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December 2011

3 posts

Having a little bit of trouble.

Not sure what happened, but all of my co-bloggers were deleted from the blog AND I cant read any of the asks…..im basically crying…what do i do????

Vote for the 2011 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! →

fuckyeahhairtribe: Hippies are nominated for the 2011 BroadwayWorld Boston Awards! Nominated are: Best Actor in a Touring Production - Steel Burkhardt Best Actress in a Touring Production - Caren Lyn Tackett Best Touring Production - Hair Also nominated are Gavin Creel for Best Actor in a Musical - Large Theater (Prometheus Bound) and Diane Paulus for Best Direction of a Musical - Large...

November 2011

15 posts

Here's the answers to today's trivia!

C — the rams and ewes are in Carousel’s “June Is Busting Out All Over.” The other beasties are in the following Oklahoma! songs: the hawk, “Oklahoma!”; the lark, “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top”; the field mouse, “Lonely Room”; the maverick, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.” Be honest, now. How many of you guessed...

The year 1996 saw State Fair, Rodgers and...

To eke out the score, cut songs from other shows by the duo were added to the two movie scores. What show was the original source for “When I Go Out Walking with My Baby” and “Boys and Girls Like You and Me?” A.) Allegro B.) Carousel C.) Me and Juliet D.) Pipe Dream E.) Oklahoma!

The Sound of Music (1959) would be Rodgers and...

The story of the Von Trapp family singers starred Mary Martin and was a smash, while the 1965 movie with Julie Andrews was an even greater success. What was the last lyric Hammerstein wrote? A.) ”Do-Re-Mi” B.) ”Climb Ev’ry Mountain” C.) ”The Sound of Music” D.) ”Edelweiss” E.) ”The Lonely Goatherd”

1949's South Pacific returned the pair to the...

Based on James Michener’s stories, it concerns the romance between a navy nurse, Nellie Forbush (Mary Martin), and a French plantation owner, Emile de Becque (opera star Ezio Pinza). The subplot involves the tragic love affair of a young officer (William Tabbert) for an island girl (Betta St. John). What does Lt. Cable try to give Bloody Mary (Juanita Hall) after he renounces Liat? A.)...

Allegro (1947) is sometimes described as the first...

It used a constant Greek chorus, continuous action, and had no real sets, just props and furniture whisked on and off via treadmills. And, as one might have expected with Agnes de Mille as director, it had four big ballets. Audiences and critics didn’t take well to it, and do to its enormous operating costs, it lost money despite a decent run of 315 performances. Who was a...

What is there to say about Oklahoma! (1943)?

It marked a watershed in musical theatre history. Even poor souls who know next to nothing about musicals have heard of it. Richard Rodgers’ folksy melodies and Oscar Hammerstein’s easy, conversational lyrics helped give this tale of cowboys and farmers it’s naturalistic feel. Which of the following critters is not found in Oklahoma! (the show, not the state)? A.) a hawk ...

Admin Post: Hi guys!

This is Amanda, one of your admins for the Stage portion of this blog and I realized I’ve sort of been neglecting this site and I apologize for that, to the followers and any other admins that are hanging around. However, I am going to try and fix that. :) That being said, I bought a book of Broadway Trivia a couple of days ago and I was wondering if you guys would be interested in...

New Les Mis Movie!

October 2011

1 post

September 2011

36 posts

Home from seeing WICKED!!!!

It was THRILLIFYING! Front row center of the the center section, it was INCREDIBLE! I even got to meet the cast when it was over and they all signed my program!! Galinda even told me that she “absolutely loves my dress”……i basically died. IT WAS AMAZING!