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* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something something]] [[QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.
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The show would receive an encore production at the Old Vic in May 2023, with Andy Karl reprising his role as Phil Connors.
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* RealityEnsues: The musical puts far more emphasis than the film on how weirded out Rita would be at Phil acting increasingly close to her, when from her point of view they barely know each other.
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** [[spoiler: Subverted by the end of the show - Phil is still capable of being surprised by Rita's kiss, and admits that for all his knowledge he doesn't actually know anything, in contrast to his earlier sentiments.]]
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* RaceLift: Rita and Larry are cast as black.
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* RaceLift: Rita and Larry are cast as black.Black.
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* MusicalGag: As composer Music/TimMinchin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GdugVTm3w points out]], he composed many songs with the knowledge that in traditional western music theory, there are 12 semitones per octave. This not only corresponds symbolically with with the 12 hours Phil experiences per day, but since a full octave ends and starts in the same note simultaneously, it allows him to create "circular" melodies that begin as soon as they end and usually on dissonant, "unresolved" notes, much like the GroundhogDayLoop itself.
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* MusicalGag: As composer Music/TimMinchin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GdugVTm3w points out]], he composed many songs with the knowledge that in traditional western music theory, there are 12 semitones per octave. This not only corresponds octave, corresponding symbolically with with the 12 hours Phil experiences per day, but since day. Since a full octave ends and starts in the same note simultaneously, it allows him to create Minchin composed "circular" melodies that begin as soon as they end and usually on dissonant, "unresolved" notes, much like the GroundhogDayLoop itself.
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* MusicalGag: As composer Music/TimMinchin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GdugVTm3w points out]], he composed many songs with the knowledge that in traditional western music theory, there are 12 semitones per octave. This not only corresponds symbolically with with the 12 hours Phil experiences per day, but since a full octave ends and starts in the same note simultaneously, it allows him to create "circular" melodies that begin as soon as they end, much like the GroundhogDayLoop itself.
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* MusicalGag: As composer Music/TimMinchin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GdugVTm3w points out]], he composed many songs with the knowledge that in traditional western music theory, there are 12 semitones per octave. This not only corresponds symbolically with with the 12 hours Phil experiences per day, but since a full octave ends and starts in the same note simultaneously, it allows him to create "circular" melodies that begin as soon as they end, end and usually on dissonant, "unresolved" notes, much like the GroundhogDayLoop itself.
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* MusicalGag: As composer Music/TimMinchin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6GdugVTm3w points out]], he composed many songs with the knowledge that in traditional western music theory, there are 12 semitones per octave. This not only corresponds symbolically with with the 12 hours Phil experiences per day, but since a full octave ends and starts in the same note simultaneously, it allows him to create "circular" melodies that begin as soon as they end, much like the GroundhogDayLoop itself.
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** Also "Hope" in Act 2, where he keeps trying (and failing) to kill himself in order to break the loop. The final note turns into a scream of anguish.
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The [[TheMusical musical]] [[ScreenToStageAdaptation adaptation]] of Film/GroundhogDay, which opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 2016 and then transferred to Broadway in 2017. With a book written by Danny Rubin (who penned the original film) and songs by Creator/TimMinchin, the musical tells the familiar story of disgruntled weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop where he is forced to relive the titular holiday over and over until he [[CharacterDevelopment learns to be a better person]].
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The [[TheMusical musical]] [[ScreenToStageAdaptation adaptation]] of Film/GroundhogDay, which opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 2016 and then transferred to Broadway in 2017. With a book written by Danny Rubin (who penned the original film) and songs by Creator/TimMinchin, Music/TimMinchin, the musical tells the familiar story of disgruntled weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop where he is forced to relive the titular holiday over and over until he [[CharacterDevelopment learns to be a better person]].
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* TriumphantReprise: One part of dissonant chaos at the end of "Day 3" is the people of Punxsutawney chanting "Phil!" (referring to the groundhog). At the end of "Punxsutawney Rock" this can be heard again, although this time in celebration of our protagonist and his near folk-hero status in the town.
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* RaceLift: Rita and Larry are cast as black.
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* RealityEnsues: The musical puts far more emphasis than the film on how weirded out Rita would be at Phil acting increasingly close to her, when from her point of view they barely know each other.
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* KarmaHoudini: In "Nobody Cares", Phil comes to realize that reliving the same day over and over allows him to be this; he can do whatever he wants with absolutely no consequences, because he's the only one who'll remember any of it. No surprise that the next song, "Philandering", has him exploit this.
