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The Muny, or the Municipal Opera Association of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, is a not-for-profit municipally-owned outdoor theatre, the largest in the United States. The Theater was built and opened in 1917 with 6 performances of Verdi's Aida. It operates solely in the summer, and its first official season ran from June to August ...
Take Me to the River: New Orleans is a 2022 American full-length documentary film directed by Martin Shore about music of New Orleans and Louisiana. It was premiered on April 20, 2022, at the Broadside Theater in New Orleans. [1] It was digitally released on February 3, 2023. It serves as a sequel to 2014 film Take Me to the River: Memphis.
A Musical Portrait of New Orleans, a 1954 album by Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine in which they combine their talents in a mix of solos and duets. Paul Weston and his Orchestra provide the music. This album was issued in the UK by Phillips under the title Floatin' Down to Cotton Town. [2] [3]
Other new characters include Joe, Banana Man, Queen of the Butterflies, Old Lady, Lord Growlie, the Wizard's daughter Gloria, and numerous witches. In addition to "Evening Star", "Song Macabre" and "Ghost Dance" are added to the Harold Arlen score. [5] The song "The Jitterbug", which was cut from the film, is inserted instead of the poppy field ...
The Muny in 1923. In 1914, Luther Ely Smith began staging pageant-masques on Art Hill in Forest Park. [3] In 1916, a grassy area between two oak trees on the present site of The Muny was chosen for a production of As You Like It produced by Margaret Anglin and starring Sydney Greenstreet with a local cast of "1,000 St. Louis folk dancers and folk singers" [4] in connection with the ...
A Musical Portrait of New Orleans; O. Oh My Heart; Q. Queen of New Orleans; S. ... Sweet City Woman; T. Tipitina; W. Walking to New Orleans (song) Way Down Yonder in ...
Others, of course, were appalled and expressed their irritation in letters to the [New York] Times." [2] The show is frequently performed by church and other amateur theatre groups, and there have been a few noteworthy revivals over the years. Milton Berle headed a production at the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The Muny) in 1971.
Roman Holiday is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Paul Blake.Based on the 1953 film of the same name, the musical tells the story of a young European princess and the American reporter who inadvertently aids in her escape from a whirlwind European tour, resulting in 24 hours spent in Italy's capital.