🚀 go-pugleaf

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.
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	kitten~
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