HELP!!!please!!!

[huckleberry22]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 7:39pm

my friend is doing some class, he has to fill out this broadway trivia questionairre thingy. to be honest, i am not all that versed on broadway trivia. can anyone help?

the two questions stumping us are:
1)what musical has the following moment: cans of stewed tomatoes explode
2)what musical would fit this " tabloid" heading: boy disguised as girl exposed while threading needle?

please help us,it would be greatly appreciated.

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 7:43pm

1) Hello Dolly

Barnaby and Cornelius want a 'night off' working at Mr. Vendegelder's Hay and Feed Store so they hold candles under the Tomato cans to make them explode. The stench is so bad that they know people will stay out of the store so they can go into New York and have an adventure.

and by the by, they won't come home until they've kissed a girl!

Updated On: 10/4/05 at 07:43 PM

[BroadwayBoy2005]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 7:44pm

The tabloid question makes me think of 'Sweet Smell of Success'. But I don't know the lyrics to any of the songs, so it's just a guess....

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:07pm

To my knowledge it isn't SWEET SMELL.

Not sure if "Tabloid" has anything to do with the clue except that it is giving the plot to a show!

How many musicals do we know where a boy dresses like a girl???
LOTS!

But what about "THREADING NEEDLE" What is meant by that??
Is it a literal Threading needle?
Is it sports terminology?
or is it actually Sexual slang?

I just can't seem to put my finger on it!

Sorry
I'll keep trying

[huckleberry22]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:09pm

thank you! for the first one, still dont know the second one. but, i guess the tabloid thing is not part of the show, just how they worded the question. thank you though. anyone know the second?
i thnk that the needle is literal, as my friend attends a pretty religious college, so i am guessing there is no double meaning, but who knows? Updated On: 10/4/05 at 08:09 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:12pm

You've got me going nuts -- the threading a needle thing is SO familiar but I can't place it. Where's Margo???

[huckleberry22]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:31pm

i know, i have been trying to google it, but nothing. it seems so familiar, but i can't put my finger on it.grrr.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:47pm

i know i've heard of like a STORY where a boy dresses as a girl to hide from...something, i don't remember...but he seeks refuge with this old woman who discovers that he's not a girl because he threads the needle by trying to thread the needle ONTO the thread versus threading the thread THROUGH the needle. or something like that. but i've never heard of it in a musical...

WAIT. could it be any version of the Huck Finn/Tom Saywer musicals? it seems like it could fit in there...like that time period.

[Atrias]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:48pm

You're right! Big River?

[angelic1]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 9:15pm

Yeah, it is Big River. Good trivia question though!

[jasonf]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:08pm

Good God - I thought of it SECONDS before I read it posted here.
And I'm an English teacher.

*Goes to hide in corner....

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 11:05pm

AH

BIG RIVER!

I'm ashamed of myself!

[kate2]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 7:28pm

i recognize number 2 from reading HUCK FINN last year in english class!!