From which musical was the song '76 Trombones'?
"Iowa Fight Song The ""Iowa Fight Song"" is one of three fight songs currently used by the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band along with On Iowa and Roll Along Iowa. The music and lyrics were written by Iowa native Meredith Willson, author of The Music Man, in 1951. The song is mostly a contrafact to his hit, ""It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,"" much in the same way that ""76 Trombones"" and ""Goodnight, My Someone"" from The Music Man are based on the same harmonic structure. As part of Willson's library, the song is copyrighted to Frank"
"1776 (musical) 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It dramatizes the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. It premiered on Broadway in 1969, earning warm reviews, and ran for 1,217 performances. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. In 1972 it was made into a film adaptation. It was revived on"
"70, Girls, 70 70, Girls, 70 is a musical with a book by Fred Ebb and Norman L. Martin adapted by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Ebb, and music by John Kander. The musical is based on the 1958 play ""Breath of Spring"" by Peter Coke. The plot concerns a group of larcenous old folks who steal furs from various New York City stores with the intent of using the proceeds from their resale to buy their Upper West Side retirement hotel, the New Sussex Arms, which is slated to be sold to developers. The musical opened on Broadway on April"
"in a season that included ""Hair"", ""Promises, Promises"" and ""1776"". The last of these won the award. The original production ran for 305 performances, but a 1983 Broadway revival ran for 362 performances with a cast starring Anthony Quinn. The musical opened on Broadway on November 16, 1968, at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 305 performances and twelve previews. Directed by Harold Prince and choreographed by Ron Field, the cast included Herschel Bernardi, Maria Karnilova, Carmen Alvarez, John Cunningham, and Lorraine Serabian. Scenic design was by Boris Aronson, costume design was by Patricia Zipprodt, and lighting design was"
"version. For example, in ""The Sound of Music"", the reprise of the title song is sung by the Von Trapp children and their father, the Captain; whereas the original was sung by Maria. In ""Edelweiss"" (reprise), the entire Von Trapp family and Maria sing and are later joined by the audience, whereas the original features Liesl and the Captain. Also, in the musical ""The Music Man"", the love song ""Goodnight My Someone"" uses the same basic melody (though with a more ballad quality to it) as the rousing march and theme song ""Seventy-Six Trombones""; in the reprised versions, Harold and"
"at age 61 in 1981 and was interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY. He was survived by his wife, Ingrid; his son, Keith; his daughter, Valerie, and his mother, Rae Edwards. Sherman Edwards Sherman Edwards (April 4, 1919 – March 30, 1981) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical ""1776"" and the 1972 film based on it. Edwards was born in New York City and was raised in Weequahic, New Jersey, where he attended Weequahic High School. He lived in Parsippany, New Jersey from 1919-1981. He attended New York University, where he"
"1776 (film) 1776 is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Peter H. Hunt. The screenplay by Peter Stone was based on his book for the 1969 Broadway musical of the same name. The song score was composed by Sherman Edwards. The film stars William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Ken Howard and Blythe Danner. Portions of the dialogue and some of the song lyrics were taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants of the Second Continental Congress. While General George Washington is conducting the struggle against the British Empire on the"
"marching band seldom has more than 30 trombonists, the band that Harold Hill describes to the citizens includes 76 trombones, 110 cornets, ""more than a thousand reeds"", double bell euphoniums, and ""fifty mounted cannon"" (which were popular in bands of the late 19th century). The love ballad ""Goodnight My Someone"", which immediately precedes ""Seventy-Six Trombones"" in the musical, has the same tune but is played in 3/4 time, at a slower tempo. At the end of the musical, lines from ""Seventy-Six Trombones"" and ""Goodnight My Someone"" are sung in alternation with each other. In Willson's hometown of Mason City, Iowa,"
"Broadway Database; ""Playbill""; ""Playbill"" Sources: ""Playbill""; ""Playbill""; Olivier Awards ""The Telegraph"" Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters’s 1988 film of the same name. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and ""downtown"" rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on ""The Corny Collins Show"", a local TV dance program based on the real-life ""Buddy Deane Show"". When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity"
"said it was fueled by ""Motown essence"". Ithaca.com described the number as ""splendid"", and Alpharetta said the song is ""rousing"". Playbill described it as a ""tuneful and surprisingly touching duet"". Welcome to the 60's ""Welcome to the 60's"" is a song from the musical ""Hairspray"". it is performed by Tracy Turnblad, Edna Turnblad, Mr. Pinky, and a Greek chorus consisting of three African-American stylists entitled the Dynamites. DVD Talk wrote ""A number of Shaiman and Wittman's songs come from specific lines of dialog, like ""Welcome to the 60's"" and ""Big, Blonde and Beautiful,"" a nice way of simply expanding on"
"Welcome to the 60's ""Welcome to the 60's"" is a song from the musical ""Hairspray"". it is performed by Tracy Turnblad, Edna Turnblad, Mr. Pinky, and a Greek chorus consisting of three African-American stylists entitled the Dynamites. DVD Talk wrote ""A number of Shaiman and Wittman's songs come from specific lines of dialog, like ""Welcome to the 60's"" and ""Big, Blonde and Beautiful,"" a nice way of simply expanding on what Waters' characters were already saying"". Edna Turnblad is encouraged to go outside for the first time in a while, and she takes in the surroundings. It is a changing"
