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By now, faithful readers have learned that April is National Quiz Month. That’s why I’ve been spending each Tuesday of the month giving you a quiz that asks you to identify lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Before we get to this week’s quiz, let’s give credit to Fred Abramowitz, Steve Bell, […]

As we established last week, April is National Quiz Month. As a result, we’re spending each Tuesday of the month seeing if you can recognize lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Before we get to this week’s quiz, here are the answers from last week’s quiz, which asked you to identify lines […]

Did you know that April is National Quiz Month? And in that spirit, we’re going to make what T.S. (Cats) Eliot called “the cruelest month” happier with some happy-go-lucky quizzes. For this Tuesday and the other three during this rainy month, you’ll be given a plethora of quotations that are lyrics or lines found on […]

Sixty years ago this week, most of TV Nation heard these words: Lucy to Little Ricky: Mommy and Daddy are going to see a show with Uncle Fred and Aunt Ethel. Little Ricky: What show? Ricky: It’s called The Most Happy Fella. Little Ricky: Can I see it sometime? Lucy: You can see it when you […]

Musicals that take place in earlier eras tend to be specific about their time frames. Barnum said in its program “1835 to 1880.” Annie stated “Dec. 11–25, 1933” and even 1776 didn’t feel its title gave enough information, so it declared “May 8 through” – of course – “July 4th.” The program for Purlie, however, […]