| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | BROADWAY $400: In 2022, Black actors played this family for the first time on Broadway in a revival of "Death of a Salesman" the Lomans |
| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | BROADWAY $800: Opening in 2024, the jukebox musical "A Wonderful World" traces the life of this legendary jazz great Louis Armstrong |
| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | BROADWAY $1200: In 1996, Idina Menzel was among a host of young people who made their Broadway debuts in this Jonathan Larson musical Rent |
| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | BROADWAY $1600: In the 1990s both parts of this Tony Kushner epic won Tonys for Best Play Angels in America |
| #9273, aired 2025-02-19 | BROADWAY $2000: In 2010, Adam Driver made his Broadway debut in a revival of this playwright's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" Shaw |
| #9258, aired 2025-01-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: Nicole Scherzinger's 2024 performance as Norma Desmond in this musical garnered a 6-minute standing ovation on opening night Sunset Boulevard |
| #9258, aired 2025-01-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: In 2022 Greg Kinnear made his debut in "To Kill a Mockingbird" when he took over this role from Jeff Daniels Atticus (Finch) |
| #9258, aired 2025-01-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1200: This Brit made his debut opposite Glenn Close in "The Real Thing" before starring with her in the movie "Reversal of Fortune" (Jeremy) Irons |
| #9258, aired 2025-01-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: In his first 2 Broadway roles, he played Eugene Jerome in the premieres of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" & "Biloxi Blues" Matthew Broderick |
| #9258, aired 2025-01-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: Bette Midler made her Broadway debut, first in the chorus, then as daughter Tzeitel, in this musical Fiddler on the Roof |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | BROADWAY $400: This musical that played on Broadway from 1988 to 2023 is based on a horror novel by Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | BROADWAY $800: "I Dreamed A Dream" & "Do You Hear The People Sing?" are songs from this show Les Miz |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | BROADWAY $1200: In 2024, Jim Parsons played the Stage Manager & Katie Holmes was Mrs. Webb, in a revival of this Thornton Wilder play Our Town |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | BROADWAY $1600: In 2022, this entertainer became the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named after her (Lena) Horne |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | BROADWAY $2000: In 2023, Jodie Comer won a Tony for her role as a barrister in this one-woman play whose Latin title means "at first sight" Prima Facie |
| #9222, aired 2024-12-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: This revival starring Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee & Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles was a hot ticket in 2024 Cabaret |
| #9222, aired 2024-12-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: The settings for this musical are a prison in Seville & in the imagination of Cervantes Man of La Mancha |
| #9222, aired 2024-12-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Mr. Mushnik gets gobbled up by a plant in his own store in this musical Little Shop of Horrors |
| #9222, aired 2024-12-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: Inspired by a Seurat painting, this Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine show won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Sunday in the Park with George |
| #9222, aired 2024-12-10 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: One of Charlemagne's sons is the title character in this musical that first opened in 1972 Pippin |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "All That Jazz" & "Razzle Dazzle" Chicago |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "Good Morning Baltimore" &
"Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" Hairspray |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Honey, Honey" & "Money, Money, Money" Mamma Mia! |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "Angel Of Music" & "All I Ask Of You" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #9205, aired 2024-11-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: From a 2022 Best Musical Tony nominee: "Ex-Wives" & "Don't Lose Ur Head" Six |
| #9188, aired 2024-10-23 | BROADWAY LEADING LADIES $400: Betty Buckley introduced the song "Memory" on Broadway as Grizabella in this musical Cats |
| #9188, aired 2024-10-23 | BROADWAY LEADING LADIES $800: (Sheryl Lee Ralph presents the clue.) I originated the role of Deena Jones on Broadway, alongside Loretta Devine & Jennifer Holliday as Lorrell & Effie in this musical with a lot of soul that follows a trio of singers & their rise to stardom Dreamgirls |
| #9188, aired 2024-10-23 | BROADWAY LEADING LADIES $1200: Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters & Patti LuPone are among the actresses who have played Mama Rose in this musical Gypsy |
| #9188, aired 2024-10-23 | BROADWAY LEADING LADIES $1600: In 2014, for her portrayal of Billie Holiday, this actress won a record-breaking 6th Tony Award (Audra) McDonald |
| #9188, aired 2024-10-23 | BROADWAY LEADING LADIES $2000: These two Broadway legends seen here have rhyming first names Chita Rivera & Rita Moreno |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $400: Art Carney & Walter Matthau were the original Felix & Oscar in this comedy The Odd Couple |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $800: When this groovy "tribal love rock musical" hit Broadway in 1968, its cast included Paul Jabara, Melba Moore & Diane Keaton Hair |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $1200: These two actresses were wickedly good when their show opened in October of 2003 Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $1600: This musical set at the turn of the century opened with Audra McDonald as Sarah & Brian Stokes Mitchell as Coalhouse Walker Jr. Ragtime |
| #9129, aired 2024-06-20 | BROADWAY'S OPENING NIGHT CASTS $2000: In 1988 I spied BD Wong in his Broadway debut as the mysterious Chinese opera singer whom John Lithgow fell for in this play M. Butterfly |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES $200: A spunky New York City street urchin gets adopted by a wealthy man Annie |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES $400: A milkman in the village of Anatevka faces modern challenges to his traditional ways Fiddler on the Roof |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES $600: Albus Potter teams up with Scorpius Malfoy in a spellbinding journey through time & space Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES $800: Cinderella, Jack, of beanstalk fame, & others all learn to be careful what they wish for Into the Woods |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | DOUBLE-LETTER BROADWAY SUMMARIES $1000: A princess has bedding-based sleeping trouble Once Upon a Mattress |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | BROADWAY $400: Betty Buckley made her Broadway debut as Martha Jefferson in this musical 1776 |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | BROADWAY $800: Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss sang "Only Us" in this musical; Ben & Kaitlyn Dever, in the movie version Dear Evan Hansen |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | BROADWAY $1200: The title character of this Tony-winning musical is a 16-year-old with a rare genetic disorder that causes rapid aging Kimberly Akimbo |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | BROADWAY $1600: The musical "Mack and Mabel" looked at the romantic & work partnerships of Mack Sennett & this silent screen star (Mabel) Normand |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | BROADWAY $2000: The song "Tea For Two" comes from this 1925 musical in which one Louise Groody played the woman mentioned in the title No, No, Nanette |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $200: "A View from the Bridge" saw this woman win a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Scarlett Johansson |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $400: Songs in this show include "King Arthur's Song", "I Am Not Dead Yet" & "You Won't Succeed On Broadway" Spamalot |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $600: King George sings, "Cuz when push comes to shove, I will kill your friends & family to remind you of my love" in this show Hamilton |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $800: This actor could have been a contender for the busiest 1946--he was in at least 4 shows, including "Candida" as Eugene Brando |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $1000: A story told in reverse, this Sondheim musical that ran 16 performances in 1981 returned to B'way in triumph in 2023 Merrily We Roll Along |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $200: "46th State!" Oklahoma! |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $400: "Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $600: "Tresses" Hair |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $800: "Hilarious Chick" Funny Girl |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $1000: "Cigarette Street" Tobacco Road |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: This show takes place on a Greek isle while a single mother prepares for her daughter's wedding Mamma Mia! |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this fictional Iowa city River City |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1600: The Middle Eastern town of Agrabah (which is almost an anagram of Baghdad) Aladdin |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $2000: The '60s-set "Hairspray" takes place in this American city Baltimore |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $3,200 (Daily Double): This musical opens with Anna's arrival in Bangkok The King and I |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $400: Rizzo,
Sandy,
Danny Zuko Grease |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $800: Hercules Mulligan & James Madison Hamilton |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $1200: Tevye,
Yente,
Lazar Wolfe Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $1600: Mafala Hatimbi &
Elder McKinley The Book of Mormon |
| #8960, aired 2023-10-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $2000: Deena Jones,
Effie White,
James "Thunder" Early Dreamgirls |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $400: A 2022 revival of this play broke ground with Wendell Pierce as the first Black man to play Willy Loman on Broadway Death of a Salesman |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $800: "Topdog /Underdog" is about 2 brothers: Lincoln & this name sadly associated with Lincoln, given to them as a joke by their dad Booth |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $1200: In 2023 this choreographer's show "Dancin"' returned to Broadway in all its finger- & hip-wiggling glory (Bob) Fosse |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $1600: Born Tomas Straussler, he titled his play "Leopoldstadt" after Vienna's Jewish Quarter Tom Stoppard |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ON BROADWAY $2000: This playwright seen on opening night of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" has more recently made a movie with a similar title Martin McDonagh |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $400: From April to July 2022 Beanie Feldstein played the role of Fanny Brice in a revival of this musical Funny Girl |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $800: For his Broadway debut in "All the Way", Bryan Cranston's portrayal of this president earned him a Tony Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $1200: This play, originally staged in 2 parts, takes place 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $1600: Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell wrote the book, music & lyrics for this 2019 musical named for the Greek underworld Hadestown |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $2000: One of August Wilson's plays to explore the Black experience in America is called this man's "Come and Gone" Joe Turner |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $400: This king sings "Find Your Grail" in "Spamalot" Arthur |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $800: It's the musical seen here in its original Broadway production The King and I |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $1200: German sources tell us this song is das erste lied in "Kabarett" "Willkommen" |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $1600: This SNL alumna got big laughs in the stage farce "POTUS" Rachel Dratch |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $2000: A 2021 revival changed the gender of bachelor Bobby, baby in this Sondheim show Company |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $400: The 2005 show "All Shook Up" featured the title song & other hits made famous by this man Elvis Presley |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $800: The one-man show titled this rocker "on Broadway" included stories & classics like "Thunder Road" Bruce Springsteen |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $1200: Featuring the songs of this band, "Head Over Heels" opened on Broadway in 2018 the Go-Go's |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $1600: It is not "Ironic" that in 2021, this show based on a Grammy-winning album won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album Jagged Little Pill |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $2000: Based on the music of Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" opened with this Nine Inch Nails song memorably covered by Johnny "Hurt" |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $400: In 2017, Keegan-Michael Key & this comic made their Broadway debuts in Steve Martin's "Meteor Showers" Amy Schumer |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $800: This actor with "Red" in his name won a Tony in his Broadway debut in the art play "Red" Eddie Redmayne |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1200: In 2022 this veteran funnyman took to the stage as the mahvelous Buddy Young Jr. in "Mr. Saturday Night" Billy Crystal |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1600: Future Golden Girl Bea Arthur was Yente in the 1964 opening night cast of this musical set in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $2000: Sally Hawkins & Adam Driver both made their debuts in a revival of this playwright's "Mrs. Warren's Profession" George Bernard Shaw |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $200: This show is set in & around Rydell High School Grease |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $400: This show's "Cell Block Tango" is danced in Cook County Jail Chicago |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $600: This musical gets its dance on in 1962 Baltimore Hairspray |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $800: This favorite is right here in River City, Iowa The Music Man |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $1000: As of 2022, it's the longest-running current show with Northern Uganda as a setting The Book of Mormon |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: In 2018 Broadway's Sorting Hat placed this actor in "the lifespan of a fact" as Jim Daniel Radcliffe |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $800: Willkommen! In 2014 life was this musical for Emma Stone Cabaret |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $1200: Bialystock & Bloom! Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick were Bialystock & Bloom in this Broadway show about a Broadway show The Producers |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $1600: In 2020 she left the "Ozark"s to visit Broadway in "My Name is Lucy Barton" Laura Linney |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $2000: He & future wife Natasha Richardson both starred in "Anna Christie" in 1993 Liam Neeson |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Ben Platt reprised the role of the title teen with a broken arm when this Broadway musical became a 2021 film Dear Evan Hansen |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Trey Parker & Matt Stone of "South Park" won Tonys for their work on this musical about Elder Price & Elder Cunningham The Book of Mormon |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Act I of this long-running musical starts with the song "Think Of Me" & ends with a chandelier crashing The Phantom of the Opera |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: This musical is based on Sholom Aleichem's stories about Tevye the dairyman Fiddler on the Roof |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "Waitress" has music & lyrics by this woman who had a Top 40 hit with "Brave" Sara Bareilles |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $200: "Joseph Smith American Moses" is a song in this musical The Book of Mormon |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $400: In 2010 this "Avenger" won a Best Actress Tony for "A View from the Bridge" Scarlett Johansson |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $600: In 2017 Broadway met its matchmaker when she was "divine" as the title star of "Hello, Dolly!" Bette Midler |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $800: In 1990 this musical about a musical closed after 6,137 shows; God, I hope you get it! I hope you get it! A Chorus Line |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | ALWAYS BROADWAY $1000: I've got a lead for you... Alan Alda portrayed Shelly Levene in this Mamet play in 2005 Glengarry Glen Ross |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $400: Tanned actor George or "Terminator" actress Linda Hamilton |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $800: An ad slogan says, "Ajax... mild on hands, tough on" this grease |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $1200: Last name of Willy & Benny, early 1900s New York City delicatessen entrepreneurs Katz |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $1600: At the carnival, it's also known as a whirligig carousel |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $2000: In the King James Bible, Mordecai & Reuben each got upset & did this to their clothes rent |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $400: As Broadway reopened in 2021, he returned to the role of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" Jeff Daniels |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $800: Kristin Chenoweth welcomed the audience at the reopening of "Wicked" with these 5 words, a line from "The Wizard of Oz" There's no place like home |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $1200: The musical "Six" features a modern take on Henry VIII's 6 wives, including this first wife who was born in Spain
"If you think for a moment /
I'd grant you annulment /
Just hold up there's n-n-n-n-n-n-no way..." Catherine of Aragon |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $1600: "American Utopia" features songs from this man's days in Talking Heads & from his solo career (David) Byrne |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BROADWAY IS BACK $2000: This musical brought its razzle-dazzle back to Broadway in 2021, just in time for the 25th anniversary of its revival Chicago |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $400: In 1969 The 5th Dimension topped the charts with a medley of "Aquarius" & "Let The Sunshine In" from this musical Hair |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $800: "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani is based on this song from "Fiddler on the Roof" "If I Were A Rich Man" |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1200: Barry Manilow took this song from "Cats" to the Top 40 "Memory" |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1600: Jay-Z admitted he lied about seeing "Annie" on Broadway as a kid to convince the rights holders to let him use its music in this song "Hard Knock Life" |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" riffed on "My Favorite Things" by this pair, so 90% of the royalties go to the rights holders for that song Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $400: The land of Oz, before & after Dorothy dropped in Wicked |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $800: A junkyard on the night of the Jellicle Ball Cats |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $1200: The small village of Anatevka in Russia Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $2000: Mushnik's skid row florists Little Shop of Horrors |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SETTING $3,200 (Daily Double): In & around the royal palace in Bangkok in the 1860s The King and I |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $400: "Arabian Nights" Aladdin |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $800: "A Cinema In Buenos Aires; July 26, 1952" Evita |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $1200: "I Hope I Get It" A Chorus Line |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $1600: "Good Morning, Baltimore" Hairspray |
