Duet wanted
Also sparked by the Pajama Game:
The show included a duet sung between a man and a woman who were not romantically involved or interested in one another at any point during the show. One was romantically involved with a third character. In fact the entire song was about the woman trying to get the man to trust his girlfriend.
Well, I'm sure it's not the only show tune where this occurs, but I can't think of any others. I have a large but certainly not encyclopedic mental collection of musicals and I'm coming up blank.
So I'm putting it out here. Can anyone name a show tune duet sung by a male and female character who have no romantic interest or involvement with each other at any time? Clearly cross-generational or family songs don't count, so no "My Best Beau" here sung between Auntie Mame and Patrick Dennis, or "I don't need anything but you" between Annie and Daddy Warbucks. And I'm also excluding ensemble numbers where a man and woman each sing the only solo lines and then the chorus sings stuff. Actual duet.
As a teen I collected friendship songs, "I'm not in love/not going to fall in love" songs and optimism songs. Now I want to start a new collection.
The show included a duet sung between a man and a woman who were not romantically involved or interested in one another at any point during the show. One was romantically involved with a third character. In fact the entire song was about the woman trying to get the man to trust his girlfriend.
Well, I'm sure it's not the only show tune where this occurs, but I can't think of any others. I have a large but certainly not encyclopedic mental collection of musicals and I'm coming up blank.
So I'm putting it out here. Can anyone name a show tune duet sung by a male and female character who have no romantic interest or involvement with each other at any time? Clearly cross-generational or family songs don't count, so no "My Best Beau" here sung between Auntie Mame and Patrick Dennis, or "I don't need anything but you" between Annie and Daddy Warbucks. And I'm also excluding ensemble numbers where a man and woman each sing the only solo lines and then the chorus sings stuff. Actual duet.
As a teen I collected friendship songs, "I'm not in love/not going to fall in love" songs and optimism songs. Now I want to start a new collection.