Old Friends
Serving as a mentor to Sondheim as a child and having read his first musical, this Oklahoma composer was pivotal to Stephen breaking into the industry.
Oscar Hammerstein
While he regards it to be his least favorite musical that he worked on in his life, Sondheim did in fact write the lyrics for this based-on-Shakespeare musical.
West Side Story
Now I'm the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal
Writin' letters to relatives
Embellishin' my elegance and __________________
“Right Hand Man” - Hamilton
Eloquence
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Hamilton
What's missing in this image from Phantom of the Opera?
The mask
This Superbia composer regards a famous voicemail from Stephen Sondheim as being foundational to him pursuing after his famous musical.
Jonathan Larson
Alan Menkin, best known for the soundtracks of most of our childhoods, is especially proud of his work on this cult-classic horror musical.
Little Shop of Horrors
Twas Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir.
That’s wot did the_________, sir.
True, sir, true.
Was it quick, sir?
Did it in a tick, sir.
Just like an elixir ought to do!
“Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir” - Sweeney Todd
Trick
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Beetlejuice
What is missing from the set of Wicked?
A dragon
Sondheim famously mentored this famous composer and regarded his rap musical as being a “breakthrough” and pushing him to find the deeper emotional truths in his most famous musical.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
All the music for Disney’s musical movie about a princess who winds up in New York City was written by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and ________,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
“Major General’s Song” - Pirates of Penzance
Mineral
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Fiddler on the Roof
What's missing in this picture from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown?
Lucy's psychiatrist stand
This Webber-hating, Evita actress had such a deep love of Sondheim’s work that she famously starred in the West End version of one of his earlier musicals and then continued with the show on Broadway.
Patti LuPone
Famous for musicals like Ragtime and Once on This Island, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty famously wrote this famous children’s musical about a cat.
Suessical
When a person’s personality is personable,
He shouldn’t oughta sit like a lump.
It’s harder than a matador coercin’ a bull
To try and get you off of your _________.
“You Could Drive a Person Crazy” - Company
Rump
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Urinetown
What is missing in this image from Waitress?
A pie
While not a person, a deep passion of Sondheim most people do not know about has more to do with an escape room than a theater stage.
Puzzles
While Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known for Hamilton and In the Heights, his musical version of this 2000s movie about cheerleaders is considered a small cult classic.
Bring it On!
We are Africa,
Let us smile and _____-______.
“I Am Africa” - Book of Mormon
Laugh-rica
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Dear Evan Hansen
What is missing in this image from Heathers?
Croquet Mallets