Round 3: Tossup 9

The “loud mouth mug” Herman sings about his reaction to these events in the last pre-finale song of Sweet Charity. Adelaide notes a “lesson I’ve been taught” about these events and lists “psychosomatic symptoms” around them (-5[1])in two songs from Guys and Dolls. One of these events leads Amy to anticipate “floating in the Hudson with the other garbage” in a patter song from Company. (10[1])A character originated (10[1])by (10[1])Stanley Holloway anticipates one of these events while singing, “Pull out the stopper / let’s have a whopper.” Motel, rather than Lazar (“laser”) Wolf, participates in one of these events in Fiddler on the Roof (10[1])that ends with a pogrom and is the setting of the song (10[1])“Sunrise, Sunset.” (10[1])For 10 points, in My Fair Lady, (10[1])Alfred Doolittle anticipates what sort of event in the song “Get Me to the Church on Time”? ■END■ (10[2])

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