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How well do you know songs from musicals? We have listed three songs from Broadway and feature film musicals. Are you able to identify which musical these popular songs are from?
In what musical are the following three songs heard? If I Only Had Brain, Somewhere over the Rainbow, and Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.
Wicked
Wizard of Oz
Margaret Hamliton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, was a kindergarten teacher before becoming an actress.
The Wiz
On the Town
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? A Spoonful of Sugar, ChimChimCheree, and Feed the Birds.
Guys and Dolls
Kiss Me Kate
Hairspray
Mary Poppins
Actor David Tomlinson, Mr. Banks, was also the voice of the parrot on Mary Poppins' umbrella handle.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Circle of Life,Hakuna Matata,Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
Barnum
The Fantasticks
Pippin
The Lion King
Julie Taymor, director of the Musical The Lion King, because the first woman to win the Tony for Directing a Musical.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard?Be Our Guest, Human Again, Belle.
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast became the first-ever full-length animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture.
Little Mermaid
Funny Girl
Porgy and Bess
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In what musical are the following three songs heard?Summer Nights, You're the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You.
West Side Story
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
The four members of the Broadway show who also appear in the movie were John Travolta , Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl and Jamie Donnelly.
42nd Street
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Tomorrow, It's a Hard-Knock Life, N.Y.C.
Tarzan
Oliver
Annie
In 1977, at 19 years old, William (Bill) Berloni was asked to find and train a dog for the new musical, Annie. The show opened on Broadway a year later, in 1978 .
City of Angels
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Do-Re-Mi, My Favorite Things, Edelweiss.
Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
The real von Trapps did not hike over the Alps to Switzerland while escaping Austria. Instead, they boarded a train into Italy.
Kiss Me Kate
Sweet Charity
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Oh What a Night, Sherry, Walk Like a Man.
Jersey Boys
11 of the 33 songs in the Broadway production of Jersey Boys were in Billboard's Top Ten.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Million Dollar Quartet
Falsettos
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Music of the night, All I ask of You, Angel of Music.
The Phantom of the Opera
The musical The Phantom of the Opera is based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on February 11, 2012.
Evita
Once
Spring Awakening
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Good Morning Baltimore, Welcome to the '60s, Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now.
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Jersey Boys
Hairspray
The original Broadway production opened on April 15, 2002 and won the Tony for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score in 2003.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? You'll Be in My Heart, Two Worlds, Strangers Like Me.
Urinetown
Tarzan
The musical Tarzan had a set with swinging vines and a blow-up backdrop that had to be continuously inflated during the live performances.
Tobacco Road
Into the Woods
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Seasons Of Love, La Vie Boheme, One Song Glory.
Something Rotten
On the Town
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Rent
Creator Jonathan Larson died before Rent opened on Broadway. Audience goers who have seen the show multiple times are called "Rent-heads."
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? I Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, Shall We Dance.
My Fair Lady
Victor/Victoria
The King and I
The show the King and I was based on the real life experience of Anna Leonowens and based in Siam (currently know as Thailand).
Showboat
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Ya Got Trouble, Gary, Indiana, Seventy Six Trombones.
Annie Get Your Gun
Damn Yankees
The Music Man
In 1958, The Music Man won the Tony for Best New Musical, beating out West Side Story for the honor.
Tobacco Road
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy, Memory.
Cats
The musical Cats was based on a collection of poems from T.S. Elliot called Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats.
La Cage Aux Folles
The Lion King
Follies
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? One Night Only, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, I Am Changing.
Kiss Me, Kate
Jekyll & Hyde
Kinky Boots
Dreamgirls
Effie was played by Jennifer Holliday in the original Broadway production and Jennifer Hudson, American Idol finalist, in the movie version.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? A Lovely Night ,In My Own Little Corner, Impossible
Dreamgirls
Cinderella
In 1957, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella was originally written for television. It went to Broadway in 2013.
Aida
Gigi
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In what musical are the following three songs heard?I Could Have Danced All Night, The Rain in Spain, On the Street Where you live.
My Fair Lady
Originally the powerhouse team Rodgers and Hammerstein were asked to develop a musical adaptation for George Bernard Shaw's story Pygmalion. They turned down the project and the team of Jay Lerner and Fredrick Loewe adapted Shaw's novel to become My Fair Lady.