"Sherman Edwards Sherman Edwards (April 4, 1919 – March 30, 1981) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical ""1776"" and the 1972 film based on it. Edwards was born in New York City and was raised in Weequahic, New Jersey, where he attended Weequahic High School. He lived in Parsippany, New Jersey from 1919-1981. He attended New York University, where he majored in history. Throughout college, Edwards moonlighted, playing jazz piano for late night radio and music shows. After serving in World War II, Edwards taught high school history for a brief period"
"days after he arrived that he is a fraud. (Harold earlier claimed to have graduated from the Gary Conservatory in 1905, but Gary, Indiana, was not founded until 1906.) Because she loves him, she gives him the incriminating page out of the ""Indiana State Educational Journal"". She leaves, promising to see him later at the Sociable. With his schemes for the boys' band and Marian proceeding even better than planned, Harold confidently sings ""Seventy-Six Trombones"". As he overhears Marian singing ""Goodnight My Someone"", Harold suddenly realizes that he is in love with Marian; he and Marian sing a snatch of"
"42nd Street (musical) 42nd Street is an American musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, produced by David Merrick, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit. The show was produced in London in 1984 (winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical) and its 2001 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood"
"Award for Best Musical. This has been followed by a string of professional tours and worldwide productions and numerous cast albums, as well as a major 1996 film of the musical starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. The musical was revived in London in 2006, and on Broadway in 2012, and toured the UK again in 2013–14 before running for 55 West End performances at the Dominion Theatre in September–October 2014. Act I In 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina, a crowd is watching a film (""A Cinema in Buenos Aires, July 26, 1952"") that is interrupted when news breaks of the death"
"Ramey, Jerry Hadley, Dom DeLuise, Ruth Ann Swenson and Julia Migenes; and ""The Green Album"", among others. Thomas Z. Shepard Thomas Z. Shepard is a prolific record producer who is best known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, including the works of Stephen Sondheim. Shepard is also a composer, conductor, music arranger and pianist. He has won twelve Grammy Awards and produced the original cast recordings of many of the Sondheim musicals, including ""Sweeney Todd"", ""Company"" and ""Sunday in the Park with George"", among others. He also produced the original cast recordings of ""1776"", ""La Cage aux Folles"" and ""42nd"
"Hairspray (musical) Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters’s 1988 film of the same name. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and ""downtown"" rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on ""The Corny Collins Show"", a local TV dance program based on the real-life ""Buddy Deane Show"". When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight, and meets a colorful group of characters, leading to social"
"the authors of the musical. In the song ""But, Mr. Adams"", John Adams tells Thomas Jefferson that Adams is 41 years old. Adams (born in October, 1735) was actually 40 years old at the time of the events depicted in the musical. In his review of the original 1969 production, Clive Barnes of ""The New York Times"" wrote, On the face of it, few historical incidents seem more unlikely to spawn a Broadway musical than that solemn moment in the history of mankind, the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Yet ""1776""... most handsomely demonstrated that people who merely go"
"commandments stemmed from the ""Ten Crack Commandments"", which served as a guide to illegal acts during the 1990s, as well as being a song by the Notorious B.I.G. Elizabeth Logan, writing for ""Huffington Post"", stated that the song has a key role in making the audience ""comfortable with duels"". This becomes important in Act 2 of the musical, where two duels occur in Weehawken, New Jersey. Thus, as per the author, the audience will be on board when ""some beloved characters pick up pistols"" later on in the musical. The song receives two reprises at key junctures in the musical:"
"The Comedy of Errors (musical) The Comedy of Errors is a musical with a book and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and music by Guy Woolfenden. It is based on the William Shakespeare play, ""The Comedy of Errors"", which had previously been adapted for the musical stage as ""The Boys from Syracuse"" by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott in 1938. The London production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1977. While enjoying a holiday in Ephesus, Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse are mistaken for their long-lost twin brothers Dromio and Antipholus of Ephesus by Adriana, who"
"The musical includes such hits as ""Super Trouper"", ""Lay All Your Love on Me"", ""Dancing Queen"", ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Take a Chance on Me"", ""Thank You for the Music"", ""Money, Money, Money"", ""The Winner Takes It All"", ""Voulez-Vous"", ""SOS"" and the title track. Over 60 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters was released in July 2008. As of 2018, the show has productions in London's West End, where it is"
"Barnum (musical) Barnum is an American musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. It is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies. The production combines elements of traditional musical theater with the spectacle of the circus. The characters include jugglers, trapeze artists and clowns, as well as such real-life personalities as Jenny Lind and General Tom Thumb. The original Broadway production ran for 854 performances and was followed"
"as the Philadelphia version; however, the actors' commentary is entirely removed. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a 1976 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It is considered to be a legendary Broadway flop, running only seven performances. It was Bernstein's last original score for Broadway. The musical opened on May 4, 1976, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and closed on May 8, 1976, after 7 performances and 13 previews. It was co-directed and co-choreographed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison. The musical examined the establishment of the White House"