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* KarmaHoudini: In "Nobody Cares", Phil comes to realize that reliving the same day over and over allows him to be this; he can do whatever he wants with absolutely no consequences, because he's the only one who'll remember any of it. No surprise that the next song, "Philandering", has him exploit this.
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* BingeMontage: "Philandering".
* CueTheSun: [[spoiler: The last moments of the show are Phil and Rita watching the sun rise on February 3rd.]]
* DrunkenSong: "Nobody Cares" has Phil go on a bender with the town drunks.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" the last major number before the final "Seeing You" and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment as he realizes how shallow his activities have been in comparison to how much good Rita would want to do with that time.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" is the last major number before the final finale, "Seeing You" You", and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment CharacterDevelopment, as he realizes how shallow his activities have been in comparison to how much good Rita would want to do with that time.
* TheHedonist: "Philandering" is dedicated to watching Phil indulge in this.
* KarmaHoudini: In "Nobody Cares", Phil comes to realize that reliving the same day over and over allows him to be this; he can do whatever he wants with absolutely no consequences, because he's the only one who'll remember any of it. No surprise that the next song, "Philandering", has him exploit this.
* TheOmniscient: Phil eventually becomes this after enough time in the loop, down to speaking in unison with townspeople. He comes to learn that knowing everything isn't all it's cracked up to be.
* PunnyName: There are three songs where Phil takes advantage of the time loop to do something. They are, in order, [[BingeMontage "Philandering"]], [[CulturedBadass "Philosopher"]], and [[TookALevelInKindness "Philanthropy"]]
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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Ned's ballad "Night Will Come" ends with a DarkReprise of the life insurance jingle ("You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!"), which sets up the rhyme ("As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance"), but trails off after the final "You gotta love life."
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* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Ned's ballad "Night Will Come" ends with a DarkReprise of the life insurance jingle ("You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!"), which sets up the rhyme ("As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance"), but trails off after the final "You gotta love life.""
* YouCantFightFate: In the staging for "Night Will Come, [[spoiler: Phil repeatedly tries and fails to save an old homeless man from dying, finally realizing that, even with infinite tries, some things are just always gonna happen.]]
* YouCantFightFate: In the staging for "Night Will Come, [[spoiler: Phil repeatedly tries and fails to save an old homeless man from dying, finally realizing that, even with infinite tries, some things are just always gonna happen.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't come much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day...'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't come much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day...'']]
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** To a lesser extent, the beginning of "Small Town USA" (the first day), with Phil listing things he hates about Punxsutawney.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "Playing Nancy" is about Nancy feeling like she's playing the role of the attractive, vapid character in her life. This could just as easily be true about the actress of Nancy as well.
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** Early on, Ned Ryerson sings a short, cheerful jingle for his life insurance company: "You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!" Ned's song "Night Will Come" in the second act, after the revelation that [[spoiler:Ned lost his wife]], ends with a heartbreaking DarkReprise of that jingle:
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** Early on, Ned Ryerson sings a short, cheerful jingle for his life insurance company: "You "Death will come to everyone, you gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!" Ned's song "Night Will Come" in the second act, after the revelation that [[spoiler:Ned lost his wife]], ends with a heartbreaking DarkReprise of that jingle:
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* TheLostLenore: Not for Phil - but it becomes clear that [[spoiler:the reason Ned Ryerson is so determined to sell life insurance is because [[TheMourningAfter he lost his wife]].]]
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* TheLostLenore: Not for Phil - but it becomes clear that [[spoiler:the reason Ned Ryerson is so determined has dedicated his life to sell selling life insurance is because [[TheMourningAfter he lost his wife]].]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original is already a full feature-length film, but the musical is significantly longer. It follows the same plot fairly closely but adds additional focus for [[AscendedExtra underdeveloped characters]] and elements of the film.
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* DarkReprise: "Day Three" makes the cheery Punxsutawney song and even Phil's parts from "Day One" sound a lot more twisted and sinister.
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** "Day Three" makes the cheery Punxsutawney song and even Phil's parts from "Day One" sound a lot more twisted andsinister.sinister.
** Early on, Ned Ryerson sings a short, cheerful jingle for his life insurance company: "You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!" Ned's song "Night Will Come" in the second act, after the revelation that [[spoiler:Ned lost his wife]], ends with a heartbreaking DarkReprise of that jingle:
-->As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance,\\
You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion life...]]
** "Day Three" makes the cheery Punxsutawney song and even Phil's parts from "Day One" sound a lot more twisted and
** Early on, Ned Ryerson sings a short, cheerful jingle for his life insurance company: "You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!" Ned's song "Night Will Come" in the second act, after the revelation that [[spoiler:Ned lost his wife]], ends with a heartbreaking DarkReprise of that jingle:
-->As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance,\\
You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion life...]]
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" the last major number before the final "Seeing You" and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment as he realizes how shallow he is compared to Rita's ambitions and drive.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" the last major number before the final "Seeing You" and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment as he realizes how shallow he is compared his activities have been in comparison to Rita's ambitions and drive.how much good Rita would want to do with that time.
* TheLostLenore: Not for Phil - but it becomes clear that [[spoiler:the reason Ned Ryerson is so determined to sell life insurance is because [[TheMourningAfter he lost his wife]].]]
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* MinorCharacterMajorSong: "Playing Nancy" and "Night Will Come" are two of the show's major solo ballads, and they're sung by Nancy and Ned respectively, characters who don't feature in any other song.
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* PatterSong: Rita's part of "One Day" is a long, fast cynical ramble about romance with a lot of tongue twister language.
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* PatterSong: Rita's part of "One Day" is a long, fast cynical ramble about romance romance, which makes up for its relatively slow tempo with a lot of tongue twister language.
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* SettingIntroductionSong: The first half of "Day One" introduces the setting of Punxsutawney, both from the residents' point of view (''And there is no town greater than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day!'') and from Phil's (''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't get much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day'').
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* SettingIntroductionSong: The first half of "Day One" introduces the setting of Punxsutawney, both from the residents' point of view (''And there is no town greater than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day!'') and from Phil's (''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't get come much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day'').
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.Creator/LRonHubbard.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Ned's ballad "Night Will Come" ends with a DarkReprise of the life insurance jingle ("You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!"), which sets up the rhyme ("As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance"), but trails off after the final "You gotta love life."
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Ned's ballad "Night Will Come" ends with a DarkReprise of the life insurance jingle ("You gotta love life, you gotta love life, you gotta love life insurance!"), which sets up the rhyme ("As for that, the rest is just a test of your endurance"), but trails off after the final "You gotta love life."
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* MassivelyMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "One Day" has the Punxsutawney residents join in at the end.
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-> ''Who is that? Who is that emerging from his burrow?\\
Who can see today what we can't see until tomorrow?\\
Shaman of the shadows, springer of the spring\\
Is it a squirrel? Is it a beaver?\\
Kinda both, but not quite either!\\
That's right, woodchuck chuckers, it's Groundhog Day!''
-->--The radio jingle that will wake Phil Connors every time he wakes up on February 2nd
The [[TheMusical musical]] [[ScreenToStageAdaptation adaptation]] of Film/GroundhogDay, which opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 2016 and then transferred to Broadway in 2017. With a book written by Danny Rubin (who penned the original film) and songs by Creator/TimMinchin, the musical tells the familiar story of disgruntled weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop where he is forced to relive the titular holiday over and over until he [[CharacterDevelopment learns to be a better person]].
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!!The musical features examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: The original is already a full feature-length film, but the musical is significantly longer. It follows the same plot fairly closely but adds additional focus for [[AscendedExtra underdeveloped characters]] and elements of the film.
* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: It's an adaptation of the 1993 film by the same name.
* BSODSong: "Day Three", as Phil realizes he's woken up on the same day for the third time, consists of a twisted, sinister variation of the music from "Day One" and "Day Two" set to a series of incoherent, increasingly distressed cries and exclamations from Phil, ending in "Help me!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Phil's growth from a shallow, self-centered {{Jerkass}} to a decent human being is the main storyline.
* CrowdSong: The residents of Punxsutawney sing the opening number, "There Will Be Sun", as well as the Punxsutawney/Groundhog Day song.
* DarkReprise: "Day Three" makes the cheery Punxsutawney song and even Phil's parts from "Day One" sound a lot more twisted and sinister.
* DeathSong: "Hope" is a dark inspiration anthem sung by Phil as he [[DrivenToSuicide repeatedly attempts suicide]] only to wake up back in his bed on Groundhog Day.
* DrivenToSuicide: Phil's descent into suicidal despair is given more attention than in the original film, with the song "Hope" devoted to his repeated suicide attempts.
* DuetOfDifferences: "If I Had My Time Again" features Phil singing about what he's been doing with his time in the GroundhogDayLoop, as a duet with Rita singing about what she would do if she could repeat her days. The contrast is something to behold:
-->'''Rita:''' I always fancied learning how to climb\\
'''Phil:''' [[ADateWithRosiePalms I once masturbated seven times]]\\
'''Rita:''' I'd study math\\
'''Phil:''' In the bath\\
'''Rita:''' And search for meaning\\
'''Phil:''' In one evening\\
'''Rita:''' And I'd run up hills\\
'''Phil:''' It was affirmative\\
'''Rita:''' And learn to paint\\
'''Phil:''' A man my age\\
'''Rita:''' Just to know I can\\
'''Phil:''' It's nice to know I can, it's nice to know I can
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" the last major number before the final "Seeing You" and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment as he realizes how shallow he is compared to Rita's ambitions and drive.
* GroundhogDayLoop: The film is the TropeNamer.
* IAmBecomingSong: "Seeing You", which articulates Phil's character development.
--> I swear that I knew every hair, each line upon your face\\
I thought the only way to better days was through tomorrow\\
But I know now that I know\\
I know now that I know nothing
* IAmSong: The first half of "Day One" establishes Phil's character and motivations as he spews his contempt for the town of Punxsutawney and everything in it and his plans to ensure he never has to wake up there again.
* IWantSong: "One Day" serves as one for Rita, if a very cynical version. "Playing Nancy", the opener of the second act, gives an IWantSong to a bit character that Phil has a one-night stand with in the first act, where she wishes she could be more than [[GirlOfTheWeek a prop in someone else's story]].
* IrrelevantActOpener: "Playing Nancy", the opening song of act two, is a DayInTheLimelight for bit character Nancy and is unrelated to the plot.
* {{Jerkass}}: Phil is a massive jerk at the start of the story, then [[CharacterDevelopment gets better]].
* ListSong: "If I Had My Time Again" lists things that Phil has done and things Rita would like to do if she could relive the past.
* MassivelyMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "One Day" has the Punxsutawney residents join in at the end.
* MinorCharacterMajorSong: "Playing Nancy" and "Night Will Come" are two of the show's major solo ballads, and they're sung by Nancy and Ned respectively, characters who don't feature in any other song.
* MusicalWorldHypotheses: The Punxsutawney/Groundhog Day songs are probably diegetic, as is "Punxsutawney Rock", but the musical is mostly an adaptation hypothesis example, with "montage" songs covering long stretches of time.
* OpeningChorus: "There Will Be Sun".
* PatterSong: Rita's part of "One Day" is a long, fast cynical ramble about romance with a lot of tongue twister language.
--> And I’d rather be alone if the only other option\\
is succumb and settle down with some condescending clown\\
with a great rating from some dating service,\\
some self-professing Mr. Perfect,\\
another narcissistic legend made a million out of hedge funds,\\
another sexually ineffectual self-obsessing metrosexual\\
pseudo-intellectual getting drunk and existential\\
every time the Steelers lose a game
* SettingIntroductionSong: The first half of "Day One" introduces the setting of Punxsutawney, both from the residents' point of view (''And there is no town greater than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day!'') and from Phil's (''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't get much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day'').
* SmallTownBoredom: Phil is experiencing this already on his second day in Punxsutawney.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.
Who can see today what we can't see until tomorrow?\\
Shaman of the shadows, springer of the spring\\
Is it a squirrel? Is it a beaver?\\
Kinda both, but not quite either!\\
That's right, woodchuck chuckers, it's Groundhog Day!''
-->--The radio jingle that will wake Phil Connors every time he wakes up on February 2nd
The [[TheMusical musical]] [[ScreenToStageAdaptation adaptation]] of Film/GroundhogDay, which opened at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 2016 and then transferred to Broadway in 2017. With a book written by Danny Rubin (who penned the original film) and songs by Creator/TimMinchin, the musical tells the familiar story of disgruntled weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop where he is forced to relive the titular holiday over and over until he [[CharacterDevelopment learns to be a better person]].
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!!The musical features examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: The original is already a full feature-length film, but the musical is significantly longer. It follows the same plot fairly closely but adds additional focus for [[AscendedExtra underdeveloped characters]] and elements of the film.
* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: It's an adaptation of the 1993 film by the same name.
* BSODSong: "Day Three", as Phil realizes he's woken up on the same day for the third time, consists of a twisted, sinister variation of the music from "Day One" and "Day Two" set to a series of incoherent, increasingly distressed cries and exclamations from Phil, ending in "Help me!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Phil's growth from a shallow, self-centered {{Jerkass}} to a decent human being is the main storyline.
