#51
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:24am
Talk about me looking way too deep...
And I'm smiling!
. See! 
And I'm smiling!
. See!
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#52
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:26am
OK. MY turn.
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE was nominated for only ONE Tony--which it did NOT win.
What was the category, and who was the nominee?
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE was nominated for only ONE Tony--which it did NOT win.
What was the category, and who was the nominee?
"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."
#53
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:27am
Well this was fun!
Anyone Can Whistle is such an interesting, complex musical, and it's always been one of my favourites!
How nice to talk about it!
Anyone Can Whistle is such an interesting, complex musical, and it's always been one of my favourites!
How nice to talk about it!
#54
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:28am
Herbert Ross for choreography, I think. (And no, I didn't go to TonyAwards.com).
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#55
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:33am
As usual, magruder, you are CORRECT!!!
(And I know YOU don't have to "research" your answers.)
Your prize?
One free DVD Rental of FUNNY GIRL--check out Ross' stunning "Don't Rain on My Parade" sequence!
(And I know YOU don't have to "research" your answers.)
Your prize?
One free DVD Rental of FUNNY GIRL--check out Ross' stunning "Don't Rain on My Parade" sequence!
"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."
#56
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:33am
This thread just got me thinking of Lee Remick. She was such an underrated actress. Loved her in "Days of Wine & Roses" and "The Long, Hot Summer".
okay I'm done with the threadjack....
okay I'm done with the threadjack....
#57
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:34am
Of course. And Herbert Ross' choreography was supposed to have been absolutely divine.
A real shame that it hasn't been preserved the way Robbins and Bennett choreography has...
A real shame that it hasn't been preserved the way Robbins and Bennett choreography has...
#58
Posted: 4/9/05 at 7:59am
You know, thinking of my questions that I've posted, there are people who bemoan the trend of self-referential or meta musicals like The Producers, Urinetown, Spamalot, etc., as some sort of recent development. Here was Anyone Can Whistle, referencing Gypsy and West Side Story in its day. Yip Harburg also loved to do it, as early as Finian's Rainbow, with Og referencing Cole Porter's "Night and Day". Rodgers and Hammerstein even do it with "Intermission Talk" in Me and Juliet, which refers back to their own The King & I. Even 1927's football musical Good News referenced 1917's football musical Leave it to Jane by naming one of its characters Bingham, after Atwater's rival school in Leave it to Jane. ("We're gonna murder Bingham and they haven't got a show!" goes the Atwater fight song in Leave it to Jane). Just goes to show you, as much as things change, the more they stay the same.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Updated On: 4/9/05 at 07:59 AM
#59
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:05am
And don't forget THE GIRL IN PINK TIGHTS--which was a fictionalized version of how THE very first modern American Musical--THE BLACK CROOK--was created.
"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."
#60
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:26am
Just like everyone bemoaning the fact that BWW used to better, theatre people just need something to complain about.
Look at the critics of Sondheim's shows. He's never had a show receive universal raves. His early shows were all criticised for lacking melody, being over-complicated, being too cynical etc, and shows like Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods were criticised for not living up to the classic standards of the early Sondheim works, often by the same critics...
Look at the critics of Sondheim's shows. He's never had a show receive universal raves. His early shows were all criticised for lacking melody, being over-complicated, being too cynical etc, and shows like Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods were criticised for not living up to the classic standards of the early Sondheim works, often by the same critics...
#61
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:31am
Isn't it terrible, paradox?
When A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM won the Tony for Best Musical, Sondheim's score wasn't even NOMINATED for "Best Music and Lyrics."
You know what show DID win for best Music and Lyrics that year?...
The immortal classic BRAVO GIOVANNI. ***rolls eyes***
When A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM won the Tony for Best Musical, Sondheim's score wasn't even NOMINATED for "Best Music and Lyrics."
You know what show DID win for best Music and Lyrics that year?...
The immortal classic BRAVO GIOVANNI. ***rolls eyes***
"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."
#62
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:37am
"In Sydney, Australia!
They find ya, and they jail ya!"
As ridiculous as the score to Bravo Giovanni is, it's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. Highly listenable, if nowhere in Forum's league.
They find ya, and they jail ya!"
As ridiculous as the score to Bravo Giovanni is, it's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. Highly listenable, if nowhere in Forum's league.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#63
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:40am
c'mon, magruder, how can you tolerate that god-awful title song?
I think it repeats the phrase "Bravo Giovanni" like 87 times...
I think it repeats the phrase "Bravo Giovanni" like 87 times...
"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."
#64
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:50am
It's no worse than "Wish You Were Here"!
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#65
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:53am
Or "Fanny".
Rome Roved Repetition.
Rome Roved Repetition.
"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."
#66
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:54am
michele lee was in "bravo giovanni" wasn't she?
#67
Posted: 4/9/05 at 8:57am
Yep, Marquise.
LIGHT-YEARS before she was our Karen on "Knots Landing," Lee was the female lead in BRAVO GIOVANNI.
LIGHT-YEARS before she was our Karen on "Knots Landing," Lee was the female lead in BRAVO GIOVANNI.
"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."
#68
Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:01am
yeah, i thought so. my friend daniel has the cd and i heard a song she sings from it called "steady, steady". she has a great voice and when i asked him who it was he told me and my response was something along the lines of "No F-ing Way!"
#69
Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:02am
Then he went on to torture me with "L. David Sloane" and I terminated the friendship...
He just went too far there...
He just went too far there...
#70
Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:47am
You're killing me with the Glenn Hanson avatars, Marquise.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
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