Q: Some songs that had been written for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum were later left out of the final version of the play. What was the title of the song that was later replaced by "That'll show him"
A: "The Echo Song"
Q: What was the original title of The Music Man?
A: The Silver Triangle
Q: In the 1950 screen version of Annie Get Your Gun, Betty Hutton played the role of Annie Oakley. Who was originally cast in the role and why was she replaced?
A: Judy Garland, due to health problems
Q: George Sidney was the third and final director of the 1950 screen version of Annie Get Your Gun. Name the two directors who came before him.
A: Busby Berkeley, Charles Walters
Q: In Annie Get Your Gun, Annie is discovered by a Cincinnati hotel owner named Foster Wilson. Who discovered the real Annie Oakley and what was his occupation?
A: Jack Frost, a Cincinnati hotel owner
Q: Which Gilbert & Sullivan show was banned from performance for 6 weeks and who banned it?
A:The Mikado, Lord Chamberlain
Q: The Most Happy Fella is based on a play which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924. What is the title of the play and who wrote it?
A: They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard
Q: Name at least two Woody Allen movies that feature songs by Cole Porter
A: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex *But were Afraid to Ask (1972), Radio Days (1987), Another Woman (1988), Husbands and Wives (1992), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Everyone Says I Love You (1996).
Q: Name at least three songs that were cut out of Kiss Me, Kate before the play's first perfromance.
A: "It Was Great Fun the First Time," "If Ever Married I'm," "Harlequin Ballerina," "We Shall Never Be Younger," "A Woman's Career," "What Does Your Servant Dream About," "I'm Afraid, Sweetheart, I Love You."
Q:In what language were the songs in this CD of Annie Get Your Gun sung, and when was it recorded?
A:Japanese; 1964.
Q: Name the two real-life actors on whom Kiss Me, Kate's characters Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi are based?
A: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
Q: The song "From This Moment On," which appears in the 1953 movie version and the 1999 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate was not originally written for this musical. For which Cole Porter musical was the song originally written and in which year was that musical first performed?
A: Out of This World; 1951
Q: The producers of the 1953 film version of Kiss Me, Kate changed the lyrics of some of the original songs to make them less spicy. Give one example of such a change.
A: 1. In "Too Darn Hot" the lyrics "according to the Kinsey Report" were changed to "according to the weather report"
2. A whole verse of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" was omitted, since the lyrics in it were considered too bawdy.