Poorly Explained Musicals
A man steals a loaf of bread. Oh, and there's a bunch of college kids who really don't know what they're doing.
What is Les Miserables?
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Who is Mary Poppins?
*Anybody maybe happen to know how the hell to do this?
I don't know if you can tell But this is me just pretending to know.
(100 Bonus for both song and musical title: Does anybody have a map? Dear Evan Hansen)
One of these is not a Tony Category:
What is Best Playwright?
This woman originated Anita on Broadway in West Side Story.
Who is Chita Rivera?
A "bad" girl just wants to save the animals, but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished.
What is Wicked?
Everything has it's season
Everything has it's time.
Who is Pippin?
*Not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her memory?
(100 Bonus for both song and musical title: Memory, Cats)
In 2016, this show took the record for most Tony nominations.
What is Hamilton?
This actor died of COVID-19 on July 5, 2020.
Who is Nick Cordero?
Two guys fight over a girl. One wears a mask.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
Broadway theatres will be shut down until at least 2021, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Paraphrased from the group that made this announcement)
What is the Broadway League?
*In midnights? In cups of coffee?
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife?
(100 Bonus for both song and musical title: Seasons of Love, Rent)
In 2001, this production took home the most Tony wins and holds the record for such (as of 2020).
What is The Producers?
Broadway's original Dolly from Hello, Dolly!
Who is Carol Channing?
Two sisters won't talk to each other. One just needs to let it go.
What is Frozen?
*Tonight, I'm finally earnin' my spot on this wall in this hall and I'm getting a piece of it, like Miley, Schumer, Tracy Morgan, and this piece of... [laughter from audience]
Well, he's never gonna be president now.
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
(100 Bonus for each additional fact, up to 500: rapped as an SNL opening, Oct. 6, 2016)
*Pop!
Six!
Squish!
Uh Uh
Cicero
Lipschitz!
(100 Bonus for both song and musical title: Cell Block Tango, Chicago)
This was the first actor to be nominated for and win awards in all four categories in which an actor is eligible.
Who is Audra McDonald?
This man was Hadestown's original Hades.
Who is Patrick Page?
Two missionaries think they're going to Lion King, and start a new denomination of Christianity once they realize how wrong they are.
What is Book of Mormon?
"As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about."
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
*For Papa make him a scholar.
For Mama make him rich like a king.
(100 Bonus for both song and musical title: Matchmaker, Fiddler on the Roof)
*The first female author to win Best Play won the award with her husband, Albert Hackett, for their 1956 production.
Who is Frances Goodrich?
(100 Bonus for title: Diary of Anne Frank)
*Name three women who played Cassie in the original run of A Chorus Line.
Answers may include: Cheryl Clark, Catherine Cooper, Patti D'Beck, Cynthia Fleming, Vicki Frederick, Laurie Gamache, Deborah Henry, Angelique Ilo, Diana Kavilis, Donna McKechnie, Dana Moore, Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, Wanda Richert, Chesley Santoro, Ann Louise Schaut, Pamela Sousa, Candace Tovar, and Karen Ziemba.
For each additional name after the third, 100 bonus points are awarded.