"film ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". As staged in the film ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" (1942), starring James Cagney, this sentimental song is lightened by a scene in which her luggage springs open. Her male admirers politely gather her bloomers and petticoats, and repack for the blushing Mary, while they continue singing. Forty-five Minutes from Broadway Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway is a three-act musical by George M. Cohan written about New Rochelle, New York. The title refers to the 45-minute train ride from New Rochelle to Broadway. The musical debuted on January 1, 1906 at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway and ran"
"musical with music and lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric 'Rokko' Jans in 1979. Produced by Libby Adler Mages and Daniel Golman of Mavin Productions. The original coming of age musical involves the 1950s Catholic education of eight Chicago children, following them from the start of elementary school through the senior prom and beyond. Along the way it touches on such topics as first confessions, puppy love, patron saints, teacher's pets, sex education classes, and the importance of not wearing patent leather shoes as they could reflect up under the school uniform's plaid pleated skirts. One of the central plot"
"as the All-State musicians and alternates, and one year later 8 students were selected. The school marching band has praiseworthy achievements as well. The marching band has performed and marched in the Sugar Bowl Parade (1989), Orange Bowl Parade (1990), and the Tournament of Roses Parade (1996). In May 2000, the Schreiber Concert Band performed and won several awards at a high school band tournament in Hershey, PA. During the next school year, in the fall of 2000, the Paul D. Schreiber Marching Band performed the piece ""Seventy-Six Trombones"" from the musical ""The Music Man"" at the tenth annual Lauri"
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It is based on the 1954 Stanley Donen film of the same name which is, itself, an adaption of the short story ""The Sobbin' Women,"" by Stephen Vincent Benét, based on the Ancient Roman legend of ""The Rape of the Sabine Women"". The show's 1978-79 premiere tour was canceled without reaching Broadway: after touring for eighteen months"
"in the first episode of the first season of the musical TV series ""Smash"", titled ""Pilot"". The number was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and within the Smash universe the song is depicted as having been written by songwriting duo Julia Houston (Debra Messing) and Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) for a musical based on Marilyn Monroe's life titled ""Bombshell"". ""On Lexington & 52nd Street"" (also ""Lexington & 52nd Street"") is an original song introduced in the seventh episode of the first season of the musical TV series ""Smash"", entitled ""The Workshop"". The song is written by Marc Shaiman"
"Thomas Z. Shepard Thomas Z. Shepard is a prolific record producer who is best known for his recordings of Broadway musicals, including the works of Stephen Sondheim. Shepard is also a composer, conductor, music arranger and pianist. He has won twelve Grammy Awards and produced the original cast recordings of many of the Sondheim musicals, including ""Sweeney Todd"", ""Company"" and ""Sunday in the Park with George"", among others. He also produced the original cast recordings of ""1776"", ""La Cage aux Folles"" and ""42nd Street"", among over a hundred others. He has produced hundreds of classical music and popular music recordings."
"Jackpot (musical) Jackpot is an American musical with music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by Howard Dietz, and a musical book by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon, and Ben Roberts. The musical premiered on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on January 13, 1944. It closed on March 11, 1944 after a total of 69 performances. Directed by Roy Hargrave, the production starred Nanette Fabray as Sally Madison, Betty Garrett as Sgt. Maguire, Allan Jones as Hank Trimble, and, in the small role of Edna, future novelist Jacqueline Susann (""Valley of the Dolls""). Choreographer Flower Hujer danced in the production. A wartime musical"
"A Broadway Musical A Broadway Musical is a musical with a book by William F. Brown, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The Broadway production closed after 14 previews and only one performance on December 21, 1978. The plot about a sleazy white theatre producer's attempt to adapt an African-American writer's serious play as a commercial stage musical was inspired by Adams and Strouse's real-life experiences with their 1964 Broadway production of ""Golden Boy"". The star of the musical-within-the-musical (""Sneakers"", about a basketball star) closely resembles ""Golden Boy"" star Sammy Davis, Jr. When the star opts to"
"Bedknobs and Broomsticks (musical) Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an upcoming stage musical based on the 1971 Walt Disney film and the stories by Mary Norton. It features the original songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, new songs and additional music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill. The musical was to have been directed and choreographed by Rachel Rockwell before her death on May 26, 2018. Her replacement has yet to be announced. The musical was previously scheduled to make its world premiere at the Yard at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater from May 30"
"won the 1978 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical. In 1980, Patti LuPone won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as the title character in the Broadway production. The Broadway production also won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Nicholas Fraser claims that to date ""the musical stage production has been performed on every continent except Antarctica and has generated over $2 billion in revenue."" As early as 1978, the musical was considered as the basis for a movie. After a nearly 20-year production delay, Madonna was cast in the title"