Over the Rainbow
Showdate June 3, 2001

" The Big Tony Awards Show II"

Since the Tony Awards air tonight (at 10pm on CBS), I did my second annual Big Tony Awards Show, featuring mostly songs from musicals that have won the Best Musical Tony in the past.

At the same time, I held the first ever Over the Rainbow big Tony Awards quiz/game-show big exciting musical trivia contest thing, featuring contestants Vivien, Caroline and Sa. The game was basically "Name That Tony-Award Winning Musical", with each contestant asked four questions. In a tight race, Sa emerged as the winner with 19 points, followed closely by Vivien with 18 and Caroline with 14.

And I played the following songs:

" Dressing them up " performed by Brent Carver from Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Best Musical 1993

" Little tin box " from Fiorello!, tied for Best Musical 1960

" Marion the librarian " performed by Robert Preston from The Music Man, Best Musical 1958

" Two gentlemen of Verona " performed by Diana Davila and Alix Elias from Two Gentlemen of Verona, Best Musical 1972

" Be prepared " from The Lion King, Best Musical 1999

" Gonna wash that man right outta my hair " performed by Mary Martin from South Pacific, Best Musical 1950

" I wanna be a producer " performed by Matthew Broderick from The Producers, nominated for Best Musical 2001

" Sirens " performed by Marla Schaffel and James Barbour from Jane Eyre, nominated for Best Musical 2001

" Waitin' for the light to shine " from Big River, Best Musical 1985

I found a list of all Tony-award nominees and winners at the official Tonys website, www.tonys.org.

If you'd like to be a contestant on the next Over the Rainbow trivia challenge, e-mail me!