“Coffee Break” ( How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying). Since Beauty and the Beast’s Broadway premiere in 1994, six more Disney films have graced The Great White Way, including The Lion King, Newsies, and most recently, Aladdin. In “Be Our Guest” from their Beauty and the Beast, the enchanted objects that reside in the mansion of the Beast attempt to cheer up their guest of honor, Belle, by singing of beef ragout, cheese soufflé, pie and pudding, en flambé-and urging her to “try the gray stuff, it’s delicious!” The film’s Broadway production marked Disney’s first foray into live theatre-a move that has proved serendipitous (with The Little Mermaid being an exception to the rule). The stage version opened in New York in 2008, but garnered less favorable reviews than its source material and closed after only two years on Broadway.Īshman and Menken must love food. Four years after its off-Broadway premiere, the musical went from the stage to the screen with a cast that included Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Ellen Greene.Īnother collaboration between Little Shop of Horrors duo Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, “Les Poissons” (“the fish” in French) is Chef Louis’ homage to seafood, sung to beloved crustacean Sebastian: “Here we go, in the sauce / Now some flour I think just a dab / Now I stuff you with bread / Don't worry, ’cause you’re dead.” The Little Mermaid film enjoyed critical success when it premiered in 1989 and is commonly credited as the beginning of the highly successful “Eisner Era” of Disney animation. In “Suppertime,” the plant, Audrey 2, pleads with Seymour for more food. Written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, Little Shop of Horrors chronicles the attempts of a florist, Seymour, to woo a co-worker named Audrey by raising a man-eating plant. Roger Bart, who provided the singing voice for Disney’s animated film Hercules, won the Tony for his portrayal of Snoopy when the show returned to Broadway in 1999.Īlthough it shares a name with Snoopy’s “Suppertime,” the lyrics, the tone, the singer, and the show this song comes from could not be more different. In the razzle dazzle number “Suppertime,” composed by Clark Gesner, Snoopy sings the praises of his favorite meal of the day-much to the chagrin of his loyal companion Charlie Brown. Perhaps the most enthusiastic person to ever sing about food onstage isn’t a person at all, but one of America’s most famous canines. “Suppertime” ( You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown). 
While not as well-known as some of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s other musicals-which include Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music- Time magazine named Carousel the best musical of the 20 th century in 1999. “A Real Nice Clambake” finds the townspeople talking of the wonders of the meal they just finished, including codfish chowder and salted pork. The second collaboration by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Carousel tells the story of a young girl’s romance with a carousel barker in a small Maine town in the 1870s.
She Loves Me premiered on Broadway in 1963 and has recently been given a second life in a Tony Award ®-nominated revival starring Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski, and Laura Benanti. Sound familiar? The show shares its source material, the Hungarian play Parfumerie by Miklós László, with the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan and the 1998 film You’ve Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. She Loves Me tells the story of this pair who, while constantly at odds with each other in their daily lives, are unknowingly pen pals. In “Vanilla Ice Cream,” shop employee Amalia realizes that her feelings for George, a co-worker, have slowly morphed from hatred to love. The show’s opening number, written by Lionel Bart, finds Oliver and his fellow workhouse boys-whose meals consist merely of a small morsel of gruel-imagining a life where food is bountiful: “food, glorious food / we’re anxious to try it / three banquets a day / our favorite diet.” Since Oliver!'s London premiere in 1960, this catchy show tune has become a part of pop culture parodies can be found in various films and television shows including Ice Age: The Meltdown, SpongeBob SquarePants, and American Dad! To prepare yourself for Grey Gardens, which runs at the Ahmanson Theatre July 6 – August 14, 2016, here are 10 more musical tributes to food that have graced the Broadway stage. In the midst of Act II of Grey Gardens-The Musical, Big Edie celebrates her adolescent friend, Jerry, and his fervor for her cooking-specifically the canned corn she cooks for him, which he chows down with delight: “I boil it on the hot plate / Till all the juice is gone / Bless his soul / He knows which side my corn is buttered on.” But “Jerry Likes My Corn” is not the only song from a musical devoted to the wonders of the human diet. Meet the Education & Community Partnerships Team.
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