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Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

My girlfriend and I spent a long drive trying to name a musical for every state. Only restrictions were that the location had to be integral to the major arc of the story/songs, e.g. Caroline or Change gets us Louisiana, but Gypsy does NOT get us Washington. Road musicals don't count since there are multiple locations along the way.

We didn't even bother naming shows that got us California or New York because that felt less interesting, but we did find that Iowa was surprisingly popular (State Fair, Music Man, Bridges of Madison County).

Please play along and name as many as you can. Debate welcome (does Big River get us Missouri & Arkansas, one, or neither?)

Alabama - Scottsboro Boys
Alaska -
Arizona -
Arkansas - Big River (?)
California - Singin in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Flower Drum Song, etc
Colorado - Unsinkable Molly Brown
Connecticut - Far From Heaven
Delaware -
Florida -
Georgia - Parade
Hawaii -
Idaho -
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana -
Iowa - State Fair, Music Man, Bridges of Madison County
Kansas - The Wizard of Oz
Kentucky -
Louisiana - Caroline or Change
Maine - Carousel
Maryland - Hairspray
Massachusetts - Little Women
Michigan - Motown
Minnesota -
Mississippi -
Missouri - Meet Me in St. Louis, Big River (?)
Montana -
Nebraska -
Nevada - Honeymoon in Vegas
New Hampshire
New Jersey - Jersey Boys
New Mexico -
New York - Company, Guys & Dolls, Hello Dolly, Ragtime, Rent, A Chorus Line, etc etc
North Carolina -
North Dakota -
Ohio - Bye Bye Birdie
Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Oregon -
Pennsylvania - Groundhog Day, Rocky
Rhode Island -
South Carolina -
South Dakota -
Tennessee - Memphis
Texas - Best Little Whorehouse
Utah - Book of Mormon ?? (I think no since the action doesn't really take place there)
Vermont -
Virginia -
Washington -
Washington DC - Call Me Madam
West Virginia -
Wisconsin - Spitfire Grill
Wyoming -
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!) -- SOUTH DAKOTA
Posted by: robwargo 04:47 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

"Calamity Jane" is set in Deadwood, South Dakota
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: Broadwaywannabe 09:14 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Apologies for any duplications—this thread is moving quickly:

Marie Christine - Louisiana (first act)
Tom Sawyer - Missouri
110 In The Shade - Texas
Curtains - Massachusetts
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110 is never given a state locale -- only American South West. Nebraska - Oh Pioneers
Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 01:48 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - Broadwaywannabe 09:14 am EST 01/03/19

another California -- Most Happy Fella
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re: 110 is never given a state locale -- only American South West. Nebraska - Oh Pioneers
Posted by: AlanScott 02:44 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: 110 is never given a state locale -- only American South West. Nebraska - Oh Pioneers - StageDoorJohnny 01:48 pm EST 01/03/19

The Roundabout production's playbill did give the location for 110 in the Shade as being the Texas Panhandle. I know the original production's playbill just said "a western state." I don't know if any productions in between were more specific than the original, or if the revised licensed version (available along with the original) states anything specific in the script.
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This one takes care of the question once and for all.
Posted by: writerkev 06:30 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

See link
Link Miss Richfield 1981
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"Rhode Island Is Famous For You"
Last Edit: KingSpeed 05:32 am EST 01/03/19
Posted by: KingSpeed 05:31 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

From INSIDE U.S.A. by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. It was a revue but integral, I suppose lol!
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: KingSpeed 05:27 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Of COURSE BIG RIVER gets us "Arkansas." What is the question?
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Another Florida one: The Cocoanuts (nm)
Posted by: AlanScott 01:31 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

nm
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: audienceguy 11:27 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

"My State, My Kansas" from HERE'S LOVE
"April in Fairbanks" from NEW FACES OF '52
PLAIN AND FANCY, Pennsylvania
WHOOP-UP, Montana
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: AlanScott 12:12 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - audienceguy 11:27 pm EST 01/02/19

