Singing on the Screen
"I want" Songs
Millenial Musicals
From the page to the Stage
Sing your HEART OUT!
100

You know her, you love her, you can't wait to buy a Cameo from her. Name the star of the 2007 film adaptation of Hairspray

Nikki Blonsky

100

In this number, a young prince of the jungle distracts his caretaker as he sings about how great life will be when he's in charge.

"I just can't wait to be King" 

(The Lion King)

100

First premiered at Edinburgh Fringe, SIX is a musical comedy about six women from history who share WHAT in common?

They are the six wives of Henry VIII

100

This 2004 classic was adapted into a musical and THEN adapted into a movie that critics deemed "sooo NOT fetch"

Mean Girls

100

 I'm not throwing away my shot, I'm just like my country, I'm ___

"...young, scrappy, and hungry."


200

From 2017, The Greatest Showman is a fictionalized biopic based on the life and times of the infamous circus pioneer.

P.T Barnum

200
In this song, a women at the end of her life sings of love never dying and the life that she could have lived if life hadn't been so cruel

I Dream a Dream

200

Which comedic musical debuted revisions to the show after 2020, with more racial sensitivity and inclusion in mind?

The Book of Mormon

200

Clips of "revolting children" performing choreography from this British musical adaptation went viral in December 2022.

Matilda

200

Do you hear the people sing____

Singing the song of angry men

(Les Miserables)

300

This 2012 adaptation of Les Miserables features Russell Crowe, as Inspector Javert, plunging himself off of the Pulteney Bridge. Where is this bridge located?

Bath, England.

300

In this number, a high-school senior with social anxiety wonders if he'll ever be more than he's always ever been after being shoved to the ground by another student.

Waving Through A Window

300

2017's "Come From Away" is based on the true story of 7,000 passengers stranded at Gander Airport in Canada following WHAT historical event?

The September 11th Attacks

300

This jolly musical depicts a family's life being transformed for the better as they learn lessons about responsibility, imagination, and the importance of family. 

Mary Poppins

300

As someone told me lately, "Everyone deserves ____

the chance to fly"

400

This 2001 jukebox musical follows the doomed romance of an English Poet and a Cabaret Courtesan. Oh, and John Leguizamo is here too.

Moulin Rouge

400

In this song, an ostracized woman imagines a magical future where no one finds her inferior due to her surprising exterior.

"The Wizard and I"

(Wicked)

400

Before redefining Broadway with Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda made his mark with this 2008 musical set in Washington Heights, where characters like Usnavi and Nina sing about identity, gentrification, and the dream of "paciencia y fe."

In the Heights

400

Hadestown, a modern retelling of Greek mythology, retells the tragic love story of these two characters.

Orpheus and Eurydice

400
I'll take from all mankind, Conquer all the odds! And I feel I'll live on forever with _______

satan himself by my side!

(Jekyll and Hyde)

500

La La Land's opening number sees the commuters of LA singing and dancing on WHICH California freeway?

The 110 or the 105

500

In this emotionally charged song, performed in part from a cathedral rooftop, contrasts the oppressive "stay inside" warnings of a guardian with the protagonist’s yearning to experience the outside world

Out There

(Hunchback of Notre Dame)

500

The plot of Seussical The Musical is based on THREE Dr. Seuss books. Name TWO of them.

Horton Hears a Who

Horton Hatches the Egg

Gertrude McFuzz

500

Which of the following has NOT been adapted into a musical (yet)?

A: Mrs. Doubtfire

B: The Breakfast Club

C: Sister Act

D: The Great Gatsby

B : The Breakfast Club

500

Ya got trouble, Right here in River city! With a capital "T", and that rhymes with "P" And that stands for ____

pool