Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pertec.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!pertec!kitten From: kitten@pertec.UUCP (karen hettinger) Newsgroups: net.theater Subject: Musicals, specifically Rogers & Hammerstein Message-ID: <274@pertec.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 20:48:19 EST Article-I.D.: pertec.274 Posted: Wed Dec 26 20:48:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 13:56:46 EST Distribution: na Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA Lines: 22 This weekend I had the opportunity to watch for the first time since childhood the movie version of R & H Sound of Music. Sure, it was edited for television (by Joe the Butcher down the street from the studio), but I enjoyed it even more than I had as a child. I hummed the overature and sang along with the songs as if I'd heard them last week. What I'd like to discuss is what makes the R & H formula work? I know in the back of my brain that I have been exposed to several of their works in the past, but I'm having trouble recalling, and some I'm afraid I may've mixed up with other playwrights/composers. Does anyone have a list? Which is your favorite, and why? Have you seen different productions of the same play? Working on Cinderella this fall was fun, but SoM is my all time favorite. Unlike many productions, I like *all* the musical numbers, and with an adult's insight into the situation of Nazi-occupied Austria, I find the story more than merely entertaining. Write, I love a full mbox. -- kitten~ {ucbvax!unisoft | scgvaxd | trwrb | felix}!pertec!kitten