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''Anyone Can Whistle'' is a three-act musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]]. It was the second show to feature Sondheim writing his own music as well as lyrics.
It tells the story of a destitute town, run by the corrupt mayor Cora Hoover Hooper (the musical stage debut of [[Angela Lansbury]]), who has a [[
Enter one J. Bowden Hapgood, who does just that... by sorting them into Group A and Group 1.
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* [[BSOD Song]]: "See What It Gets You."
* [[Crowd Song]]: "Miracle Song," "Simple," "The A-1 March," and part of "The Cookie Chase."
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* [[Final Love Duet]]: "With So Little To Be Sure Of."
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: "Simple" is full of it.
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Anyone Can Whistle," "Me And My Town," "A Parade in Town," and "There Won't Be Trumpets," to a certain extent.
* [[Mind Screw]]: "Simple."
* [[Patter Song]]: "Everybody Says Don't."
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* [[Troll]]: Sondheim speculates part of the reason that the show flopped was because it made fun of the audience. "Simple" is one huge exercise in trolling from Hapgood, both towards the other characters and to the audience. You might call it ''Troll: The Musical.''
* [[Villain Song]]: "I've Got You to Lean On," which is a jazzier version.
* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Fay Apple poses as a French lady.
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