BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

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BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:51pm

It's almost time. . . :)

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:52pm

Ah HAH!!! I knew there'd be a different thread for tonight! This is wolf, signing on for running commentary and general awe of Mary_Ethel.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 8:58pm

Julie Andrews. I love her. Not just cuz she looks like my mom.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:02pm

E.Y. Harburg, who wrote the lyrics for "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" also wrote the lyrics for THE WIZARD OF OZ film including "Over The Rainbow."

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:04pm

Ethel Merman's real name is Ethel Zimmerman.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:06pm

Merman's hit songs in GIRL CRAZY were "I Got Rhthym," "Sam and Delilah," and "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!"

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:08pm

Who's up for a revival of Strike up the Band? Politically contentious? Sounds pretty appropriate.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:08pm

OF THEE I SING was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama--1932.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:10pm

Cagney was the star of this wasn't he?

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Updated On: 10/20/04 at 09:10 PM

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:11pm

OF THEE I SING has tried to be revived many times, but its "timeliness" in 1932 makes it appear too dated today.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:11pm

M_E,
Did you happen to write the script for this? I am amazed at the facts you know.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:12pm

John Bubbles was the original 'Sportnin' Life' in PORGY AND BESS.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:15pm

Was that Audra doing Ethel Waters?

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:16pm

AS THOUSANDS CHEER introduced the song "Easter Parade."

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:17pm

Carol Channing rules. "We didn't know about the lynchings in the south." wow.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:18pm

Holy cow! Ethel Waters. What an emotional voice!

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:18pm

Ethel Waters later became a dramatic actress and was in the original cast of THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING in 1951.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:20pm

Cole Porter was what they called in the 1930s "a lifetime bachelor."

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:21pm

Cole Porter sort of looked like Terence Mann.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:21pm

With Kim Stanley right M_E?

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:21pm

And her granddaughter Crystal is a dance favorite even to this day. La da deeee la da duhhhhhh.

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:22pm

"Let's Do It" was the first of the many 'laundry list' songs Porter was to write. ("You're The Top", etc.)

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:23pm

I'm enjoying this documentary immensely.

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Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:24pm

Ethel Merman had star billing (name ABOVE the title) for the first time in ANYTHING GOES.

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"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."

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re: BROADWAY: The American Musical - Part II

Posted: 10/20/04 at 9:24pm

Easy to Love was written for the revival of Anything Goes, right M_E?

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Word. Word, indeed.