L Musicals Trivia

1. With his life depicted in the Academy Award winning movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), who wrote, produced and directed the musical comedy "Little Nellie Kelly"?

From Quiz Whoa Nelly!

Answer: George M. Cohan

Known as the "man who owned Broadway", Cohan was an extraordinary story teller who wrote tales about Mr & Mrs Joe Average and, in doing so, brought theatre to every American rather than the well-to-do. Known for his longevity as a performer, Cohan wrote and appeared in over thirty Broadway musicals and wrote in excess of 1500 songs. His best known works include "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". To commemorate his magnificent contributions to the art, a bronze statue of the man was commissioned and erected in Times Square.

From Quiz Speak Low: The First "LoveMusik" Quiz

Answer: Michael Cerveris

Cerveris won a Tony Award in 2004 for his role as John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins". He began working on "LoveMusik" when he met Harold Prince, the director, at a birthday party for Stephen Sondheim.

From Quiz The Light in the Piazza

Answer: Roy Johnson

Roy Johnson is Clara's father and Margaret's husband, who is in Winston-Salem while mother and daughter vacation in Italy. He is seen in two scenes, with a solitary spotlight on him.

From Quiz Little Mary Sunshine

Answer: Yellow Feather

Throughout the play, Little Mary is always talking about her little coo-coo bird that lives in the nearby tree. Near the end of the play, Yellow Feather, who has come to "have his way" with Little Mary, hides behind the tree when she comes out of her inn to sing to her bird. When she starts her song, he chimes in with extra coo-coos.

From Quiz Little Luncheonette of Terror

Answer: Pete Berserker

Pete Berserker is a scince buff who owns a luncheonette. Instead of going to Chiropractor College, as his mom wants, he's a boy with strange frequencies from his radio.

From Quiz 'Li'l Abner' Quiz

Answer: Al Capp

From Quiz Whoa Nelly!

Answer: 1920s

Cleverly written by Cohan, he sets his protagonist right in the heart of the cultural explosion that represented the day. In what the French called the "crazy years" there was strong industrial growth in America and lifestyles were undergoing significant changes. The motor vehicle and the telephone were becoming "must have" accessories and jazz music was starting to blossom. Women were winning the right to vote and in the midst of this is Nellie, a department store employee, who is drawn to the higher life on offer but is in love with a common labourer.

From Quiz Speak Low: The First "LoveMusik" Quiz

Answer: The Biltmore Theater

The Biltmore is part of the non-profit organization called the Manhattan Theater Club. In 1988, vandals set fire to the main room, and the building was declared unsafe. It is back in operation now.

From Quiz How Lucky Are You?

Answer: Shoe Salesman

Harry Witherspoon leads a humdrum life as a shoe salesman prior to being informed that he stands to inherit six million dollars, which will be his only if he can spend a week in Monte Carlo.

From Quiz The Light in the Piazza

Answer: Statues and Stories

In "Statues and Stories", Margaret and Clara marvel at the sights of Italy, and Clara is amused by a naked statue. As they sing: "It's a new old world and we are finally here."

From Quiz Little Mary Sunshine

Answer: he is

After Captain Jim saves Little Mary from Yellow Feather at the end of the play, they reprise their love song and Little Mary makes this declaration. When Captain Jim's line is delivered with the utmost seriousness, it's absolutely hilarious. Right after this line, all the other Forest Rangers come back from their dangerous mission, making all the Young Ladies from Eastchester Finishing School very happy.

From Quiz Little Luncheonette of Terror

Answer: Pete

When King (Stinky Flanagan) comes to the luncheonette to force Pete into giving him money, Pete says he recognizes him. Then he says that line. After Pete figures out his name, King gets angered, telling him to never mind what his name was.

From Quiz 'Li'l Abner' Quiz

Answer: 'It's a Typical Day'

'It's a typical day in Dogpatch USA'.

From Quiz Whoa Nelly!

