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href="/wiki/File:Anyone_Can_Whistle_CD_Cover.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Anyone_Can_Whistle_CD_Cover.png/220px-Anyone_Can_Whistle_CD_Cover.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Anyone_Can_Whistle_CD_Cover.png 1.5x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="314" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of the original cast recording.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Book_(musical_theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Book (musical theatre)">Book</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Productions</th><td class="infobox-data">1964 <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway theater">Broadway</a> <br />1995 <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> concert <br /> 2010 <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">New York City Center</a> <a href="/wiki/Encores!" title="Encores!">Encores!</a><br />2022 <a href="/wiki/Off-West_End" class="mw-redirect" title="Off-West End">Off-West End</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Anyone Can Whistle</b></i> is a musical with music and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a>, and a book by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a>. Described as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane,"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the show tells a story of an economically depressed town whose corrupt mayor decides to create a fake miracle in order to attract tourists. The phony miracle draws the attention of an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum, and a doctor with secrets of his own. </p><p>Following a tryout period in Philadelphia, <i>Anyone Can Whistle</i> opened at the <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Majestic Theatre (Broadway)">Majestic Theatre</a> on Broadway on April 4, 1964. The show received widely varied reviews (including negative notices from the <i>New York Times</i> and the <i>New York Herald Tribune</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and closed after a run of twelve previews and nine performances.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's original run marked the stage musical debut of <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the decades since its closing, <i>Anyone Can Whistle</i> has seen relatively few productions compared to other Sondheim musicals; notable productions include a 1995 concert version at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a>, a pair of stagings in London and Los Angeles in 2003 that incorporated revisions, and a 2010 concert staging for the <a href="/wiki/Encores!" title="Encores!">Encores!</a> program at <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">New York City Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, its score has become acclaimed as a part of Sondheim's canon, and songs such as the title tune, "Everybody Says Don't", and "There Won't Be Trumpets" have been performed widely. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg/250px-Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg/375px-Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Remick-Lansbury-Guardino-Greene.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Guardino" title="Harry Guardino">Harry Guardino</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Greene_(Broadway_conductor)" title="Herbert Greene (Broadway conductor)">Herbert Greene</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>The show was first announced in <i>The New York Times</i> on October 5, 1961: "For the winter of 1962, [Arthur Laurents] is nurturing another musical project, <i>The Natives Are Restless</i>. The narrative and staging will be Mr. Laurent's handiwork; music and lyrics that of Stephen Sondheim. A meager description was furnished by Mr. Laurents, who refused to elaborate. Although the title might indicate otherwise, it is indigenous in content and contemporary in scope. No producer yet."<sup id="cite_ref-horowitz_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horowitz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No news of the show appeared until July 14, 1963, in an article in <i>The New York Times</i> about <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Bloomgarden" title="Kermit Bloomgarden">Kermit Bloomgarden</a>, where it discussed the four shows he was producing for the coming season; two were maybes, two were definite. One of the latter was a Sondheim-Laurents musical (now named <i>Side Show</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-horowitz_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horowitz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a letter to Bloomgarden, Laurents wrote, "I beg you not to mention the money problems or any difficulties to Steve anymore. It depresses him terribly and makes it terribly difficult for him to work...It is damn hard to concentrate...when all the atmosphere is filled with gloom and forebodings about will the show get the money to go on?...Spare him the gory details." This behavior is considered unusual for Laurents, which runs contrary to his current reputation. Sondheim discovered that Laurents hated doing backers' auditions and he took over that responsibility, playing and singing more than 30. They found 115 investors to back the $350,000 production, including <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> and Sondheim's father.