| #8440, aired 2021-07-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS $2000: "Opening (Runyonland)", by the ensemble Guys and Dolls |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BIBLICAL BROADWAY $400: Alan Alda & Barbara Harris played this couple in the first part of "The Apple Tree" Adam & Eve |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BIBLICAL BROADWAY $800: Richard Rodgers' musical "Two by Two" is about this Old Testament man Noah |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BIBLICAL BROADWAY $1200: A 20-minute cantata by Tim Rice & this British composer became "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BIBLICAL BROADWAY $1600: Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon" is based on this "occupational" book of the Old Testament Judges |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | BIBLICAL BROADWAY $2,400 (Daily Double): John the Baptist & Judas are played by the same actor in this 1970s Broadway musical with a one-word title Godspell |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $200: In 1988 this "Material Girl" decided to "Take a Bow" in "Speed-the-Plow" on Broadway Madonna |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $600: "A divine musical comedy", boasted the Broadway show based on this movie in which Whoopi Goldberg donned a nun's habit the Sister Act |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $800: In 1992, after a long run as a sexy villain on TV's "Dynasty", she made her Broadway debut in a Noel Coward play (Joan) Collins |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $1000: In 1966 this writer had 4 shows running simultaneously on Broadway, including "Barefoot in the Park" Neil Simon |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $1,200 (Daily Double): Songs in this show include "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop" & "Where Did We Go Right?" The Producers |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: "Private Dancer" & "Nutbush City Limits" are songs in a 2019 Broadway musical about this singer Tina Turner |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Julie Taymor felt the love in 1998 when she became the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical--this one The Lion King |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Oprah was one of the original producers of this musical based on an Alice Walker novel The Color Purple |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: As Effie White in this show, Jennifer Holliday brought the house down with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Dreamgirls |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: With music by Duncan Sheik, this coming-of-age musical is based on the German play "Fruhlings Erwachen" Spring Awakening |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: In the roles of Diva Donna, Disco Donna & Duckling Donna, 3 actresses played this 1970s singer in a 2018 show Donna Summer |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: For this show Justin Collette took the role of Dewey Finn, played by Jack Black in a 2003 movie School of Rock |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: (Christopher Plummer presents the clue.) In 1973, I sang the closing number "I Never Loved You", playing with panache this heroic Frenchman in Anthony Burgess's musical version of the famous play Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Set in a royal castle, "Once Upon a Mattress" is a musical based on this fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1,400 (Daily Double): "The Morning Of The Dragon" was one of the songs from this Puccini-based Broadway musical Miss Saigon |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $400: This musical wraps up with "A New Deal For Christmas", featuring FDR, Daddy Warbucks & the gang Annie |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $800: A group of homeless people begin the not so merry "Christmas Bells" in this Jonathan Larson musical Rent |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1200: This musical auntie sings, "We need a little Christmas, right this very minute, candles in the window, carols at the spinet" Mame |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1600: In 2018 these mind-blowing magicians with monikers like the Deductionist debuted their "Magic of the Holidays" show The Illusionists |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $2000: Based on the 1954 film, a musical called this composer's "White Christmas" livened up the holidays in 2008 & 2009 (Irving) Berlin |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $400: Time Out New York called "The Lightning Thief", a musical about this son of Poseidon, "worthy of the gods" Percy Jackson |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $800: When this show opened, Hank Azaria played several roles including Sir Lancelot & a Knight of Ni Spamalot |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $1200: Jessie Mueller took piano lessons to play this singer-songwriter in "Beautiful" Carole King |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $1600: Kathleen Turner played cougar Mrs. Robinson to Jason Biggs' Benjamin Braddock in the Broadway adaptation of this film The Graduate |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | 21st CENTURY BROADWAY $2000: In 2014 this Lorraine Hansberry drama won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play A Raisin in the Sun |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: He made his Broadway debut in 2003 as Peter Allen, in "The Boy from Oz" Hugh Jackman |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $500 (Daily Double): Katharine McPhee served up a fine performance as server & pie-maker Jenna in this musical Waitress |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: Natalie Portman was still a teen herself when she debuted in "The Diary of" this real-life teen Anne Frank |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: In 2016 Saoirse Ronan made her debut as the accusatory Abigail Williams in this Salem-set play The Crucible |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: Better known for the film role, he made his Broadway debut as Frank 'n' Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show", panned by critics Tim Curry |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS $400: Sung by Prince Eric & his sailors: "Fathoms Below" The Little Mermaid |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS $800: "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"' Oklahoma! |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS $1600: "Comedy Tonight" A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS $2000: Based on a French play & set mostly at a drag club: "We Are What We Are" La Cage aux Folles |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS $5,000 (Daily Double): "Food, Glorious Food" Oliver! |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Its second act features a magic carpet, "A Whole New World" & a reprise of "Arabian Nights" Aladdin |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: This musical featuring the hero Jean Valjean was adapted from a 1,200-page novel Les Miserables |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells played Elders Cunningham and Price when this musical opened in 2011 The Book of Mormon |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: This name of the wicked witch in "Wicked" was based on the initials of the author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Elphaba |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: We want you to "state" this musical set in Indian territory; it was Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration Oklahoma! |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $400: Based on a Stephen King novel, this '88 musical featured a high school dance to remember but closed after only 5 performances Carrie |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $800: Shuttered after only 6 shows, "Into the Light" is about a physicist seeking the truth about this fabled burial cloth of Jesus the Shroud of Turin |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $1200: A sequel to this musical, "Bring Back Birdie" closed after 4 shows but still earned Chita Rivera a Tony nomination Bye Bye Birdie |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $1600: "Bobbi Boland", meant to be a star vehicle for this late Charlie's Angel, never opened, closing after 7 previews Farrah Fawcett |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $2000: "La Strada", based on this director's film, starred a young Bernadette Peters & said arrivederci after one show Federico Fellini |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS $400: Pumbaa, Nala, Zazu The Lion King |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS $800: Marius, Young Éponine, Madame Thenardier Les Misérables |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS $1200: The Pigeon sisters (not enough? okay...), Felix & Oscar The Odd Couple |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS $1600: In a musical: Henry Higgins, Alfred P. Doolittle My Fair Lady |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS $2000: Brick, Big Mama, Gooper Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $200: In a biographical musical, Adrienne Warren portrays this pop icon singing one of her biggest songs
"Big wheel keep on turning (turning) / Proud Mary keep on burning (burning) / Rolling, rolling..." Tina Turner |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $400: Oscar winner Diablo Cody wrote the book for this show that gets its title & music from Alanis Morissette's hit 1995 album Jagged Little Pill |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $600: The 2019 musical "Hadestown" goes straight to Hell with Tony winner André de Shields as this Greek messenger god
"The wage is nothing and the work is hard / It’s a graveyard in Hadestown"
"Way down Hadestown / Way down under the ground" Hermes |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $800: "The Inheritance" reimagines this novelist's "Howards End" with 3 generations of gay men in 21st century New York City Forster |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $1000: Based on the hit film, this 2019 musical set in Montmartre stars Aaron Tveit & Karen Olivo as the lovers Christian & Satine Moulin Rouge! |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | BROADWAY NAMES $200: Brian Stokes Mitchell's roles have included Coalhouse Walker Jr. in "Ragtime" & Don Quixote in this musical Man of La Mancha |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | BROADWAY NAMES $400: This choreographer/director and his wife, Gwen Verdon, were the subjects of a series on FX Bob Fosse |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | BROADWAY NAMES $600: Daniel Radcliffe has been horsin' around on Broadway since his 2008 debut in this Peter Shaffer drama Equus |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | BROADWAY NAMES $800: In 2019, the lights on Broadway dimmed in memory of this legend who passed away at the age of 97 Carol Channing |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | BROADWAY NAMES $1000: A Broadway theatre is named for this late caricaturist whom the N.Y. Times called "The most celebrated artist in the theater" Al Hirschfeld |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $200: Disney's first-ever Broadway adaptation was this one based on a movie & a fairy tale
"Be our guest, be our guest /
Our command is your..." Beauty and the Beast |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $400: This hit musical will give you chills
"And let it go, let it go /
You'll never see me cry /
Here I am..." Frozen |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $600: The Sherman brothers turned a mouthful into a catchy song, a delightful scene in this musical
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious /
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious /
If you say it loud enough..." Mary Poppins |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $800: The spectacular opening number of this show is just one reason it won a Best Musical Tony
"It's the circle of life /
And it moves us all..." The Lion King |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $1000: Special footwear helps the characters glide across the stage in a show-stopping number from this musical
"Under the sea (under the sea) /
Under the sea (under the sea) /
When the sardine begin the beguine /
It's music to me..." The Little Mermaid |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $400: Heidi Schreck reaches back to her days debating civics as a 15-year-old in "What" this document "Means to Me" the Constitution |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $800: Laurie Metcalf & John Lithgow play the first couple in "Hillary & Clinton", set in this year Hillary first ran for president 2008 |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $1200: Set during The Troubles, "The Ferryman", which won the 2019 Tony for Best Play, takes place in this U.K. country Northern Ireland |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $1600: Billed as a sequel to this first Shakespeare tragedy, the comedy "Gary" takes place after the climactic bloody Roman feast Titus Andronicus |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | RECENT BROADWAY PLAYS $2000: Ethan Hawke broke more than 10 golf clubs wrecking the set nightly in a revival of this playwright's "True West" Sam Shepard |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER $400: Fraulein Schneider & the Master of Ceremonies Cabaret |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER $800: Velma Kelly & her lawyer Billy Flynn Chicago |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER $1200: Laurey,
Curly,
Jud Fry Oklahoma! |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER $1600: Danny,
Sandy,
Rizzo Grease |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTER $2000: Max von Mayerling,
Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "Maria" & "I Feel Pretty" West Side Story |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "I Am Africa" & "Joseph Smith American Moses" The Book of Mormon |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: Opened on Broadway in 2018:
"Someone Gets Hurt" & "Meet The Plastics" Mean Girls |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" & "If I Were A Rich Man" Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" & "You Can't Stop The Beat" Hairspray |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ON BROADWAY $400: Adrienne Barbeau played Rizzo in this '70s musical set 2 decades earlier Grease |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ON BROADWAY $800: In 1900 Sarah Bernhardt played this Shakespeare guy; in 2018 Janet McTeer played Sarah playing this Shakespeare guy Hamlet |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ON BROADWAY $1200: Jessie Mueller & Joshua Henry sang "If I Loved You" in the 2018 revival of this musical Carousel |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ON BROADWAY $1600: Bryan Cranston was mad as hell as Howard Beale in the stage version of this 1976 film Network |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | ON BROADWAY $2000: 58 years after she was on Broadway with partner Mike Nichols, this comic actress starred in "The Waverly Gallery" Elaine May |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: In "Harry Potter & the Cursed Child", Anthony Boyle & Alex Price debuted as Scorpius Malfoy & this man, his father Draco Malfoy |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: Before "Glee", Lea Michele got her start as young Cosette & young Eponine in this show Les Misérables |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: After leaving "Saturday Night Live", Taran Killam made his debut as King George III in this musical Hamilton |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: In 2018 this actor ditched his shield to go from Captain America to bad cop in "Lobby Hero" Chris Evans |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1000: Before he was Dustin on this Netflix show, Gaten Matarazzo debuted in "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" Stranger Things |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $400: "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" in this musical? You sure can, ever since Oct. 15, 1997 The Lion King |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $800: "Super Sea Star Savior" & "Bikini Bottom Day" are tunes in the musical with this title guy SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $1200: More than a mere apparition, this Hal Prince-directed classic celebrated 30 years on Broadway in January Phantom of the Opera |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $2000: Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto & Jim Parsons were some of the "Boys" in this revived Mart Crowley play Boys in the Band |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $4,000 (Daily Double): broadway.com said it best about this show:
"Tina Fey's fetch movie is, like, now on Broadway" Mean Girls |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST $400: 1980:
Tim Curry as Mozart, Ian McKellen as Salieri Amadeus |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST $800: 1963:
Kirk Douglas as Randle McMurphy, Gene Wilder as Billy Bibbit One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST $1200: 1959:
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger, Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger A Raisin in the Sun |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST $1600: 1988:
John Lithgow as Rene Gallimard, B.D. Wong as Song Liling M. Butterfly |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $400: Overrun with "Cats" for nearly 20 years, the Winter Garden Theatre opened this ABBA-tastic show in 2001 Mamma Mia! |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $800: Irony! This future Jean Valjean film actor bumped "Les Miserables" from the Imperial Theatre with "The Boy From Oz" (Hugh) Jackman |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $1200: The "monthly" Tracy Letts Pulitzer Prize winner was replaced by his own play "Superior Donuts" August: Osage County |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $1600: "The Little Mermaid" preceded this show as a Disney movie, but followed it at the Lunt-Fontanne as a musical Beauty and the Beast |
| #7817, aired 2018-09-11 | BROADWAY REPLACEMENTS $2000: This writer's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" followed "Dial 'M' for Murder" at the Plymouth Theatre Herman Wouk |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: It's the word & the musical set at Rydell High in the 1950s Grease |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Completes the title of the dance musical "Bring in 'da Noise..." Bring in 'da Funk |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: The songs "Luck Be A Lady" & "A Bushel And A Peck" are featured in this musical Guys and Dolls |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: Based on a book & film, its opening song is "The Candy Man" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: Characters in this Sondheim musical include a witch, a baker & Little Red Riding Hood Into the Woods |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $400: Larry Hagman's mom, Mary Martin, said that of all her stage roles, this one was her favorite Peter Pan |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $800: In a revival of this musical, Alan Cumming played the Emcee to Michelle Williams' Sally Bowles Cabaret |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $1200: She originated the role of Elphaba in "Wicked" Idina Menzel |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $1600: In 2017 this rock icon became a Broadway name when he starred in a series of autobiographical acoustic shows Bruce Springsteen |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $2000: In 1980 she won a Tony for "Evita"; in 2008 she won for "Gypsy" Patti LuPone |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Annie Oakley,
