Musical Numbers
Named after a midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?"
Chicago
Of all the “Romeo and Juliet” Broadway rip-offs, the most famous is what Hudson-adjacent drama that features Tony and Maria’s love in the context of a teenage street gang war?
West Side Story
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?
My Fair Lady
Talk about a circle of life! Rafiki hoisted a fuzzy baby one more time as what movie musical-turned-musical musical that took home six Tony Awards in 1998?
The Lion King
Who originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked?
Idina Menzel
“I Dreamed a Dream,” “One Day More,” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?” are three of the most famous musical numbers from what Broadway musical set in early 19th-century France?
Les Misérables
One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, what Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord?
Rent
Running on Broadway from 2005 to 2017, what musical tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?
Jersey Boys
Played by Frank Sinatra in a film version, Nathan Detroit is a gambling boss in what classic 1950s Broadway musical?
Guys and Dolls
After seeing her on Broadway, Walt Disney wanted to cast this actress in his next live-action film. Not only was it her first movie, but she went on to get her first Academy Award nomination—and Oscar win—for the role. What was the name of the said actress?
Julie Andrews
Debuting in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988, what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features the songs "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night?"
The Phantom of the Opera
The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical about an orphaned protagonist who actually gets to meet Roosevelt in Act II?
Annie
After 35 years and almost 14,000 performances, “The Music of the Night” finally came to a stop at the Majestic Theater in 2023. What’s the name of the longest-running Broadway musical?
The Phantom of the Opera
A 1967 Film, a 2001 Musical, and a 2005 Film. The two men who served in the title role in real life for the film were Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger. However, it was Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick who formed “Bialystock & Bloom” to play the roles in what movie that gave us the classics “Keep it Gay” and “Springtime for Hitler?”
The Producers
Who played the role of Christine Daaé in the original Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera?
Sarah Brightman
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a song written by Irving Berlin for what classic Broadway musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?
Annie Get Your Gun
Known as the hottest ticket on Broadway for years after its 2015 debut, what musical, penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was loosely based on a biography written by Ron Chernow?
Hamilton
Traveling salesman Harold Hill declares his love for Marian Paroo in the song "Marian the Librarian" in what classic Broadway musical?
The Music Man
Although John Williams is known for writing original film scores, he also won an Oscar for adapting the score in the 1971 film version of what Broadway musical set in a shtetl?
Fiddler on the Roof
Which actress won a Tony Award for her role in Gypsy in 1959?
Ethel Merman
With songs like "One" and "What I Did for Love," what classic 1970s musical centers around Broadway dancers auditioning for eight spots in a stage show?
A Chorus Line
What 1959 Broadway musical is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea?"
Once Upon a Mattress
The antics of sailors who have 24 hours of shore leave in New York City are the premise for what classic 1940s Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein?
On the Town
A 2012 Adam Shankman movie adaptation of an 80s-themed Broadway musical, about an aspiring singer falling in love with a bar employee, shares its name with what 1983 Def Leppard song where the titular period is still rolling?
Rock Of Ages
Which Broadway legend starred as the original Evita in 1979?
Patti LuPone