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re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill
Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:48 am EDT 07/17/21
In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill - jo 03:12 pm EDT 07/16/21

I think some soft shoe or tap dancing would be perfectly appropriate for "Gary, Indiana," and perhaps also Harold Hill might do a little bit of tap in the library in "Marian the Librarian" to further ruffle Marian's feathers. But offhand, I can't think of an appropriate place in the show for Marian to tap.
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Onna White's original
Posted by: reed23 08:12 am EDT 07/18/21
In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill - Michael_Portantiere 11:48 am EDT 07/17/21

In the movie (and thus presumably the original production), there is a moment in the fast and energetic crowd-dance break of "Shipoopi" where a male ensemble member (or Tommy?) yells over to Harold Hill: "Hey Professor – show us some new steps!" The original dance music then struck up a new honky-tonk piano ragtime tune as Harold joined the number and launched a new section, holding each girl partner close (ultimately Marian) and performing variations of the Castle Walk and Irene-and-Vernon-Castle-popularized ragtime steps; the rest of the townspeople picked up the steps, ever susceptible to the leadership of Hill.
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re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill
Posted by: KingSpeed 12:45 pm EDT 07/17/21
In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill - Michael_Portantiere 11:48 am EDT 07/17/21

I agree with this.
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re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill
Posted by: FAIRBOY 01:21 pm EDT 07/17/21
In reply to: re: Hugh Jackman taps into his inner Harold Hill - KingSpeed 12:45 pm EDT 07/17/21

On YouTube I have seen a dance break, tap, in "The Sadder but Wiser Girl".
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