Frank Butler,
Sitting Bull Annie Get Your Gun |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Elder Price,
Elder Cunningham,
Moroni The Book of Mormon |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Premiering on Broadway in 1975:
Dorothy,
Aunt Em,
Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North The Wiz |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: Joe Gillis,
Norma Desmond,
Cecil B. DeMille Sunset Boulevard |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: Jack Kelly,
Katherine,
Joseph Pulitzer Newsies |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: In 2017 this TV show erupted on Broadway with a volcano threatening to wipe out Bikini Bottom SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: In 2011 Daniel Radcliffe worked his magic in "How to Succeed in" this "Without Really Trying" business |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: This musical set in the Jewish village of Anatevka was inspired by stories of Tevye & his daughters Fiddler on the Roof |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "Waitress", which opened in 2016, features music & lyrics by this singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $5,000 (Daily Double): We'd like to "point" out that George in "Sunday in the Park with George" is this famous French artist (Georges) Seurat |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: "The Schuyler Sisters" & "Ten Duel Commandments" Hamilton |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: "Prisoners Of Love" & "Springtime For Hitler" The Producers |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: "Dulcinea" & "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Man of La Mancha |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Fisch Schlapping Song" & "I Am Not Dead Yet" Spamalot |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "Horace Green Alma Mater" & "Faculty Quadrille" School of Rock |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $200: "Merrily We Roll Along" ran just 16 shows in 1981 despite a score by this alliterative king of Broadway songwriters Stephen Sondheim |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $400: Based on the lives of Broadway dancers, this musical passed its first audition for 15 years before closing in 1990 A Chorus Line |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $600: "The Rocky Horror Show" did not last a month in 1975, but this actor was back in the "Picture" as Frank-N-Furter Tim Curry |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $800: The first run of this musical with Velma & Roxie lasted from 1975 to 1977; a revival stayed a lot longer Chicago |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $1000: As the song says, "They'll pass you by", & this musical about former high school pals opened & closed May 6, 2008 Glory Days |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $400: "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" is based on 70 pages of this 1,400-plus page Tolstoy epic
"'Cause it’s a complicated Russian novel / Everyone’s got nine different names / So look it up in your program..." War and Peace |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $800: The N.Y. Times review of the play of this man's "1984" included a trigger warning for the intense torture scenes (George) Orwell |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $1200: T.S. Eliot poems that were adapted into this hit show include "Old Deuteronomy" & "Mr. Mistoffelees" Cats |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $1600: "Runyonland" is the opening number to this show based on the stories of Damon Runyon Guys and Dolls |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $2000: Turning this man's "Ragtime" into a musical won Terrence McNally the Tony for Best Book (E.L.) Doctorow |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "Rainbow Tour" &
"Buenos Aires" Evita |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "Dawn (Go Away)" &
"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" Jersey Boys |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Ease On Down The Road" &
"If You Believe" The Wiz |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "It Only Takes A Moment" &
"Before The Parade Passes By" Hello, Dolly! |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: "What's Inside" &
"What Baking Can Do" Waitress |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $400: "Come From Away" tells how Gander, Newfoundland hosted 7,000 airline passengers stranded due to this tragic event
"Somewhere in the middle of nowhere / In the middle of who knows where..." September 11th |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $800: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" features Christian Borle singing the following as this character
"The candy man makes everything he bakes / Satisfying and delicious..." Willy Wonka |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $1200: Revived in 2017 & set during the final days of the Vietnam War, "Miss Saigon" was inspired by this Puccini opera
"And hold me tight / And dance like it's the last night / Of the world..." Madame Butterfly |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $1600: Ben Platt won the 2017 Tony for his performance as a high school senior coping with a classmate's death in this hit musical
"'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass / Waving through a window..." Dear Evan Hansen |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | BROADWAY 2017 $2000: "War Paint" stars Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden & this legendary performer as Helena Rubinstein
"Standing face to face..." Patti LuPone |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $200: In 2017 Grizabella & Rum Tum Tugger prowled the Great White Way once more in this musical Cats |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $400: In 2016 the circus came to town; specifically, this circus that made its Broadway debut in "Paramour" Cirque du Soleil |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $600: Let's paint the picture:
Jake Gyllenhaal worked Sundays on Broadway in this revival Sunday in the Park with George |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $800: "The Glass Menagerie" rebroke on B'way & this Oscar winner hoped fans would really like her as Amanda Wingfield Sally Field |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | BROADWAY, BABY $1000: In the revival of "The Little Foxes", Laura Linney alternated roles with this actress Cynthia Nixon |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $400: "Love Never Dies", Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to this show, moves the action from Paris to Coney Island Phantom of the Opera |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $800: That's Lerner standing, so that must be him at the piano (Frederick) Loewe |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $1200: Jerry Herman turned down every project for 6 months until he was finally asked to adapt this film about 2 gay men La Cage aux Folles |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $2000: Playing an early version of one of his songs from "Avenue Q" helped him woo future "Frozen" partner Kristen Anderson Robert Lopez |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | BROADWAY COMPOSERS $3,000 (Daily Double): He composed the music for Oklahoma's state song (Richard) Rodgers |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | LYRICS FROM BROADWAY $400: "Nobody knows in America Puerto Rico's in America!" West Side Story |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | LYRICS FROM BROADWAY $800: "Sad to say your dream is not the kind of dream I'd like to get, Pharaoh has it in for you" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | LYRICS FROM BROADWAY $1,400 (Daily Double): "And God said, 'Joe, people really need to know that the Bible isn't two parts, there's a part three'" The Book of Mormon |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | LYRICS FROM BROADWAY $1600: "Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness & the sorrow" A Chorus Line |
| #7583, aired 2017-07-26 | LYRICS FROM BROADWAY $2000: "High in her tower, she sits by the hour, maintaining her hair" Into the Woods |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "The Jellicle Ball" & "Memory" Cats |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "Arabian Nights" & "Friend Like Me" Aladdin |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Knights Of The Round Table" & "Find Your Grail" Spamalot |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "Making Things Up Again" & "Baptize Me" The Book of Mormon |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: "La Vie Boheme" & "Seasons Of Love" Rent |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Other characters in this smash Broadway show include Lafayette & Peggy Schuyler Hamilton |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: In 2016 Leona Lewis earned her whiskers playing Grizabella in the revival of this musical Cats |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: This superhero spun his magic on Broadway in a musical subtitled "Turn Off the Dark" Spider-Man |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: From Trey Parker & Matt Stone, it's described as "hilarious and irreverent" The Book of Mormon |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: Neil Patrick Harris won a 2014 Tony for his role in this musical about a transgender punk rocker from East Berlin Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $400: "Homo Musicus" The Music Man |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $800: "Feles" Cats |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $1,200 (Daily Double): "Mea Domina Bella" My Fair Lady |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $1600: "Quadragesimus Secundus Vicus" 42nd Street |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | BROADWAY SHOWS IN LATIN $2000: "Caligae Torquentes" Kinky Boots |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $200: Max Bialystock,
Franz Liebkind,
Hold-Me Touch-Me The Producers |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $400: Kenickie,
Frenchie,
Betty Rizzo Grease |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $600: Nick Massi,
Mary Delgado,
Frankie Valli Jersey Boys |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $800: Glinda,
Fiyero,
Nessarose Wicked |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | THE BROADWAY MUSICAL'S CHARACTERS $1000: Mungojerrie,
Mistoffelees,
Grizabella Cats |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BROADWAY $400: In July 2016, to a standing ovation, creator & star Lin-Manuel Miranda took his final bow in this smash musical Hamilton |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BROADWAY $800: This current biographical musical ends with a rousing rendition of "I Feel The Earth Move" Beautiful: The Carole King Musical |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BROADWAY $1200: This play that first came to Broadway in 1974 was inspired by a story about a boy who had blinded several horses Equus |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BROADWAY $1600: Robert Morse won a Tony in 1990 for this 3-letter play, a look at 2 nights in the life of writer Capote Tru |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BROADWAY $2000: This alliterative middle play in Neil Simon's trilogy comes between "Brighton Beach Memoirs" & "Broadway Bound" Biloxi Blues |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | OBVIOUS BROADWAY $200: This show's "Six Merry Murderesses" do the "Cell Block Tango" in Chicago's Cook County Jail
"They had it coming (They had it coming) / They had it coming (They had it coming) / They had it coming all along..." Chicago |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | OBVIOUS BROADWAY $400: "My Boyfriend's Back" is one of the songs in this show that begins in New Jersey in 1962 Jersey Boys |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | OBVIOUS BROADWAY $600: Sara Bareilles wrote the music for this 2016 show seen here; note the women's uniforms
"...keep racing / Let's make mistakes / Let us say, "So what?" and make worse what was..." Waitress |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | OBVIOUS BROADWAY $800: It's the plural title of the 2016 revival that combines "The March of the Falsettos" & "Falsettoland" Falsettos |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | OBVIOUS BROADWAY $1000: This 2015 Tony winner is set in a funeral home, given a slightly shorter nickname by the family's children
"...right clothes you're wearing / Your short hair and your dungarees / And your lace-up boots..." Fun Home |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $400: This "tale as old as time" headed to Broadway with Susan Egan premiering as Belle Beauty and the Beast |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $800: This classic that returned to Broadway in 2015 features the songs "Sunrise, Sunset" & "Anatevka" Fiddler on the Roof |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $1200: "Bright Star" shines on Broadway with music by Edie Brickell & this "L.A. Story" funny man Steve Martin |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $1600: "The Sound of Music" & this 1957 Broadway show each have a song called "Maria" West Side Story |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $2000: "Long" after playwright Eugene O'Neill's death, this tale of family dysfunction returned to Broadway in 2016 Long Day's Journey into Night |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $200: When "Spamalot" came to Broadway in 2005, Tim Curry was this highest-ranking character King Arthur |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $400: Patricia Morison played Katharine when this Cole Porter Shakespearean musical ran from 1948 to 1951 Kiss Me, Kate |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $600: This "Sex and the City" redhead debuted on Broadway at 14 as Dinah in "The Philadelphia Story" Cynthia Nixon |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $800: "Chain Gang" is a merry number in the 2010 musical about the horrific experience of these Alabama "Boys" the Scottsboro Boys |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $1000: (I'm Tony winner Audra McDonald.) In 2016 I'm on Broadway in "Shuffle Along" featuring the music of Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle & challenging choreography by this tap dance legend (Savion) Glover |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $200: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) A new storm was brewing on Catfish Row when "Porgy and Bess", with music & lyrics by these brothers, was revived on Broadway in 2012 the Gershwins |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $400: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) "Master Class" by Terrence McNally was inspired by a series of classes given at Juilliard by this Greek-American opera diva Maria Callas |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $600: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) My performance in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" was challenging for me because I was portraying not only the unique vocal style, but also the physical deterioration of this legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $800: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) In 1994 this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about carnival barker Billy Bigelow had a new go-round on Broadway Carousel |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | AUDRA McDONALD ON BROADWAY $1000: (Audra McDonald presents the clue.) I shared the stage with Sean Combs & Phylicia Rashad in a 2004 revival of this Lorraine Hansberry drama A Raisin in the Sun |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: Ralph Fiennes' Broadway debut was "to be" a Tony-winning performance as this great Dane Hamlet |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: In 2012 he made his Broadway debut as the amazing Biff Loman in "Death of a Salesman" Andrew Garfield |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1200: Terrence Howard made his debut in 2008 as Brick in an all-black production of this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: Ken Watanabe was "getting to know you" in his Broadway debut in this Rodgers & Hammerstein show The King and I |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: In 2007 Claire Danes made her Broadway debut as the loverly Eliza Doolittle in this non-musical play Pygmalion |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ON BROADWAY $200: This mane event of all musicals that opened in 1997 is Disney's longest-running show on Broadway The Lion King |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ON BROADWAY $400: (Hi, I'm Josh Gad.) I played Elder Cunningham, who had a strange trip to Uganda, in this Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ON BROADWAY $600: This musical about a silent screen star eager for a comeback was based on a Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ON BROADWAY $800: Bradley Cooper won rave reviews for his recent portrayal of the severely deformed John Merrick in this drama The Elephant Man |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | ON BROADWAY $1000: Ruth Gordon played Nora Helmer in this play in 1938; Liv Ullmann played her in 1975 A Doll's House |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: A "business"-like musical:
"Coffee Break" &
"The Company Way" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: Take a gamble:
"Fugue For Tinhorns" &
"The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" Guys and Dolls |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: Take a swing:
"Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo" &
"The American League" Damn Yankees |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: Singing puppets!:
"Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" &
"There Is Life Outside Your Apartment" Avenue Q |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: Join the burlesque show:
"Everything's Coming Up Roses" &
"Rose's Turn" Gypsy |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: This "Popular" show is the untold story of the witches of Oz Wicked |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Songs from this musical include "Opening Night" & "Springtime For Hitler" The Producers |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Her name was Lola & she's the showgirl (or guy) who helps save a failing shoe factory in this high-heeled hit Kinky Boots |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $1,000 (Daily Double): It's set in the Jewish village of Anatevka in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | SMASH BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: It's based on a 1933 movie musical & its title song says, "Come & meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I'm taking you to" 42nd Street |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: 2003 was a great year for this boy from Oz: he debuted in "The Boy from Oz" & hosted the Tony Awards (Hugh) Jackman |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: She made her Broadway debut in "The Boy Friend" in 1954; starring roles in "My Fair Lady" & "Camelot" were soon to come Julie Andrews |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1200: "I don't even like the theater!", said this 67-year-old sourpuss comedian about his 2015 bow in his own play "Fish in the Dark" Larry David |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: Before "Wicked", she won a Theatre World Award for her role in the 1997 musical "Steel Pier" (Kristin) Chenoweth |
| #7046, aired 2015-04-13 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: Diane Keaton debuted in the original 1968 run of this musical as an understudy to a member of the "Tribe" Hair |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $200: "46th State!" Oklahoma! |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $400: "Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort" How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $600: "Tresses" Hair |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $800: "Hilarious Chick" Funny Girl |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | BROADWAY HIT ALIASES $1000: "Shoeless Within a Common" Barefoot in the Park |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TITLES ON BROADWAY $400: "Thoroughly Modern" her Millie |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TITLES ON BROADWAY $800: These "Over Broadway" Bullets |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TITLES ON BROADWAY $1200: By Oscar Wilde, "An Ideal" one of these Husband |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TITLES ON BROADWAY $1600: "A Gentleman's Guide to" these two things Love & Murder |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TITLES ON BROADWAY $2000: "Desire Under" these trees the Elms |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $200: "One By One" &
