We had an amazing number of correct guesses for the Unseemly Trivia Contest. Here was the question, which I thought was a real baffler:
This revival of a play by a well-known playwright (but not one of the playwright's most well-known plays, at least to me) eked out a mere three months, despite its illustrious company of players. But, what makes this production fascinating is that its director would soon direct a wildly successful musical, and its cast, save for three people, had or would all star in classic Broadway musicals. This play also had incidental music by a composer who would go on to write the music for the wildly successful musical that this revival's director would soon direct. All but one of the people who had or would star in classic musicals would win Tony Awards for their performances.
Name the play and the author.
Name the cast members who had or would go onto star in classic musicals, name the musicals, and name the Tony winners.
Name the director and the musical he would soon direct.
Name the composer who wrote the incidental music and who would soon write the score to the successful musical that the director would soon direct.
Apparently, it wasn't a real baffler, and here are the answers:
Too True To Be Good by George Bernard Shaw
Glynis Johns, A Little Night Music Tony Winner
Robert Prestion, The Music Man Tony Winner
Cyril Ritchard, Peter Pan, Tony Winner
David Wayne, Finian's Rainbow, Tony Winner
Ray Middleton, Annie Get Your Gun
Albert Marre, Man Of La Mancha
Mitch Leigh
We had correct guesses from the likes of Dan the Man, Jbelles, Jed, Noel, FJL, Jeffrey Kaufman, and Michael Shayne. I put all those names into our handy-dandy Electronic Hat, which randomly chose Jed as our High Winner. So, if Jed will send his address, he will receive a sparkling prize. Congratulations to ALL our winners!