Poorly Explained Musicals
A mythical creature wants to be just like us; she also incorrectly names a LOT of objects.
What is The Little Mermaid?
My name is Alexander ________.
What is Hamilton?
This musical features a wild west plotline about a woman sharpshooter.
What is Annie Get Your Gun?
The first (official) musical
What is The Black Crook?
This megamusical features a helicopter that lands on the stage.
What is Miss Saigon?
What is Mean Girls?
The hills are alive with the ______ __ ______!
What is the Sound of Music?
This 1950 musical is about a bunch of gambling men and features the song "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"
What is Guys and Dolls?
This musical came out in 1968 and made rock mainstream on Broadway
What is Hair?
Who is the British producer known as the father of the megamusical?
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
A musical about a fake friendship with a lot of fake emails.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
The ______ __ ___ _____ is there, inside my mind...
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This musical (1959) by Meredith Willson is set in a small town in Iowa, is about a con artist who sells instruments, and beat out West Side Story for the Tony Award.
What is The Music Man?
Rodgers and Hammersteins first hit (and the first fully integrated book musical!)
What is Oklahoma!?
This megamusical uses 400 lbs of dry ice per performance to create the fog in the underground lair!
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
A man steals some bread and everyone he knows, including himself, eventually dies (except for his adopted daugter)
What is Les Miserables?
_____ ___, here we go again! My my, how can I resist ya?
What is Mamma Mia?
This musical takes place in a fictional town in Scotland that only appears every 100 years, and has been spoofed with an Apple TV original series of a similar name.
What is Brigadooon?
This musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is widely considered the first Megamusical.
What is Cats?
Who is the dynamic duo who ruled Broadway's golden age with hits like Oklahoma!, Cinderella, and Carousel?
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
This modern retelling of Hamlet would never have happened if the king's animal son would have just obeyed him for once.
What is The Lion King?
__________!, Where the wind goes sweeping through the plains...
What is Oklahoma!?
This musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein is about a British woman who teaches a Taiwanese King's children about Western diplomacy.
What is The King and I?
What is Show Boat?
This classic musical, which premiered in 1934, takes place on a cruise ship and is one of Mrs. Martin's favorite musicals because of the tap dancing.
What is Anything Goes?