"Hakuna Matata" The Lion King |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $400: "The People's Song" &
"Paris" Les Misérables |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $600: "Pilate's Dream" &
"King Herod's Song" Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $800: "When You're Good To Mama" &
"Cell Block Tango" Chicago |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1,400 (Daily Double): "We're Not Gonna Take It" &
"Don't Stop Believin'" Rock of Ages |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $400: (Aladdin emerges from a beaded curtain to deliver the clue.) "Arabian Nights", the title of Aladdin's opening number, refers to the folk tale collection also known as this many "Nights" the thousand and one |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $800: (Prince Ali delivers the clue with his princess dressed in blue.) In a highlight from Act II, we take a high-flying magic carpet ride among the stars while singing this Oscar-winning song "A Whole New World" |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $1200: (The Princess reads.) One of many Disney princesses, I share my name with over 200 species of fragrant flowers Jasmine |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $1600: (Genie reads.) In a big 8-minute showstopper in Act I, I emerge from the magic lamp to perform this song, whose chorus is "You ain't never had..." "Friend Like Me" |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | ALADDIN ON BROADWAY $2000: (Jafar reads with an evil laugh.) I am Jafar, a powerful sorcerer & grand vizier to the sultan of this mythical land, the setting of "Aladdin" Agrabah |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $200: Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008 (Irving) Berlin |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $400: This musical about a boy born to dance features a catchy protest number, "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" Billy Elliot |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $600: In 1989 "Meet Me in St. Louis" came to Broadway along with this Yuletide tune introduced by Judy Garland in the movie "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $800: "Here's Love" was Meredith Willson's stage adaptation of this classic film with a street that crosses Broadway in its title Miracle on 34th Street |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1000: Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue" A Christmas Story |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $200: I want seafood! I'll have the spiny this--no claws to speak of, but good tail meat lobster |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $400: There's no masking the fact that Hal Prince directed the 1988 Broadway opening of this musical The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $600: Corned beef & this vegetable is a St. Patrick's Day tradition but good any day cabbage |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $800: The 1980 original cast of "Amadeus" had Tim Curry in the title role & Ian McKellen as him (Antonio) Salieri |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $1000: It looks like someone's cooking this perfect Sunday supper that sometimes has "Yankee" before its name pot roast |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $400: The Royal Children:
"March Of The Siamese Children" The King and I |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $800: George, Winifred, Jane & Michael Banks:
"Cherry Tree Lane (Reprise)" Mary Poppins |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1200: Elphaba:
"I'm Not That Girl" Wicked |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $1600: Reuben & Brothers:
"Those Canaan Days" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG $2000: Lola, Pat, George & Ensemble:
"Sex Is In The Heel" Kinky Boots |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY $200: 2010 saw the first Broadway revival of this play about Helen Keller & her teacher Annie Sullivan The Miracle Worker |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY $400: Jessie Mueller won a 2014 Tony for her portrayal of this "Tapestry" singer in the musical "Beautiful" Carole King |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY $800: This musical that returned to NYC in 2013 tells of Charlemagne's son, on a quest to find his true calling in life Pippin |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY $1000: A con man claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier in this play that opened on Broadway in 1990 Six Degrees Of Separation |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY $1,400 (Daily Double): Mandy Patinkin was the first to play artist Georges Seurat when this musical opened in 1984 Sunday In The Park With George |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS $200: "Annie Get Your ____" Gun |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS $400: "Paint Your ____" Wagon |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS $600: "Kinky ____" Boots |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS $800: "Once Upon a ____" Mattress |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | BROADWAY TITLE NOUNS $1000: "Into the ____" Woods |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | BROADWAY & POLITICS $200: In the one-man show "You're Welcome America", Will Ferrell spoofed this president George W. Bush |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | BROADWAY & POLITICS $400: The singing killers & would-be killers of "Assassins" include Oswald, Booth & this 1980s attempter John Hinckley, Jr. |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | BROADWAY & POLITICS $600: In 2014 Bryan Cranston made his Broadway debut in "All The Way", a drama about this president's first year in office LBJ |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | BROADWAY & POLITICS $800: "Politics & Poker" & "I Love a Cop" are songs in this musical about a big-city mayor Fiorello! |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | BROADWAY & POLITICS $4,400 (Daily Double): It's Peter Morgan's play about a revealing series of 1977 interviews Frost/Nixon |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $400: In 2008 "the word" was you could catch the kids of Rydell High at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in this show Grease |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $800: This man seen here hit the Great White Way in 1993 as Abe Lincoln in Illinois Sam Waterston |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $1600: Before midnight, the stage ran red as Ethan Hawke opened as this tragic thane in 2013 the Scottish Play, or Macbeth |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $2000: In 1979 Angela Lansbury wowed 'em as Mrs. Lovett, partner of this "Demon" dude Sweeney Todd |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $5,000 (Daily Double): Oh yah, in 1988, pre-"Fargo", she was Stellllla! in "A Streetcar Named Desire", dontcha know Frances McDormand |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $200: "One" &
"What I Did For Love" A Chorus Line |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "Without You" &
"Seasons Of Love" Rent |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $600: "Born To Boogie" &
"He Could Be A Star" Billy Elliot |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "But, Mr. Adams" &
"The Lees Of Old Virginia" 1776 |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1000: "Hosanna" &
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Tunes in this '50s Broadway classic include "Gee, Officer Krupke" & "Cool" West Side Story |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Mary Bridget Davies belts out "Me & Bobby McGee" in the 2013 show "A Night with" her Janis Joplin |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: This show with a street in its title had songs like "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" Avenue Q |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: "I Meant You No Harm" is a song for James Thunder Early in this '60s & '70s-set show Dreamgirls |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "(Ya Got) Trouble" when ya go to see this hill of a show The Music Man |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | COMPLETES THE BROADWAY SHOW TITLE $400: A satire of corporate America:
"How to Succeed in Business ____ ____ ____" Without Really Trying |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | COMPLETES THE BROADWAY SHOW TITLE $800: A Tony-winning musical set in a certain section of Manhattan:
"In the ____" Heights |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | COMPLETES THE BROADWAY SHOW TITLE $3,600 (Daily Double): American soldiers in Iraq:
"A Bengal Tiger at the ____ Zoo" Baghdad |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $200: (The star of Cinderella, Laura Osnes, gives us the clue from the New York Broadway Theatre.) In costumes by William Ivey Long, I'm magically transformed from a poor servant girl to a princess ready for the ball; however, the magic all wears off at this hour midnight |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us the clue from the Broadway Theatre in New York.) After making her dramatic Act II entrance, this magical character sings the motivational "There's Music In You" the fairy godmother |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue from the horse-drawn carriage on the set of Cinderella in the Broadway Theatre in New York.) Cinderella makes her way to the ball in a carriage pulled by 4 white horses that used to be these creatures mice |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us several costumes backstage at the Broadway Theatre in New York.) Some of the Tony Award-winning costumes in "Cinderella" were inspired by the gowns of this Medici woman, the mother of 3 kings Catherine de Medici |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew strolls through the set of Cinderella in the Broadway Theatre in New York.) While Broadway's "Cinderella" has a clever & witty new book by Douglas Carter Beane, he drew on the original story by this French fairy tale author Charles Perrault |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $400: Tacky director Roger De Bris,
Nazi sympathizer & author Franz Liebkind The Producers |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $800: Missionaries Elder Cunningham & Elder Price, from Salt Lake City The Book of Mormon |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $1200: Cockney chimney sweep Bert,
Winifred Banks Mary Poppins |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $1600: Hefty teen Tracy Turnblad,
the conniving Velma Von Tussle Hairspray |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY CHARACTER $2000: Window washer J. Pierrepont Finch,
company president J.B. Biggley How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway, New York.) In "Kinky Boots", girls & boys
just want to have fun,
kicking up their heels
to songs by this Grammy & now Tony winner Cyndi Lauper |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway, New York.) Originally airing on television, "Cinderella", which stepped out on Broadway for the first time in 2013, features a new book by Douglas Carter Beane & the classic songs of this pair Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $500 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway, New York.) Theatergoers are dancing in the aisles at "Motown: The Musical" about this record-company founder & his legendary artists Berry Gordy |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway.) Winner of nine Tonys, "The Book of Mormon" is the first Broadway show from these two creators of "South Park" Parker & Stone |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | BROADWAY $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Broadway, New York.) A treat for all ages, "Matilda" is based on a book by this beloved author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Roald Dahl |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: Sky Masterson & the Crap Shooters:
"Luck Be A Lady" Guys and Dolls |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: Miss Hannigan:
"Little Girls" Annie |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: The full company:
"Just Like Paradise" &
"Nothin' But A Good Time" Rock of Ages |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: Curley & Laurey:
"People Will Say We're In Love" Oklahoma! |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: Christine Daae & Meg Giry:
"Angel Of Music" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY $400: Pay attention to Linda & Biff Loman Death of a Salesman |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY $800: Otto Frank & Mr. van Daan, who live in dark times The Diary of Anne Frank |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY $1200: Salieri & the Emperor of Austria were music to our ears Amadeus |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY $2,000 (Daily Double): James & Kate Keller, who need one The Miracle Worker |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | CHARACTERS IN THE BROADWAY PLAY $2000: Maggie, Gooper & Big Mama prowl around the stage Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $400: The fabulous Shubert theatre opened with British star Johnston Forbes-Robertson as this doomed Dane Hamlet |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $800: Playing at the Hippodrome, the musical "America" had a bizarre plot about stealing the plans to this 50-mile-long dig the Panama Canal |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $1200: "The Sunshine Girl" was a hit & popularized the turkey trot, a new one of these a dance |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $1600: Later to help establish sound in the movies, he had them rolling in the aisles starring in "The Honeymoon Express" in 1913 Al Jolson |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $2000: The sufferings of Suffragettes were spoofed at the New Amsterdam Theatre in the 1913 edition of these "Follies" the Ziegfeld Follies |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | FROM FILM TO BROADWAY MUSICAL $200: Max & Leo purposely find a flop for Broadway--"Springtime for Hitler"; their plan backfires The Producers |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | FROM FILM TO BROADWAY MUSICAL $400: Pure nunsense when a disco singer hides out in a convent Sister Act |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | FROM FILM TO BROADWAY MUSICAL $600: It's more than a "miner" problem when a boy in a mining town wants to dance ballet rather than fight Billy Elliot |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | FROM FILM TO BROADWAY MUSICAL $800: A trio of drag queens journey across the Australian Outback Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | FROM FILM TO BROADWAY MUSICAL $1000: Sam, who is dead, communicates with girlfriend Molly via a phony psychic Ghost |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: According to a song from "Camelot", it's a "lusty" month "when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray" May |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: In a song from "Chicago", we're told to "give 'em the old" this title, "give 'em an act with lots of flash in it" razzle dazzle |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1200: "Nothing portentous or polite, tragedy tomorrow", this "tonight" comedy |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1600: Song that says, "you make me smile with my heart; your looks are laughable, unphotographable" "My Funny Valentine" |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $2000: "Once in love with" this girl, "always in love with" this girl Amy |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ON THE BROADWAY DINER MENU $400: If you're trying to make the "medicine go down" in Disney's "Mary Poppins", you'll need this title sweet a spoonful of sugar |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ON THE BROADWAY DINER MENU $800: "Pour, O pour the pirate sherry" & enjoy this duo's "The Pirates of Penzance" Gilbert and Sullivan |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | ON THE BROADWAY DINER MENU $1200: In 1980 you could've heard Angela Lansbury warble about the "worst pies in London" in this musical Sweeney Todd |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $400: "If I Were A Rich Man" & "Tradition" Fiddler On The Roof |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $800: "Dancing Queen" & "The Name Of The Game" Mamma Mia! |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1200: "Popular" & "Defying Gravity" Wicked |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $1600: "The Morning Of The Dragon" & "The American Dream" Miss Saigon |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: "Boy Falls From The Sky" & "Bouncing Off The Walls" Spider-Man |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $400: "Arsenic and" this Old Lace |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $800: "Barefoot" here in the Park |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $1200: His "Cafe" Smokey Joe's |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $1600: These "Are Free" Butterflies |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $2000: "Sugar" these Babies |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $200: On Sept. 25, 1979 Patti LuPone sang "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" in this Hal Prince-directed musical at the Broadway Theatre Evita |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $400: This show was one singular sensation after its July 25, 1975 opening night at the Shubert A Chorus Line |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $800: On January 16, 1964 theatregoers at the St. James said howdy to this musical about Mrs. Levi Hello, Dolly! |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $1,000 (Daily Double): "The Wiz" opened on January 5, 1975; this other Oz-set musical on October 30, 2003 Wicked |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $1000: On Dec. 20, 1981 Jennifer Holliday's Effie sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in this show's premiere at the Imperial Dreamgirls |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $400: This '60s show lacked nudity at the public theatre; it "Let the sunshine in" when it moved to Broadway Hair |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $800: Patti LuPone got ticked off, then paid off when she was replaced in this composer's "Sunset Boulevard" Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $1200: This American opera was revived on Broadway in 2012 in a shortened version, with no goat cart Porgy and Bess |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $1600: In 1942 the cast of this great tunesmith's revue "This Is The Army" formed the army's only integrated unit Irving Berlin |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | BROADWAY $2,000 (Daily Double): 1927's "The Royal Family" was a comic portrayal of this American theatrical family of the day the Barrymores |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $200: This musical opens with Anna's arrival in Bangkok The King and I |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: The title of this musical about a white DJ & a black club singer in 1950s Tennessee is the city of its setting Memphis |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $600: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this Iowa city River City |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: This show takes place on a Greek isle while a single mother prepares for her daughter's wedding Mamma Mia! |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1000: The '60s-set "Hairspray" takes place in this American city Baltimore |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $400: She starred in "Victor/Victoria" on film & on Broadway Julie Andrews |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $800: He portrayed Peter Allen in "The Boy from Oz" between stints as Wolverine in "X-Men" Hugh Jackman |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $1200: She split with Dr. Crane on "Cheers" to star in "Chicago" & "Damn Yankees" Bebe Neuwirth |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $1600: Megan Mullally played Victor's high-strung fiancee in this Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $2000: A longtime talk show host & short-time "The View" co-host, she once played Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof" Rosie O'Donnell |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $400: Rizzo,
