"break into the house to obtain the last Tomacco is a reference the film ""Night of the Living Dead"" (1968) and the zombies' attack. A farmer is shown using an elephant to measure his corn plants' height; this is a reference to the song ""Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"" in the musical ""Oklahoma!"", which features the line ""the corn is as high an elephant's eye"". The Southern colonel's accent is similar to the Warner Bros. character Foghorn Leghorn and he uses Foghorn's phrase ""Sir, I say sir!"", while the mudflap on his RV features a picture of him in a"
"Higher and Higher (film) Higher and Higher is a 1944 musical film starring Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, and Frank Sinatra (in his film debut), loosely based on a 1940 Broadway musical written by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. The film version, written by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence with additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris, diverges significantly from its source. The film has songs by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Harold Adamson (lyrics), as well as one song by Rodgers and Hart, ""Disgustingly Rich,"" that remains from the stage production. The household staff of millionaire Cyrus Drake hasn't been"
"the record previously held by ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""The Lion King"" musical has grossed nearly as of 2017. As the sun rises, Rafiki the mandrill calls the animals to Pride Rock. She greets King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi before presenting their cub to the gathered animals (""Circle of Life""). Elsewhere, Mufasa's brother, Scar, laments his lost chance at becoming King. Back at her baobab tree, Rafiki paints an image of the cub and asks the spirits to conjure the new prince's name: Simba. Time passes and Simba grows into a lively young cub (""Grasslands Chant""). Mufasa shows Simba"
"Going Up (musical) Going Up is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Louis Hirsch and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and James Montgomery. Set in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States at the end of World War I, the musical tells the story of a writer turned aviator who wins the hand of the high society girl that he loves by his daring handling of the joystick of a biplane. Popular songs included ""Hip Hooray,"" ""If You Look in Her Eyes,"" ""Kiss Me,"" ""Going Up,"" ""Do It for Me,"" ""The Tickle Toe,"" and ""Down! Up! Left! Right!"". The"
"and Choral Music In the past several years, Washington has performed annual Broadway musicals, such as ""South Pacific"", """", ""Footloose"", ""Children of Eden"", ""West Side Story"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Seussical"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Godspell"", ""Peter Pan"", and most recently, ""The Phantom of the Opera"". The school also has the concert choir, the symphonic choir, and the show choir. Instrumental music The director of the high school's bands is master teacher Matt Stanley. He directs the school's jazz band, concert band, symphonic band, marching band, and pep band. On Friday Nights during the Autumn Football Season, the marching band"
"in Australia (Canberra - 2009 and Feb 2010) as well as numerous productions in U.S. regional theatres and in Canada. Each musical features four players who reprise similar archetypal melodrama roles in each. Corn! is set in the style of the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, featuring parodies of and references to ""Oklahoma!"", ""Carousel"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""The King and I"", ""Cinderella"", ""Flower Drum Song"" and ""South Pacific"". In Kansas in August, Jitter threatens that June will have to marry him if she can't pay the rent; Big Willy is torn between his desire to marry her himself and"
"(Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase), Original Song (Irving Berlin for ""Cheek to Cheek""), and Dance Direction (Hermes Pan for ""Piccolino"" and ""Top Hat""). In 1990, ""Top Hat"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The film ranked number 15 on the 2006 American Film Institute's list of best musicals. ""Top Hat"" has been nostalgically referenced — particularly its ""Cheek to Cheek"" segment — in many films, including ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985), ""The English Patient"" (1996), ""The Green Mile"" (1999),""La La Land"""
"The Musical Dogs Perry 449. The Dog's House Perry 450. The Lions and the Hares Perry 451. The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Perry 452. The Wolf and the Ass on Trial Perry 453. The Wolf and the Shepherds Perry 454. The Mouse and the Oyster Perry 455. Momus and Aphrodite Perry 456. The Fool and the Sieve Perry 457. The Boy on the Wild Horse Perry 458. The Ass and the Snake called Dipsas Perry 459. The Peeping of an Ass Perry 460. The Shadow of an Ass Perry 461. The Eyes and the Mouth Perry 462. The Privilege of"