Answer: Irish-American

Kelly is one of the most common surnames found in Ireland and, whilst there are a number of varying origins of the name, the most common introduction is that it is the Anglicisation of the Irish surname O'Ceallaigh, which means "descendant of Ceallach". Cohan is probably best known for his mighty "flag-waving" numbers such as "Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag", but the use of an Irish-American protagonist within his work is neither an accident nor a rarity. Cohan, himself, is of Irish-American heritage and he was proud of the fact. He felt that he was doubly blessed by his heritage in that (a) he was American and (b) he had a strong and proud ancestry to go with it. His upbringing in Providence's Irish community seeps through much of his work. In this play it is borne out strongly in the number "Nellie Kelly, I Love You", which utilises a waltz clog rhythm and an Irish lilt can be heard in numbers such as "Harrigan" from the musical "Fifty Miles From Boston" and "Mary's a Grand Old Name" from "Forty Five Minutes From Broadway".

From Quiz How Lucky Are You?

Answer: Harry

Harry hates dogs, and is determined to win the money promised to him. If he doesn't, it will all go to the dogs-literally! Uncle Anthony's favorite charity was the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn.

From Quiz The Light in the Piazza

Answer: Naked marble boys

According to Clara, Italy is the land of naked marble boys while Winston-Salem, her hometown, is the land of corduroys.

From Quiz Little Mary Sunshine

Answer: Eastchester Finishing School

Many, many times throughout the play the girls make it known that they are Young Ladies from Eastchester Finishing School. This comes up in their first song, "Playing Croquet," and in plenty of lines after this.

From Quiz Little Luncheonette of Terror

Answer: Delilah

Delilah Jones is just as dumb as a log. Her IQ is 0, and the only reason why she works with King is because he tells her to. The skimpy assistant has no clue what is going on half the time.

From Quiz 'Li'l Abner' Quiz

Answer: Dogpatch, USA

From Quiz Speak Low: The First "LoveMusik" Quiz

Answer: Weill and Lenya

Weill and Lenya divorced in 1933 after marrying in the 1920's. They remarried each other in 1937 and stayed married until Weill's death in 1950.

From Quiz How Lucky Are You?

Answer: Rita

Rita La Porta accidentally killed her lover, Anthony Hendon, while not wearing her glasses. She schemes to get some diamonds back from her lover's body. Rita's lover and Harry's uncle are one and the same.

From Quiz The Light in the Piazza

Answer: Fabrizio

Fabrizio sings a love son to her in Italian, "Il Mundo Era Vuoto". Luckily they cross the language barrier and are happily wed in the end.

From Quiz Little Mary Sunshine

Answer: homely maid

"Tell a Handsome Stranger" is one of the funniest songs in the play. The Forest Rangers can't decide if the young ladies are "as beautiful and as lovely as [they] seem, or if [they] are, on the whole, rather plain." They ask if they are homely, which offends the girls, but a very short moment later the girls admit they're pretty, and everyone immediately falls in love.

From Quiz Little Luncheonette of Terror

Answer: Sara Lee and Georgia

Sara Lee and Georgia are the two spunky, best friend waitresses that work for Pete. Although sometimes they bicker about melting ice cubes, they still manage to make it through Mongo.

From Quiz 'Li'l Abner' Quiz

Answer: Scragg

When she marries Li'l Abner, her name becomes Yoakum.

From Quiz The Light in the Piazza

Answer: Milk

Although Fabrizio stumbles over his poor English, he eventually gets the point across that Clara's skin is like milk. This takes place in the song "Passeggiata".

From Quiz 'Li'l Abner' Quiz

Answer: Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe

'Heap big firewater.'

From Quiz Speak Low: The First "LoveMusik" Quiz

Answer: 3

Three actresses originally played Brecht's women. They were Judith Blazer, Rachel Ulanet, and Ann Morrison. They also all played at least one other role.

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