Sandy,
Danny Zuko Grease |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $800: Tevye,
Yente,
Lazar Wolf Fiddler on the Roof |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $1200: Tony Manero,
Stephanie,
Bobby C. Saturday Night Fever |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $1600: Deena Jones,
Effie White,
James "Thunder" Early Dreamgirls |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $2000: Reverend Moore,
Ariel,
Ren Footloose |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Tim Hatley won a 2009 Tony for Best Costume Design for the musical about this green ogre Shrek |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: "Sleep Tite" is a number from this musical with sleepwear in the title The Pajama Game |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: A 2010 musical about this family revolves around daughter Wednesday dating a "normal" boy the Addams Family |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: A 2006 musical named for this Anne Rice character featured songs by Elton John & Bernie Taupin Lestat |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: This show created by the minds behind "South Park" is very different from the same-named religious text Book of Mormon |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | BROADWAY BILLYS $400: "Mr. Saturday Night" in the movies, in 2004 he starred in a one-man show called "700 Sundays" Billy Crystal |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | BROADWAY BILLYS $800: In 2003 Patrick Swayze did a 2-week stint as lawyer Billy Flynn in this musical Chicago |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | BROADWAY BILLYS $1200: In 2010 this Broadway dancing title tot was played by Liam Redhead (& 3 other boys, on different nights) Billy Elliot |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | BROADWAY BILLYS $1600: "Movin' Out", which moved into the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2002, was based on the songs of this pop star Billy Joel |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $400: She lent star power to a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge" Scarlett Johanssen |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $800: Playing Desiree in "A Little Night Music" was the Broadway debut of this Welsh-born movie star, & won her a Tony Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $1200: (Hi, I'm Neil Patrick Harris.) In 2004 I played Lee Harvey Oswald, one of the characters in this Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $1600: In 2009 the entire cast of "A Steady Rain" was Daniel Craig & this Australian as Chicago cops Hugh Jackman |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $2000: In 2010, Kelsey Grammer appeared as Georges in a revival of this beloved '80s musical La Cage aux Folles |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $400: Abigail Breslin made her Broadway debut in this drama in which she stars as Helen Keller The Miracle Worker |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $800: "Rock Of Ages", set in the '80s is where big this meets big dreams hair |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $1200: Working-class characters seek redemption in this rock opera based on a Green Day album American Idiot |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $1600: She was cast as Morticia for the 2010 Broadway musical of "The Addams Family" (Bebe) Neuwirth |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON BROADWAY 2010 $2000: "Red" stars Alfred Molina as this abstract expressionist who painted rectangles of color, a suicide in 1970 (Mark) Rothko |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Ironically, Donna McKechnie didn't have to audition to star in this long-running musical about hopeful dancers A Chorus Line |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: This 2007 musical based on a Mel Brooks film featured such songs as "The Brain" & "Puttin' On The Ritz" Young Frankenstein |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Michael Flatley choreographed, but did not appear in, this musical celebration of Irish culture when it premiered in 2000 Riverdance |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: "Over The Rainbow" man Yip Harburg also co-wrote this show about bigotry & leprechauns, revived in 2009 Finian's Rainbow |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: Jonathan Pryce won a Tony for playing a pimp known as "The Engineer" in this Vietnam war-set musical Miss Saigon |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $400: Dashaun Young is now playing this hero who's destined to be "The Lion King" Simba |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $800: From the "Les Mis" team, 2007's "The Pirate Queen" was about a 16th C. Irishwoman & her rivalry with this real English queen Queen Elizabeth I |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $1200: The king in "The King and I" rules this 4-letter land Siam |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $1600: David McCallum played Emperor Joseph II in the 1999 revival of this play about Mozart Amadeus |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | ROYALTY ON BROADWAY $2000: We wonder if Kelsey Grammer called this "the Scottish play" when he played the title role in 2000 Macbeth |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Mufasa &
Nala The Lion King |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Bernardo &
Maria West Side Story |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Sky Masterson &
Nathan Detroit Guys and Dolls |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Leo Bloom &
Max Bialystock The Producers |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | CHARACTERS IN BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Cap'n Andy &
Magnolia Hawks Ravenal Show Boat |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: On Nov. 16, 2006 this supercalifragilis-ticexpialidocious musical opened on the Great White Way Mary Poppins |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Roxie, Velma & Billy Flynn paint this title town red 8 shows a week at the Ambassador Theatre Chicago |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Take a journey into Oz in this 2003 show; it's quite "popular" Wicked |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: This musical about a boy with a passion for dance won a 2009 Tony for (surprise!) Best Choreography Billy Elliot |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2,000 (Daily Double): Yep, this haunting love story is still on Broadway, as it has been since its Jan. 26, 1988 opening night Phantom of the Opera |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH BROADWAY $400: ABBA-solutely fabulous! In 2008 it passed "Hello, Dolly!" to become the 16th longest-running show in Broadway history Mamma Mia! |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH BROADWAY $800: This actor who saw plenty of carnage as Tony Soprano starred on Broadway in "God of Carnage" in 2009 James Gandolfini |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH BROADWAY $1200: In 2009 Jeremy Irons trod the boards in a play named for this "-ism"--we hope it makes a lot of Monet Impressionism |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH BROADWAY $1600: Angela Lansbury played the happy medium Madame Arcati in the 2009 revival of this Brit's "Blithe Spirit" Noel Coward |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH BROADWAY $2000: Geoffrey Rush & Susan Sarandon hit Broadway in 2009 in a revival of this Romanian-born absurdist's "Exit the King" Ionesco |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: In 2009 this "Saturday Night Live" alum made his Broadway debut--not as moi, but as George W. Bush (Will) Ferrell |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: Tamyra Gray, who placed 4th in the 1st season of this TV singing contest, later joined the cast of "Bombay Dreams" American Idol |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Before "Dancing with the Stars", he got "'N Sync" by playing TV dance-show host Corny Collins in "Hairspray" Lance Bass |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: He bowed on Broadway in 1944 in "Bobino", a musical fantasy for children: his ride on "A Streetcar" came later (Marlon) Brando |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1000: In 2008, at age 20, he had "The Sixth Sense" to make his Broadway debut in the revival of "America Buffalo" Haley Joel Osment |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $400: It's always "the Age of Aquarius" in this musical that lets the sun shine in again in 2009 Hair |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $800: The original ran for 2 years, but the revival of this Illinois-set musical had a 12th anniversary party in 2008 Chicago |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $1200: This classic Rodgers & Hammerstein show set in WWII Polynesia came back to Broadway in 2008 South Pacific |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $1600: In April 2009 Bill Irwin & Nathan Lane began "Waiting for" him (P.S. They're still waiting) Godot |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | BROADWAY REVIVALISM $2000: Hey, genius, it's the genus of your pony--also a play revived on Broadway in 2008 Equus |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | BROADWAY MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $200: "The ___ Mermaid" Little |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | BROADWAY MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $400: "The ___ Molly Brown" Unsinkable |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | BROADWAY MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $600: "Joseph and the ___ Technicolor Dreamcoat" Amazing |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | BROADWAY MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $800: "___ Face"
or
"___ Girl" Funny |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | BROADWAY MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $1000: "The ___ Chaperone" Drowsy |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES $400: Riff,
Nibbles,
Officer Krupke West Side Story |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES $800: Inga,
Frau Blucher,
Igor Young Frankenstein |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES $1200: The French Taunter,
Tim the Enchanter,
Concorde Spamalot |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES $1600: Professor Callahan,
Elle Woods Legally Blonde |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES $2000: Squeaky Fromme,
Lee Harvey Oswald,
Leon Czolgosz Assassins |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: Sierra Boggess played Christine in "Phantom" in Vegas before she swam onto B'way as this fish-tailed Disney heroine the Little Mermaid (Ariel) |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: A theatre employee knows that this 1-named singer made his B'way debut in "Chicago" in 2006 Usher |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Life is far from crummy for Max Crumm, who won the role of Danny Zuko in the revival on a reality TV show Grease |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: Dance: Ten;
Looks: Ten--
Mario Lopez kicked up his heels in this hit revival in 2008 A Chorus Line |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1000: Time flies: in 2007 this "Leave It To Beaver" star turned 59 & played Wilbur Turnblad in "Hairspray" Jerry Mathers |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: "Fiddler on the Roof" may be the most famous American musical set in this country Russia |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: In "Curtains", it's curtains for a leading lady who ends up dead in this New England city during a pre-Broadway run Boston |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1200: 4 blue-collar guys work their way up from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom in this 2005 smash Jersey Boys |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1600: When we first meet Horace Vandergelder in "Hello, Dolly!", he's in this N.Y. city & feeling a little "lost in" it Yonkers |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $2000: (I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.) The underground lair in which the Phantom lurks is based on fact; there really is a lake beneath this famous building the Paris Opera House |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | BROADWAY BEFORE & AFTER $400: Anna goes to the royal palace in Bangkok & helps a Chinese-American architect build the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The King and I.M. Pei |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | BROADWAY BEFORE & AFTER $800: Eliza Doolittle adds a saucy new tune to her repertoire: "Gitchie, gitchie ya ya, da da" My Fair Lady Marmalade |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | BROADWAY BEFORE & AFTER $1200: 17 dancers are cut down to 8, then form this to divide offense from defense on the gridiron A Chorus Line of scrimmage |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | BROADWAY BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "How are things in Glocca Morra?"
Well, Og the leprechaun wants his gold & some "multi-colored" fish for a start Finian's Rainbow trout |
| #5474, aired 2008-05-29 | BROADWAY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Pointillist Seurat sings, dances & writes "Animal Farm" Sunday in the Park with George Orwell |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $400: He was a Roman assassin in 2005's "Julius Caesar"; in 2007, he taught the "Great Debaters" Denzel Washington |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $800: She was still Mrs. Tom Cruise when she entered "The Blue Room" back in 1998 Nicole Kidman |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $1200: Taking time out from his hip-hop empire, this man of many names starred in "A Raisin in the Sun" in 2004 Sean Combs |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $1600: What range! In 2003 Hugh Jackman was "The Boy from Oz" on stage & this X-Man on screen Wolverine |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $2000: You talkin' to him? He starred in "Cuba and His Teddy Bear" in 1986; 14 years later, he'd deal with a Focker Robert De Niro |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | ON BROADWAY $200: 2 snuggly, cute characters in "Avenue Q" aren't called the "Bad News" these but the "Bad Idea" these Bears |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | ON BROADWAY $400: Many of this Jonathan Larson musical's famous fans have gone backstage to add their names to a long graffiti wall Rent |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | ON BROADWAY $600: In 2007 Fantasia of "American Idol" took over the role of Celie in the musical based on this Alice Walker novel The Color Purple |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | ON BROADWAY $800: "Spring Awakening" is an alt-rock musical based on an 1891 play that Frank Wedekind originally wrote in this language German |
| #5365, aired 2007-12-28 | ON BROADWAY $1000: Huey Lewis, Harry Hamlin & George Hamilton have all been tapped to play tap-dancing lawyer Billy Flynn in this musical Chicago |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Of Reba McEntire's performance in this show, Ben Brantley said she didn't "need a gun to bring" NYC "to its knees" Annie Get Your Gun |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: One performer in "The Lion King" affectionately called her cheetah puppet this, in honor of a "Chicago" star Cheetah Rivera |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: In the 2005 revival of this musical, Patti Lupone not only played Mrs. Lovett, she also played the tuba Sweeney Todd |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: Donna McKechnie kicked up her heels as Cassie in this show in 1975; Charlotte d'Amboise recently played the part A Chorus Line |
| #5327, aired 2007-11-06 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: A character known as "Man in Chair" plays the LP of a 1928 musical & voila! it comes to life in this "sleepy" hit The Drowsy Chaperone |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: He made his debut as Katharine Hepburn's grandson in "A Matter of Gravity" before flying high as Superman Christopher Reeve |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: (Hi, I'm Joely Fisher.) In 1995 I made my Broadway debut as Rizzo in this musical; it's the word Grease |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1200: In 2006, in her first big project since giving birth to twins, she starred on Broadway in "Three Days of Rain" Julia Roberts |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: (I'm Susan Lucci.) In 1999 I took aim at Broadway, I made my debut as the title sharpshooter in this musical Annie Get Your Gun |
| #5317, aired 2007-10-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $2000: He made his debut starring opposite Natasha Richardson in "Anna Christie"; they were married soon after Liam Neeson |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $400: "I don't know how to love him, what to do, how to move him" Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $800: "Kiss today goodbye and point me t'ward tomorrow, we did what we had to do" A Chorus Line |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $1,000 (Daily Double): "High flying, adored, that's good to hear but unimportant... local girl makes good weds famous man" Evita |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $1600: "525,600 minutes--how do you measure, measure a year?" Rent |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $2000: "The accuracy of the dreams we brothers do not know...one thing we are sure about the dreamer has to go" Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $200: Tevye,
Golde,
Yente Fiddler on the Roof |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $400: Fantine,
Javert,
Jean Valjean Les Miserables |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $600: Mrs. Potts,
Belle,
Gaston Beauty and the Beast |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $800: Bustopher Jones,
Old Deuteronomy,
Mistoffelees Cats |
| #5232, aired 2007-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS $1000: Velma Von Tussle,
Tracy Turnblad,
Corny Collins Hairspray |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $200: Memories of Watergate infuse the play inspired by David Frost's 1977 interview with this ex-president (Richard) Nixon |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $400: Quirky kids like William Morris Barfee compete in "The 25th Annual Putnam County" one of these contests a spelling bee |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $600: When in New York, take the "Behind the Emerald Curtain" tour, a behind-the-scenes look at this bewitching musical Wicked |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $800: Angela Lansbury returned to B'way in 2007 as a former champion in this sport in Terrence McNally's "Deuce" tennis |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | ON BROADWAY $1000: Revived in 2007, it's Eric Bogosian's play about an acid-tongued talk show host Talk Radio |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | WE LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: "Grey Gardens" is a musical about Edith Bouvier Beale & "Little" Edie, eccentric relatives of this first lady Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | WE LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Shubert Theatre.) The Lady of the Lake & the Knights of the Round Table sing the showstopping number "Find Your Grail" in this Tony-winning musical Spamalot |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | WE LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: "Here Hugo again", quipped Playbill when this long-running musical returned to Broadway in 2006 Les Miserables |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | WE LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from a stage set.) Since 1988, more than 10 actors have starred as the Phantom of the Opera here on Broadway, but it was this actor who won the Tony Michael Crawford |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | WE LOVE BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "The Ladies Who Lunch" love this composer's "Company", which began keeping company on B'way again in 2006 Stephen Sondheim |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $200: In 1951 he was "The King"; Gertrude Lawrence was "I" Yul Brynner |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $400: In 2002 this "Notes on a Scandal" dame went "Into the Woods" as Giant (well, her recorded voice did, anyway) Judi Dench |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $600: In 1968, before the force was with him, he landed the lead in "The Great White Hope" James Earl Jones |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $800: (Hi. I'm Bebe Neuwirth.) In 1997 I won my 2nd Tony Award for playing Velma Kelly in "Chicago"; in 2007 I appeared in a revival of the production playing this dancer, Velma's rival Roxie |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BROADWAY ROLES $1000: In 1948 he was drafted to play "Mister Roberts" Henry Fonda |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $200: Gaston plots to kill the hulking, hairy hero of this musical (don't worry, kiddies--everything turns out all right) Beauty and the Beast |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $400: The sexiest murderesses on Broadway have been strutting their stuff in this musical revival since 1996 Chicago |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $600: Appropriately, "Dirty Rotten Number" is a song in this con man musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $800: Hope "springs" eternal as Max & Leo scheme to make this German-themed show a flop in "The Producers" Springtime for Hitler |