"many musicals over the years including ""Mary Poppins"" (2015), ""In the Heights"" (2014), ""Grease"" (2013), ""The Wedding Singer"" (2012), ""Hairspray"" (2011), ""The Wizard of Oz"" (2010), ""Bye Bye Birdie"" (1983, 1997, 2009), ""Oliver!"" (2008), ""Cabaret"" (2007), ""Footloose"" (2006), ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1981,2005), ""West Side Story"" (1984,2004), ""The Music Man"" (2003), ""The Wiz"" (2002), ""Annie"" (2001), ""Guys and Dolls"" (2000), ""Fiddler on the Roof"" (1999), ""Anything Goes"" (1998), and ""Oklahoma!"" (1996) The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1992 and was Group 2 and USSBA regional champions in 2002, Group 1 Open. Core members of the school's"
"Barbara, Stepping Out The Normal Heart, La Traviata, Bert and Maisie Dream of Sussex Downs, The Song is You, West Side Story, Siamese Twins, School for Clowns, Tales of Hoffman, The Winslow Boy, Conversations with a Fainthearted Feminist, Peter Pan: The Musical A Streetcar named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, Breaking the Code, The Mikado, The Sound of Music, Squatter, I'm Not Rappoport, Les liaisons dangereuses, Gershwin by George, Oedipus Rex, Ladies Night, Gypsy, The Kiss of the Spider Woman The Share Club, The Rivers of China, Bloodknot, Twelfth Night, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Homecoming, South Pacific, Burn This, Beauty and"
"Top Hat (musical) Top Hat the Musical is a 2011 stage musical based on the 1935 film of the same name, featuring music and lyrics by Irving Berlin with additional orchestration by Chris Walker. The show opened on 16 August 2011 at the Milton Keynes Theatre, touring the United Kingdom before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. ""Top Hat"" won multiple 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards after receiving seven nominations. The musical closed in London on 26 October 2013, with a UK and Ireland tour commencing in August 2014. The musical is based on the 1935 film of"
"Pinnick as Cain. Up from Paradise Up from Paradise is a musical with a novel and lyrics by Arthur Miller and music by Stanley Silverman. In 1972, Miller's comedy ""The Creation of the World and Other Business"" closed after only twenty performances. Undaunted by its failure, he revamped it as a musical, a retelling of God's battle with Lucifer for control of Adam and Eve as chronicled in the Book of Genesis. ""Up from Paradise"" was staged at Miller's alma mater, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in 1974. It was presented in concert form in the Composers' Showcase"
"Music Man"" (1988), ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"", ""Grease"", ""Singin' in the Rain"", ""Cinderella"", """"A Midsummer Night's Dream"""" (Spring 1993), """"As You Like It"""" (Spring 1994), """"Romeo and Juliet"""" (Spring 1995), """"The Orange Splot"""" (Spring 1996) and others. The drama program participates in the Central Wisconsin Educational Theatre Alliance, a group of local high school drama teachers and students that presents more challenging productions. With funding from grants, community donations, and the profits from past performances, the organization is able to produce plays and musicals on a larger scale than is possible at the high school level. Past shows"
"classics as ""Guys and Dolls"", ""Singin' in the Rain"" and ""Hello, Dolly!"". In 2004, the musical ""Beauty and the Beast"" sold over 6,000 tickets, with two encore performances, due to overwhelming demand. The more modern show Disney's ""High School Musical"" was performed there in 2007 and held two encore performances and was standing room only selling well over 7,000 tickets. Central was the first High school in the area to do that particular show. The Theater Arts classes put on five different shows for the public each year; in addition, the Thespian club puts on a performance and competes at"
"with Bragg collaborating with Howard Goodall. The musical has been refined over time, including a new song ""Day Follows Day"" which was introduced for the 2003 revival at the Salisbury Playhouse. It features characters John and Emily Tallentire, and two periods in their lives. The first opens with a Hiring Fair, where John is employed by Pennington, a local farmer. Emily also has an affair with Pennington's son, Jackson. John finds out while on a hunting trip with his brother, Isaac, and returns and knocks out Jackson. Emily is torn between the two men. Act 2 begins with May and"
"in varying locations around the School, varying from the sports fields to more historic buildings such as Upper School and College Chapel. In recent years, the School has put on a musical version of ""The Bacchae"" (October 2009) as well as productions of ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"" (May 2010), ""The Cherry Orchard"" (February 2011), ""Joseph K"" (October 2011), ""Cyrano de Bergerac"" (May 2012), ""Macbeth"" (October 2012), ""London Assurance"" (May 2013), ""Jerusalem"" (October 2013), ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (May 2014), ""Antigone"" (October 2015), ""The Government Inspector"" (May 2016) and ""Romeo and Juliet"" (May 2017). On"
