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[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 12:08pm

Bravo jennyish! :)

Looking at the things Timmer included, i figured that was the reasoning behind whoever said SITPWG.

[icantbelive]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 12:12pm

Last 5 Years: Cathy was auditioning for a show in Climbing Uphill (does that count?)

I haven't thought about this but there's a lot!
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[once a month]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 12:14pm

The play, The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby (1981), had the Crummles theatrical troupe performing their re-written adaptation of Romeo and Juliet during one of its several acts. It was funny, all who died (except one) came back to life so they could offer a happy ending. The troupe broke into song at the end of the scene bidding farewell to Nickolas and his friend Smike when they had to leave. The Crummles troupe, as well as being joined by the rest of the cast, also ended the act by singing 'England Farewell, join in the chorus (etc)' from on their set. i'll never forget it. NN wasn't a musical, but the music it did contain, was soaring (and came out with an LP at the time).
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[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 12:17pm

Show Boat

[A Fleur De Toi]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 12:35pm

my pleasure, timmer.

how bout Hairspray's Corny Collins Show and that Ms Hairspray beauty comp that they put up?

[philly03]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 1:46pm

The Scarlet Pimpernel: SP2-SP4;

The introduction to the whole show is "Storybook" where Marguerite is at her "theatre club"...the "Comedie Frences" or whatever. Of course they added Marie doing sets, etc.

[Timmer]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 1:54pm

"how bout Hairspray's Corny Collins Show"

Whcih song is in that? "Good Morning, Baltimore"?

[gypsy4]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 4:37pm

well the corny collins show is a T.V show I wouldn't consider hairspray a show within a
show and timmer for a broadway fan I would think you would know all the songs from hairspay.
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[StockardFan]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 4:42pm

I was going to say 42nd Street and Chicago.

I know this is a movie and not a musical, but Dirty Dancing had the talent show thingie.

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 4:47pm

Drowsy Chaperone is the whole time!

[fafolguy]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 6:22pm

Pippin is a show within a show as well.

[Patash]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 9:02pm

Steam Heat in The Pajama Game.

Honey Bun in South Pacific.
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[Salene]

Posted: 7/11/08 at 9:14pm

Pippi in Tahiti - Ruthless! Updated On: 7/11/08 at 09:14 PM

[A Fleur De Toi]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:04am

Oh yeah Pippin! funny how many there are when you think about it.

and timmer, its "The nicest kids in town", "you cant stop the beat".

Also i was thinking maybe "A Wild Wild party" from the Lippa's Off Broadway musical The Wild party? The song is an extract from the new Broadway musical one of the characters in the party was writing- Good Heavens, i think. And they were performing it to ppl at the party. Show within a show?

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 1:40am

Me and Juliet. If I remember correctly there is even a song where the audience of the show within the show gets to comment on the show they're watching.

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 2:16am

Who can forget Wicked's Wizomania!

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 2:17am

Double Post

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[dinglehopper89]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 11:03am

Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

edit: just reread original post, didn't realize it had to be a musical...whoops
Updated On: 7/12/08 at 11:03 AM

[Salene]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 12:27pm

Not "stage shows", but nevertheless characters performing for other characters:
Super Trouper - Mamma Mia
Oom-Pah-Pah - Oliver!
Deep Into The Ground - Billy Elliot

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 2:47pm

I think we've lost track of what actually constitutes a "show within a show"

I dunno how SITPWG or an audition in L5Y is supposed to count as a show within a show. And "performances" like Oom-Pah-Pah and A Wild, Wild Party aren't done in a show within the story, they're just performed within the setting of the show.

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 2:57pm

I had almost forgotten about "Say, Darling" Interesting "show within a show" concept. Did anyone see it on Broadway?

Here's info from Wikipedia -

Say, Darling is a three-act comic play by Abe Burrows and Marian and Richard Bissell about the creation of a Broadway musical. Although the play featured nine original songs with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, all of the songs were presented as either rehearsal or audition material and not as the thoughts or feelings of the characters. The original 1957 Broadway production featured only two pianos, but RCA Victor released a fully-orchestrated original cast recording of the score, leading many to conclude that Say, Darling was actually a musical.

In a case of art imitating life not once, but twice, the show is an adaptation of Richard Bissell's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name which chronicled his experience adapting his novel 7½ Cents for The Pajama Game, making it in essence a play of a book about a musical adaptation of a book.

[Skywalker3]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 5:46pm

'Special' in Avenue Q

Spamalot has some momenth to.. The Part of the Lady of the Lake in the song 'Knight of the round table' if I'm not mistaken..

[EugLoven]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 6:24pm

A Midsummer Night's Dream

[Timmer]

Posted: 7/12/08 at 9:56pm

Thanks everyone. This is a really good discussion.

[Timmer]

Posted: 7/13/08 at 5:40pm

Any others?