Editing Babes in Arms (section)

== Different versions ==
The original version had strong political overtones with discussions of [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]], the appearance of a Communist character, and two African-American youths who are victims of racism. In 1959 [[George Oppenheimer]] created a "sanitized, de-politicized rewrite" for stage performance; it is now the most frequently performed version.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.42ndstmoon.org/babes-in-arms-1999 |title=Babes in Arms- staged concert production |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=1999 |access-date=August 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823050330/http://42ndstmoon.org/babes-in-arms-1999 |archive-date=August 23, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the new version, the young people are trying to save a local [[Summer stock theater|summer stock theatre]] from being demolished, not trying to avoid being sent to a work farm. The sequence of the songs and orchestration are changed drastically, and the dance numbers eliminated.

The 1959 version was the only one available for performance until 1998 when the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music presented the original version (with a few race references slightly re-edited).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnhallmtw.com/musicaltheater/babes.html |title=UCLA Music workshop presents |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814122611/http://www.johnhallmtw.com/musicaltheater/babes.html |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>