Chicago 50 - No. 36 - Me and My Baby (Cut Version)

The first version of this number featured Gwen doing an Eddie Cantor--style number with the ensemble of men dressed as giant babies dancing behind her. In a conversation I had with Candy Brown, Michon Peacock, Lenora Nemetz, and Pamela Sousa, they said that Gwen hated that number (and they even felt they could see her discomfort in these pictures). What replaced it was "The Strut" which cut the ensemble down to two men dressed in suits and bowler hats dancing behind her. This version highlighted Gwen's dance abilities more favorably, and is what ended up in the show ultimately.

Photos from Patricia Zipprodt's collection at NYPL