<sup id="cite_ref-horowitz_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-horowitz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eager to work with both Laurents and Sondheim, Angela Lansbury accepted the lead role as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, despite her strong misgivings about the script and her ability to handle the score. Also signed were <a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a> as Nurse Fay Apple and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Guardino" title="Harry Guardino">Harry Guardino</a> as Hapgood. Laurents had wanted <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> for the role of Fay, but she turned it down to star in <i><a href="/wiki/Funny_Girl_(musical)" title="Funny Girl (musical)">Funny Girl</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following rehearsals in New York City, the company started pre-Broadway tryouts in Philadelphia from March 2 to 21, 1964. Laurents, ignoring criticism about the show's message being trite and its absurdist style difficult to comprehend, poured his energies into restaging rather than dealing with the crux of the problem. </p><p>The show suffered further setbacks when supporting actor <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lascoe" title="Henry Lascoe">Henry Lascoe</a>, who played Comptroller Schubb, suffered a heart attack during the show's out-of-town tryout, and was replaced by Gabriel Dell. According to Sondheim, "Lansbury was so insecure onstage, and unhappy with her performance, that we considered replacing her. Ironically, it soon became apparent that it had been Lascoe, an old pro...who had made her feel like an amateur. The minute his much less confident understudy took over, she felt free to blossom, which she spectacularly did." Sondheim called the reviews "humiliating" and the audiences "hostile."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Productions">Productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After multiple revisions, the show opened on Broadway on April 4, 1964, at the <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Majestic Theatre (Broadway)">Majestic Theatre</a>, where it closed after 9 performances and 12 previews, unable to overcome negative notices from major papers such as the <i>New York Times</i> and the <i>New York Herald Tribune</i>. Scenic design was by <a href="/wiki/William_and_Jean_Eckart" title="William and Jean Eckart">William and Jean Eckart</a>, costume design by <a href="/wiki/Theoni_V._Aldredge" title="Theoni V. Aldredge">Theoni V. Aldredge</a>, and lighting design by <a href="/wiki/Jules_Fisher" title="Jules Fisher">Jules Fisher</a>. <a href="/wiki/Choreographer" class="mw-redirect" title="Choreographer">Choreographer</a> <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ross" title="Herbert Ross">Herbert Ross</a> received the show's sole <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> nomination. </p><p>The show became a cult favorite, and a truncated recording by the original cast released by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> sold well among Sondheim fans and musical theater buffs. "There Won't Be Trumpets," a song cut during previews, has become a favorite of <a href="/wiki/Cabaret" title="Cabaret">cabaret</a> performers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 8, 1995, a staged concert was held at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> in New York City as a benefit for the <a href="/wiki/Gay_Men%27s_Health_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay Men's Health Crisis">Gay Men's Health Crisis</a>. The concert was recorded by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>, preserving for the first time musical passages and numbers not included on the recording by the original Broadway cast. For example, the cut song "There's Always a Woman" was included at this concert. Lansbury served as narrator, with <a href="/wiki/Madeline_Kahn" title="Madeline Kahn">Madeline Kahn</a> as Cora, <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a> as Fay, and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bakula" title="Scott Bakula">Scott Bakula</a> as Hapgood. Additional cast included <a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Page_(Actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Page (Actor)">Ken Page</a>, and Harvey Evans, the only cast member from the original show to reprise his role.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> reissued the original Broadway cast recording on compact disc. Two revivals were staged that year: one in London at the Bridewell Theatre and one in Los Angeles at the Matrix Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ravinia_Festival" title="Ravinia Festival">Ravinia Festival</a> presented a staged concert on August 26 and 27, 2005, with <a href="/wiki/Audra_McDonald" title="Audra McDonald">Audra McDonald</a> (Fay), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cerveris" title="Michael Cerveris">Michael Cerveris</a> (Hapgood) and <a href="/wiki/Patti_LuPone" title="Patti LuPone">Patti LuPone</a> (Cora).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere (in concert) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario. It starred Adam Brazier as Hapgood, Kate Hennig as Cora, <a href="/wiki/Blythe_Wilson" title="Blythe Wilson">Blythe Wilson</a> as Fay, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ouzounian" title="Richard Ouzounian">Richard Ouzounian</a> as Narrator, who also served as director. Choreography was by Sam Strasfeld. Additional cast included Juan Chioran as Comptroller Shub, Jonathan Monro as Treasurer Cooley, and Mark Harapiak as Chief Magruder. Musical direction was provided by Wayne Gwillim.