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Historical Musicals
I Want Songs
Wait For It... Finish the lyrics
Actors portraying leads
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This 2003 blockbuster musical is based on Gregory Maguire's novel about the untold story of two witches from Oz.

What is Wicked?

100

This person is Alexander Hamilton's Wife.

Who is Eliza Schuyler?

100

Ariel dreams of being part of the human world in this sea-floor "I want" song.

What is part of your world?

100

 FINISH THE LYRIC: BOY YOU GOT ME.......

What is helpless?

100

In it's original broadway debut, this actor played Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice the musical.

 Who is Alex Brightman?

200

Lin-Manuel Miranda famously created Hamilton after reading Ron Chernow's biography of this "ten dollar founding father without a father".

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

200

The Tudor Queens of England take the microphone to remix their stories into a pop concert in this hit musical that won the 2022 Tony for Best Original Score.

What is SIX?

200

In this hit musical, Elphaba belts "The Wizard and I" to express her desire to meet the man behind the curtain.

What is Wicked?

200

FINISH THE LYRIC: The hills come alive with the sound of..... 

What is music?

200

This actor plays both Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette in Hamilton.

Who is Daveed Diggs?

300

S.E. Hinton's classic novel about "greasers" and "socs" in 1960s Oklahoma was successfully adapted into a Broadway musical, winning the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical.

What is the Outsiders?

300

This first wife of Henry VIII gets the pop concert started by singing about her 24-year marriage in the song "No Way."

Who is Catherine Of Aragon?

300

Alexander Hamilton sings this driving "I want" number in act 1.

What is I am not throwing away my shot?

300

FINISH THE LYRIC: Ich Bin Anna of Cleves, ja, when he saw my.......

What is portrait?

300

This Actress played Elphaba in Wicked's original broadway debut.

Idina Menzel

400

This musical based on Victor Hugo's 1862 French novel made its epic Broadway debut in 1987, featuring songs like "I Dreamed a Dream".

What is Les Mis?

400

This King of Great Britain breaks character from the American revolutionaries to sing the recurring, comedic track "You'll Be Back."

Who is King George III?

400

Seymour pines for a better life and a chance with his coworker while singing "Somewhere That’s Green" in this musical.

What is Little Shop Of Horrors?

400

FINISH THE LYRIC: You could use a buddy......

What is Don't you want a pal?

400

This actress played Lydia in beetlejuice the musical's broadway debut.

Who is Sophia Anne Caruso?

500

Before becoming one of Broadway’s most legendary and heavily bootlegged flops in 1988, this musical adaptation of a Stephen King novel had its script drastically altered because the lyricist felt the book's original focus on a "period" was too biological for the stage.

What is Carrie?

500

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton burns her correspondence with Alexander in this emotional Act Two solo following the publication of the Reynolds Pamphlet.

What is Burn?

500

Beetlejuice sings to a fifteen year old girl trying to convince her to say his name three times in this "I want" song.

What is Say My Name?

500

 FINISH THE LYRICS: I never weigh more than one fifteen......

What is My name is Regina George?

500

This actress plays Anne Boleyn in SIX the musical.

Who is Andrea Macasaet?