John Wilson’s 2023 recording of this musical was the first complete recording of the original orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett. Miles Davis’s album Steamin’ opens with a cover of a song from this musical in which a character describes (-5[2])“the slickest gig you’ll ever see.” A character in this musical imagines (10[1])“long tangled hair” (-5[1])which (-5[1])“falls across (-5[1])my face” in a song (10[1])in which he vows to win a bride, “Lonely Room.” (10[1])One of the female lead’s (10[1])love interests sings “chicks and ducks and geese (10[1]-5[1])better scurry” (10[1])before (10[1])the (-5[1])imagined (10[5])“surrey (10[2])with the fringe on top.” (10[9]-5[2])Agnes (10[6])de Mille choreographed (10[2])this musical’s “dream ballet” (10[1]-5[1])in which (10[2])Laurey “makes up her mind” (10[4])about (10[1])Jud (10[1])and Curly. (10[5])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])name (10[1])this Rodgers and (-5[1])Hammerstein (10[3]-5[1])musical (10[1])titled (-5[1])after a US state. (10[6])■END■ (10[33])