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Encores!" title="Encores!">Encores!</a> presented a staged concert from April 8 through April 11, 2010, with <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Foster" title="Sutton Foster">Sutton Foster</a> as Nurse Fay Apple, <a href="/wiki/Donna_Murphy" title="Donna Murphy">Donna Murphy</a> as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, and <a href="/wiki/Raul_Esparza" class="mw-redirect" title="Raul Esparza">Raul Esparza</a> as Hapgood, with direction and choreography by <a href="/wiki/Casey_Nicholaw" title="Casey Nicholaw">Casey Nicholaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production was the second most attended in <i>Encores!</i> history, and Stephen Sondheim was present at the post-matinee talkback on April 10.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A London production of <i>Anyone can Whistle</i> opened at the Jermyn Street Studio Theatre, London, in association with Primavera Productions, running from March 10, 2010, to April 17, 2010. The director is <a href="/wiki/Tom_Littler" title="Tom Littler">Tom Littler</a>, with Musical Director Tom Attwood, and a cast that includes <a href="/wiki/Issy_van_Randwyck" title="Issy van Randwyck">Issy van Randwyck</a> (Mayoress), <a href="/wiki/Rosalie_Craig" title="Rosalie Craig">Rosalie Craig</a> (Nurse Fay Apple) and David Ricardo-Pearce (Hapgood).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Porchlight_Music_Theatre" title="Porchlight Music Theatre">Porchlight Music Theatre</a> presented <i>Anyone Can Whistle</i> in 2013 as a part of "Porchlight Revisits" series, in which it staged three forgotten musicals per year. It was directed by Christopher Pazdernik and music directed by Aaron Benham.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A new production directed by <a href="/wiki/Phil_Willmott" title="Phil Willmott">Phil Willmott</a> opened at the <a href="/wiki/Union_Theatre,_London" title="Union Theatre, London">Union Theatre</a> in London, running from February 8 through March 11, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A concert presentation of the show was presented by <a href="/wiki/MasterVoices" title="MasterVoices">MasterVoices</a>, under the direction and baton of <a href="/wiki/Ted_Sperling" title="Ted Sperling">Ted Sperling</a>, on March 10, 2022, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This production featured <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Williams" title="Vanessa Williams">Vanessa Williams</a> (Cora Hoover Hooper), <a href="/wiki/Santino_Fontana" title="Santino Fontana">Santino Fontana</a> (J. Bowden Hapgood), <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Stanley_(actress)" title="Elizabeth Stanley (actress)">Elizabeth Stanley</a> (Fay Apple), <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Sills" title="Douglas Sills">Douglas Sills</a> (Comptroller Schub), Eddie Cooper (Treasurer Cooley), and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mulheren" title="Michael Mulheren">Michael Mulheren</a> (Police Chief Magruder).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Gleason" title="Joanna Gleason">Joanna Gleason</a> served as the narrator for the event <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A production of the show ran at the <a href="/wiki/Southwark_Playhouse" title="Southwark Playhouse">Southwark Playhouse</a> in London from April 1, 2022, to May 7, 2022, under the direction of Georgie Rankcom, with musical direction by Natalie Pound and choreography by Lisa Stevens. The show's cast featured Alex Young as Cora Hoover Hooper, Chrystine Symone as Nurse Fay Apple, and Jordan Broatch as J. Bowden Hapgood. This production was the largest staged version of the show since its debut on Broadway in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Act_One">Act One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Act One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story is set in an imaginary American town that has gone bankrupt. (Its former major industry was an unidentified product that never wore out. Everyone has one now, and no one needs a replacement.) The only place in town doing good business is the local mental asylum, known as "The Cookie Jar", whose inmates look much healthier than the disgruntled townspeople ("I'm Like the Bluebird"). All the money is in the hands of Cora Hoover Hooper, the stylish, ruthless mayoress and her cronies – Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, and Police Chief Magruder. Cora appears carried in a <a href="/wiki/Litter_(vehicle)" title="Litter (vehicle)">litter</a> by her backup singers, and admits that she can accept anything except unpopularity ("Me and My Town"). The scheming Comptroller Schub tells her that he has a plan to save her administration and the town, promising, "It's unethical." He tells her to meet him at the rock on the edge of town. At the rock, a local mother, Mrs. Schroeder, tries to tell her child, Baby Joan, to come down from the rock, when Baby Joan licks it – and a spring of water begins flowing from it. The town instantly proclaims a miracle, and Cora and her council eagerly anticipate tourist dollars as they boast of the water's curative powers ("Miracle Song"). It is soon revealed to Cora that the miracle is a fake, controlled by a pump inside the rock. The only person in town who doubts the miracle is Fay Apple, a skeptical but idealistic young nurse from the Cookie Jar. She appears at the rock with all forty-nine of the inmates, or "Cookies" in tow, intending to let them take some of the water. Schub realizes that if they