In terms of the 2009 revival I think the Spanish in the quintet worked well (but I speak Spanish) but I do think the other attempts of Spanish were not great because it left the audience lost. In the Heights was crafted in an appropriate way that it seems bilingual but West Side was not done in the same way. Super scripts could have made it work but as you said that was not the choice made. I am pretty sure the tour retained all of Spanish when it came to CLE which fell flat and left the audience cold.
When I first read Tonight in my email, I thought - it has to the Quintet, and then I read more - and well I was right. I concur that this is a brilliantly crafted song of musical theatre. The Cher version was such fun (I am listening to her autobiography now). Also I do find it interesting that it did not appear on Glee. In terms of the 2009 revival I think the Spanish in the quintet worked well (but I speak Spanish) but I do think the other attempts of Spanish were not great because it left the audience lost. In the Heights was crafted in an appropriate way that it seems bilingual but West Side was not done in the same way. Super scripts could have made it work but as you said that was not the choice made. I am pretty sure the tour retained all of Spanish when it came to CLE which fell flat and left the audience cold.