In the original version of "Climbing Uphill", Cathy sings, "Why am I working so hard? These are the people who cast Linda Blair in a musical." in reference to Blair's one-time stint playing Rizzo in the 1994 Broadway revival of "Grease". Here she sings, "These are the people who cast Russell Crowe in a musical" in reference to Crowe's panned performance as Javert in the film version of Les Misérables (2012). Jason Robert Brown confesses he is not sure who made the change, possibly crediting it to Anna Kendrick.