| #5200, aired 2007-03-30 | BROADWAY: IT'S A CRIME! $1000: Brian F. O'Byrne played the priest whom Cherry Jones suspected of improprieties in this Tony-winning drama Doubt |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $400: "Wilkommen"! Hal took home Tonys for producing & directing this 1966 Joel Grey musical Cabaret |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $800: This 1957 urban musical featured a collaboration of Robbins, Bernstein, Sondheim & Hal West Side Story |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $1200: In 1988, Hal directed this musical set in 19th century Paris The Phantom of the Opera |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $1600: In 1962 Hal produced this comedy with characters named Pseudolus, Erronius & Hysterium A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $2000: Hal produced this 1955 musical about a big Washington Senators fan Damn Yankees |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: "Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!" West Side Story |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: "He had it comin', he had it comin', he only had himself to blame" Chicago |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: "I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then, I remember the time I knew that happiness was" Cats |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you" Damn Yankees |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: "All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly" You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $400: It's not easy for this "Beauty and the Beast" heroine to trip the light fantastic: her ball gown weighs more than 40 lbs. Belle |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $800: In 2005 Denzel Washington took a stab at this role in "Julius Caesar" Brutus |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $1200: Just like the film, "Hairspray" is set in this Md. city that John Waters called "the hairdo capital of the world" Baltimore |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $1600: A 2007 TV reality show lets viewers pick the new Sandy & Danny for the revival of this musical Grease |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $2000: It's the most bewitching musical on Broadway, & its Playbill cover is seen here Wicked |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $200: Well, chim chim cher-ee! This musical about a flying nanny is flying onto Broadway Mary Poppins |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country England |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $400: The piazza where the young lovers meet in "The Light in the Piazza" is in this romantic city on the Arno Florence |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) "Beauty and the Beast" takes place in & around a quiet provincial village in this country France |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $800: Like "The Music Man", "The Pajama Game" takes place in this U.S. state Iowa |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $1000: Come & sit for a spell at "The 25th Annual" spelling bee in this title county Putnam |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400: It was tempting to go shoeless to the 2006 revival of this Neil Simon comedy about newlyweds Barefoot in the Park |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is upstaged by a chandelier in the Majestic Theatre in New York.) A real accident at the Paris Opera House in 1896 inspired the famous falling chandelier in this musical Phantom of the Opera |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $1200: There are gory goings-on in "The Lieutenant of Inishmore", a black comedy set in this country's Aran Islands Ireland |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $1600: Love means never having to say you're sorry you saw this movie actress make her stage debut in "Festen" in 2006 Ali MacGraw |
| #5036, aired 2006-07-03 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $2000: Hey there! Harry Connick, Jr. donned sleepwear for the 2006 revival of this hit musical The Pajama Game |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: In "South Pacific", Nellie Forbush sings that she's "a cock-eyed" one of these an optimist |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: This song from "Fiddler on the Roof" begins, "Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?" "Sunrise, Sunset" |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air". Do this send in the clowns |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: "Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream, follow ev'ry rainbow till you find" this your dream |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: "Getting to know you, putting it my way, but nicely, you are precisely" this my cup of tea |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | OFF-BROADWAY $400: This Baldwin brother was extremely entertaining in the 2006 revival of "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" Alec Baldwin |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | OFF-BROADWAY $800: "Red Light Winter" centers on a love triangle that begins in the famous Red Light District of this European city Amsterdam |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | OFF-BROADWAY $1200: We'd like to "enlighten" you about the musical "Sidd"; it's based on this novel Siddhartha |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | OFF-BROADWAY $1600: A naughty 18th c. novel originally titled "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" inspired the 2006 musical named for her Fanny Hill |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | OFF-BROADWAY $2000: In 2006 the cast of this long-running hit embarked on an exuberant & noisy campaign to clean up New York City Stomp |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $400: When this show's 9 lives were up in 2000, its props & costumes were auctioned off--guess you could call it kitty litter Cats |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $800: When Tom Hewitt played this vampire in a 2004 musical, he had to get over a big fear: not of garlic, but of flying Dracula |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Majestic Theatre in New York.) Some of the revellers are real dummies in the "Phantom of the Opera" scene set at this 10-letter type of party a masquerade |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $1600: According to her daughter, Marlene Dietrich secretly romanced this man between matinees & evening shows of "The King & I" Yul Brynner |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | BROADWAY SECRETS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre in New York.) Broadway buffs know that theaters always keep this spectral illumination burning a ghost light (a ghost lamp accepted) |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $200: David Letterman walked Oprah to the opening of this musical based on an Alice Walker novel The Color Purple |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) I'm here on the Broadway set on which you'll hear Mrs. Potts sing this title tune
"Tale as old as time /
True as it can be..." "Beauty And The Beast" |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $600: "Big Girls Don’t Cry" over "Jersey Boys", a musical bio of this '60s group that had its peaks & "Valli"s The Four Seasons |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | ON BROADWAY $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the Shubert Theatre in New York.) The creators of "Spamalot" proudly proclaim that it is "lovingly ripped off" from this be-knighted British film Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | A BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ $200: "Imagine" 9 different actors playing this man & singing his songs & you've got the 2005 musical named for him (John) Lennon |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | A BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ $400: This "Frasier" co-star is appearing knight-ly as Sir Robin in "Monty Python's Spamalot" David Hyde Pierce |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | A BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ $600: "The Light in the Piazza" features a Tony-winning score by Adam Guettel, grandson of this "Carousel" composer Richard Rodgers |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | A BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ $1000: (Hi. I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.) My new musical is called "The Woman in White" and it's based on a 19th century novel by this author of "The Moonstone" (Wilkie) Collins |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | A BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ $2,000 (Daily Double): Albin sings "A Little More Mascara" while transforming himself into Zaza in this Jerry Herman musical La Cage aux Folles |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, accompanied by a large puppet bird and its puppeteer.) Julie Taymor & Michael Curry designed puppets like Zazu for this 1998 Tony-award-winning musical
Zazu: "Say it!" The Lion King |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY $800: Several puppets of different sizes "plant" themselves onstage as Audrey II in this musical Little Shop of Horrors |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY $1200: (Sarah pets a puppet lion cub in a cage in the Gershwin Theatre, New York.) My cute little puppet friend lives here in the magical land of Oz, in this current Broadway musical Wicked |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | PUPPETRY ON BROADWAY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Golden Theatre, New York.) Rick Lyon not only designed the puppets for this musical...
Rick Lyon: "He also performs characters like me, Trekkie Monster!" Avenue Q |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! $400: The verdict is in: a dozen unnamed & notably indignant jurors gave this drama its title Twelve Angry Men |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the set of the Majestic Theatre, New York.) The Phantom of the Opera calls Christine a little viper when she does this to him here in his underground lair unmasks him |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! $1200: Yikes! A flame device that uses liquid butane is part of this "Beauty and the Beast" character's costume Lumiere |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! $1600: This musical features vaudeville cutie Baby June, who, in real life, grew up to be actress June Havoc Gypsy |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | WHAT A BROADWAY CHARACTER! $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the set of the Gershwin Theatre, New York.) The name "Elphaba", the leading character in "Wicked", is derived from the initials of this famous author L. Frank Baum |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: His first Broadway show was "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory"; now he lives in the White House (at least on TV) (Martin) Sheen |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: This Goodfella finally hit Broadway in the 2004 play "Match" Ray Liotta |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Half a century ago, this "60 Minutes" icon was starring on Broadway in the 1954 comedy "Reclining Figure" Mike Wallace |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: This star of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" had to learn some new lines to play Billy Flynn in "Chicago" in 2004 Wayne Brady |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1000: Wonder if this ex-Spice Girl had stage fright when she took over the role of Mimi in "Rent" in 2004 Scary Spice (Melanie Brown) |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $200: John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz conned their way onto Broadway as the title rogues in "Dirty Rotten" these Scoundrels |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $400: Tim Curry & David Hyde Pierce star in this Monty Python inspired show Spamalot |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Gershwin Theatre in New York: "I'm on the Broadway set of Wicked.") In 2004, this young actress defied gravity & flew off with a Tony award for her performance as a witch in "Wicked" Idina Menzel |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $800: An off-Broadway hit in 1987 & then a film, this play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor finally blossomed on B'way in 2005 Steel Magnolias |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Golden Theatre in New York with a special friend.) In the Broadway hit "Avenue Q", Nicky here sings about this German word that means happiness at the misfortune of others Schadenfreude |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $400: "Mamma Mia" takes place on one of this country's islands; the plot concerns a big fat wedding Greece |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $600 (Daily Double): Shubert Alley is the setting for both the opening & closing scenes of this smash hit that debuted in 2001 The Producers |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre in New York.) The cast of "Wicked" sings about spending one short day in this place, a major metropolis in the land of Oz the Emerald City |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $1600: (Hi, I'm Kate Monster.) And in "Avenue Q", atop this famous skyscraper, I sing "I Wish I Could Go Back To College"--don't forget to say "What is"! the Empire State Building |
| #4725, aired 2005-03-04 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $2000: Act I, scene 1 of this Sondheim musical introduces us to "Nippon. The floating kingdom" Pacific Overtures |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $200: Costume designers win awards named for Irene Sharaff, who designed Jet & Shark costumes for this 1957 musical West Side Story |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gondolas across the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York.) On June 5, 1988, "Phantom of the Opera" won seven of these awards, & you can see why it won for scenic design & lighting Tony Awards |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $600: Paul Huntley is B'way's master of these; you might flip yours over the ones he designed for "Hairspray" wigs |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the New Amsterdam Theatre.) The New Amsterdam Theatre is a fine example of this art style that features vines, flowers & flowing hair Art Nouveau |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY $3,600 (Daily Double): Peter Foy revolutionized stage flying with the "inter-related pendulum" he designed for this 1954 musical Peter Pan |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | BROADWAY TRADITIONS $200: Many an actor has browsed through plays at the Drama Book Shop, which moved from this square to W. 40th St. in 2001 Times Square |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | BROADWAY TRADITIONS $400: These distinctive-looking programs have been given out in Broadway theatres since 1884 Playbill |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | BROADWAY TRADITIONS $600: Talk about "Tradition": In 2004 Alfred Molina starred in the fourth Broadway revival of this musical Fiddler on the Roof |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | BROADWAY TRADITIONS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands onstage in the Golden Theatre in New York wearing a motley raiment.) On a Broadway musical's opening night, the Gypsy Robe is presented to a chorus member by this actor's union Equity |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | BROADWAY TRADITIONS $1000: Broadway's lights are dimmed to honor late, great luminaries, such as this lyricist partner of John Kander Fred Ebb |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | POP SINGERS ON BROADWAY $400: Frenchie Davis made news in 2003 by joining the cast of "Rent" after she was bounced from this TV series American Idol |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | POP SINGERS ON BROADWAY $800: You could say this singer was "N Sync" when he starred in "Little Shop of Horrors" in 2004 Joey Fatone |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | POP SINGERS ON BROADWAY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre: "I'm on the Broadway set of Wicked.") In 2004, making his Broadway debut, this New Kid played Fiyero in "Wicked" Joey McIntyre |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | POP SINGERS ON BROADWAY $1600: This singer who's the voice of TV's "Kim Possible" was the Beauty in "Beauty and the Beast" in 2004 Christy Carlson Romano |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | POP SINGERS ON BROADWAY $2000: R&B sensation Deborah A. Cox reigned on Broadway in 2004 as this title African princess Aida |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Majestic Theatre.) I'm on the Broadway set of this ever-popular musical, whose first act ends with a resounding crash The Phantom of the Opera |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $800: (Hi, I'm John Tartaglia. And I'm Rod. And I'm Princeton.) And we're here on the set of the 2004 Tony-award winner for best musical of this title street Avenue Q |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew hovers over the stage of the Gershwin Theatre.) Gregory Maguire's novel about the early years of the witches of Oz inspired this award-winning Broadway musical Wicked |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on stage with giraffes at the New Amsterdam Theatre.) She was the first woman to win a Tony for best director of a musical when she won in 1998 for "The Lion King" Julie Taymor |
| #4668, aired 2004-12-15 | BROADWAY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the St. James Theatre.) In "The Producers," Zero Mostel played this man on film; Nathan Lane & Brad Oscar have played him here on Broadway Max Bialystock |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $400: This dairyman ponders what it would be like "if I were a rich man" T-E-V-Y-E |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1200: This inspector relentlessly pursues Le Miserable Jean Valjean J-A-V-E-R-T |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1600: This "Beauty and the Beast" character is an enchanted candlestick played by Peter Flynn L-U-M-I-E-R-E |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $1,900 (Daily Double): Martin Dysart psychoanalyzes a boy who's been re-creating the centaur myth in this drama E-Q-U-U-S |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | SPELL-BOUND FOR BROADWAY $2000: Don Quixote, the "Man of La Mancha", worships her as "Dulcinea" A-L-D-O-N-Z-A |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew announces, "I'm here on the Broadway set of The Lion King.") It's a memorable moment in "The Lion King" when this baby lion cub is presented to the world atop Pride Rock Simba |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) Many of the costumes & sets in "The Lion King" were inspired by the art of this continent, where the show is set Africa |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) The title of this famous song from "The Lion King" means "no worries" & it's Timon & Pumbaa's motto "Hakuna Matata" |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew converses with a puppet on the set of The Lion King.) In the stage version of "The Lion King", Zazu is no birdbrain--he's the aide-de-camp to this lion, Simba's father (Zazu squawks "Aide-de-camp!") Mufasa |
