Help me pick a show for my Monkey!

[Unknown User]

Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#1

Posted: 11/25/08 at 4:13pm

I'm trying to get my Monkey interested in Broadway. He loved Wicked- he was very sensitive to the issue of exploitation of flying monkeys! He enjoyed Gypsy, but saw it as the story of a mean lady who wouldn't give her monkey a piece of birthday cake and he thought that plot line was underdeveloped. It looks like we're headed back to Broadway this spring or summer, so I'm hoping you all might be able to suggest some good shows for me & my monkey. Ideas?

[WindyCityActor]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#2

Posted: 11/25/08 at 4:37pm

The Simpsons Musical:
"Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want To Get Off!"







Song Lyrics
"Dr. Zaius"

Ape: Help, the human's about to escape.
Troy: Get your paws off me, you dirty ape.
Ape: [gasping] He can talk!

Apes: [in unison, rythmed] He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk

Troy: [singing] I can siiiiiing!

[funky beat of "Rock Me Amadeus" starts playing]

Female Nurse Ape: Ooh, help me Dr. Zaius!
Apes: [in unison] Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.

Troy: What's wrong with me?
Zaius: I think you're crazy.
Troy: Want a second opinion.
Zaius: You're also lazy.

Apes: [in unison] Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius

[one ape starts breakdancing]

Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.

Troy: Can I play the piano anymore?
Zaius: Of course you can.
Troy: Well I couldn't before!

[plays piano]

"You'll Never Make a Monkey Out of Me"

Troy: [singing] I hate every ape I see
From chimpan-a to chimpan-zee
No, you'll never make a monkey out of me

Oh my God, I was wrong
It was Earth all along

You've finally made a monkey
Apes: Yes, we've finally made a monkey
Troy: Yes, you've finally made a monkey out of me
Apes: Yes, we've finally made a monkey out of you

Troy: I love you, Dr. Zaius!

http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/video/simpsons_pota.mpg

[doodlenyc]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#2

Posted: 11/25/08 at 4:47pm

You may need to wait for the musicalization of "The Hairy Ape" starring Ed Asner.

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

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[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#3

Posted: 11/25/08 at 4:49pm

King Kong Live!

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[clever name]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#4

Posted: 11/25/08 at 4:50pm

Equus.
No, wait.. is he afraid of horses? Or naked teenagers?

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#5

Posted: 11/25/08 at 5:02pm

A Brass Monkey
Play,
Written by Charles H. Hoyt.


Monkey
Play, Comedy
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The apartment of Robert Kenmore

Written by Sam Janney.


The Flag Station / The Lemonade Boy / The Monkey's Paw
Written by Louis N. Parker.


The Monkey Talks
Play
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: A Circus in Paris and the stage of the Folies Bergeres

Written by René Fauchois.

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[miss pennywise]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#6

Posted: 11/25/08 at 5:04pm

There's always "Phantom"...although he may find the performance by the monkey a tad "mechanical."

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html

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[Gothampc]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#7

Posted: 11/25/08 at 5:25pm

Sunset Boulevard

...no wait! That might be a bit sad. But at least the monkey gets a nice song with its burial.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Unknown User]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#8

Posted: 11/26/08 at 11:27am

Wow so many great ideas!

And he LOVES Planet of the Apes- the Musical. It made him a big Troy McLure fan. We watch that episode over and over- even though "I Hate Every Ape I see" makes him cry.

[madbrian]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#9

Posted: 11/26/08 at 11:30am

How about a nice DVD?

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Unknown User]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#10

Posted: 11/26/08 at 11:33am

Are they monkeys? I always thought they were dogs.

[I<3bway]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#11

Posted: 11/26/08 at 12:09pm

Why isn't the most obvious one Tarzan the Musical?



He might find the performances a bit primitive though.

[WindyCityActor]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#12

Posted: 11/26/08 at 12:21pm

EVITA!!!

My jaw dropped!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwrWqrfdg2I

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#13

Posted: 11/26/08 at 12:28pm

Trying





to










catch









my





breath....

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Unknown User]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#14

Posted: 11/26/08 at 12:44pm

He is going to LOVE that Evita!!!!!!!!!

[tazber]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#15

Posted: 11/26/08 at 1:20pm

That was hilarious WindyCity.

....but the world goes 'round

[doodlenyc]

re: Help me pick a show for my Monkey!#16

Posted: 11/26/08 at 1:42pm

WCA, I've spent the last half hour watching all of those clips...you're gonna get me fired!
Hilarious.

"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."

"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS