Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

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Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:42pm

This is a bit of a joke thread. Here are some examples of what I learned from shows.

1 | You can't stop the beat.
2 | Don't Feed the Plants.

Sorry if this has been done already. Sorry if it's dumb. -Penny

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"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

#2

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:43pm

I Felt Nothing...

I like this -- it's not dumb!

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#3

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:44pm

Hehe, yey! Another one might be...

3 | Keep it gay.

Go nuts everyone. -Penny

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"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

#4

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:45pm

When you've got it, flaunt it.

#5

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:45pm

Ya gotta have heart and music...

Updated On: 8/5/04 at 02:45 PM

#6

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:46pm

- Follow your heart, but don't be the bunny.

- Broadway is one of the greatest words in the English language.

- How the other half lives.

- You never say good luck on opening night.

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"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#7

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:48pm

It sucks to be me.



~Jessica

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"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure." ~Roger Bart

#8

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:49pm

4 | Money Makes the world go 'round.
5 | Leo Bloom wants to be a producer.
6 | Without love, life is a 45 when you can't buy it.

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"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

Updated On: 8/5/04 at 02:49 PM

#9

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:49pm

No one is alone; children will listen.

#10

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:49pm

The internet is for porn

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#11

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:50pm

Everyone is a little bit racist!

~Jessica

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"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure." ~Roger Bart

#12

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:51pm

- You gotta get a gimmick.

- Everything's coming up roses.

- Like father, like son.

- Tomorrow belongs to me.

- It's a privilege to pee.

- Look at the sky.

- Run, freedom, run!

- We're not sorry.

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"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

Updated On: 8/5/04 at 02:51 PM

#13

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:52pm

Give them the old Razzle Dazzle, and they'll make you a star
You'll never walk alone
I've got rhythm

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:
You're a good man Charlie Brown!

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Feel the flow, Hear what's happening: We're what's happening. Don't you know? We're the movers and we're the shapers. We're the names in tomorrow's papers ~Merrily We Roll Along

#14

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:54pm

"Everybody goes down well with beer"

Updated On: 8/5/04 at 02:54 PM

#15

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:04pm

7 | You can't get a man with a gun.
8 | He had it commin'
9 | You better run and tell that.

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"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

#16

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:16pm

"calarmi, which isnt a fish but lives in the sea;"

o and of course "forget about the boy"

#17

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:21pm

"Fortune favors the brave"

"Never hold back your step for a moment
Never doubt that your courage will grow
Hold your head ever higher and into the fire we go"

"someone has to strike a pose
And bear the weight of well-tailored clothes
And that is why the Lord created men "

"we all are caught in the middle
Of one long treacherous riddle"

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David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

#18

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:23pm

The only thing better than hairspray.... it's me!

(I love this one!)

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Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

#19

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:23pm

"Radio City Music hall has the worlds largest organ. What more could a boy ask for?"

"Don't stress, relax, let life roll off your back. Except for death and paying taxes everything in life is only for now."

"Life is a cabaret."

"Don't wish too hard for what you want."

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"You can't stop someone who wants to be an artist. If they're going to do it, they're going to do it... Work as hard as you can on the things you can work on. Until it seems like there is no possible chance you're going to succeed, don't give up." ~ANDREW ASNES avatar: me and jason gillman... in the pouring rain.

#20

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:25pm

We all lead elaborate lives

The opposite of war isnt peace, its creation

Happiness is anyone and anything at all thats loved by you!

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Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance... I AM NOW "TGIF!"

#21

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:27pm

The only thing to do is jump over the moon.

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"Wherever you go... I'll be right there. When you get your own private kick in the ass, just remember: it's a present from me to you." Rose's dying words to Louise

#22

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:28pm

Measure your life in love.
Come to your senses.
You are the light of the world.

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I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

#23

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:29pm

Raindrops and roses and whiskers on kittens are a few of my favorite things

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#24

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:29pm

Overture
Entr'acte
Finale

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"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#25

re: Things I Learned From Broadway Shows

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:31pm

"to being an us- for once- instead of a them-"

"a persons a person no matter how small"