| #4626, aired 2004-10-18 | THE LION KING ON BROADWAY $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the set of The Lion King.) This "Lion King" song tells us "the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round" "The Circle Of Life" |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BROADWAY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $200: It's how modern Millie is
(10) thoroughly |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BROADWAY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $400: River City situation
(7) trouble |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BROADWAY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $600: "No, No, Nanette" "beverage" song
(3, 3, 3) "Tea For Two" |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BROADWAY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $800: "Aida" lyricist's first name
(3) Tim |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BROADWAY CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $1000: "My One And Only" tall Tony-winning Texan
(5, 4) Tommy Tune |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $200: Introduced in a 1933 film, this song heard here has become a toe-tapping favorite on Broadway "42nd Street" |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400: In 2003 he was "dirty dancing" in "Chicago" on Broadway before embarking on the show's national tour Patrick Swayze |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $600: Hey, hey! This member of The Monkees took over the role of Zoser in "Aida" in 2004 Micky Dolenz |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $1000: Jason Patrick & Ashley Judd are seen here in the acclaimed revival of this Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $2,000 (Daily Double): Alfre Woodard winged onto B'way in "Drowning Crow", an African-American version of this Chekhov classic The Seagull |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | BROADWAY $400: With puppets like Lucy the Vamp, the musical "Avenue Q" has been called "South Park" -meets-this show Sesame Street |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | BROADWAY $800: Dule Hill of "The West Wing" tapped his way into the original Broadway cast of this "noisy" Savion Glover show Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | BROADWAY $1200: Fresh from his Oscar nomination for "The Cooler", he warmed up Broadway in "Twentieth Century" Alec Baldwin |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | BROADWAY $1600: This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "bloomed" again on Broadway in 2002, with Lea Salonga as Mei-Li Flower Drum Song |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | BROADWAY $2000: Jane Krakowski is seen here making a spectacular entrance in this show, based on Fellini's film, "8 1/2" Nine |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: "Hey, look me over, lend me" one of these, "Fresh out of clover, mortgaged up to here" an ear |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1200: It follows "Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone, a..." "Comedy Tonight" |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1600: "While tearing off a game of golf, I may make a play for the caddy, but when I do, I don't follow through 'cause" of this "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | BROADWAY LYRICS $2000: In "South Pacific", it "may call you any night, any day. In your heart you'll hear it call you, 'Come away, come away'" Bali Ha'i |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: He was "A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, born on the Fourth of July" Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: Its second verse commands, "Put down the knitting, the book and the broom, time for a holiday" Cabaret |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and do this, "so no one will suspect I'm afraid" whistle a happy tune |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: This "Oklahoma!" vehicle's "wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown, the dashboard's genuine leather" the surrey with the fringe on top |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: In a song in "South Pacific", Nellie Forbush says she is this type of optimist cockeyed |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: In the summer of 2003, you could have seen Melanie Griffith in "Chicago" & this husband of hers in "Nine" Antonio Banderas |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the St. James Theater in New York City.) "Springtime for Hitler" is the musical-within-a-musical in this Broadway blockbuster The Producers |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Toni Braxton took over the title role in this show based on a Verdi, Verdi famous opera Aida |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Neil Simon Theater in New York City.) "Welcome to the '60s" & "You Can't Stop the Beat" are 2 of the show-stopping numbers in this smash hit musical Hairspray |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: After playing the young Judy Garland on TV, Tammy Blanchard played a young stripper in this musical revival Gypsy |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: It's where "the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, and the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet" "Oklahoma!" |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: It's the title tune heard here "Camelot" |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1,200 (Daily Double): A song from "Chicago" begins, "Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town and" these 3 words "All That Jazz" |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1600: George M. Cohan: "But should auld acquaintance be forgot, keep your eye on" this "Grand Old Flag" |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | BROADWAY LYRICS $2000: A song in "The Sound of Music" tells you to do this, "search high and low, follow every byway, every path you know" "Climb Every Mountain" |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: This funny guy seen here made his Broadway debut in 2001 in "The Dinner Party" Jon Lovitz |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: This man with a tan dazzled us by singing "Razzle Dazzle" when he debuted in the musical "Chicago" in 2001 George Hamilton |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Rip Torn started out understudying the role of Brick in this Tennessee Williams play & later took over the role Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: Uta Hagen flew onto Broadway in 1938, debuting as Nina in this Chekhov play The Seagull |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1000: This African-American poet earned a 1973 Tony nomination for her Broadway acting debut in "Look Away" Maya Angelou |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: Lorraine Bracco dared to go bare when she took over the role of Mrs. Robinson in this play based on a film The Graduate |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: This "Independence Day" co-star was in a league of his own as a real animal lover in Edward Albee's play "The Goat" Bill Pullman |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $600: "Gantry", a 1970 musical version of "Elmer Gantry", featured this "West Side Story" Oscar winner as Sister Sharon Rita Moreno |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the stage of the Neil Simon Theater in NYC)
This actor who's just divine as Tracy's mom in "Hairspray" wrote & starred in the play "Torch Song Trilogy" Harvey Fierstein |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $1000: When the Neil Simon Theater got its name in '83, this young actor was starring there in Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" Matthew Broderick |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Rent" at the Nederland Theatre.) I'm on the Broadway set of "Rent", which premiered in 1996, the 100th anniversary of this Bohemian opera that inspired it La Boheme |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Oklahoma!" at the Gershwin Theatre.) The "corn is as high as an elephant's eye", on the Broadway set of "Oklahoma!", the first musical by this songwriting pair Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Hairspray" at the Neil Simon Theatre.) I'm on the set of the musical "Hairspray", based on a film by this director who calls himself "America's Trash-o-Teur" John Waters |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is on the set of "The Producers" at the St. James Theatre.) I've just made my big entrance onto the Broadway set of "The Producers", the hit musical created by this comic genius Mel Brooks |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | ON THE BROADWAY STAGE $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew is on the set of "Les Miserables" at the Imperial Theatre.) You can almost hear the revolutionaries on the Broadway set of "Les Miserables", based on a novel by this French author Victor Hugo |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $400: Let's put on this show: I'll play Captain Hook, you'll be Wendy & your creepy little cousins can be the Lost Boys Peter Pan |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $800: Mom won't let me be a real pickpocket, but I can play one in this Dickens musical; you can be Mr. Bumble Oliver! |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $1200: Let's pad your brother so he can play Sancho Panza in this 1965 show -- & that cute babysitter can play Aldonza Man of La Mancha |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $1600: Hey, "Don't Cry for Me"! I won't get the lead in this musical, but I'll be great as Juan Peron Evita |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $2000: I insist on a flea collar (& lots of Whiskas in my dressing room) when I play Rumpleteazer in this musical Cats |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BROADWAY $400: The musical "Into the Woods" is based on several fairy tales, including the one about this boy and his beanstalk Jack |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BROADWAY $800: Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch" Midas |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BROADWAY $1200: Characters in this musical include a teacup called Chip & a clock named Cogsworth Beauty and the Beast |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BROADWAY $1600: The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through mask |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BROADWAY $2000: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair 1920s |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | ON BROADWAY $400: Stephen Weber "wing"ed his way onto Broadway in 2002, replacing Matthew Broderick in this musical The Producers |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | ON BROADWAY $800: Billy Crudup merited the role of John Merrick in the 2002 revival of this drama The Elephant Man |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | ON BROADWAY $1200: The 2002 revival of "Morning's at Seven" featured this versatile actor who played Jim on "Taxi" Christopher Lloyd |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | ON BROADWAY $1600: Simone, the daughter of singer Nina Simone, took over the title role in this Elton John & Tim Rice show in 2002 Aida |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | ON BROADWAY $2000: I'll wear a bouffant 'do when I see the new musical based on this 1988 John Waters film, & I'm not teasing Hairspray |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: The Cotton Blossom is the title vehicle in this Broadway musical that features the song "Ol' Man River" Show Boat |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Ben Brantley's 2000 review of this musical in The New York Times was headlined "Destiny and duty, Nile style" Aida |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1200: Vicki Lewis of "Newsradio" & "Three Sisters" spent part of 2000 & 2001 in this Bob Fosse revival set in the Midwest Chicago |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: Unless you're tired of your old ABBA records you'll love this show based on ABBA's greatest hits Mamma Mia! |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: "By Jeeves", Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on this author's stories, opened on Broadway in 2001 P.G. Wodehouse |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $400: In 2000 this "Three's Company" star seen here made an acclaimed Broadway debut in "The Dinner Party" John Ritter |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $800: In May 2001 Eric McCormack of "Will & Grace" willed himself to play professor Harold Hill in this musical revival "The Music Man" |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $1600: Once a Duke of Hazzard on TV, Tom Wopat is heard here on the 1999 cast album of this Broadway revival:
"Anything you can be, I can be greater /
Sooner or later, I'm greater than you..." "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $2,000 (Daily Double): You could say that playing Murray in the 2001 revival of "A Thousand Clowns" was this actor's "Magnum" opus Tom Selleck |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | TV STARS ON BROADWAY $2000: This star of TV's "Alice" earned critical raves for the hit comedy "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" Linda Lavin |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain:
"HALO AMOK!" Oklahoma! |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: It was one singular sensation:
"SHUN CALORIE" A Chorus Line |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Zero was my hero in this:
"INFERRED FOOT HOLD" Fiddler on the Roof |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: The Sky (Masterson) was the limit:
"GLAD SUDS ONLY" Guys and Dolls |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Sondheim said que Seurat, Seurat:
"EDGE PRAISEWORTHY GIANT HUNK" Sunday in the Park with George |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $200: [clue missing because of technical glitch] Anne Frank |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $400: Brooke Shields & Lucy Lawless played Rizzo in the '90s revival of this rockin' high school musical Grease |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $600: R&B sensation Stephanie Mills was a teenager when she eased on down the road in this role in "The Wiz" Dorothy |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $800: The Jets & the Sharks are teenage gangs in this 1957 musical that features the song "Tonight" West Side Story |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | BROADWAY TEENS $1000: Zaneeta Shinn, a character in this musical, is the teenage daughter of the mayor of River City The Music Man |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $100: In 1999 she was dishing with Regis in the daytime & "Putting It Together" on Broadway at night Kathie Lee Gifford |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: Robert Goulet debuted as Lancelot in this 1960 show; in 1993 he brought it back to B'way & played King Arthur "Camelot" |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $300: The sexy 1969 musical "Canterbury Tales" marked the Broadway debut of this perky star seen here Sandy Duncan |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $400: Keith Carradine was a teenager when he was cast in this "American Tribal Love-Rock" musical in 1968 "Hair" |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $500: My cousin Vinny saw her in the 1998 revival of "Wait Until Dark", with Quentin Tarantino as her stalker Marisa Tomei |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $200: A WWII meeting between Werner Heisenberg & Niels Bohr is the subject of the play named for this Danish city "Copenhagen" |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $400: It's the 1-word title of the Tony-winning musical named for Tony-winning choreographer Bob "Fosse" |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $600: In April 2000 Sir Derek Jacobi returned to Broadway in a new production of this playwright's "Uncle Vanya" Anton Chekhov |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $800: Best-known in America as TV's Hercule Poirot, David Suchet played this role in a recent revival of "Amadeus" Antonio Salieri |
| #3705, aired 2000-10-13 | BROADWAY $1000: The Winter Garden is a Broadway theatre & "The Autumn Garden" is a 1951 play by this American woman Lillian Hellman |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $200: "A Musical Celebration" of this singer included "All The Way" & "I've Got the World on a String" Frank Sinatra |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $400: 4-word title of an Arthur Laurents revival; it sounds like a sequel to "Land of the Free" "Home of the Brave" |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $600: Todd Price produced the U.S. premiere of "Shadows in the Evening" by this witty Brit who died in 1973 Noel Coward |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $800: Critics weren't all kind to a revival of "Arms and the Man" by this playwright & critic George Bernard Shaw |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $1000: This group seen here has become an off-Broadway fixture Blue Man Group |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $200: In 2000 it was announced that this, Broadway's longest-running show, would be a "Memory" after over 7,000 shows Cats |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $400: Running on Broadway in the '50s & '60s for over 2,700 performances, it was "Mi Bella Dama" in Mexico My Fair Lady |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $600: Pardon my French, since 1987 it has had over 5,000 performances Les Mis |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $800: Topping "Oklahoma!" in shows performed is this exclamatory 1964 musical based on "The Matchmaker" Hello, Dolly! |
