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Your Favorite Broadway Shows/Musicals

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Double Down, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Good call. I am going to have to do the same.
     
  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Had heard the music, but hadn't seen it until the latest Broadway revival. Liked it more than I thought I would.
     
  3. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    Tick Tick.....Boom, probably.
     
  4. spup1122

    spup1122 Guest

    That is correct. I just brain-farted for a moment.
     
  5. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Terrific obscure material from some of the folks who founded the franchise, in chrono order:

    1929: Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen: Porter was nuts about Paris, and
    he wrote most of his spot-on Paris stuff early in his career, including this episodic entertainer. Notable highlights include "You Do Something To Me" and
    the hysterical 11 o'clock number "I'm Unlucky At Gambling". Score exists on CD.
    Do yourself a favor.

    1932: Rodgers & Hart: Love Me Tonight: The highlight of R&H's Hollywood exile.
    A Paramount Pictures release, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette McDonald,
    along with many of the stock Paramount players, including Charles Butterworth,
    C. Aubrey Smith, and Myrna Loy in a riotous man-hungry role. Song highlights
    include "Isn't It Romantic" (featured early-on in one of the most remarkable film
    sequences, ever) and "Lover". Available on DVD, and we are grateful.

    1933: The Gershwins: "Pardon My English": Writing a musical based in Germany for 1933 staging was not a good idea, and given the depths of the Depression, the production broke the producer. Too bad, because while the plot is bizarre, the score is top-rate, with such quality stuff as "The Lorelei" and "My Cousin In Milwaukee" among the highlights. Widely available on CD.
     
  6. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    Bringing back the thread since I just saw Wicked for the 3rd time tonight.
    This last year I have been "dragged" to see more productions and have seen Rock of Ages (loved it!), Million Dollar Quartet (LOVED IT!) and Wicked (liked it the 2nd time the best, but this time was good also since we were in the 5th row).
    My wife still wants to see Book of Mormon and after she saw Jersey Boys, I think I want to see it also.
     
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