Trivial Pursuit #147
Trivial Pursuit #147
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:18pm
In 1946, the Broadway-bound ST. LOUIS WOMAN had serious Book trouble.
However, due to an Act of God, the production team could do VERY LITTLE to revise the Book.
Somebody please tell us what happened.
GOOD LUCK, Everybody!!! 
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:21pmHint #1: Stone cold.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#2re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:23pmHint #2: _____ Takes a Holiday.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#3re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:25pmHint #3: Murder By _____.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:28pmHint #4: The absence of life.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:29pmUm, Countee Cullen, the author of the book, died?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#6re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:33pm
YES-Margo, you are 100% Correct!!!
Ms. Cullen passed away while ST. LOUIS WOMAN was on the road so it was IMPOSSIBLE to revise the troubled book.
Many theatre critics and historians believe that although ST. LOUIS WOMAN had an UNMATCHED Arlen & Mercer score, the nearly unworkable Book did the show in and sent it to a VERY early grave.
WAY TO GO, Margo!!!
Now for your bonus points:
What was the hit song to emerge from ST. LOUIS WOMAN?--recorded by Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others?
#7re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:36pm
I know
but I don't want to steal Margo's thunder
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#8re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:39pm
How VERY Curteous of YOU, Elphaba.
We'll give Miss Channing a few more minutes and then we'll throw it open to the Board.
But how NICE to see such a polite BWW Member!!!
#9re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:41pmit's the new meds, I am either very courteous, or a bitch on wheels
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:42pmDear. I HATE to be SO BOLD, but perhaps a little touch of makeup here or there might make for a sunnier disposition?
#11re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:44pmLOLOL.......but green IS my color M_E.......I mean I hoarded that fiestaware chartreuse for SO long before putting it all up on EBAY, that it just kinda rubbed off!
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:46pm
Gotcha, Elphaba.
Well, I guess Margo had to leave us.
So anyone on the Board may answer the Bonus Points Question:
What was the hit song to emerge from ST. LOUIS WOMAN?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#13re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:51pmHint #5: ____ __ ___ __ _____.
#14re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:51pmCome Rain or Come Shine
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#15re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:52pm
Sorry, I was away.
"Come rain or Come Shine"
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#16re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:55pm
YES, Elphaba, you were "in the know" ALL ALONG, weren't you?
"Come Rain or Shine" has had a HIGLY varied life that far outreached the short Broadway run of ST. LOUIS WOMAN in 1946.
As mentioned earlier, Garland, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, and countless others have all had hits with it.
SO, Congratulations to BOTH Margo AND Elphaba!
Your prize is that you are know jockeys on a winning streak! You do just fine until you meet an evil woman, and THEN, you start to LOSE all the time.
It takes a death, the love of a good woman, and some divine intervention to turn you back into a winner, ah, what the heck, I told ya, it was a tacky book! 
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, guys!!!
***Edit*** Sorry, Margo, just saw your post. Of course, you are correct as well.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#17re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 5:57pm
"Come Rain or Shine":
http://www.bobbycaldwell.com/discography_lyrics_Come_Rain_or_Come_Shine.htm
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#18re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 6:01pmI saw "St. Louis Woman" at Encores! a few years back with Vanessa Williams, Helen Goldsby et al..... Great score, terrible book (something to do with jockeys and horse racing). The show would only be revivable if someone were to toss that book out entirely and start over from scratch. Not sure if anyone's interested, but the score is so great , it would be worth it.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#19re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 6:08pm
Timothy O'Donnell, a former regular on "The Young and The Restless", JUST released an album which features "Come Rain or Shine":
http://cdbaby.com/cd/timothyokeefe
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#21re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 9/18/05 at 6:12pm..............like NOBODY loooooves you......
Mamamia Sammy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/04
#22re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 5/9/07 at 12:40pmCome Rain or Come Shine...........
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#23re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 5/9/07 at 12:48pm
That's the title of my jazz CD. I adore that song (hence, why it's the title track.) I did not, however, know anything about its origin in "St. Louis Woman," so thank you for bumping up this thread.
#24re: Trivial Pursuit #147
Posted: 5/9/07 at 12:49pmWhatever happened to Marquise? He was such an Angel.
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