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name a show no one knows
spintoboy
Chorus Member Joined: 10/14/05
#100re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/8/05 at 11:48pm
"Wholesale" was just done by York Theater Co as part of its "Musicals in Mufti" series.
How about "Sarava"?
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#101re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 12:41pm"Sarava"--is that the Carole-Lawrence-in-blackface Edna Ferber debacle?
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
AspectsofLoveLover
Understudy Joined: 7/30/05
#102re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 2:12pm"The Boyfriend" I think its a great show and no one knows about it.
"It's telling me to hold you tight and dance like it's the last night of the world."-Miss Saigon
#103re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:35pm
Peggyandvelma, are you speaking of The Medium, the Gian Carlo Menotti opera? It's a cool piece, but I think it's considered opera. It's got some great music...lots of young sopranos use Monica's two big songs regularly. Check it out, everyone!
spintoboy
Chorus Member Joined: 10/14/05
#104re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:40pm
"Sarava" was a musical based on the movie "Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands," and starred Tovah Feldshuh.
Never heard of Carol Lawrence in blackface (lucky for me!)
Di2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/18/04
#105re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:43pm
Rasputin the Musical
(I am a part of it)..
check it out...
www.rasputinthemusical.com
#106re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 3:57pmSleepy Hollow the Musical
My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#107re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 4:06pm
The Lieutenant 1975; the shortest running musical to have been nominated for Best Musical. 9 performances and maybe a week of previews at the Lyceum. It was a lousy year. The other nominees were Mack & Mabel, Shenandoah and the winner, The Wiz. It was also nominated for book, score and lead actor who was a very talented unknown named Eddie Mekka, later to achieve celebrity on Laverne and Shirley.
Plot: well, this show was suggested by the Calley massacre in Vietnam. [I need to pause and quote Anna Russell: "I'm not making this up you know."] I think there was one woman in the cast and the rest were singing rock-opera soldiers.
This all said, there have been shows that have been a lot worse that played a lot longer. The energy of the cast more than made up for any artistic shortness.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
BroadwayDoc
Stand-by Joined: 9/17/05
#108re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/9/05 at 7:37pm
HIT THE LIGHTS with book & lyrics by Michele Lowe and music by Jon Gilutin. A cute "musical fable" which played at the Vineyard starring the amazing Annie Golden with Ann Harada, Jason Danieley & Andrea Frierson Toney in the ensemble.
STRANGE VACATION with book & lyrics by Allan Heinberg (now a writer & producer from Fox's THE O.C.) and music by Michael Rupert. The workshop starred the one and only Anthony Rapp.
SAGA with book, music & lyrics by Kelly Hamilton.
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#109re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/10/05 at 12:04amDid anyone on this board see THUNDER KNOCKING ON MY DOOR (I think that's the title) starring Leslie Uggams? Was it any good?
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#110re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/10/05 at 1:40amHow To Eat Like A Child, Afraid of the Dark, a random play that is amazing- The Insanity of Mary Girard....I was in Look Homeward, Angel! I was Madame Elizabeth.
leap_of_moo
Stand-by Joined: 12/20/04
#113re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/10/05 at 2:21pm
Moby Dick the Musical (except Jess925)
Honk
Dear Edwina
The Possession of Mrs.Jones
The Little Price, The Musical
Edit: The 1st one didnt go thru or somethin.
Updated On: 11/10/05 at 02:21 PM
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#114re: name a show no one knows
Posted: 11/10/05 at 10:40pm
The Little Prince (a Don Black musical)
More Than You Deserve (by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller: the meeting place of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf)
The Stripper (rare Australian musical premiere of a show by Richard O'Brien, author of Rocky Horror Show)
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
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