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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 [[Zero -Percent Approval Rating]]. She and her cronies need a way to earn revenue, so they figure it out - a fake miracle, of water gushing from a rock. It draws in tourists and pilgrims and is a smashing success until nurse Fay Apple, who works at the local insane asylum, wants the "miracle water" for the patients. Soon, the loonies start mingling with the pilgrims, and they can't sort out who is who.
 
Enter one J. Bowden Hapgood, who does just that... by sorting them into Group A and Group 1.
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=== This musical contains examples of: ===
 
* [[Zero -Percent Approval Rating]]: Cora
* [[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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