I have often walked down this _________ before.
Street
If sleeping her way into a lead role where a category she would have won the Tony in 1988 for her husband's show that Noah calls the layman's Musical. Name this legendary soprano?
Sarah Brightman
An aging silent film star refuses to accept she's no longer famous, hires a broke screenwriter, and things go full “glamour-noir” murder mystery.
Sunset Blvd
In which movie musical does Hugh Jackman play circus showman P.T. Barnum?
A) Les Misérables
B) The Music Man
C) The Greatest Showman
D) Barnum!
C) The Greatest Showman
Memory
CATS
Originated by Betty Buckley
The sun’ll come out tomorrow...
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun
She has six Tonys and is the most nominated person in Tony history. She is also known for burying a baby in the ground.
Audra McDonald
Two rival women discover a magic potion that grants eternal youth—and instantly become immortal frenemies with a talent for falling down stairs and not dying.
Death Becomes Her
In the film version of Sweeney Todd, which actor played Judge Turpin?
A) Timothy Spall
B) Alan Rickman
C) Geoffrey Rush
D) Ralph Fiennes
Answer: B) Alan Rickman
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Gypsy
Originated by Ethel Merman as Mama Rose (1959)
Summer Lovin' had me a blast...
Summer Loving happened so fast.
Sounded like a human kazoo and had to be on something but still performed in her 80's.
Carol Channing
A group of broke artists in 1990s NYC struggle with love, AIDS, addiction, and paying rent—while singing their hearts out.
RENT
Which Sondheim-penned musical was adapted into a 2014 film starring Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine?
A) Sunday in the Park with George
B) Into the Woods
C) Company
D) A Little Night Music
Answer: B) Into the Woods
All That Jazz
Chicago
Originated by Chita Rivera
Popular!
You're gonna be popular...
She’ll sing a showstopper and stop you if your phone rings. The constant professional and who Noah calls "Mother".
Patti Lupone
A former convict goes straight while being hunted by a cop for decades, takes a hooker's kid in as his own and takes her to Paris. She falls in love with a boy in seconds and he and his college-aged friends lead a rebellion where almost all of them die.
Les Miserables
What unusual musical instrument does Professor Harold Hill pretend to teach in The Music Man (1962)?
A) Trombonium
B) Flugalhorn
C) Think System (no instrument, just thinking)
D) Kazoo
Answer: C) Think System
Waving Through a Window
Dear Evan Hansen
Originated by Ben Platt
I'm not givin' away my ____________!
Shot
This tony award-winning actress is the singing voice of two Disney princesses and is known for emotionally wrecking Noah.
Lea Salonga
A musical genius is a frogger in a theater basement, becomes a stalker to a soprano, writes her bangers, and commits casual murder in the name of mentorship and what he thinks is love.
Phantom of the Opera
In Fiddler on the Roof (1971), what is the name of Tevye's second daughter who marries a political radical?
A) Tzeitel
B) Hodel
C) Chava
D) Bielke
Answer: B) Hodel
Don't rain on my parade
Funny Girl
Originated by Barbara Streisand