Singing on the Silver Screen: Movie Musicals
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
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
First premiered at Edinburgh Fringe, SIX is a musical comedy about six women from history who share WHAT in common?
They're the six wives of Henry VIII
This 2004 cult classic was adapted into a musical and THEN adapted into a movie critics deemed "sooo NOT fetch."
Mean Girls
I'm not throwing away my shot, I'm just like my country, I'm _____
young, scrappy, and hungry
"My Shot" - Hamilton
This 2001 jukebox movie musical follows the doomed romance of an English Poet and a Cabaret Courtesan. Oh, and John Leguizamo is here too.
Moulin Rouge
In this song, an ostracized woman imagines a magical future where no one finds her inferior due to her surprising exterior.
Which comedic musical debuted revisions to the show after 2020, with more racial sensitivity and inclusion in mind?
The Book of Mormon
Clips of "revolting children" performing choreography from this British musical adaptation went viral in December 2022
Matilda
Mamma mia, here I go again, my, my ______
How can I resist ya?
"Mamma Mia"
Mamma Mia!
Released in 2017, the Greatest Showman is a fictionalized biopic based on the life and times of this infamoud circus pioneer.
P.T. Barnum
In this number, a high school senior with social anxiety wonders if he'll ever be more than he's always been after being shoved to the ground by another student.
"Waving Through a Window"
Dear Evan Hansen
2017's "Come From Away" is based on the true story of 7,000 passengers stranded at Gander International Airport in Canada following WHAT historical event?
The September 11th Attacks
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
As someone told me lately, "Everyone deserves _____"
The chance to fly
"Defying Gravity"
Wicked
The 110 and 105
In this song, this skid-row protagonist longs for the simplicity of suburban life, complete with frozen TV dinners and plastic on the furniture.
"Somewhere That's Green"
Little Shop of Horrors
The plot of Seussical the Musical is based on THREE Dr. Seuss books. Name TWO of them.
1. Horton Hears a Who
2. Horton Hatches the Egg
3. Gertrude McFuzz
Hadestown, a modern retelling of Greek Mythology, retells the tragic love story of these two characters.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Ya got trouble, Right here in River city! With a captial "T," and that rhymes with "P" And that stands for ____.
Pool
"Ya Got Trouble"
The Music Man