drink the water and remain insane, people will discover the fraud. As he tries to stop Fay, the inmates mingle with the townspeople, until no one can guess who is who. Fay disappears, and hiding from the police, admits that she hopes for a hero to deliver the town Cora and her lackeys ("There Won't Be Trumpets"). Cora arrives on the scene with the Cookie Jar's manager, Dr. Detmold, who says that Fay has taken the records to identify the inmates. He tells Cora that he is expecting a new assistant who might help them. At that moment a mysterious stranger, J. Bowden Hapgood, arrives asking for directions to the Cookie Jar. He is instantly taken for the new assistant. Asked to identify the missing Cookies, Hapgood begins questioning random people and sorting them into two groups, group A, and group one, without divulging which group is the sane one. The town council becomes suspicious, but Hapgood simply questions them until they begin to doubt their own sanity. Cora is too caught up with his logic to care ("Simple"). As the extended musical sequence ends, the lights black out except for a spotlight on Hapgood, who announces to the audience, "You are all mad!" Seconds later, the stage lights are restored, and the cast is revealed in theater seats, holding programs, applauding the audience, as the act ends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Act_Two">Act Two</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Act Two"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two groups are now in a bitter rivalry over which is the sane group ("A-1 March"). Another stranger, a French woman in a feathered coat appears. It is really Fay Apple in disguise. She introduces herself as the Lady from Lourdes, a professional Miracle Inspector, who has come to investigate the miracle. As Schub runs off to warn Cora, Fay seeks out Hapgood in his hotel, and the two seduce each other in the style of a French romantic film ("Come Play Wiz Me"). Fay tries to get Hapgood's help in exposing the miracle. Hapgood, however, sees through her disguise and wants to question her first. Fay refuses to take her wig off and confesses to him that this disguise, leftover from a college play, is the only way she can break out of her shell. She begins to hope, however, that Hapgood may be the one who can help her learn to be free ("Anyone Can Whistle"). Meanwhile, the two groups continue to march, and Cora, trying to give a speech, realizes that Hapgood has stolen her limelight ("A Parade in Town"). She and Schub plan an emergency meeting at her house. Back at the hotel, Hapgood comes up with an idea, telling Fay to destroy the Cookies' records, so both they and Fay can be free. When Fay is reluctant, Hapgood produces a record of his own – he is her fiftieth Cookie. He is a practicing idealist who, after years of attempted heroism, is tired of crusading and has come to the Cookie Jar to retire. Inspired by his record, Fay begins to tear the records up. As she does, the Cookies appear and begin to dance ("Everybody Says Don't"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Act_Three">Act Three</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Act Three"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cora is at her house with her council. Schub has put the miracle on hiatus but announces that they can easily pin the blame on Hapgood. The group celebrates their alliance ("I've Got You to Lean On"). A mob forms outside the hotel, and Hapgood and Fay, still disguised, take refuge under the rock. Discovering the fraud, Cora and the council confront them. At that moment, Cora receives a telegram from the governor warning that if the quota of 49 cookies is not filled, she will be impeached. Schub tells her that since Hapgood never said who is sane or not, they can arrest anyone at random until the quota is filled. Hapgood refuses to help Fay stop the Mayoress since he has given up crusading. Although she knows she still isn't out of her shell, Fay angrily swears to go it alone ("See What it Gets You"). As Cora and the police force begin rounding up Cookies, Fay tries to get the key to the wagon from the guards in an extended ballet sequence ("The Cookie Chase"). As it ends, Fay is captured, and Dr. Detmold recognizes her. Fay tells the townspeople about the fake miracle, but the town refuses to believe her. Detmold tells Cora that even without the records, Fay can identify the inmates from memory. Cora warns that she will arrest forty-nine people, normal or not, and Fay, helplessly, identifies all the Cookies, except Hapgood. She tells him the world needs people like him, and Hapgood can't turn himself in. He asks Fay to come with him, but she still can't bring herself to break free. They regretfully part ways ("With So Little to Be Sure Of"). Word comes of a new miracle from the town beyond the valley, of a statue with a warm heart, and the townspeople, including Magruder and Cooley, rush off to see if it is real. Soon the town is all but deserted, and Cora is alone again. Again, Schub has the answer – they can turn the entire town into one big Cookie Jar. Cora realizes she and Schub are meant for each other, and they dance off together. As Fay resumes work, Detmold's real new assistant Jane Borden Osgood arrives, and Fay is horrified to realize that she is even more rigid and disbelieving than Fay herself, and the new nurse marches the Cookies off to the next town to disprove the new miracle. Horrified at seeing what she might become, Fay returns to the rock calling for Hapgood. When he doesn't answer, she tries to whistle – and succeeds in blowing a shrill, ugly whistle. Hapgood