The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987)

Actors: The Bergenfield High School Marching Band (actor), Philip Bosco (actor), Alain Boublil (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Michael Cline (actor), Charles 'Honi' Coles (actor), Roderick Cook (actor), Anthony Crivello (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Tim Daly (actor), Howard Davies (actor), Frankie Faison (actor), Bob Fosse (actor), Steve Fowler (actor), George Abbott (actor),

Genres: Family,

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)

Actors: Mark Atkinson (actor), Martin Balsam (actor), Arthur Batanides (actor), Alan Beckwith (actor), Nicky Blair (actor), Larry Block (actor), Ray Briem (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Gary Campbell (actor), John Kennedy Carroll (actor), Gary Cashdollar (actor), Paul Cavonis (actor), Burt Cooper (actor), Joseph Cotten (actor), Phillip R. Allen (actor),

Plot: Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.

Keywords: 1930s, baby, based-on-true-story, bruno-hauptman, cemetery, charles-lindbergh, child-murder, courtroom, criminal, death-of-child
Genres: Crime, Drama,

The Music Man (1962)

Actors: Charles Alvin Bell (actor), John Breen (actor), The Buffalo Bills (actor), Ronnie Dapo (actor), Roy Dean (actor), Timmy Everett (actor), William Fawcett (actor), Paul Ford (actor), Jack Gordon (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Ralph Hart (actor), Percy Helton (actor), Harry Hickox (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Rand Barker (actor),

Plot: Confidence man Harold Hill arrives at staid River City intending to cheat the community with his standard scam of offering to equip and train a boy's marching band, then skip town with the money since he has no music skill anyway. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music.

Keywords: anvil, barbershop-quartet, based-on-stage-musical, billiards, blockbuster, carrying-someone, child, con-artist, dance, famous-song
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!

Quotes:

Harold Hill: A man can't turn tail and run just because a little personal risk is involved. What did Shakespeare say? "Cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave man... only 500"?

Mayor Shinn: It's as clear as a buttonhook in the well water!

[in song]::Citizens of River City: So what the heck? You're welcome! Join us at the picnic! You can eat your fill of all the food you bring yourself.

Mayor Shinn: You watch your phraseology!

[in song]::Mrs. Paroo: When a woman's got a husband, and you've got none, why should she take advice from you? Even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other high-falutin' Greeks.

[in song]::Marian Paroo: Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - ? Now, really, mama. I have my standards where men are concerned and I have no intention...::Mrs. Paroo: I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books!

[in song]::Alma Hix: Oh yes, that woman made brazen overtures, with a guilt-edge guarantee / She had a golden glint in her eye and a silver voice with a counterfeit ring / Just melt her down and you'll reveal / a lump of lead as cold as steel / Here, where a woman's heart should be.

[in song]::Harold Hill: I rant and I rave for the virtue I'm too late to save / I smile, I grin when the gal with a touch of sin walks in / I hope and I pray for Hester to win just one more "A" / The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me / The sadder but wiser girl for me.

[in song]::Harold Hill: Seventy-six trombones led the big parade / with a hundred and ten cornets close at hand / They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos / the cream of every famous band!

Marian Paroo: No, please, not tonight. Maybe tomorrow.::Harold Hill: Oh, my dear little librarian. You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.