Not a second of Here's Love takes place in Kansas. And, really, I think we can say the same for Fairbanks and New Faces of 1952.
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COLORADO Little Mary Sunshine nmi
Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 01:59 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - AlanScott 12:12 am EST 01/03/19

nmi
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Alan - did you post Best Foot Forward for PA? I can't keep up :) nmi
Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 01:57 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - AlanScott 12:12 am EST 01/03/19

nmi
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re: Alan - did you post Best Foot Forward for PA? I can't keep up :) nmi
Posted by: AlanScott 02:45 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Alan - did you post Best Foot Forward for PA? I can't keep up :) nmi - StageDoorJohnny 01:57 pm EST 01/03/19

keikekaze posted Best Foot Forward. I would have posted it if he hadn't.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: mamaleh 01:27 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - AlanScott 12:12 am EST 01/03/19

Nevada: GOLDEN RAINBOW (although the play it was based on, A HOLE IN THE HEAD, was set in Florida).
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)--GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL --FLORIDA--nmi
Posted by: BhenghanSean 10:30 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

nmi
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California - Paint Your Wagon
Posted by: maryd186 09:48 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

nm
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re: Musicals by State - MICHIGAN
Last Edit: kristyb 09:22 pm EST 01/02/19
Posted by: kristyb 09:21 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Michigan - Dear Edwina. The opening number is "Paw Paw, Michigan" and she's trying to get to the advice giving convention in Kalamazoo...
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Smoke on your pipe and put THAT in.
Posted by: keywslt 08:45 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Puerto Rico . If they will still have us (US).
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re: Smoke on your pipe and put THAT in.
Posted by: Quicheo 10:35 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Smoke on your pipe and put THAT in. - keywslt 08:45 pm EST 01/02/19

I don't think WSS has any scenes taking place in Puerto Rico...and its designation as a state has still not come to pass...

I do love that lyric, though!
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)--VERMONT
Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:10 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

LOLITA, MY LOVE is set in the fictional town of Ramsdale, Vermont.

Laura
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)--WYOMING
Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:02 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

DREAM TRUE, 1999 off-Broadway show by Tina Landau and Ricky Ian Gordon takes place in Wyoming and New York.

Laura, who is actually busy with 1882 Wyoming for another story...vaguely theatre-related because it has Oscar Wilde in it...
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!) -- IDAHO
Posted by: robwargo 07:52 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

If we are counting film musicals, then "Sun Valley Serenade" takes place in Idaho.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: LynnB 07:39 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Pennsylvania - add 1776!
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: Ned3301 07:25 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Minnesota--Barefoot Boy With Cheek
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Portal, North Dakota--the setting for 1930's MYSTERY MOON
Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:19 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

which opened and promptly closed, one of the first musicals to last one night only.

Laura, displaying the dubious benefits of wallowing in 1930s theatre history
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: LouHarry 07:07 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Indiana -- The Prom
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West Virginia
Posted by: sirpupnyc 07:03 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

The Burnt Part Boys
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: SRMHAYES 06:44 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Montana= Whoop-Up, Hawaii- 13 Daughters, Florida- Sugar, Arizona- Crazy For You, Virginia- Shenandoah, New Hampshire- Arms And The Man (?)
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Rhode Island
Posted by: AlanScott 06:10 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

I can't tell you how much of it takes place there, but George M. Cohan's George Washington, Jr. takes places partly in Rhode Island.

If you can count revues, Inside U. S. A. includes sequences in Wyoming and Kentucky, as well as sequences in a bunch of other states for which answers have already been given below. It also includes the song "Rhode Island Is Famous for You," but that was not identified as being sung anywhere (except the theater).
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re: Rhode Island
Posted by: kidmanboy 06:56 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Rhode Island - AlanScott 06:10 pm EST 01/02/19

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater contains the Rhode Island Tango, which takes place in Pissonit, RI. (spelled in a way that looks much more like a Rhode Island town name, but which google won’t point me to)
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Another Rhode Island
Posted by: AlanScott 06:33 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Rhode Island - AlanScott 06:10 pm EST 01/02/19

Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's Have a Heart.
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A few more options
Last Edit: AlanScott 05:54 pm EST 01/02/19
Posted by: AlanScott 05:53 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Apart from Bonanza Bound for Alaska, which I mentioned below, here are some other possibilities (even for states for which you already have stuff):

