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My Mind's On Space..and Space Is On My Mind

Blog City Prompt November 16 2018





On this day in 1959 "Sound of Music" musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II first opened at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, for 1443 performances. What's your favorite scene or actor from this famous musical? Why? Was there a song that spoke to you?





I don't think I've ever watched it. (sigh) So I did research instead (my natural inclination): the ORIGINAL Broadway production, which is the one referred to here, won FIVE! Tony Awards, including BEST MUSICAL.


In addition to the collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein, the book for the musical was written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The original stars were Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. Wow.





Thinking about the fact that I was alive when THE SOUND OF MUSIC debuted on Broadway, and earlier for another blog prompt about the Moon Landing, and composing a short story on Mars for Blast Off!, I've realized what a terrible disappointment it is to me that 49 and a third years after the Apollo Moon Landing, that's it? No colonies? No up-close-and-personal exploration of Mars? Of Jupiter? It's been OVER 49 YEARS!

GIVE ME SPACE!


OR, GIVE ME ----