Trivial Pursuit #2
Trivial Pursuit #2
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 10:25am
Don't worry, folks, I haven't forgotten.
I have to teach a class this morning, so we'll play as soon as I get back. :)
--M.E.
#1re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 10:28am
damn you Mary_Ethel..get me all excited and then leave...so like you. 
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#2re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 11:45am
Well as long as this is here:
Mary Martin had something during her Broadway career that Ethel Merman never had. What?
And #2:
(This is way easier), what shows did Mary take on the road that the Merm opened in?
This ought to fill in the time until class is over.
#3re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 12:03pmDid she have Larry Hagman?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 12:09pm
Mary Martin had something during her Broadway career that Ethel Merman never had. What?
An understudy that actually got to go on for her.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 12:34pm
Annie Get Your Gun
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#6re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:02pm
Annie Get Your Gun -yep, that's it. They also shared Dolly but neither originated it. Some natural blonde did.
What's the first answer?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#7re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:04pm
At the end of COMPANY, leading character Robert finally comes to terms with what relationships are REALLY about and sings "Being Alive."
That song was NOT the original choice for that spot in show. What was the name of the song that Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim replaced with "Being Alive"?
--M.E.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:04pmHappily Ever After.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:05pmActually...I believe the order was 'Happily Ever After', then 'Marry Me a Little' and THEN 'Being Alive'.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:06pm
NO MORE CALLS, We have a Winner! :)
GREAT JOB, Robbie!
--M.E.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:07pm
I actually sang HAPPILY EVER AFTER in college.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:16pm
The way I remember it was:
1) "Marry Me a Little" was written during rehearsals and then dumpd for -
2) "Happily Ever After" which was dumped in Boston for -
3) "Being Alive"
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#13re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 1:30pm
and to tie it all up
Mary Martin had a bona fide flop (Jennie in 1963). Merman had only hits.
Happily ever after in hell. I'd call that a mixed message.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#14re: Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 10/21/04 at 2:48pm
"Merman Had Only Hits"
Obviously, I love Ethel, but she had a flop as well--STARS IN YOUR EYES which lasted all of four months in 1939 and produced NO hit songs.
It was a spoof of Hollywood. Merm played a movie star.
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