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Here's a bit of a twist. One actor from "Hello Dolly!" has delivered both of these lines:

(from Dolly: ) "Some rotten cans of chicken mash are going to explode!"

(from a different musical:) "Too long you've wandered in winter, far from my fathering gaze."

Who's the actor, and what was the other musical?

I know this one!!

Michael Crawford played Cornelius in the movie version of "Dolly" and became internationally famous as the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera," in which Christine first thought of him as her "Angel of Music."

Correct! Your turn, Seymour--and you'd better keep away from "Little Shop of Horrors." That would be too easy.

Whoops, sorry -- got swept up in the holidays and my cousin's wedding.

OK, here's a new one, not from "Little Shop of Horrors." It's from one I just saw recently.

You know it seems quite clear to me
Because I'm working class
I am just the horse's ass
He sells me down the river
So what am I? Chopped liver?

That's Patsy from Spamelot. Not seen it yet but it's on our list.

OK, I know I'm right with that one so here's... well, it might not be too easy since this song was cut from teh stage version of this musical but let's see if anyone can get it anyway. As a clue this song was replaced with a fairly similar one, at least in terms of theme.

"And when I saw the awesome torture chamber in that flick.
I found I got a hard on, while the other kids got sick."

Indeed, you are right.

It sounds like this could have been cut for "Dentist" in "Little Shop," the way you describe it. I don't have a name, though, unless I want to peek on the Internet. So I'll guess that first and see where it takes me.

Heh, yes, it is Little Shop. The song is called 'I Found A Hobby' and I suspect it was cut because it's just a little too crude for the rest of the show. You can get it on the Broadway cast recording that's just been released (featuring the girl who was Penny in the original Hairspray cast as Audrey) along with four or five other cut songs and the full score (including the very different ending from the film version) of the stage show. Well worth getting it actually if onyl for 'A Little Dental Music' which is a lovely song until you listen to the words. I suspected you'd get it Seymour, although I did wonder if you'd actually recognise it already.

You're up again.

In honor of a bit of news I heard the other day:

I watch you from the shadows
You sigh before your window
And gaze upon the town ...

Guess what it is, and I'll tell you the news (if you haven't heard it yet).

Sweeney Todd... Judge Turpin, singing "Johanna" (no. 2)

Is the news Alan Rickman?

Yup, that's the song, and that's the news. Alan Rickman will be Judge Turpin in the upcoming movie. Your turn, KP.

An odd lyric from a great show:

"Blame it on your Daddily and Mammily
Cause depression runs in our family!"

Well, it's been the better part of a week, so let me reveal the answer:

25'th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!

Yay, I win!

Here's another one. This one is from my very favorite (semi)current show.

The day we meet,
The way you lean against the wind,
And do not know that you are beautiful,
Or that anyone is watching you,
This is what I see.

And I notice how you hunger for surprise,
And do not think that you are tall enough,
Like you’re standing on a mountainside alone,
This is what I see.

Now I see as I have never seen before.
Since that moment in the square,
When you’re hat is carried in the air,
Just so you can chase it,
Just so I can be there,
This is how I know,
This is what I see,
This is love to me.

Oh, "Spelling Bee" is so new, I'm not really familiar with it yet. I'm very pleased its tour is stopping here later this year, though.

For the new one, I'm going to try it without cheating and guess "Light in the Piazza." I wish the tour of that one were coming here.

Ding ding ding!

Seriously, Light in the Piazza is awesome, but it's a bit inaccessible from the soundtrack. But once you SEE it...

Wow.

You're up, SS!

I agree. I liked the song on the Tony Awards so got the CD. It was nice, but I didn't think much of it until I saw the full production on PBS. It's quite lovely.

Here's something from a buzzed-about show:

"And you can teach him plumbing and philosphy
"New techniques for glazing pottery
"Woodcraft, first aid, home economy
"Madam, Adam will be overjoyed!"

That's the title song from The Apple Tree, which I hear is getting a New York revival in the near future.

The song is sung by the Serpent, and has "Forbidden Fruit" as an alternate title.

You are correct.

And the revival is going on right now. It stars a luminous Kristen Chenowith. I got to interview her for an article I did about the revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," and she's such a nice person. And amazingly talented.

Let us have it, BAM!

Next:

"Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?
Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!"

I believe that's Guinevere (Julie Andrews) singing "It's May" from Camelot, isn't it?

Close enough (the title of the song is "The Lusty Month of May").

Over to Calybos.

Here we go:

"A life not bad for a hardy lad.
Though surely not a high lot.
Though I'm a nurse,
you might do worse,
than to make your boy a pilot."

Wonder of wonders, I'm not the first person to use a Gilbert & Sullivan quote in this game!

That's from Ruth's expository solo in Act 1 of The Pirates of Penzance, "When Frederic Was a Little Lad".

Correct. Your turn!

Next:

"He put all his reliance
In courage and defiance,
And risked his life for Science!"