| #3650, aired 2000-06-16 | LONG RUNS ON BROADWAY $1000: Performed over 2,000 times in the 1920s, its title characters are Abraham Levi & Rose Mary Murphy Abie's Irish Rose |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | BROADWAY $100: 19-year-old Laura Benanti played Maria to Richard Chamberlain's Capt. Von Trapp in the recent revival of this musical "The Sound of Music" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | BROADWAY $200: Set in part in a Brooklyn disco, this musical is based on a film that your mom probably swooned over in 1977 "Saturday Night Fever" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | BROADWAY $300: Susan Lucci spent her 1999 Christmas vacation making her Broadway debut as Annie Oakley in this musical "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | BROADWAY $400: Andrea McArdle's daughter Alexis made her Broadway debut in 1996 as young Cosette in this musical "Les Miserables" |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | BROADWAY $500: Christopher Walken starred in "The Dead", a musical adaptation of a story in this Irishman's 1914 book "Dubliners" James Joyce |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $200: In 1999 she "Cruise"d onto Broadway without her husband (& briefly appeared nude) in "The Blue Room" Nicole Kidman |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $400: (Hi, I'm Andrea McArdle.) 1977 was the year Broadway audiences first heard me sing "Tomorrow" in this musical Annie |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $600: A little bird told us Matthew Bourne won a 1999 Tony for choreographing this ballet Swan Lake |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $800: While Liam Neeson was having a Wilde time playing Oscar Wilde, life was a "Cabaret" for this actress, his wife Natasha Richardson |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $1000: It was a red-letter day in 1997 when Douglas Sills debuted as the hero of this French Revolution musical The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | BROADWAY STARS $200: I heard it through the grapevine that she appeared in "Smokey Joe's Cafe" without her famous "Pips" Gladys Knight |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | BROADWAY STARS $300: Kevin Spacey gave us a Hickey to remember in the brilliant revival of this Eugene O'Neill drama The Iceman Cometh |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | BROADWAY STARS $500 (Daily Double): Stockard Channing reigned as Eleanor of Aquitaine in a 1999 revival of this "seasonal" play The Lion in Winter |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | BROADWAY STARS $500: A broken foot delayed her, but Sandy Duncan finally joined the cast of this murderous musical in August 1999 Chicago |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $100: In 1979, at age 13, Sarah Jessica Parker took over the title role of this "Little Orphan" Annie |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $200: Jane Krakowski of this Calista Flockhart TV series was a teen star on Broadway in "Starlight Express" Ally McBeal |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $300: In June 1998 Nathalie Paulding replaced Natalie Portman as this teenage diarist Anne Frank |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $400: Future Monkee Davy Jones was 17 when he played the Artful Dodger in this "Dickens" of a musical Oliver! |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | TEENS ON BROADWAY $500: The current hit musical about teens who rebel against anti-dancing rules is based on this Kevin Bacon film Footloose |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $200: He starred on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of "Harvey"; who else could? Jimmy Stewart |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $400: Based on "All About Eve", it featured Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing Applause |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $600: Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds" Hal Linden |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $800: Anthony Quayle & Keith Baxter starred in this Anthony Shaffer mystery; the rest of the cast is another mystery Sleuth |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $2,000 (Daily Double): After 2,844 performances, Broadway said, "So long, dearie" to this musical December 27, 1970 Hello, Dolly! |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: His role as a suspected killer in the 1999 revival of "Night Must Fall" was a far cry from Ferris Bueller Matthew Broderick |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: Jeremy Kushnier cuts loose in the Kevin Bacon role in the musical based on this 1984 film; "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Footloose |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $600: (Hi, I'm Jane Seymour.) I starred on Broadway as Mozart's wife in this acclaimed drama Amadeus |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: New York Magazine called it "Everyone's favorite orphan musical" Annie |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Natasha Richardson sallied forth as Sally Bowles in the 1998 revival of this musical Cabaret |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: In 1992 Adam Arkin of "Chicago Hope" took over the role of Nathan Detroit in this musical revival Guys and Dolls |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jason Alexander.) In 1984 I played several roles in "The Rink", which starred Liza Minnelli & this Broadway "spider woman" Chita Rivera |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "Cats" is based on this book with a much longer title Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $200: She opened as Eliza Doolittle on March 15, 1956 Julie Andrews |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $400: Usumcasane in "Tamburlaine the Great" was played by this future starship captain William Shatner |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $600: Peggy Cass played Agnes Gooch to this title character played by Rosalind Russell "Mame" |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $1000: In 1956 this title Shaw "major" was played by Glynis Johns "Major Barbara" |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ON BROADWAY, 1956 $1,200 (Daily Double): Susan Strasberg played this title character in 1956, Natalie Portman in 1997 "(The Diary Of) Anne Frank" |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: It's "When you may see a stranger, you may see a stranger across a crowded room" "Some Enchanted Evening" |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: In "Paint Your Wagon", "the rain is Tess, the fire is Joe and they call the wind" this Maria |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: Song from "Phantom" that includes the lyrics, "Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendour..." "The Music Of The Night" |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Fiddler on the Roof" song that begins with the lyrics heard here:
"Is this the little girl I carried, is this the little boy at play..." "Sunrise, Sunset" |
| #3028, aired 1997-10-29 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: In "A Chorus Line", they're the first 3 words of "What I Did For Love" "Kiss today goodbye" |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: This "Driving Miss Daisy" star was the original Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway Jessica Tandy |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $400: In 1996 Sarah Jessica Parker joined boyfriend Matthew Broderick in the cast of this hit musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $600: The original Anita in Broadway's "West Side Story", she later turned into a "Spider Woman" Chita Rivera |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $800: Maybe the "Scent of a" theatre pulled him back; he starred in & directed a revival of "Hughie" in 1996 Al Pacino |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $1000: "A Funny Thing Happened" to this star; he was named 1996's Best Leading Actor in A Musical Nathan Lane |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Patti Lupone played Nancy in a 1984 revival of this "Dickens" of a musical Oliver! |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: The song "Human Again", cut from this Disney film, reappeared in the Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: This musical about a bordello was an Actors' Studio workshop production before it reached Broadway The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Jonathan Larson, who wrote this 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, died before its opening night Rent |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Perhaps it was fate that won Alfred Drake the role of Hajj in this 1953 musical Kismet |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | BROADWAY SONGS $100: "Aquarius" Hair |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | BROADWAY SONGS $200: "The Rain in Spain" My Fair Lady |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | BROADWAY SONGS $300: "I Feel Pretty" West Side Story |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | BROADWAY SONGS $400: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" South Pacific |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | BROADWAY SONGS $500: "Getting to Know You" The King and I |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: In "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'", this "is as high as an elephant's eye" the corn |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: According to a song from "Annie", "You're Never Fully Dressed Without" one of these a Smile |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | BROADWAY LYRICS $600: A song from "Finian's Rainbow" asks, "How are Things in" this place? Is that little brook still leaping there?" Glocca Morra |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | BROADWAY LYRICS $800: Flower referred to in the lyric "Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever" edelweiss |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1000: In an Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse song, this title question precedes "who never fell in love" "What Kind of Fool Am I?" |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $200: He played Jimmy Shine on Broadway in 1968, the year after he played "The Graduate" on film Dustin Hoffman |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $400: Herschel Bernardi played this title Greek in a musical based on a Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $600: On Broadway since 1964, this musical starred Pearl Bailey in the title role in 1968 Hello, Dolly! |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $800: James Earl Jones starred on the Great White Way in this drama set in the world of boxing The Great White Hope |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $1000: Based on the film "The Apartment", this Burt Bacharach-Hal David musical opened in December Promises, Promises |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | BROADWAY SONGS $100: "In short, there's simply not, a more congenial spot for happily ever aftering than here in" this place Camelot |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | BROADWAY SONGS $200: In a Jerry Herman song, this woman's name follows "You charm the husk right off of the corn" Mame |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | BROADWAY SONGS $300: "Track Down This Murderer" is sung near the end of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Phantom of the Opera" |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | BROADWAY SONGS $400: In a song from "Oklahoma!", this title line follows, "Sweetheart, they're suspecting things" "People will say we're in love" |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | BROADWAY SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): The two men who wrote the Broadway song heard here:
"When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way /
From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day /
When you're a Jet if the spit hits the fan..." Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | BROADWAY $100: Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg co-wrote "Les Miz" & "Miss" this Miss Saigon |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | BROADWAY $200 (Daily Double): Revival of a 1961 musical that has the following on its marquee: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | BROADWAY $200: Once the star of her own TV variety show, she returned to Broadway in 1995 in "Moon over Buffalo" Carol Burnett |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | BROADWAY $300: In 1995 Jon Secada took over the role of Danny Zuko in this musical set in the '50s Grease |
| #2574, aired 1995-11-09 | BROADWAY $500: This humorist's "Follies", not Ziegfeld's, won 6 1991 Tonys. Will Rogers |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $100: Barbra Streisand was nominated for a 1964 Tony for "Funny Girl" but lost to this star of "Hello Dolly!" Carol Channing |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $200: He was working as a television director when he was hired to play the King in "The King and I" in 1951 Yul Brynner |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $300: This lovely British actress played Guenevere in the original 1960 production of "Camelot" Julie Andrews |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $400: Ken Howard played Thomas Jefferson in this Tony-winning musical 1776 |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS $500: In 1993 Richard Chamberlain starred as Professor Henry Higgins in a revival of this musical My Fair Lady |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $100: This song from "Annie" ends with the line "You're always a day away!"--makes sense "Tomorrow" |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: In "You're the Top", "You're a bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're" this famous rodent Mickey Mouse |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $300: Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley song that asks, "What kind of lips are these that lied with every kiss?" "What Kind Of Fool Am I" |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: In "Finian's Rainbow", this title question precedes "Is that willow tree still weeping there?" "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $500: A song from "Oklahoma!" says, "Don't throw bouquets at me" because this will happen people will say we're in love |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Col. Pickering, a friend of Henry Higgins in this musical, is the author of "Spoken Sanskrit" My Fair Lady |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: One ad for this musical asked audiences to "Come Share the Music of the Night" Phantom of the Opera |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Robert Klein & Lucie Arnaz may know that this musical is known in Vienna as "Sie Spielen Unser Lied" They're Playing Our Song |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: She may sell shrunken heads, but according to a song from "South Pacific", she's "The Girl I Love" Bloody Mary |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Betty Comden & this partner not only wrote the book & lyrics for "On the Town", they co-starred in it Adolph Green |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: He played Lancelot when "Camelot" premiered in 1960 & King Arthur in the 1993 Broadway revival Robert Goulet |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Gregory Peck provided the offstage voice of this showman in "The Will Rogers Follies" (Flo) Ziegfeld |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: This dancer joined the cast of "Jelly's Last Jam" just 10 months after he nearly died in a highway accident Ben Vereen |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Don Ameche & Hildegarde Neff starred in this 1955 Cole Porter musical named for fancy hosiery Silk Stockings |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Leslie Bricusse & this star wrote the hit musical "Stop the World—I Want To Get Off" in about a month (Anthony) Newley |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | BROADWAY SONGS $100: Rogers & Hammerstein wrote that "it's where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain" "Oklahoma!" |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | BROADWAY SONGS $200: It's when "you may see a stranger across a crowded room" "Some Enchanted Evening" |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | BROADWAY SONGS $300: A song in "Peter Pan" says, "Look at me way up high, suddenly here am I" doing this flying |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | BROADWAY SONGS $400: The one referred to in the line "You're looks are laughable, un-photographable" "My Funny Valentine" |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | BROADWAY SONGS $500: "She's got the banjoes strummin' and plunkin' out a tune to beat the band" Mame |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $100: Theatre World said this 1960 musical about King Arthur "couldn’t touch 'My Fair Lady'" Camelot |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $200: In 1967 she was "At Home at the Palace" with her kids Lorna & Joey Luft Judy Garland |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $300: Diane Keaton played a waitress & a parent in this "American tribal-love rock musical" Hair |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $400: Pearl Bailey trod the boards in this musical in 1967-68 Hello, Dolly! |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $500 (Daily Double): This musical with Robert Morse opened October 14, 1961 & closed in 1965 after 1,415 performances How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $200: Robert Preston,
Barbara Cook,
Pert Kelton,
Iggie Wolfington The Music Man |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $400: Walter Matthau,
Art Carney,
Paul Dooley,
Carole Shelley The Odd Couple |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $600: Donna McKechnie,
Priscilla Lopez,
Carole Bishop,
Sammy Williams A Chorus Line |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $800: Lauren Bacall,
Len Cariou,
Penny Fuller,
Lee Roy Reams Applause |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $1000: Alexis Smith,
Dorothy Collins,
Gene Nelson,
Yvonne De Carlo Follies |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: "Waltz for Eva and Che" is a musical number from "Evita" & "Hook's Waltz" is featured in this show Peter Pan |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: The 1990 musical about this rock & roll star could have been called "Holly!" Buddy Holly |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: "My Fair Lady" opens outside the Royal Opera House at this London location on "a cold March night" Covent Garden |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: This current hit musical that premiered in 1992 was inspired by the 1930 show "Girl Crazy" Crazy for You |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1,500 (Daily Double): Popular TV star heard here in a 1959 musical:
"I've always been shy / I confess that I'm shy / Can't you guess that this confident air / Is a mask that I wear 'cause I'm shy" Carol Burnett |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Alfred Drake was Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1st choice to play the ruler of Siam in this musical The King and I |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: Ernie Kovacs' wife Edie Adams was the first actress to play Daisy Mae in this musical Li'l Abner |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Hans Conried played a Bulgarian sculptor in this Cole Porter musical named for a dance Can-Can |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: James Mitchell of "All My Children" danced to "They Call The Wind Maria" in this 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: In the '70s they were playing this composer's songs in "They're Playing Our Song" & "A Chorus Line" Marvin Hamlisch |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: The score of "George M!" features many of the songs he wrote, including "Mary's A Grand Old Name" George M. Cohan |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: In Germany this musical is known as "Der Mann von La Mancha" The Man of La Mancha |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $500 (Daily Double): "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" was Meredith Willson's second musical, this was his first The Music Man |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: She starred on Broadway in "Fanny" in 1954, 15 years before she began mothering "The Brady Bunch" Florence Henderson |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: This 1960 show about a legendary king was the last musical directed by Moss Hart Camelot |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: Dogpatch is almost hit by an atom bomb in this 1956 musical Li'l Abner |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: In 1952 Cloris Leachman briefly starred as Ensign Nellie Forbush in this musical South Pacific |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: The musical revue "Five Guys Named" this was inspired by jazzman Louis Jordan, not by the 3 Stooges Moe |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: "Un Violon sur le Toit" was a French version of this Broadway smash Fiddler on the Roof |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: Michael J. Pollard played teenager Hugo Peabody in this musical about a rock star who gets drafted Bye Bye Birdie |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $100: "You're the cream in" this, "you're the salt in my stew" "my coffee" |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: "I won't" do this, "I don't want to go to school. Just to learn to be a parrot" "grow up" |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $300: Alan Jay Lerner wrote, "I was born under" this type of "star" "a wandering star" |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $400: "Take my hand, I'm" one of these, "all lost in a wonderland" "a stranger in paradise" |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $500: "We kiss in" one of these, "We hide from the moon, our meetings are few and over too soon" "a shadow" |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | BROADWAY $100: Mac Davis had to learn how to twirl a rope before he took over the role of this cowboy humorist in 1992 Will Rogers |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | BROADWAY $200: Lots of people took taxis to see this "Taxi" star in "Conversations with My Father" Judd Hirsch |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | BROADWAY $300: "Six Degrees of Separation" was inspired by a man who passed himself off as this actor's son Sidney Poitier |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | BROADWAY $400: In 1991 Cyd Charisse made her Broadway debut as the ballerina in this musical set in Germany Grand Hotel |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | BROADWAY $500: She not only hosted the Tony Awards in 1992, she won one for "Death and the Maiden" Glenn Close |
