This is brutal!  And it works fantastically...

budo wrote:

trying this tune was suggested by a listener on youtube.  i decided to try something completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway.  but i've always thought this tune was more interesting than it first appears

https://youtu.be/waPdsdc4Z_4

thank you so much!  i love the adjective brutal

A pop/rock feel. A kind of Ben Folds (compliment), sometimes.

thank you so much.  definitely it's a compliment to be mentioned in context with him, i really appreciate it!

budo wrote:

trying this tune was suggested by a listener on youtube.  i decided to try something completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway.  but i've always thought this tune was more interesting than it first appears

https://youtu.be/waPdsdc4Z_4

A slightly longer song this time, 7,13  Good.

There are many interesting sections in this your improvisation and as you say ” ..try something completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway”. 
Well, it makes the whole thing more interesting and you have to make a little effort when you listen - I like that   

Some sections: intro growing slowly,   good
2)   2,34 - 3,11  like it much. The downward playing made me think of my fifth down and fourth up 
3)  4,05 - 4,27 Amazing - love it!
4)  5,18 - 6,16 The best part, love it, aah what a joy!  Here I also think about my fifth and fourth,  very nice playing.

This was completely different from how others play it but I love challenges as I listen. Bravo budo, and it turned out as you said - ”completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway”. 

I have to express my excitement, enthusiasm as a pianoteqenthusiast and say:  Oh man, this was again great playing 
I'm grateful for your uploads, and as we know, showing gratitude is one of the simplest, yet most powerful things we can do for one another.
Thank you budo, keep them coming.

Best wishes,

Stig

thank you so much for your comments.  the parts 2) and 4) that you mention are indeed doing a cycle of fifths (or fourths),  just like your etude   the original doesn't do that but does do the descending stepwise motion you get after doing 2 fourths (i just stuck another in between).  actually this part in the original stands out a lot and feels very different from the rest of it.  i think they stuck it in to make the final modulation make more sense (the original tune starts out in B and then modulates to Bb.  that's very unusual in musicals, almost no songs modulate down at the end.)  i really appreciate your detailed listening and your supportive comments.

trying this tune was suggested by a listener on youtube.  i decided to try something completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway.  but i've always thought this tune was more interesting than it first appears

https://youtu.be/waPdsdc4Z_4

A slightly longer song this time, 7,13  Good.

There are many interesting sections in this your improvisation and as you say ” ..try something completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway”. 
Well, it makes the whole thing more interesting and you have to make a little effort when you listen - I like that   

Some sections: intro growing slowly,   good
2)   2,34 - 3,11  like it much. The downward playing made me think of my fifth down and fourth up 
3)  4,05 - 4,27 Amazing - love it!
4)  5,18 - 6,16 The best part, love it, aah what a joy!  Here I also think about my fifth and fourth,  very nice playing.

This was completely different from how others play it but I love challenges as I listen. Bravo budo, and it turned out as you said - ”completely different so it doesn't exactly sound like broadway”. 

I have to express my excitement, enthusiasm as a pianoteqenthusiast and say:  Oh man, this was again great playing 
I'm grateful for your uploads, and as we know, showing gratitude is one of the simplest, yet most powerful things we can do for one another.
Thank you budo, keep them coming.

Best wishes,

Stig

https://youtu.be/waPdsdc4Z_4