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re: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'?
Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:49 am EDT 05/24/23
Posted by: WaymanWong 01:47 am EDT 05/24/23
In reply to: re: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'? - AlanScott 01:03 am EDT 05/24/23

Thanks, Alan. ... Plus, Frank Sinatra sang ''Boys and Girls'' in ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' (1949), but it got cut out of that MGM movie, too.

It finally made its Broadway debut in the 1996 ''State Fair,'' and it was one of the 4 R&H songs in the show ruled Tony-eligible for Best Score.

And some productions of ''Cinderella'' have incorporated this tune. This ''Boys and Girls Like You and Me'' really does ''go on and on.''
Link 'State Fair': John Davidson & Kathryn Crosby sing 'Boys and Girls Like You and Me' (1996)
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re: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'?
Posted by: bmc 08:30 am EDT 05/24/23
In reply to: re: 'Boys and Girls': How did it get from 'Oklahoma!' to 'St. Louis'? - WaymanWong 01:47 am EDT 05/24/23

According to Hugh Fordin's history of MGM's Freed Unit, Arthur Freed had offered Hammerstein the job of Producer at MGM in the period where his shows were less than successful, so perhaps it was because of that connection.
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