Fun Questions for Musical Theatre Junkies

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:00pm

My prof. knows entirely too much about musical theatre and gave us an extra credit assignment with really difficult questions on it. We're allowed to use any source in the world, except for him. Can you answer any of these? Any help would be greatly appreciated... I've already figured out most of the other things but I'm stuck on these. Thanks :)

What shows do these lyrics come from?
1. "It's about 'take your breath away... can't believe your eyes'..."

2. "Finding it's the mud that makes the roses grow..."

Also... who (actor/actress) appeared as all 3 of these roles on Bway in the original OR revival cast?

1. A ghost
A governess
A suffragette

2. A choirmaster
A gold-miner in Alaska
A stowaway on a cruise ship

3. A vaudevillian agent
A suicidal advertising executive
An employee in a perfumery

4. A nightclub singer and dancer
An answering service employee
A mother-of-the-bride

5. A 1955 motorcyclist
A boy band member
A roller-skating artist

6. A train car
A typist/aspiring actress
A filmaker's mistress

Plus... What shows fit EXACTLY the spacing/punctuation here:
example [_ _ _ _ _ _ space _ _ space _ _ _ _] = [title of show]

1. _ _ _ _ space _ _ space _ _ space _ _. space _ _ _ _ _

2. _ _ _ _ _ _ space _ _ _'_ space _ _ _ _

[sgv123]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:06pm

# 5 is Cheyenne Jackson

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:08pm

for the who played which roles:

1) Rebecca Luker
3) Boyd Gaines
4) Faith Prince
6) Jane Krakowski

and the fill in the blanks one hurts my eyes too much.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:08pm

Um... yipes?

I plead the fifth.

And your professor is MEAN! At least it's extra credit!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:08pm

1. Rebecca Luker
4. Faith Prince
6. Jane Krakowski

[roseaddams]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:09pm

The fill-in-the-blanks are Meet Me In St. Louis and Smokey Joe's Cafe.

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:21pm

Wow! Thanks! Does anyone have a clue on the lyrics? I've been trying to search them but haven't had much luck...

[Amalia Balash]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:23pm

2 is Howard McGillin (choirmaster in Drood, gold miner in Bounce, stowaway in Anything Goes)
Updated On: 11/3/08 at 03:23 PM

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:25pm

Thank you!

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:28pm

On the actor questions, I can't seem to match the characters to the shows. Any help?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:29pm

roseaddams, I'm impressed!!! Have you thought about a career on Wheel of Fortune?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:33pm

Rebecca Luker: The Secret Garden, The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.
Howard McGillin: as was already said, Drood, Bounce and Anything Goes.
Boyd Gaines: Gypsy, Contact (I would guess...), and She Loves Me.
Faith Prince: Guys and Dolls, Bells Are Ringing, and A Catered Affair.
Cheyenne Jackson: I'm only positive about Xanadu as the last one.
Jane Krakowski: Starlight Express, Grand Hotel and Nine.

[Weez]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:33pm

Mummy, am I having fun yet?

EDIT: wait, why 'Mary Poppins'? Mrs Banks isn't a suffragette in the stage version. O_o

For Cheyenne, I'm pretty sure it's 'All Shook Up' first. Possibly 'Altar Boys' second, but that wasn't Broadway.

Updated On: 11/3/08 at 03:33 PM

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:37pm

Weez just pwn'd your professor's ass.

and, ah, um...I can't think of any other possibilities. not...The Phantom of the Opera and not The Music Man...and not Show Boat.

so maybe there's actually NO correct answer.

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:38pm

I think Altar Boyz works... I'lll check more into Mary Poppins...

Some of these seem so obvious now that you say them... but I was so lost on them!

[roseaddams]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:44pm

Thanks, Gotham! I hate to toot my own horn but I've always been pretty good at fill-in-the-blank type puzzles. Wheel of Fortune's a pretty good idea -- college doesn't pay for itself, y'know. =D

[JeaniusIsMe]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:46pm

The Cheyenne one was definitely All Shook Up, Altar Boys, and Xanadu.

I had a prof that did something like this once- only with shakespeare, and it was a graded final.

[Weez]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:49pm

Eh, it probably is 'Mary Poppins'. I mean, there's no reason to expect the prof has seen the stage version, and she was a suffragette in the film version. I just wanted to toot my own horn and show off a little bit of my own knowledge. Maybe you can add it as a fun thing; "I got all the answers AND I proved you wrong on a little bit! Who's the smartypants now, prof?". Or something. ^_^

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 3:50pm

I'm glad this is extra credit and not a final! I'm so close... but I haven't been able to find anyone that knows where those lyrics come from. It's tough stuff.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 11/3/08 at 7:31pm

I'm pretty sure #2 on the lyrics is from The Secret Garden...

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/4/08 at 4:36pm

one more set of lyrics, anyone know what they're from?

"a quart and pint served up just right will cure you right away"

still looking for:

"It's about 'take your breath way... can't believe your eyes'"

Thanks!

[defscott627]

Posted: 11/4/08 at 6:20pm

finding it's the mud that makes the roses grow is from "Life is" from Zorba.

[Stephanie11]

Posted: 11/5/08 at 1:51pm

Yup. Found that one. Just stuck on those last two lyrics...
I have no idea how my prof. thinks up this stuff.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/5/08 at 11:59am

#1 is from the song, It's About Magic, from the musical, Merlin starring Doug Henning, Chita Rivera and a young Nathan Lane.