"Top Banana (musical) Top Banana is a musical with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer and book by Hy Kraft which premiered on Broadway in 1951. The show was written as a star vehicle for comedian Phil Silvers, who played the host of a television variety show program. Silvers won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1952. The musical opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 1, 1951, and closed on October 4, 1952, after 350 performances. The original cast co-starred Rose Marie, Lindy Doherty, Jack Albertson, Bob Scheerer"
"of Music"", """", ""The Phantom of The Opera"", ""Cabaret"", ""I Love Lucy Live Onstage"", ""Cinderella"", ""The Book of Mormon"", ""Disney's Beauty and the Beast"", ""Sister Act"", ""Disney's Newsies"", ""Wicked"", ""We Will Rock You"", """", ""Once"", ""War Horse"", ""Evita"", performance by Blue Man Group, ""Mary Poppins"", performance by Stomp, ""Fela!"", the 25th anniversary production of ""Les Misérables"", ""Rock of Ages""; ""Memphis"", ""Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"", ""The Addams Family"", ""Shrek The Musical"", ""Million Dollar Quartet"", ""Come Fly Away"", ""The Lion King"", the 2009 revival of ""Hair"", ""In The Heights"", ""Jersey Boys"", ""Disney's Beauty and The Beast"", ""Dreamgirls"", ""RAIN – A Tribute"
"The Lion King (musical) The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film of the same name with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, along with additional music and lyrics by Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer. Directed by Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets. The show is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. The musical debuted on July 8, 1997 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Orpheum Theatre and was"
"High Button Shoes High Button Shoes is a 1947 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn and book by George Abbott and Stephen Longstreet. It was based on the semi-autobiographical 1946 novel ""The Sisters Liked Them Handsome"" by Stephen Longstreet. The story concerns the comic entanglements of the Longstreet family with two con men in Atlantic City. The musical opened on Broadway in 1947 (running for 727 performances), on the West End in 1948, and has had several regional revivals as well as being televised in 1956. Many involved with ""High Button Shoes"" were Broadway first-timers or"
"Raisin (musical) Raisin is a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play ""A Raisin in the Sun"", with songs by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan, and a book by Robert Nemiroff (who was Hansberry's former husband) and Charlotte Zaltzberg. The story concerns an African-American family in Chicago in 1951. The musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning two, including Best Musical, and the Broadway production ran for 847 performances. In Chicago in 1951, an African-American family, Ruth Younger, her husband Walter Lee Younger, their son Travis and Walter's mother are living in a cramped apartment. Walter is a"
"called ""Elephant!"" which features a song called ""He’s Packing His Trunk"" and a finale which ends with the lyric ""Somewhere up in heaven there's an angel with big ears!"" During rehearsal, Dexter succumbs to the advances of a married co-star (played by Kim Thomson). On the new musical's opening night, Kate puts together evidence of the affair from a few subtle clues, and leaves Dexter without further ado. After seeing a scene in a televised award show that suggests Ron is now dating Kate, Dexter impulsively gives up his role in ""Elephant!"" just before the curtain rises, with plans to"
"Omaha and Company ""The Gospel of Gabriel Finn""| Gabriel Finn ACT TWO ""Terre Haute High"" |April ""Life Wins"" | Omaha ""The Worm Germ"" | Provo ""Isaacs' Equation"" | Dr. Isaacs ""Dance the Dark Away!"" | Storyteller and Company ""Four Hundred Girls Ago"" | Gabriel Finn ""All My Good Mornings"" | Omaha ""Isaacs' Equation (Reprise)"" | Dr. Isaacs ""Children of the Sun (Reprise)"" | Omaha and Gabriel Finn ""New Jerusalem"" | Company Via Galactica Via Galactica is a rock musical with a book by Christopher Gore and Judith Ross, lyrics by Gore, and music by Galt MacDermot. It marked the Broadway"
"The Corn Is Green The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in 1938 with Williams portraying Morgan Evans. The original Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and premiered at the National Theatre on November 26, 1940, running for 477 performances. L. C. Moffat is a strong-willed English school teacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining village in late 19th century Wales. She struggles to win the local Welsh miners over to her English ways, and an illiterate teenager by the name of Morgan"
"(1995) and (2011), ""Cinderella"" (1996), ""Bye Bye Birdie"" (1997), ""Oliver!"" (1998) and (2009), ""Guys and Dolls"" (1999), ""The Music Man"" (2000), ""Mame"" (2001), ""Grease"" (2003), ""Hello, Dolly!"" (2005), ""Damn Yankees"" (2006), ""West Side Story"" (2007), ""City of Angels"" (2008), ""Crazy for You"" (2012), ""Seussical"" (2013), ""Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"" (2015), ""Mary Poppins (musical) "" (2016) "" Shrek the Musical "" (2017), and "" The Little Mermaid (musical) "" (2018) East Rockaway High School East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School (often abbreviated ERHS) is a co-educational six-year secondary school in East Rockaway, New York, and the sole high school in"
