For those of you who aren’t musical comedy buffs, as I am, the title is a quote from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” Carrie Pipperidge, best friend of the female lead Julie, is an airhead. Carrie has upset her fiancé’s sense of dignity by doing something that could have sullied her reputation.

Enoch Snow is a fisherman with aspirations of owning a fishing fleet and is full of himself. Wheedling her way back into his good graces, Carrie pleads, “Oh, Enoch. Say something soft and sweet!” He turns away and solemnly intones, “Boston Cream Pie!” To which Carrie wails, “Oh, Enoch!” and runs off, leaving her fiancé befuddled, but still huffy.

Well, okay, perhaps your eyes are glazing over because musical theatre isn’t your “thing.” Sorry. It has been my passion since I was 14. While classmates of mine were dreaming of selling water softeners or becoming astronauts or running for president, I wanted to be Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand and Shirley Jones. Musical theatre songs and dialogue will live on in my memory as long as the brain cells hold out. May it be long!