California: America's Sweetheart, Flower Drum Song
Connecticut: Arms and the Girl
Louisiana: Louisiana Purchase, Naughty Marietta
Montana: Whoop-Up
New Mexico: Too Many Girls
Tennessee: Memphis Bound
Texas: Something for the Boys; Texas, Li'l Darlin'
Vermont: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Washington, D.C. — Damn Yankees, Of Thee I Sing, Let 'Em Eat Cake, As the Girls Go, Louisiana Purchase

EDIT: I see that while I was putting this together, a few of these have been posted by others.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: TheOtherOne 05:50 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

New Mexico -- Too Many Girls
Minnesota -- Girl From The North Country (can we count this?)
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: TheOtherOne 06:06 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - TheOtherOne 05:50 pm EST 01/02/19

Illinois can also claim Pal Joey and Raisin.
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South Carolina -- PORGY and BESS & Connecticut -- TAKE ME ALONG nmi
Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:50 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: keikekaze 05:45 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

This is a game I've played in my own head in the past. Here's my own alternative list. I've tried not to repeat any of your titles, but I haven't looked yet at any of the answering posts below, so forgive me if I repeat some of theirs.

Alabama: Regina
Alaska: Road to Utopia (Do movie musicals count if they haven't been on the stage?)
Arizona: Girl Crazy, Crazy For You
Arkansas:
California: Pipe Dream, City of Angels, Allegiance, I Remember Mama, The Most Happy Fella
Colorado:
Connecticut: Arms and the Girl
Delaware:
D.C.: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Teddy and Alice, Mr. President
Florida: Road Show, Sugar
Georgia: Gone With the Wind
Hawaii: Thirteen Daughters
Idaho:
Illinois: Windy City, Sugar (beginning), Show Boat (in part)
Indiana: Seventeen
Iowa:
Kansas: Hot September
Kentucky:
Louisiana: Pousse-Cafe, Louisiana Purchase
Maine: Courtin' Time
Maryland: Kiss Me, Kate (the show is trying out in Baltimore)
Massachusetts: Doonesbury
Michigan:
Minnesota: Annie Get Your Gun (a significant part)
Mississippi: Show Boat (in part)
Missouri:
Montana: Whoop-Up
Nebraska:
Nevada: Golden Rainbow
New Hampshire:
New Jersey: High Button Shoes
New Mexico: Too Many Girls, Wildcat, The Harvey Girls
New York: Bloomer Girl, Sleepy Hollow, Saratoga (all set in upstate New York)
North Carolina:
North Dakota:
Ohio: Sherry, Annie Get Your Gun (a significant part)
Oklahoma:
Oregon: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Pennsylvania: Plain and Fancy, 1776, Best Foot Forward
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Dakota: Calamity Jane
Tennessee:
Texas: 110 in the Shade, Texas Li'l Darlin'
Utah:
Vermont: White Christmas
Virginia: Shenandoah, Virginia
Washington: The Golden Apple, Jennie (in part)
West Virginia:
Wisconsin:
Wyoming:
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: kess0078 03:26 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - keikekaze 05:45 pm EST 01/02/19

This may be brought up elsewhere in the thread - but "Crazy for You" is set in Dead Rock, Nevada - not in Arizona! :)
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: keikekaze 03:37 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - kess0078 03:26 pm EST 01/03/19

Thank you. As far as I know, nobody else did mention that. Nevada it is!
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:21 pm EST 01/04/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - keikekaze 03:37 pm EST 01/03/19

I bet the confusion stems from GIRL CRAZY being set in Custerville, AZ...the show originally contained a song, that didn't make it into CRAZY FOR YOU, called "Cactus Time in Arizona."
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: keikekaze 05:21 pm EST 01/04/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - JereNYC 03:21 pm EST 01/04/19

Yes, I knew Girl Crazy had been set in Arizona, and I just assumed Crazy For You had been, too. Even though I've seen Crazy For You, I either didn't notice the change of locale or had forgot about it.
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Iowa=Music Man
Posted by: aleck 10:23 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - keikekaze 05:45 pm EST 01/02/19

Was this one forgotten?
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re: Iowa=Music Man
Posted by: keikekaze 12:18 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Iowa=Music Man - aleck 10:23 pm EST 01/02/19

