Country or Rural Musicals
Country or Rural Musicals
#0Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:24pm
Well, first I was thinking about musicals with a Western setting and which ones I like the most. Then I realized that some musicals aren't necessarily set in The West but they do have a rural, country-western sensibility. Carousel is set in Maine and Shenandoah in Virginia but I would include these on my list. So which ones do you like? Which ones would you add to the list?
110 In The Shade
Oklahoma!
Carousel
The Robber Bridegroom
Saratoga
Shenandoah
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Calamity Jane
Annie Get Your Gun
jmnpublications
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#2re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:32pm
Smoke on the Mountain
Sanders Family Christmas
Phantom of the Country Opera (Opry)
Ron
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#3re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:35pm
I saw Shenandoah!
Would PAINT YOUR WAGON fit in the list?
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#7re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 10:56pm
Roadside - the latest from Jones and Schidt
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Plain and Fancy (about the Amish)
Destry Rides Again (based on the Jimmy Stewart/Marlene Dietrich Western movie)
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#8re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 11:02pmIs Carousel set in Maine? I saw a wonderful performance of it just this past Friday, and I thought it was set in Salem, MA. Although, as I type this, I realize it may be set in Salem, ME. Either way, I know its Salem, as the god-like guy (I don't know if he had a name) told his assistant lady to put a star over Salem right after Billy got 'Up There'.
#9re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 11:24pmI just thought of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. I can't believe I forgot Paint Your Wagon.
#10re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/16/04 at 11:57pmFloyd Collins
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#12re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:49amHasn't a musical version of "Blazing Saddles" been talked about every once in a while...?
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Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#13re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:57amMy favorites are Violet, Bat Boy, and Parade. Overall not hugely partial to the country musicals, but that probably because I've never been anywhere rural.
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beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#14re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:19am
Wizard of Oz involves Kansas...
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AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#15re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 10:19amWill Rogers Follies... more of a glitzy, show-biz country...
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#16re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 11:57am
Robert Nassif Lindsey's "Opal" takes place in rural Oregon, I think. It's a great score.
lc
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#17re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 11:59amAlong the lines of "Big River" there's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#18re: Country or Rural Musicals
Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:29pmI think it's a mistake that no one has mentioned THE CIVIL WAR yet.
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