The musicals we left behind
Pre-dating a recent TV show of the same name by several decades, the musical "A Girl Called Jo", was based on which piece of literature?
Little Women
Racking up 7,485 performances on Broadway between October 1982 and its 'last night' on September 10, 2000, which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is one of the longest-running stage musicals of all time?
Cats
Jewish family endeavor to stay alive Is from which drama?
Fiddler on the roof
"The Canaan Daily": "Ex-slave becomes Pharaoh's right-hand man following accurate dream interpretations".
Joseph and the amazing Techniclor Dreamcoat
In 1956, 'Irma la Douce' premiered, with its closing number 'Christmas Child' performed by the company. In what city was it first performed professionally?
Paris
Described as a musical play, and written by Noel Coward, which show is set in a Soho Nightclub and includes the songs "Chase Me Charlie", "In a Boat on the Lake with my Darling" and "Three Juvenile Delinquents"?
Ace of Clubs
Which musical, based on a novel by Victor Hugo, completed its 6,680th performance on its 'last night' on Broadway on May 18, 2003?
Les Mesrebels
Danny and Sandy, high school students, fall in love musically where?
Grease
"The Ugandan Prophet": "Missionaries from Salt Lake City, USA teach villagers the Third Testament".
Book of Mormon
'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas' was included in the 1963 musical 'Here's Love', Meredith Willson's adaptation of which classic Christmas story and movie?
Mirical on 34th street
Which musical, set around a film festival and a member of the paparazzi chasing a story whilst neglecting his girlfriend, includes the songs "The Motor Car Is Treacherous", "Jimmy's Bar" and "Chianti"?
Grab Me A Gondola
One musical whose story is set in a Broadway theatre had a continuous run in a Broadway theatre for nearly 15 years. What was the name of this show that had its 'last' (and 6,137th) performance on April 28, 1990?
A chorus Line
Audrey II's a plant eating everyone in sight in which horror show?
Little shop of horror's
"The Ozian News": "Green woman on the run after disfiguring monkeys. WARNING: can do magic".
Wicked
In 1966, the musical 'Mame' made its Broadway debut. Which star, possibly better known to some for her performance as a sleuthing mystery writer, sang 'We Need a Little Christmas' in that production?
Angela Lansberry
The operetta "The Gypsy Princess" is an everyday story about a member of the nobility (Prince Peter) falling in love with a showgirl (i.e., a commoner) and being banned from marrying his true love. Of course, in the real world he would just take her as a mistress, but this is theatre where we cannot allow such things, and it makes a better story this way. Which of the following songs is NOT from this musical?
You'll find me at Maxim's
The 'last' night of this cheery musical must have made Broadway theatregoers exclaim in surprise. Which show's initial run ended on September 12, 2015, after nearly 14 years and 5,758 performances?
Mama Mia
"Never met a man I didn't like" is from which musical folly?
The Will Rogers Follies
"The Spectral Musician's Chronicle": "Chandelier falls on Opera audience! Stops just in time!"
Phantom of the Opra
'Turkey Lurkey Time' is performed in the first act of the 1968 musical 'Promises, Promises', produced by David Merrick. What is the setting for this frenetic disco-style song-and-dance?
An office Christmas Party
The summary of the next musical is roughly as follows. Woman falls in love. Paramour goes off to the wars for ten years. When he comes back she dresses as her much younger and non-existent niece, believing that her lover will fall for the younger girl but not her true self as she has aged 10 years. Trying to woo her soldier boy as her own niece, she finds that her lover is in fact in love with the original woman. As a consequence she has to 'dispose of' her niece (who doesn't exist). Just an everyday story of musical theatre. But which of these musicals is described by this summary?
Dear Miss Phobe
Disney films have often proved to be the basis of a really successful Broadway show. Which of these adaptations ran for 5,461 performances between April 1994 and its 'last' night on July 29, 2007?
Beauty and the Beast
A declaration signed by thirteen states in all is which Broadway show?
1776
"The African Royal Tribune": "King Mufasa Dead. Long Live King Scar!"
Lion king
Near the end of a musical which had its Broadway premiere on 19 June 1978, the women who work in a brothel perform the song 'Hard Candy Christmas'. Which of these shows is it?
The best Little wore house in Texas