Not by me. But I didn't use it on my list because the OP had already mentioned it, along with State Fair. I didn't mention Oklahoma!, Chicago, or The Unsinkable Molly Brown under their respective states for the same reason.
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And State Fair
Posted by: aleck 10:24 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Iowa=Music Man - aleck 10:23 pm EST 01/02/19

Iowa was lots of inspiration.
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re: And another one for Indiana
Posted by: keikekaze 06:02 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - keikekaze 05:45 pm EST 01/02/19

The off-Broadway musical Riverwind.
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And for Kentucky, FLOYD COLLINS.--n/m
Posted by: keikekaze 07:24 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: And another one for Indiana - keikekaze 06:02 pm EST 01/02/19

n/m
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: dbg 05:11 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Two more for New Jersey: No, No, Nanette and High Button Shoes take place in Atlantic City.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: JohninChicago 11:28 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - dbg 05:11 pm EST 01/02/19

IIRC, High Button Shoes takes place in New Brunswick, NJ.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: dbg 12:45 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - JohninChicago 11:28 pm EST 01/02/19

I think it starts in New Brunswick and moves on to Atlantic City from what I've read about it.
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Hawaii - 13 Daughters
Posted by: seeseveryshow 05:06 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

took place in Hawaii, but before it became a state
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re: Hawaii - 13 Daughters
Posted by: mermaniac 05:08 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Hawaii - 13 Daughters - seeseveryshow 05:06 pm EST 01/02/19

Alaska: Foxy

Vermont: Hazel Flagg
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FOXY is set in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:00 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Hawaii - 13 Daughters - mermaniac 05:08 pm EST 01/02/19

Laura, coming late to this game because of work
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re: FOXY is set in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Posted by: PlayWiz 07:07 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: FOXY is set in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - showtunetrivia 07:00 pm EST 01/02/19

But not an American State... :)
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re: FOXY is set in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Posted by: AlanScott 07:05 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: FOXY is set in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - showtunetrivia 07:00 pm EST 01/02/19

Very good! Why didn't I think of that?
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: Quicheo 04:51 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Iowa also gets The Pajama Game

Pennsylvania also gets Fun Home

Indiana -- The Prom
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Maybe NY should be a separate category n/m
Posted by: broadwaybacker 04:56 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - Quicheo 04:51 pm EST 01/02/19

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Huck and Finn do indeed travel through both Missouri & Arkansas
Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 04:49 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

1776 seems a really obvious omission for Pennsylvania!
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: garyd 04:49 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Arizona: Girl Crazy
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re: also for Nevada
Posted by: SidL 05:35 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - garyd 04:49 pm EST 01/02/19

Las Vegas:
GOLDEN RAINBOW, "The Act"
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Virginia - Shenandoah , and..
Last Edit: andPeggy 04:54 pm EST 01/02/19
Posted by: andPeggy 04:48 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Since you don't have Mississippi or Kentucky, maybe Finian's Rainbow can give you both - takes place in Missitucky
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re: Virginia - Shenandoah , and..
Posted by: EveryLittleChore 09:45 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Virginia - Shenandoah , and.. - andPeggy 04:48 pm EST 01/02/19

Thank you, andPeggy. Couldn't hold my breath for a second longer.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: Ncassidine 04:46 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

This is off-Broadway, but The Great American Trailer Park Musical takes place in Florida. Show Boat takes place in Mississippi.
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and 1776, obviously, takes place in PA. nm
Posted by: Ncassidine 04:48 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - Ncassidine 04:46 pm EST 01/02/19

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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: allineedisthegirl 04:45 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Florida -- Road Show
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: stgmgr 05:20 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - allineedisthegirl 04:45 pm EST 01/02/19

Road Show could also claim Alaska.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: allineedisthegirl 04:44 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Musicals by State (please play along!) - casbahqueen 04:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Alaska -- Leave It To Me

db
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:36 pm EST 01/02/19
Posted by: PlayWiz 05:24 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - allineedisthegirl 04:44 pm EST 01/02/19

Oregon: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" -- yes, first a film, but later it toured as a stage musical

Washington State: "The Golden Apple"

"Finian's Rainbow" -- takes place In Missitucky - sort of a fantasy version combination apparently of Mississippi and Kentucky

Colorado: "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"

Minnesota: "I Remember Mama"

