Geography via Musicals
Geography via Musicals
#1Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 9:37am
I never realized how much song-writers relied on the setting!
"Gary, Indiana" -- THE MUSIC MAN
"Good Morning, Baltimore" -- HAIRSPRAY
"The Dream of Atlanta" -- PARADE
"Christopher Street" -- WONDERFUL TOWN
"Henry Street" -- FUNNY GIRL
"Amsterdam" -- PASSING STRANGE
"Anatevka" -- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
"Buenos Aires" -- EVITA
"Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" -- EVITA
"Neverland" -- PETER PAN
"The Gods Love Nubia" -- AIDA
"Goodnight, Saigon" -- MISS SAIGON
"In Old Bavaria" -- THE PRODUCERS
"Iowa Stubborn" -- THE MUSIC MAN
"Ireland" -- LEGALLY BLONDE
What else?
"Cherry Tree Lane" -- MARY POPPINS
--Aristotle
#2Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 9:48am
"Santa Fe" - RENT
"On the Street Where You Live" and "The Rain In Spain" - MY FAIR LADY
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#2Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 9:48am
Oklahoma
New York, New York (On The Town)
Christopher Street (Wonderful Town)
#3Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 9:53am
Welcome to Kanagawa (Pacific Overutres)
does The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea count?
#4Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:38am
"Goodnight, Saigon" -- MISS SAIGON
^^^
That's a Billy Joel song. But there is "The Heat Is On In Saigon." Also, "The American Dream," if that counts.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#5Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:45am
Skid Row - Little Shop of Horrors
No Place Like London - Sweeney Todd
Only In New York - Thoroughly Modern Millie
#6Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:55amThe Worst Pies in London, too!
#7Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:56am
I think we had a thread on off-topic a few years ago where we tried to come up with a song for every state -- and I think we did it. Though don't ask me what we came up with for South Dakota.
(did Carole King's "Pierre" count? 
)
#8Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:59amCalvin, was it "The Black Hills of Dakota" from the CALAMITY JANE movie musical?
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#9Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:00pmThat might've been it! Though come to think of it, I think we weren't limited to stuff from musicals on that one.
#10Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:09pm
This is from a film but what about Portobello Rd from Bedknobs and Broomsticks? Or Santa Fe from Newsies.
Who Will Save New Jersey - Toxic Avenger
#11Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:14pm
Streets of Dublin (A man of no importance)
A new Argentina (Evita)
Manchester England (Hair)
Whats Up, Duloc (Shrek)
#12Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:37pmGrant Avenue (Flower Drum Song)
#13Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:38pmChristopher Street - Wonderful Town
#14Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:04pmBig D (The Most Happy Fella)
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#15Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:30pm
"Twenty Miles from Marietta" from Parade
"Melodie of Paris" from Y&K Phantom of the Opera
What did you guys get for North Dakota? Or did you count the Dakotas together? 
#16Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 5:54pm
Shuffle off to Buffalo (42nd Street)
Chicago (CHICAGO)
Atlantic City (RAGTIME)
West End Avenue (BABES IN ARMS)
Kansas City (Oklahoma)
#17Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:10pm
this is fun...there really ARE so many of them.
How about:
Santa Fe (* the other one, not from Rent, but from NEWSIES)
All I Owe Iowa(y) (STATE FAIR)
Ohio (WONDERFUL TOWN)
Louisiana Purchase (LOUISIANA PURCHASE)
One Night in Bangkok (CHESS)
Paris Through the Window (A CLASS ACT)
#18Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:13pm
and some fictional places...
Glocca Morra (FINIAN'S RAINBOW)
Brigadoon (BRIGADOON)
Xanadu (Xanadu)
Avenue Q (AVENUE Q)
Easy Street (ANNIE)
Bali Hai (SOUTH PACIFIC)
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#19Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:17pm
NYC-Annie
Portabello Road-Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Solla Sollew-Seussical
Never, Never Land-Peter Pan
I'm sure there's more...
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
#20Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:21pm
Wow... I can't stop...
Cuttyhunk (a real place) (A NEW BRAIN)
Meet Me in St. Louis (MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS)
Arkansas (BIG RIVER)
The Bus from Amarillo (BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS*)
Maine (NO STRINGS)
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#21Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 7:16pmThe first act finale of When Pigs Fly which lists every state with a delcious gay twist or pun! A must!
#22Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 8:10pm
RIVERSIDE DRIVE - "Jimmy" (Broadway, early 70's)
WEST END AVENUE - "The Magic Show"
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - "Hair"
GARY, INDIANA - "The Music Man"
DEAR OLD SYRACUSE - "The Boys From Syracuse"
ANATEVKA - "Fiddler On The Roof"
and maybe EASY STREET from "Annie"
#23Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 8:21pm
Chicago (CHICAGO)
^^^
I don't remember a song by that name in the show. Seriously, am I Losing it? Someone else mentioned earlier that "Goodnight, Saigon" was in MISS SAIGON and I don't remember that, either. :-/
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#24Geography via Musicals
Posted: 1/21/10 at 9:38pm
"Salzburg"--BELLS ARE RINGING
"Camelot"--CAMELOT
"Miss Baltimore Crabs"--HAIRSPRAY
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