"Higher and Higher (musical) Higher and Higher is a musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan and produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. It ran on Broadway for 84 performances in 1940. ""Higher and Higher"" premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on April 4, 1940 and closed on June 15, 1940, after 84 performances. It played a return engagement at the Shubert Theatre from August 5 to August 24, 1940. It was directed by Joshua Logan, with choreography by Robert Alton, scenic design by Jo Mielziner and costume"
"for $20 front row tickets, and some saw the show dozens of times. Other shows on Broadway followed ""Rent""'s lead by offering heavily discounted day-of-performance or standing-room tickets, although often the discounts are offered only to students. The 1990s also saw the influence of large corporations on the production of musicals. The most important has been Disney Theatrical Productions, which began adapting some of Disney's animated film musicals for the stage, starting with ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1994), ""The Lion King"" (1997) and ""Aida"" (2000), the latter two with music by Elton John. ""The Lion King"" is the highest-grossing musical"
"High School Musical (franchise) The ""High School Musical"" franchise consists of three Disney musical romantic comedy-drama films directed by Kenny Ortega and created by Peter Barsocchini with a fourth installment in pre-production. It stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman. The original film was released simply as a Disney Channel Original Movie, but after its huge success, it was followed by a television sequel. The received a theatrical release. Tisdale and Grabeel reprised their roles as Sharpay and Ryan Evans in a spin-off on the series titled ""Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure"", ultimately released as"
"and their fourth WWF-UK commission ""Arabica"", inspired by a conference Conlon attended about world economics. ""Arabica"" is a musical about the coffee industry and the people involved in the growing, producing and selling of it. This was premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, by the choir and musicians of St Augustine's RC High School with narration by actor Burt Caesar. ""Arabica"" is arguably the most musically complex of their shows, and most controversial, and has never been broadcast. There was question whether they would write another large-scale musical after ""Arabica"", but in 2000 they wrote ""Song of Creation"" to"
"The Cat and the Fiddle (musical) The Cat and the Fiddle is a musical with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The story is about a composer and an opera singer, and the title comes from the second line of the nursery rhyme ""Hey Diddle Diddle"" (""the cat and the fiddle""). The show features the songs ""She Didn't Say Yes"" and ""The Night Was Made for Love"". The original Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 15, 1931, moved to the George M. Cohan Theater on May 24, 1932, and ran for a"
"Rise Above 1 ""Rise Above 1"" is the first single from the soundtrack of the Broadway rock musical """", released in May 2011. The song was recorded by Reeve Carney, who portrays Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the musical, along with co-writers Bono and the Edge of U2. Another version of the song contains the cast from the musical, titled ""Rise Above 2"". The single peaked at number 74 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming Carney's first single to chart. Carney, Bono, and the Edge performed the song live on the season finale of the 10th season of ""American Idol"".. A music"
"Biffle. Later, Berle performed the song ""Top Banana"" on the ""Muppet Show"" with Fozzy Bear. Phil Silvers won the 1952 Tony Award for the Best Actor in a Musical. Notes Top Banana (musical) Top Banana is a musical with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer and book by Hy Kraft which premiered on Broadway in 1951. The show was written as a star vehicle for comedian Phil Silvers, who played the host of a television variety show program. Silvers won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1952. The musical opened on Broadway"
"Hair-Raising Hare Hair-Raising Hare is a Warner Bros. ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. It stars Bugs Bunny and features the first appearance of Chuck Jones' imposing orange monster character, unnamed here, but in later cartoons named ""Rudolph"" and then ""Gossamer"". One dark night, as the camera pans across a dark, empty forest, Bugs is heard singing a stanza of ""Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart"" (introduced in ""Hollywood Canteen""). When the camera zooms in on Bugs' rabbit hole, he pokes up, dressed in a nightshirt and holding a candle, and tells"