Entr'act by Era
1910
What is Mary Poppins?
There are worse ways to bond than over food, but I wouldn’t recommend the pies in this Sondheim thriller.
What is Sweeney Todd?
Roger
What is Rent?
Mama Rose
What is Gypsy?
This word fittingly ends In the Heights, The Wiz, but not Fiddler.
1881
What is Phantom of the Opera?
Threes abound in this show about a “Weekend in the Country.”
What is A Little Night Music?
Zach
What is A Chorus Line?
Mama, who bore me
What is Spring Awakening?
Everyone seems to want to get here, Collins, Jack, but not Annie.
What is Santa Fe?
1980s
What is La Cage Aux Folles?
Make a wish! This show’s friends make a birthday party for the main character.
What is Company?
Usher
What is A Strange Loop?
Don't tell Mama
What is Cabaret?
The Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening, but not Godspell share this song of faith.
What is “I Believe”?
Turn of the Century
What is Ragtime?
The cast for these friends are doubled with the younger versions of themselves.
What is Follies?
Mayor La Guardia
What is Fiorello!?
Mama I’m a big girl, now
What is Hairspray?
So needy! This shared repeated word in a song title from Mama Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, but not Oliver!
What is Gimme!?
1945
What is An American in Paris?
This show gets to the nudity much quicker than Gypsy, and it’s Giorgio, not George in this one.
What is Passion?
John P Wintergreen
What is Of Thee I Sing?
The Mama in this song “daily washes [her] feet in the Ganges”
What is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?
Jesus Christ Superstar, and 1776 both feature this word in their song, but not Sweeney Todd.
What is Hosanna?