Hello Dolly
Mame
Cinderella
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me, I'd Do Anything
Dreamgirls
Oliver
Oliver originally opened in London in 1960, moved to Broadway in 1963 and was made into a film in 1968. Jack Wild, who was in the original cast in London, played the Artful Dodger in the movie.
Annie
Pippin
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? If I Were a Rich Man, Sunrise, Sunset,Matchmaker.
Kismet
The Secret Garden
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof premiered in Poland in 1985 and the show's royalties from were donated to preserving the country's Jewish monuments.
Gypsy
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? A Whole New world, One Jump Ahead, Friend Like Me?
Little Mermaid
Tarzan
Aladdin
Robin William's was one of the first "A" list actor to voice an animated character, opening the door to many more including Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks and many others.
The Lion King
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Defying Gravity, Popular, The Wizard and I.
The Fantasticks
Wizard of Oz
The Wiz
Wicked
The Wicked Witch never had a first name before the musical Wicked. The name Elphaba was created from L. Frank Baum's initials - L.F.B.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? The World will Know,Carrying the Banner, Seize the Day.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
On the Town
Guys and Dolls
Newsies
Newsies was based on the real-life strike that occurred in July 1899 by the working kids (Newsies) against The New York Evening World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer, and The New York Evening Journal, owned by William Randolph Hearst.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Schadenfreude, If You Were Gay, School for Monsters.
Sherk
La Cage Aux Folles
Into the Woods
Ave Q
Schadenfreude is a real German word meaning happiness at the misfortune of others.
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In what musical are the following three songs heard?America, Jet Song, Maria.
Hamilton
Shenandoah
West Side Story
In 1958, West Side Story did not win the Tony Award for Best New Musical, but the film version won 10 Academy Awards.
Oklahoma
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Guns and Ships, The Schuyler Sisters, Wait for it.
1776
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing Hamililton as a concept album. He preformed the song "Alexander Hamilton" at the white house in 2009.
Assassins
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Money, Money, Money, The Winner Takes it All, Honey, Honey.
Mamma Mia
It took over 400 yards of Lycra to make the costumes for the song "Super Trouper".
A Chorus Line
Hairspray
My Fair Lady
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Find Your Grail, Brave Sir Robin.
Camelot
Into the Woods
Spamalot
Spamalot was based on the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and had a cow prop that weighed 45 pounds and took 2 stage hands to throw over the castle wall each performance.
Sherk
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? Put on Your Sunday Clothes ,It Takes a Woman, Before the Parade Passes By.
Hello, Dolly
Hello Dolly was composer/lyricist Jerry Herman's biggest hit. He also created Mame and La Cage aux Folles.
My Fair Lady
Mame
Funny Girl
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? I Don't Know How to Love Him, Pilate and Chris, What's the Buzz.
Jesus Christ Superstar
The concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar was a hit before the musical was produced. It opened on Broadway in 1971.
Godspell
Bells Are Ringing
Passion
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? All that Jazz, Cell Block Tango, Razzle Dazzle.
Cabaret
All That Jazz
Chicago
Bob Fosse wrote this show for his wife, Gwen Verdon, and it was based on the play Chicago performed in 1926.
A Chorus Line
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? The Movie in my Mind, I'd Give My Life For You, I Still Believe.
Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon was set in 1975 in the final days of American's occupation of Saigon. After Saigon Fell to the Vietcong/North Vietnamese it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.
42nd Street
Catch Me If You Can
Showboat
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? I'm Here, Push Da Button, Too Beautiful for Words.
Porgy and Bess
The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey both made their acting debuts in the movie The Color Purple and both were nominated for Oscars for their performances.
Ain’t Misbehavin
Once on This Island
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? One More Day, Do you hear the people Sing, Bring Him Home.
A Little Night Music
Les Miserables
There have been over 40 cast recordings of Les Miserables. In 2009, Susan Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" on Britain's Got Talent and her performance has become one of the most watched videos on YouTube.
Amadeus
Damn Yankees
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In what musical are the following three songs heard? A Little Priest, The Worst Pies in London, The Barber and His wife.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Working
Sweeney Todd;The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Gemignani was the musical director and conductor for both the Broadway show and the film production.
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