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Schoolhouse Rock!

Schoolhouse Rock it is! And she did some of my favorites, including "Interjections."

Ask away!

Two part question:

What heroic character was serenaded with the song "You've got possibilities" and which actress served up that song?

That would be Superman, in his guise as Clark Kent. Linda Lavin sang it on Broadway, Loretta Switt in the TV version (picked it up at Mid-Ohio Con -- scary).

Oh, god! I never knew there was a TV version. The CD is lots of fun, and some of the songs are very singable, but I can see why the show only lasted 126 or so performances.

Your question SS!

They did a TV version in the '70s. They messed with the plot a bit and moved the songs (the ones they used, anyway) around and superdiscofied (one of Clark's little-known powers?) them until they're almost unrecognizable. Loretta Switt was the best of the bunch. The no-name guy who played Supes was OK, but Lesley Ann Warren was WRETCHED as Lois Lane (worse than her screentest for the Superman movie, which was on the DVD they released a few years ago -- I like her in some things, but Lois she's not).

Jason Graae does a great version of "You've Got Possibilities" on his Charles Strouse tribute CD, "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (and he looks rather fetching almost naked on the cover).

Anyhoo, on to the next question!

Two TV actresses have trod the boards as a girl named Fred. Who are they (in the original casts), and what's the show? (Bonus points if you know which famous musical writer this show's writer is the offspring of. Super bonus points if you know how the more recent star got her start on Broadway.)

Why, Carol Burnette and Sarah Jessica Parker played Winnifred, the lady so refined she could detect a pea under her mattress!

Mary Rodgers is the daughter of Richard Rodgers.

SJP became famous in Annie but her first credit is The Innocents in 1976.

Ken

Oops! I forgot to mention the show!

It was "Once Upon A Mattress" and alas, I've only seen the TV production which also starred Burnette.

Ken

I've never seen the TV version. I've heard tell of another TV version in the works, Proty II, with Burnette as the queen. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Of course, you're right on all counts. You're up!

The '72 version was okay, I guess. I liked it at the time. It was my first exposure to Bernadette Peters. It also starred Ken Berry and Jack Gilford. I don't remember any of the music from it.

Okay, Daniel McDonald left his role as All My Children's Dr. Brad Phillips to play a dead man on Broadway. What was the name of the Show?

For bonus points, what TV musical reunited two of the female cast members?

Ken

Did I make this too hard? Granted, it wasn't a hit show, but it did have choreography by Susan Strohman and great music by a very famous duo.

One of McDonald's song and dance numbers was "Second Chance", a fitting title since he's been given a second chance at life, even if it is only for three weeks.

Ken

I thought it might be Kander & Ebb's "Steel Pier," but I didn't know enough about the show to know if his character was dead.

As for the second part, Debra Monk and Kristen Chenoweth were in Disney's "The Music Man."

You got it, Seymore!

McDonald plays a pilot who died during an airshow before he could cash in his raffle ticket for a dance and a kiss with Lindy's Lovebird. Now he's got his "second chance".

All the action takes place at a dance marathon at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. I never saw the show, but it has some really nice songs. One of my life's missions is to turn people on to this show and I've given away two CDs as presents already.

Ken

(Sorry, got a small case of rellifeitis)

It does have some lovely music. I bought the CD after seeing the performance on the Tonys. I guess the liner notes just didn't stick with me.

As for the new question:

Which rock and roller is working on a spooky new musical with Stephen King?

John Cougar Mellencamp. Watch out, World!

Yes!

I hadn't heard about this, but I was trolling the net for a good trivia question and ran across it. Sounds creepy but intriguing. Your turn!

I actually forgot that I had gotten this question... here's an easy one.

Stephen Sondheim was originally picked to write both the music and the lyrics for Gypsy. However, the producers' final decision was to bring in Jule Styne to write the music.

What was the reason for the change?

Because he was untested as a composer?

Yes, but there was one particular person who had a problem with him... who was it?

Probably the only one with that kind of clout would be the original Mama Rose, Merman herself.

You got it! I've got to check this thread more often, you're up, Seymour.

Boy, it's getting tough to come up with good questions.

Here's an easy one I adapted another online quiz:

Betty Buckley has had a remarkable career in show business. As a Broadway leading lady, she sang "Memory" in the original company of Cats, and most recently starred in "Sunset Boulevard" and "Triumph of Love." She has also made many films and toured extensively as a cabaret artist. In the late 1970s she was a regular character on what TV series and starred as a gym teacher in which iconic film and what were the characters' names?

She was Sandra Sue 'Abby' Abbott Bradford on Eight is Enough

And the gym teacher was Miss Collins in Carrie

Woo hoo!

You're up, PB!

Well, I won't tell you what gang this young man was a member of, but I willtell you that his daughter has the lead of a current hit TV series.

So,

Name the gangster, both actor & character
Name the gang he belonged to
Name the musical film he was in
Name the gorgeous daughter, actress & character
Name her TV series