"1776" also takes place in Massachusetts whenever Abigail Adams is on stage

Georgia and probably South Carolina: Harold Rome's stage musical of "Gone with the Wind"

Utah: some of "The Book of Mormon"

Michigan: the Henry Ford sequences in "Ragtime"

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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: SRMHAYES 06:50 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - PlayWiz 05:24 pm EST 01/02/19

I Remember Mama is set in San Francisco, CA.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: PlayWiz 07:06 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - SRMHAYES 06:50 pm EST 01/02/19

Previously corrected in my follow-up post.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:51 pm EST 01/02/19
Posted by: PlayWiz 05:50 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - PlayWiz 05:24 pm EST 01/02/19

Also, Connecticut: "Mame" when she visits the Upsons at the restricted area which includes Upson Downs; plus the theater where "Man in the Moon" takes place is the Shubert in New Haven, Connecticut.

I think I take back "I Remember Mama" which probably is mostly in California -- they refer to relatives in Minnesota though.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: AlanScott 05:27 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - PlayWiz 05:24 pm EST 01/02/19

And Gypsy starts in Washington.
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Apology for Gypsy
Posted by: AlanScott 12:11 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - AlanScott 05:27 pm EST 01/02/19

I now see that the OP said that the show should take primarily in the state, and specifically cited Gypsy as a show that would not count for Washington.
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Leave It to Me does not take place in Alaska
Posted by: AlanScott 05:06 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - allineedisthegirl 04:44 pm EST 01/02/19

It mostly takes place in Russia, with scenes also in Paris and Chicago.

For Alaska, there is the out-of-town closer Bonanza Bound, with book and lyrics by Comden and Green, and music by Saul Chaplin. It ran a week in Philly from December 26, 1947 through January 3, 1948. It left behind an unissued (and decidedly incomplete, just nine songs) RCA cast recording, recorded in Philly because of the impending new Petrillo ban. Later issued on a disc of Comden and Green stuff by some little label.
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But you can see Alaska from there...
Posted by: showtunetrivia 06:55 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: Leave It to Me does not take place in Alaska - AlanScott 05:06 pm EST 01/02/19

Part of BOUNCE is set in Alaska, or is it just the Canadian Yukon, as in FOXY?

Laura
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re: But you can see Alaska from there...
Last Edit: AlanScott 12:46 am EST 01/03/19
Posted by: AlanScott 12:43 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: But you can see Alaska from there... - showtunetrivia 06:55 pm EST 01/02/19

Oh, yeah, I guess Foxy doesn't count. FWIW, Bonanza Bound was set in Alaska, although before it was a state. In fact, it wasn't a state during the week Bonanza Bound played in Philly. :)

And Bounce does go to Alaska, but reading the OP's post more carefully, I don't think he'd consider Bounce-Road Show-Wise Guys as counting.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: kmval 04:45 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - allineedisthegirl 04:44 pm EST 01/02/19

Florida - Road Show (Bounce?)
Pennsylvania - Plain and Fancy
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: blue70 05:01 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - kmval 04:45 pm EST 01/02/19

Does Wonderful Town count for Ohio? It's integral to the story and 1 song although the show, of course, takes place in New York.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!)
Posted by: SRMHAYES 06:51 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - blue70 05:01 pm EST 01/02/19

Nope.
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!). North Carolina
Posted by: Duke1979 08:33 pm EST 01/02/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!) - SRMHAYES 06:51 pm EST 01/02/19

Bright Star. Isn’t Violet also set there.


Gypsy. Washington, Kansas, New York
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re: Musicals by State (please play along!). Connecticut
Posted by: Carol2 09:29 am EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!). North Carolina - Duke1979 08:33 pm EST 01/02/19

Connecticut is also represented in A Connecticut Yankee and Holiday Inn.
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Strike Up The Band: Wisconsin
Posted by: garyd 02:54 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: re: Musicals by State (please play along!). Connecticut - Carol2 09:29 am EST 01/03/19

And Of Thee I Sing: Washington D.C. Second act anyway.
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re: Washington D.C. too !!
Posted by: SidL 05:24 pm EST 01/03/19
In reply to: Strike Up The Band: Wisconsin - garyd 02:54 pm EST 01/03/19

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue", HAMILTON...and all future Trump operas,musicals,ice skating shows...
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