For my Tony party in June, I'm trying to come up with food I can serve to represent each show of the 07-08 season. It can be food that is actually part of the show (as long as it's somewhat integral and memorable) or it can be a food that embodies the show.
I've got the musicals figured out, but I need some help on the plays.
Here's what I have so far: Musicals GYPSY - chow mein THE LITTLE MERMAID - shrimp cocktail XANADU - Fresca IN THE HEIGHTS - plantains SUNDAY... - eclairs YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - Yodels PASSING STRANGE - "magic" brownies (because the show takes place in Amsterdam) CRY-BABY - lollipops A CATERED AFFAIR - wedding cake SOUTH PACIFIC - Bloody Marys GREASE - candy cigarettes
Plays IS HE DEAD? - cocktail weiners (weiner dogs...get it?) AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - candy pills NOVEMBER - turkey BOEING-BOEING - salted peanuts THE HOMECOMING - cheese rolls THE RITZ - fruit (my favorite)
Any suggestions? Think one of my choices above is lame?
Also, if you feel like spending a Sunday evening in Brooklyn with a bunch of theater nerds, let me know and I'll send you the details for my party.
Thanks, guys!
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Well, I know you already have something for The Homecoming, but I would use ice to represent that play. Lenny had an amazing line about having rocks but they were frozen stiff in the fridge or something.
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How FUN!! I wish I knew people who threw Tony parties or would attend mine!
So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?
I'd like to serve food that people will actually eat, so I think I'm going to pass on the rotten seafood for TLM.
Yeah, I just wanted something Spanish for ITH, but I love plantains and my landlord made them all the time when I lived in Washington Heights, so I'm going with it. Maybe I'll do plantains with rice and beans or something.
I thought about egg rolls for GYPSY. They'd be easier to serve, but isn't chow mein a bigger part of the show? The dog is named after chow mein, it's Louise's birthday meal, and it's just mentioned more often.
Vote? Should I do chow mein or egg rolls for GYPSY?
Thanks for the suggestions, guys, keep them coming!
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
Brody, you're right. I was being lazy and used a generic, incorrect term. I apologize.
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
Cry-baby... you could set out tear jerker candies or something with onions. Or you could make pie like the dancing one in the show... The rest of your ideas were awesome!
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
I was going to serve a hunk of beefcake for XANADU, but I don't think people would get it.
I haven't seen CRY-BABY, but a friend of mine who has seen it multiple times said that the best character sucks on a lollipop the whole time and that I should serve lollipops. Either that or apple pie. But lollipops are easier to eat at a party.
I haven't seen IN THE HEIGHTS, either. If there is a song or two dedicated to piraguas, then I'll go with piraguas. I'll make plantains for myself some other time.
Thanks for the help! What about some of the other plays?
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
Yo, ignorants -- IN THE HEIGHTS is Puerto Rican... which means Caribbean food, such as white rice, black beans and plantains as principal side dishes.
Yo, no it's not!There are a few Puerto Rican characters, but the whole show isn't Puerto Rican.
Go with the piraguas. If for no other reason than the fact that they're really good.
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as for ITH: it's a mix of Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban. yay.
I agree with everyone else, Piragua would be the most fitting.
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