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Pipe Dream (musical)
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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 06:03, 2 April 2013‎ (UTC)



Pipe Dream is the seventh musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; it premiered on Broadway on November 30, 1955, and is based on John Steinbeck's short novel Sweet Thursday. Set in Monterey, California, the musical tells the story of the romance between Doc, a marine biologist, and Suzy, who in the novel is a prostitute; her profession is only alluded to in the stage work. Rodgers and Hammerstein signed operatic diva Helen Traubel to play Fauna, the house madam.(shown in production shot) As the show progressed through tryouts, Hammerstein repeatedly revised it, obscuring Suzy's profession and the nature of Fauna's house. Pipe Dream met with poor reviews, and rapidly closed once it exhausted its advance sale. There was no film at the time; the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization once hoped for a film version featuring the Muppets with Fauna played by Miss Piggy.
 * It's no Carmen but it's similarly ready to go. Lots of points, two years, no musicals long time, whatever.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:20, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment. Any reason for this rather than Carousel, which appears to be coming up to an anniversary? Espresso Addict (talk) 11:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was thinking of saving Carousel for the 70th anniversary in a couple of years.--Wehwalt (talk) 11:18, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, in that case. The article is interesting and reads well, and will make a nice change. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support more stage music, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: Stage music flop, rare topic for TFA. Brianboulton (talk) 20:22, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: For sure. Ceoil (talk) 15:12, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Closing comment: "remove for now, I'm not going to run this the day after Carmen and Wehwalt has told me he has limited internet access for a while thereafter"