appears again, saying, "That's good enough for me." As they embrace, the water begins flowing from the rock – a true miracle this time ("Finale"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_casts">Notable casts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable casts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Character </th> <th>Broadway </th> <th>Off-Off-Broadway </th> <th>British Premiere </th> <th>Carnegie Hall Concert </th> <th>Encores! </th> <th>Carnegie Hall Revival </th> <th>Off-West End </th></tr> <tr> <th>1964 </th> <th>1980 </th> <th>1986 </th> <th>1995 </th> <th>2010 </th> <th colspan="2">2022 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Cora Hoover Hooper </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> </td> <td>Gaylea Byrne </td> <td>Pip Hinton </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madeline_Kahn" title="Madeline Kahn">Madeline Kahn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donna_Murphy" title="Donna Murphy">Donna Murphy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Williams" title="Vanessa Williams">Vanessa Williams</a> </td> <td>Alex Young </td></tr> <tr> <th>Fay Apple </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a> </td> <td>Rosemary McNamara </td> <td>Marilyn Curtis </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Foster" title="Sutton Foster">Sutton Foster</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Stanley_(actress)" title="Elizabeth Stanley (actress)">Elizabeth Stanley</a> </td> <td>Chrystine Symone </td></tr> <tr> <th>J. Bowden Hapgood </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Guardino" title="Harry Guardino">Harry Guardino</a> </td> <td>Gary Krawford </td> <td>Michael Jayes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bakula" title="Scott Bakula">Scott Bakula</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Esparza" title="Raúl Esparza">Raúl Esparza</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santino_Fontana" title="Santino Fontana">Santino Fontana</a> </td> <td>Jordan Broatch </td></tr> <tr> <th>Comptroller Schub </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Dell" title="Gabriel Dell">Gabriel Dell</a> </td> <td>Sam Stoneburner </td> <td>Bill Bradley </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Bobbie" title="Walter Bobbie">Walter Bobbie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hibbert" title="Edward Hibbert">Edward Hibbert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Sills" title="Douglas Sills">Douglas Sills</a> </td> <td>Danny Lane </td></tr> <tr> <th>Treasurer Cooley </th> <td>Arnold Soboloff </td> <td>Ralph David Westfall </td> <td>John Griffiths </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Blumenkrantz" title="Jeff Blumenkrantz">Jeff Blumenkrantz</a> </td> <td>Eddie Cooper </td> <td>Samuel Clifford </td></tr> <tr> <th>Police Chief Magruder </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Frawley" title="James Frawley">James Frawley</a> </td> <td>David Berk </td> <td>Jonathan Stephens </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Page" title="Ken Page">Ken Page</a> </td> <td>John Ellison Conlee </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mulheren" title="Michael Mulheren">Michael Mulheren</a> </td> <td>Renan Teodoro </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mrs. Schroeder </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Peg_Murray" title="Peg Murray">Peg Murray</a> </td> <td>Ileane Gudell </td> <td>Hilary Cromie </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Moore" title="Maureen Moore">Maureen Moore</a> </td> <td>Linda Griffin </td> <td>Colleen Brown </td> <td>Kathryn Akin </td></tr> <tr> <th>Dr. Detmold </th> <td>Don Doherty </td> <td>Kermit Brown </td> <td>Thom Booker </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Wyman" title="Nick Wyman">Nick Wyman</a> </td> <td>Patrick Wetzel </td> <td>??? </td> <td>Nathan Taylor </td></tr> <tr> <th>Cora's Boys </th> <td>Sterling Clark, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Evans" title="Harvey Evans">Harvey Evans</a>, Larry Roquemore and <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Smith" title="Tucker Smith">Tucker Smith</a> </td> <td>Stephan DeGhelder, Bill Hastings, Stephen Hope and David E. Mallard </td> <td>Michael Gyngell, Dermot McLaughlin, Alan Mosley, Neil Patterson </td> <td>Sterling Clark, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Evans" title="Harvey Evans">Harvey Evans</a>, Evan Pappas, Eric Riley and Tony Stevens </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Alves" title="Clyde Alves">Clyde Alves</a>, Grasan Kingsbury, Eric Sciotto and Anthony Wayne </td> <td colspan="2">??? </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_numbers">Musical numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Musical numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(<i>from the Broadway production</i>) </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>Act I</dt></dl> <ul><li>Prelude Act I <i>(instrumental)</i> — Orchestra</li> <li>I'm Like the Bluebird — Company</li> <li>Me and My Town — Cora Hoover Hooper and Boys</li> <li>Miracle Song — Cora, Treasurer Cooley, Townspeople, Tourists, and Pilgrims</li> <li>There Won't Be Trumpets — Fay Apple<b>*</b></li> <li>Simple — J. Bowden Hapgood and Company</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>Act II</dt></dl> <ul><li>Prelude Act II <i>(instrumental)</i> — Orchestra</li> <li>A-1 March — Company</li> <li>Come Play Wiz Me — Fay, Hapgood, and Boys</li> <li>Anyone Can Whistle — Fay</li> <li>A Parade In Town — Cora</li> <li>Everybody Says Don't — Hapgood</li> <li>Don't Ballet <i>(instrumental)</i> — Orchestra</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>Act III</dt></dl> <ul><li>Prelude Act III <i>(instrumental)</i> — Orchestra</li> <li>I've Got You to Lean On — Cora, Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, Chief Magruder, and Boys</li> <li>See What It Gets You — Fay</li> <li>Anyone Can Whistle (Reprise) — Fay</li> <li>Cora's Chase (The Cookie Chase) — Company</li> <li>I'm Like the Bluebird (Reprise 1) — Cookies</li> <li>With So Little to Be Sure Of — Fay and Hapgood</li> <li>I've Got You to Lean On (Reprise) — Cora and Schub<b>*</b></li> <li>I'm Like the Bluebird (Reprise 2) — Cookies</li> <li>Finale Ultimo <i>(instrumental)</i> — Orchestra</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <ul><li>Asterisk (<b>*</b>) denotes song cut during Previews.