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You got it Ken, you're up!

Nice job, BTW.

Mike

Thanks, but I've had a Petula Clark fetish for years....

Okay, speaking of Sunset Blvd, This group's parody of Sunset Blvd morphs into "Ethel Merman" and the William Holden character singing a parody of "You're Just in Love."

1. Name the gang that does the parodies.
2. Name the original show that featured "You're Just in Love."

Ken

Okay, so the parody group in question does regular revues and has at least six CDs for sale (plus a special Hollywood edition).

One of my favorite numbers has Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno trading barbs to the tune of America from West Side Story.

Sometimes they even make up shows, like the muscial version of Anna Karenina:

Do you hear that train comin' round the bend
It means the tale of Anna is about to end
As I throw myself to my new address
'Neath the Achebad, Tblisi, and Kiev Express

Ken

I've finally had a chance to research part 2 of the question ...

Part 1 is easy: Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, specifically Volume 4, a.k.a. Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back!

Part 2: Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin.

"Chita & Rita" is fun, but I'm even more partial to the number that follows it on Volume 2, George Hearn singing "I Ham What I Ham".

And of course the Ethel Merman "tributes":

"Curtain Up!
Light the Cykes!
And ya better turn off all the mikes!
Cross your legs,
Hold your ears,
'Cause no one leaves this room until I'm through!
Honey, ev'rything's comin' up Merman
For me, and for ...
Me!"

I understand the reason why
You're going deaf because so am I
I'm da Merman!

Congratulations, BRM! You're up!

Ken

I'll try another quote:

"Oh, do not leave us minus
Our vicarious bonus,
We want to see his Highness
Married to your Lowness."

Name the show, and the character who sings this verse.

I have no idea, but somehow I've heard it before.

Ken

Hmmmm ... looks like it's time for a hint.

The quoted song was (disappointingly) cut from a recent New York revival of this show, but it definitely appears on the cast album of the original production.

That's from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (had to use the Web to jog my memory because I knew I knew it). My cassette of the OBC is buried, but I'm going to say Smitty because I doubt it was Rosemary.

The song is "Cinderella Darling," which I agree was a disappointment to see cut. It's a fun song.

Damn. I can't believe I missed that. I need to be demoted back to the mail room.

Ken

Suddenly Seymour is correct, with bonus points for giving the title of the song (which is sung by Smitty and the female chorus to Rosemary early in Act 2).

Your question, o Green one.

Excellent!

"Into the Woods" isn't strictly a stage show. Besides its cast albums, it has been translated into at least three other media. Name them.

Well, there's a book by Sondheim.
There's a DVD of the PBS performance.
and....
I don't know. There's the Forbidden Broadway parody, Into the Words!

I sort of hate to ask it but what's a rhyme for basket?

Ken

You got it, Proty!

I was counting the DVD and PBS TV performance as two.

Your question.

Thanks Seymour!

Richard Rodgers got double use out of the music for "No Other Love". Name the Broadway musical AND the television series that featured this melody.

Ken

Okay, it's been 24 hours so time for a hint.

The television series WASN'T a musical but still featured music by Richard Rodgers.

Ken

Okay, the Broadway musical was a backstage romance featuring Ray Walston as the Stage Manager. Here's the Oscar Hammerstein lyrics.

No other love have I
Only my love for you
Only the dream we knew
No other love

Watching the night go by
Wishing that you could be
Watching the night with me
Into the night I cry

"Hurry home, come home to me
Set me free
Free from doubt and free from longing"

Into your arms I'll fly
Locked in your arms I'll stay
Waiting to hear you say
"No other love have I"
No other love

I let this one go for a while to let someone who might actually know the answer get it, but since it doesn't appear there is anyone, here goes the Internet search.

Wow, that was still pretty tough.

The song was from "Me and Juliet" and the TV show was "Victory at Sea."

That's exactly right, though since Durwood brakes for WWII documentaries it's fairly well known around our house. In fact I cracked him up last time we were in SF. We were showing a tourist friend Fisherman's Wharf when Durwood spotted an old WWII sub on display. He was entranced, and I broke into a chorus of "No Other Love", the song they always played when shirtless sailors roamed the decks of their ships.

I've never actually seen Me and Juliet but I'm told it by those who have that it deserves better than being R&H's forgotten play.

Anyway, you're up, oh vegetative one.

Ken

Cool!

Let's go with a simple question about my show! In the current incarnation of "Little Shop," one of the lead cast members is closely related to another performer who was recently hot stuff on Broadway.

Name them and their relationship.

It may be a simple question, but I don't have a clue, pal. I even tried looking it up on ibdb, but it was no help.

Do we get a hint?

Ken

Sure thing!

The other performer is related to the guy who plays Seymour (or at least did when the new version opened -- I never see anything about the show, but I doubt his contract was so short that he could have left yet).

I feel like I'm cheating since I never heard of any of these people.

Hunter Foster plays Seymore. His sister is Sutton Foster and his wife is Jennifer Cody. I'm guessing Sutton Foster was the one you were looking for, since Jennifer appears to have a replacement actress in all of her shows.

Sorry, SS, but I live in San Jose so I don't get to see many Broadway shows these days...

Ken

No need to apologize. They made a deal out of it during the Tonys the year Sutton won for "Millie" and he was snubbed for "Urinetown," so I thought that would have made it more common knowledge with theater geeks. I guess I'm just geekier than most.

You're up!