BROADWAY FOODS

[orion59]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 5:36pm

I have to plan a Tony party with Broadway inspired food. Any ideas anyone? My mind is balnk although I'm sure there are lots of foods associated with shows.

So far the only things that come to mind are Sweeny Tood-meat pies and Gypsy-Chinese

[junglered]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 8:11pm

You may want to consider some of the foods mentioned in the song "Be Our Guest" from Disney's Beauty and The Beast. This should allow you to add a few things to your menu: beef ragout, cheese souffle', pie and pudding "en flambe", bread, soup, croutons, "singing" pork, "dancing" veal, and tea!

[DAME]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 8:17pm

I am also having a party but EVITE doesn't have any broadway themed invitations.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 9:54pm

miso soup, seaweed salad, soy burgers, tofu dogs, pasta with meatless balls

[Zola Q. LaPlaya]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:01pm

Weenie-beanie casserole. Pigs-in-blankets. Ambrosia.

Serve it in a fondue pot in front of a lava lamp! NOW!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:29pm

Eliza Doolittle's pound cake

Fanny Brice's pate

Dolly Levi's turkey and dumplings

Ernestina Money's lady fingers and pommes souffle

Cornelius Hackle's tutti frutti ice cream

Irene Molloy's champagne

Horace Vandergelder's chicken

Dolly Levi's beets ("You salt your beets, Horace, and I'll salt mine")


...what went into Laurie's box lunch in OKLAHOMA! ?????

[Zola Q. LaPlaya]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:31pm

I resent the use of the word box in your post. I'm going to complain to the BWW police.

[CJR]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 10:37pm

Hot Honey Ham sandwiches (ala Chicago)

[Jon]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 11:09pm

Let's start with Rodgers & Hammerstein:

Oklahoma - picnic baskets to be auctioned off

Carousel - a real nice clam bake

State Fair - mince meat pie with extra brandy in it

South Pacific - Bloody Marys and beetle nuts

King & I - Thai food

Flower Drum Song - Chop Suey!

Sound of Music: Crisp apple strudel, schnitzel with noodles

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 11:18pm

Broadway Foods? Is that a subsidiary of Whole Foods?

[Zola Q. LaPlaya]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 11:18pm

no

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 11:20pm

Oh, so it's not the Whole Foods on Broadway in the AOL Time Warner Center?

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/27/04 at 11:20pm

Broadway- Zabars Montgomery Cheddar is a must. Updated On: 5/27/04 at 11:20 PM

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 1:18am

Listen to that "Food, Glorious Food" song from "Oliver!"
I remember something about peas and pudding...
But you could always just serve gruel (ewww. nevermind, bad idea).

"A Part of That" from "Last 5 Years"
Jamie goes through "handful after handful of Doritos"

"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from "My Fair Lady".
Eliza sings "Lots of chocolates for me to eat."

"You're the Top" from "Anything Goes"
Has the lines "you're... tomato ketchup"
and "you're a Caesar salad"

"Prologue" from "Into the Woods"
- Little Red Riding Hood asks, "and perhaps a sticky bun... Or four... And a few of those pies, please"
- Cinderella's Stepmother empties a pot of lentils into the ashes
- The Witch's garden contains "Greens, greens, and nothing but greens. Parsley, peppers, cabbages, and celery, asaparagus, and watercress, fiddle ferns, and lettuce", as well as rutabaga, arugula, and rampion.
- Jack's magic beans.

"It Sucks to Be Me" from "Avenue Q"
Christmas Eve "try to work in Korean deli"

"When You're Good to Mama" from "Chicago"
Mama sings "If you want my gravy, pepper my ragu."

"And the Gods Heard Her Prayer" from "Once on This Island"
The Gods talk about hitting a girl with "a juicy mango"

"No One Mourns the Wicked" from "Wicked"
Baby Elphaba is compared to "a froggy ferny cabbage"

And if things get desparate, you can always bring out the pretzels and beer in honor of "Springtime for Hitler" from "The Producers". That should be a crowd-pleaser.

Updated On: 5/28/04 at 01:18 AM

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 1:20am

Ooh! Or twinkies and wine, like Jan from "Grease".

[orion59]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 8:12am

There are quite a few great ideas here. Although I wouldn't serve some of the things eaten in Broadway shows (gruel, peas and pudding? yuck) but, variations on the foods will work. Thanks for the ideas.

I want to tie in as many current nominated shows as I can with some things as a salute to past Broadway classics. We will be having a green elixir (vodka and Green Apple Pucker) because the party will mainly focus on celebrating the nominations of my friends show.....I can't even say the name anymore.

Updated On: 5/28/04 at 08:12 AM

[orion59]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 8:20am

Iflit, that menu isn't from a BWshow, it's my usual diet.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/28/04 at 9:31am

About a zillion years ago, I was in a production of South Pacific in the annual spring musical. We took the theme of the "Thanksgiving Specialties" number and for one of the cast parties had a Thanksgiving Dinner complete with turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and we even pulled out the Pilgrim Salt and Pepper shakers. In May!! It was a huge success.