</li> <li>Despite being cut from the original production, "There Won't Be Trumpets" was nonetheless recorded for the original Broadway cast recording, though it remained unreleased until a 1989 remastered CD. Officially licensed scripts and scores now reinstate the song.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The 1995 concert production restored the songs "There Won't Be Trumpets" (Fay Apple) and "There's Always a Woman" (Fay and Cora), both previously cut.</li> <li>"Finale Ultimo" is attached to the end of "With So Little to Be Sure Of" on the Original Cast Recording.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Howard Taubman in his <i>The New York Times</i> review wrote that Laurents's "book lacks the fantasy that would make the idea work, and his staging has not improved matters. Mr. Sondheim has written several pleasing songs but not enough of them to give the musical wings. The performers yell rather than talk and run rather than walk. The dancing is the cream."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steven Suskin wrote in his 2000 book about Broadway composers: The "fascinating extended musical scenes, with extended choral work... immediately marked Sondheim as the most distinctive theatre composer of his time. The first act sanity sequence... and the third act chase... are unlike anything that came before."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stuart King writing for London Box Office (April 2022) noted: "Southwark Playhouse (with Guildford graduate Georgie Rankcom at the directorial helm for this gender-fluid production) has resurrected the piece for a short run — just in time for Easter! But the burning question on Press Night was whether or not the cult 60s show would need a miracle to find a new, modern fan base, OR, have the subjects of political corruption, sexual identity and mental wellbeing potentially given the fundamentally flawed piece new meaning for a young and previously unfamiliar audience? This reviewer’s answer would be that it will almost certainly depend entirely on who you are, how you identify (if indeed you bother with such matters), whether corruption in public office bothers you (why wouldn’t it?) and probably most significantly of all, whether you consider yourself a Sondheim purist/aficionado/devotee." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_Broadway_production">Original Broadway production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Original Broadway production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="25%">Award ceremony </th> <th width="40%">Category </th> <th width="20%">Nominee </th> <th width="10%">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Choreography" title="Tony Award for Best Choreography">Best Choreography</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Ross" title="Herbert Ross">Herbert Ross</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Balancing Act, The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury</i> by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Gottfried" title="Martin Gottfried">Martin Gottfried</a>, published byLittle, Brown and Company, 1999</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anyone_Can_Whistle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-london-revival-of-stephen-sondheims-anyone-can-whistle">"Cast Complete for London Revival of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cast+Complete+for+London+Revival+of+Stephen+Sondheim%27s+Anyone+Can+Whistle&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playbill.com%2Farticle%2Fcast-complete-for-london-revival-of-stephen-sondheims-anyone-can-whistle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnyone+Can+Whistle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lawson, Mark. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/06/anyone-can-whistle-review-southwark-playhouse-london-sondheim">'Sondheim flop gets a blazing revival'</a>, in <i>The Guardian</i>, 6 April 2022</span> </li> <li 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(musical)">Assassins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Show_(musical)" title="Road Show (musical)">Road Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_We_Are_(musical)" title="Here We Are (musical)">Here We Are</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(1961_film)" title="West Side Story (1961 film)">West Side Story</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(1962_film)" title="Gypsy (1962 film)">Gypsy</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum_(film)" title="A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film)">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Night_Music_(film)" title="A Little Night Music (film)">A Little Night