* CrowdSong: The residents of Punxsutawney sing the opening number, "There Will Be Sun", as well as the Punxsutawney/Groundhog Day song.
* DarkReprise: "Day Three" makes the cheery Punxsutawney song and even Phil's parts from "Day One" sound a lot more twisted and sinister.
* DeathSong: "Hope" is a dark inspiration anthem sung by Phil as he [[DrivenToSuicide repeatedly attempts suicide]] only to wake up back in his bed on Groundhog Day.
* DrivenToSuicide: Phil's descent into suicidal despair is given more attention than in the original film, with the song "Hope" devoted to his repeated suicide attempts.
* DuetOfDifferences: "If I Had My Time Again" features Phil singing about what he's been doing with his time in the GroundhogDayLoop, as a duet with Rita singing about what she would do if she could repeat her days. The contrast is something to behold:
-->'''Rita:''' I always fancied learning how to climb\\
'''Phil:''' [[ADateWithRosiePalms I once masturbated seven times]]\\
'''Rita:''' I'd study math\\
'''Phil:''' In the bath\\
'''Rita:''' And search for meaning\\
'''Phil:''' In one evening\\
'''Rita:''' And I'd run up hills\\
'''Phil:''' It was affirmative\\
'''Rita:''' And learn to paint\\
'''Phil:''' A man my age\\
'''Rita:''' Just to know I can\\
'''Phil:''' It's nice to know I can, it's nice to know I can
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "If I Had My Time Again" the last major number before the final "Seeing You" and marks a turning point in Phil's CharacterDevelopment as he realizes how shallow he is compared to Rita's ambitions and drive.
* GroundhogDayLoop: The film is the TropeNamer.
* IAmBecomingSong: "Seeing You", which articulates Phil's character development.
--> I swear that I knew every hair, each line upon your face\\
I thought the only way to better days was through tomorrow\\
But I know now that I know\\
I know now that I know nothing
* IAmSong: The first half of "Day One" establishes Phil's character and motivations as he spews his contempt for the town of Punxsutawney and everything in it and his plans to ensure he never has to wake up there again.
* IWantSong: "One Day" serves as one for Rita, if a very cynical version. "Playing Nancy", the opener of the second act, gives an IWantSong to a bit character that Phil has a one-night stand with in the first act, where she wishes she could be more than [[GirlOfTheWeek a prop in someone else's story]].
* IrrelevantActOpener: "Playing Nancy", the opening song of act two, is a DayInTheLimelight for bit character Nancy and is unrelated to the plot.
* {{Jerkass}}: Phil is a massive jerk at the start of the story, then [[CharacterDevelopment gets better]].
* ListSong: "If I Had My Time Again" lists things that Phil has done and things Rita would like to do if she could relive the past.
* MassivelyMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "One Day" has the Punxsutawney residents join in at the end.
* MinorCharacterMajorSong: "Playing Nancy" and "Night Will Come" are two of the show's major solo ballads, and they're sung by Nancy and Ned respectively, characters who don't feature in any other song.
* MusicalWorldHypotheses: The Punxsutawney/Groundhog Day songs are probably diegetic, as is "Punxsutawney Rock", but the musical is mostly an adaptation hypothesis example, with "montage" songs covering long stretches of time.
* OpeningChorus: "There Will Be Sun".
* PatterSong: Rita's part of "One Day" is a long, fast cynical ramble about romance with a lot of tongue twister language.
--> And I’d rather be alone if the only other option\\
is succumb and settle down with some condescending clown\\
with a great rating from some dating service,\\
some self-professing Mr. Perfect,\\
another narcissistic legend made a million out of hedge funds,\\
another sexually ineffectual self-obsessing metrosexual\\
pseudo-intellectual getting drunk and existential\\
every time the Steelers lose a game
* SettingIntroductionSong: The first half of "Day One" introduces the setting of Punxsutawney, both from the residents' point of view (''And there is no town greater than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day!'') and from Phil's (''There's nothing more depressing than Small Town, U.S.A., and small don't get much smaller than Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day'').
* SmallTownBoredom: Phil is experiencing this already on his second day in Punxsutawney.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Phil looks to a few of these in his desperation to fix whatever's happening to him in the song "Stuck". They include a man with a degree in holistic therapy who promises he can "[[TechnoBabble analyze your isotopes]] and [[BlahBlahBlah something something quantum quantum]]", a woman who believes he is allergic to gluten and needs an enema, a man with a Ph.D. in psychiatric pharmacology who specializes in mental illness... in cows, and a woman who fills her medicine cupboard with Creator/LRonHubbard.
