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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 24, 2017 19:54:15 GMT
Anthony, great one there, but I think you are taking my post too literally!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 20:01:27 GMT
Shuffle Along, The Wild Party, It Shoulda Been You, On Your Feet!, I Can't Sing!, The Color Purple, Honeymoon in Vegas
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 24, 2017 20:09:25 GMT
Bear in mind the most obscure post, will be pampered with a slap up evening, being fed dry roasted peanuts by tweezers from our very own Burly Bear and Theatremonkey.
OMG I NEED TO WIN THIS! *Rushes off to write a musical* |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 24, 2017 20:11:39 GMT
The Ballad of Little Mikey - I think that counts as an obscure show!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 20:12:47 GMT
By Jeeves
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Drat! The Cat!
The Apple Tree
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 20:13:19 GMT
Carrie... Xanadu... Time...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 1:30:24 GMT
Have we all forgotten In the Heights so quickly?
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Post by zsazsa on Mar 25, 2017 9:07:46 GMT
Funny Girl (Although written for the movie then later added to stage version)
Sweet Charity
Bugsy Malone
High Society
On The 20th Century
Lend Me A Tenor
The Beautiful Game
Do I Hear A Waltz?
Nine
Five Guys Named Moe
Camelot
Brigadoon
They're Playing Our Song
Irene
Me & My Girl
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Post by alison on Mar 25, 2017 10:57:03 GMT
Murder Ballad
Fame
Footloose
Love Never Dies
Only the Brave
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 11:41:33 GMT
From Here to Eternity.
Into the Woods.
The Color Purple.
Oliver.
I'd argue the case of Hamilton, given the first song of the show '[Alexander] Hamilton' (the principals name).
In the same vein, theres the shows were the show title features as part of a song title:
[The Ballard of] Sweeny Todd
London Road [In Bloom]
Chicago [After Midnight]
Memphis [Lives in Me]
On the similar merits, its not a song title, but a lyric that features heavily in a song 'Dear Evan Hansen'. Slightly tenuous though.
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Post by confessor on Mar 25, 2017 12:22:23 GMT
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Martin Guerre
The Scottsboro Boys
Ragtime
The Last Ship
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Beautiful Game
American Idiot
Here Lies Love
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 26, 2017 20:00:55 GMT
Some really top great contributions, you have nearly exceeded yourselves here, but sure there a couple more out there?
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Post by bellboard27 on Mar 27, 2017 8:59:29 GMT
Legally Blonde. That said, I think it's more a question of chicken and egg and I think in many cases, the show's title was chosen first and a song of the same title was written later. Yes, I'm sure in some cases a good show title came first and a song title later. Jukebox musicals using a pre-existing song title are of course the most obvious.
Further, several show titles came from earlier works (books, films, etc.), so are not from the songs. For example: The Color Purple, Made in Dagenham, Carrie, Bugsy Malone, From Here to Eternity, etc.
Phantom's question does get the brain cells whirling!
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Post by clair on Mar 27, 2017 9:47:36 GMT
The Boy Friend
No No Nanette
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