Music</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(1993_film)" title="Gypsy (1993 film)">Gypsy</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street_(2007_film)" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)">Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Company_(2011_film)" title="Company (2011 film)">Company</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods_(film)" title="Into the Woods (film)">Into the Woods</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(2021_film)" title="West Side Story (2021 film)">West Side Story</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Merrily_We_Roll_Along_(film)" title="Merrily We Roll Along (film)">Merrily We Roll Along</a></i> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musical revues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Side_by_Side_by_Sondheim" title="Side by Side by Sondheim">Side by Side by Sondheim</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marry_Me_a_Little_(musical)" title="Marry Me a Little (musical)">Marry Me a Little</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Putting_It_Together" title="Putting It Together">Putting It Together</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sondheim_on_Sondheim" title="Sondheim on Sondheim">Sondheim on Sondheim</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim%27s_Old_Friends" title="Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends">Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Something%27s_Coming_(song)" title="Something's Coming (song)">Something's Coming</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Maria_(West_Side_Story_song)" title="Maria (West Side Story song)">Maria</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tonight_(West_Side_Story_song)" title="Tonight (West Side Story song)">Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/America_(West_Side_Story_song)" title="America (West Side Story song)">America</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_(West_Side_Story_song)" title="Cool (West Side Story song)">Cool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Hand,_One_Heart" title="One Hand, One Heart">One Hand, One Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tonight_Quintet" title="Tonight Quintet">Tonight Quintet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Feel_Pretty" title="I Feel Pretty">I Feel Pretty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Somewhere_(song)" title="Somewhere (song)">Somewhere</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gee,_Officer_Krupke" title="Gee, Officer Krupke">Gee, Officer Krupke</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Boy_Like_That" title="A Boy Like That">A Boy Like That</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Entertain_You_(Gypsy)" title="Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy)">Let Me Entertain You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything%27s_Coming_Up_Roses" title="Everything's Coming Up Roses">Everything's Coming Up Roses</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Together_(Wherever_We_Go)" title="Together (Wherever We Go)">Together, Wherever We Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Gotta_Get_a_Gimmick_(song)" title="You Gotta Get a Gimmick (song)">You Gotta Get a Gimmick</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rose%27s_Turn" title="Rose's Turn">Rose's Turn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Company_(Broadway_song)" title="Company (Broadway song)">Company</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Getting_Married_Today_(song)" title="Getting Married Today (song)">Getting Married Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ladies_Who_Lunch_(song)" title="The Ladies Who Lunch (song)">The Ladies Who Lunch</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Being_Alive" title="Being Alive">Being Alive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Still_Here_(Follies_song)" title="I'm Still Here (Follies song)">I'm Still Here</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Could_I_Leave_You%3F_(song)" title="Could I Leave You? (song)">Could I Leave You?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Losing_My_Mind" title="Losing My Mind">Losing My Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Send_In_the_Clowns" title="Send In the Clowns">Send In the Clowns</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_While_I%27m_Around_(song)" title="Not While I'm Around (song)">Not While I'm Around</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/No_One_Is_Alone_(song)" title="No One Is Alone (song)">No One Is Alone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sooner_or_Later_(Madonna_song)" title="Sooner or Later (Madonna song)">Sooner or Later</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Finishing_the_Hat" title="Finishing the Hat">Finishing the Hat</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Original_Cast_Album:_Company" title="Original Cast Album: Company">Original Cast Album: Company</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Six_by_Sondheim" title="Six by Sondheim">Six by Sondheim</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_Worst_Thing_That_Ever_Could_Have_Happened" title="Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened">Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Topper_(TV_series)" title="Topper (TV series)">Topper</a></i> (1953–54)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_Sheila" title="The Last of Sheila">The Last of Sheila</a></i> (1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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