Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

#1

Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:35pm

How many shows can we name in which no character from the musical dies or was mentioned to have died? I have though of MY FAIR LADY, GUYS & DOLLS, GYPSY and YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN so far. Let's see what other shows pop up.

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#2

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:39pm

Anything Goes

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#3

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:42pm

On the Town
Seussical
Hairspray
Spelling Bee
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
Company
Follies

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#4

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:45pm

Mary Poppins
and Legally Blonde...Mr. Windham's dead, but we never see him.

#5

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:48pm

Mamma Mia

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#6

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:50pm

I have a better one. How about "Musicals With A Token Gay Character That Is Healthy And Alive At The End Of The Show"?

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#7

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:50pm

I think you're going to end up with a list containing the vast majority of musicals ever produced. Thousands of them. Just get a reference book and start moving chronologically through the seasons for the last century.

#8

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:51pm

Carnival (Although Rosalie has quite a scare)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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#9

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:52pm

I could be wrong (most likely am) but I don't remember anyone dying in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

edit: whoops we both posted only a minute apart!

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Updated On: 3/17/07 at 07:52 PM

#10

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:53pm

Wonderful Town
Caroline or Change- if you don't count Caroline's soul dying. Oh I said it!

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#11

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:01pm

<< I could be wrong (most likely am) but I don't remember anyone dying in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. >>

That's the purpose of this exercise... nobody dies.

#12

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:05pm

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying , 42nd Street right? lol.. Um.. Wedding Singer

#13

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:10pm

The Full Monty

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#14

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:10pm

Foster,you made a valid point. Remind me to start that thread next month.

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#15

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:11pm

Hi Fi

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#16

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:11pm

Foster: Rod from Avenue Q

Musicals in which no one dies: Millie

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#17

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:13pm

Showboat
The Sound of Music
Kiss Me Kate
Flora the Red Menace
The Rink
Lil Abner
Hello Dolly
A Funny Thing Happened...
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Crazy for You
110 In The Shade
The Fantasticks
I Do, I Do
Woman of the Year
Victor/Victoria
1776
The Producers
Contact

#18

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:14pm

The Producers
Crazy for You
I may be wrong but...Fiddler on the Roof ?

#19

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:16pm

The Producers
Avenue Q
La Cage Aux Folles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jersey Boys(Nick Massi doesn't die until the end, but we only hear about it, we don't see it and the guy who gets shot was only faking it)

#20

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:16pm

Guys & Dolls

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#21

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:20pm

Full Monty has 2 gay characters alive and well at the end. So does The Producers.

#22

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:31pm

I may be wrong but...Fiddler on the Roof ?
Chava does...well kind of

#23

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:41pm

"Hi Fi"

There was the rap part, where they shoot Ian, even though it was imgained.

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#24

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:44pm

I know but I didn't want to look stupid and post DRS if someone actually did die in it... thus I was saying I didn't recall anyone dying in it (I saw it over a year ago and don't have the cast album so I wasn't 100% positive)

If you don't count Grizebella being "reborn," CATS (it depends on how you look at it)

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Updated On: 3/17/07 at 08:44 PM

#25

re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies

Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:54pm

worrell4077- In Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli's daugher dies.

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