Drink Pairings for Musicals

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 11:44am

Last night as I was trying to sleep, I started thinking "What would be the appropriate drink for various musicals. Of course, I started with Sondheim. Other suggestions? How about Kander & Ebb or ALW?

 

SATURDAY NIGHT - college beer like Lucky Lager
WEST SIDE STORY - Puerto Rican rum and Coca-Cola
GYPSY - fancy French champagne
FORUM - Roman wine
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE - Evian water (comes from a pipe, sounds French and is "naive" spelled backwards)
DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - Venetian spritz
COMPANY - Ice cold, dry martini. Alternates: vodka stinger or warm orange juice
FOLLIES - Champagne cocktail (using an old recipe)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - champagne and strawberries (but NOT your best champagne)
PACIFIC OVERTURES - Tea
THE FROGS - Greek wine, of course (The lead IS Dionysus!)
SWEENEY TODD - London gin
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Gin & tonic, presented with a twist
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - More beer!
INTO THE WOODS - Hard apple cider
ASSASSINS - a shot
PASSION - bitters
ROAD SHOW - mislabeled booze served with an umbrella

Updated On: 2/2/16 at 11:44 AM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 11:47am

Good pick for Assassins, but I have to say—a shot is clearly Hamilton territory.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 11:55am

Sideshow - A double anything

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:28pm

Sweeney Todd - "would you like a drop of ale"

[mrgiovanni]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:00pm

IF/THEN - whiskey, neat.

[MyLife]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:43pm

RENT - A Tom Collins

 

[KCW]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:58pm

Only problem with anything fancy and Company is that you would want to do a spit take kinda thing during Ladies Who Lunch. Maybe you could have two glasses.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:04pm

MAME -- a dry martini with the vermouth first swirled around the glass and then poured out

Billy Elliott -- lager of some sort

Kinky Boots -- choice of Pink Champagne or ale

She Loves Me -- Cherry Kirsch

Damn Yankees -- Beer, as in 'Beah Heah'

Les Mis -- House Red

Silk Stockings -- Iced Vodka Neat

Hello Dolly -- Beer in big glasses with handles (don't know what they are called)

Fiddler -- Manischevitz (sic) wine

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:06pm

These count even though the shows closed out of town

 

We Take The Town - Tequila

Pleasures & Palaces - Vodka

[KCW]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:22pm

Jarethan - it's called a stein. The old ones are an art form due to their sculpting and painting.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:24pm

Aspects of Love - armagnac

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:33pm

KCW said: "Jarethan - it's called a stein. The old ones are an art form due to their sculpting and painting.

Thanks.  I think I went brain-dead.  I thought only those pottery things were steins, but clearly you are right on.

"

 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:43pm

I thought this was really dumb, but I am enjoying it.  Here are a few more:

Flower Drum Song and Pacific Overtures -- Sake

The Music Man and Annie Get Your Gun -- Sarsparella (sic) or Root Beer

Sweet Charity -- Pineapple Ripple

Do I Hear a Waltz -- Bellinis

Over Here -- Rum and Coca Cola

Gypsy -- to me is more like beer from the tap or Chinese Tea

Follies -- Spiked Punch

[BakerWilliams]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:44pm

Wonderland - 40 shots of tequila so you die before it starts

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 7:32pm

Honeymoon in Vegas - Watered down drinks by the slots

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 7:35pm

I also posted this to facebook and I liked someone's reply,
When watching Pacific Overtures, do NOT drink the chrysanthemum tea!

[After Eight]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 10:51pm

Anya  - Vodka, vodka, clear cold vodka.

The Sound of Music - Tea with jam and bread

Gigi- Champagne

Kean   - Grog

The Girl Who Came to Supper - Cordon Rouge and Châteauneuf du Pape

How to Succeed   - Coffee

No, No, Nanette  - Tea for two

Pousse-Café   - Pousse-Café

70, Girls, 70 - Coffee in a cardboard cup

 

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 2/2/16 at 10:58pm

For Hamilton, I was going to suggest two 1/2 pints of Sam Adams (2 pints of Sam Adams, and I'm working on three), but here's an actual shot to raise a glass to freedom:  http://www.goodfoodstories.com/alexander-hamilton-cocktail/

[chewy5000]

Posted: 2/3/16 at 2:23am

A bottle of Vodka and a straw?

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 2/3/16 at 8:30am

Jesus Christ Superstar -- matzo and a gentle pool of wine (served in a chalice, bowl, or woodcut goblet, depending on your mental picture of the Last Supper)

Updated On: 2/3/16 at 08:30 AM