Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
#1Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:35pmHow many shows can we name in which no character from the musical dies or was mentioned to have died? I have though of MY FAIR LADY, GUYS & DOLLS, GYPSY and YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN so far. Let's see what other shows pop up.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
#2re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:39pmAnything Goes
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
#2re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:42pm
On the Town
Seussical
Hairspray
Spelling Bee
Avenue Q
A Chorus Line
Company
Follies
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#3re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:45pm
Mary Poppins
and Legally Blonde...Mr. Windham's dead, but we never see him.
#4re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:48pmMamma Mia
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
#5re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:50pmI have a better one. How about "Musicals With A Token Gay Character That Is Healthy And Alive At The End Of The Show"?
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#6re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:50pmI think you're going to end up with a list containing the vast majority of musicals ever produced. Thousands of them. Just get a reference book and start moving chronologically through the seasons for the last century.
FeelingElectric
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#7re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:51pm
Carnival (Although Rosalie has quite a scare)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.
"Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield
#8re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:52pm
I could be wrong (most likely am) but I don't remember anyone dying in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
edit: whoops we both posted only a minute apart!
"I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"
Updated On: 3/17/07 at 07:52 PM
#9re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 7:53pm
Wonderful Town
Caroline or Change- if you don't count Caroline's soul dying. Oh I said it!
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
notyourself
Chorus Member Joined: 5/21/06
#10re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:01pm
<< I could be wrong (most likely am) but I don't remember anyone dying in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. >>
That's the purpose of this exercise... nobody dies.
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#11re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:05pmHow To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying , 42nd Street right? lol.. Um.. Wedding Singer
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#12re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:10pmThe Full Monty
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#13re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:10pmFoster,you made a valid point. Remind me to start that thread next month.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:11pm
Foster: Rod from Avenue Q
Musicals in which no one dies: Millie
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#16re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:13pm
Showboat
The Sound of Music
Kiss Me Kate
Flora the Red Menace
The Rink
Lil Abner
Hello Dolly
A Funny Thing Happened...
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
Crazy for You
110 In The Shade
The Fantasticks
I Do, I Do
Woman of the Year
Victor/Victoria
1776
The Producers
Contact
#17re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:14pm
The Producers
Crazy for You
I may be wrong but...Fiddler on the Roof ?
worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#18re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:16pm
The Producers
Avenue Q
La Cage Aux Folles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jersey Boys(Nick Massi doesn't die until the end, but we only hear about it, we don't see it and the guy who gets shot was only faking it)
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#20re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:20pmFull Monty has 2 gay characters alive and well at the end. So does The Producers.
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#21re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:31pm
I may be wrong but...Fiddler on the Roof ?
Chava does...well kind of
myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#22re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:41pm
"Hi Fi"
There was the rap part, where they shoot Ian, even though it was imgained.
"Have they come yet?"
#23re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:44pm
I know but I didn't want to look stupid and post DRS if someone actually did die in it... thus I was saying I didn't recall anyone dying in it (I saw it over a year ago and don't have the cast album so I wasn't 100% positive) 
If you don't count Grizebella being "reborn," CATS (it depends on how you look at it)
"I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!"
Updated On: 3/17/07 at 08:44 PM
#24re: Musicals in Which Nobody Dies
Posted: 3/17/07 at 8:54pmworrell4077- In Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli's daugher dies.
-I couldn't help it Janet! She was just like you, only french... ~Robert-The Drowsy Chaperone~
