Re: Show tunes with a line from Shakespeare in them

"Sound and fury" from Mac____ in Guido's song from the Kopit-Yeston
musical Nine. Great production of Nine running here in Chi at
****chlight, although show itself is cold and unmoving.

Greasy Joan production of Mac___ also opening in a week or two...

Robert Armstrong wrote

>"Hey, nonny nonny" in song Fit as a Fiddle (George White's Music Hall
>Varieties; movie Singin' in the Rain) appears to be from Shakespeare
>song lyric Sigh No More, Ladies in his comedy Much Ado About Nothing,
>although it might be argued that it's a generic refrain used (I'm
>supposing) in other Elizabethan-period songs and poems -- much like
>"Hark!" As Shakespeare scholar Andy Griffith noted, "They said 'Hark' a
>lot."

>Similarly "Lend me an ear" (song Hey Look Me Over from Wildcat) or show
>title Lend an Ear seems to allude to famous Marc Antony quote "Lend me
>your ears" from Julius Caesar, although its use is so common it may have
>been from other works as well: maybe.

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