#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In the title of a politically incorrect show, it's the New York avenue on which some puppets live Avenue Q |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In 2019, Christie Brinkley starred on Broadway as Roxie Hart in this musical Chicago |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: Songs in this musical based on a film include "Omigod You Guys" & "The Harvard Variations" Legally Blonde |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: An outdoor production of this musical set in Asia featured an actual Huey helicopter landing nightly Miss Saigon |
#8225, aired 2020-05-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Among the great songwriting teams were Rodgers & Hammerstein & this pair who gave us "My Fair Lady" Lerner & Loewe |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: (Alex gives us the clue from the stage of the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.) I'm on the set of a Sherman Edwards musical set in this very significant year in American history 1776 |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: A 2012 holiday gift to Broadway was a musical based on this Will Ferrell movie about a visitor from the North Pole Elf |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1600: "Tryouts" & "We Ain't No Cheerleaders" are songs in this musical inspired by a cheerleading film of the same name Bring It On |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2,000 (Daily Double): "Cotton Blossom", the opening song of this musical, is also the name of the title vessel Show Boat |
#6572, aired 2013-03-26 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: This 1947 Lerner & Loewe musical was inspired in part by James Barrie's books about his native Scotland Brigadoon |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Max the dog narrates the hit musical about "How the Grinch Stole" this holiday Christmas |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Ariel is the fish-tailed heroine who's tired of living "Under The Sea" in the show based on this animated movie The Little Mermaid |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: You could play Princess Jasmine or the genie if your school puts on the stage version of this animated 1992 film Aladdin |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: In a 2007 musical, this fairy tale heroine wakes up & finds herself in a sleep-disorder center Sleeping Beauty |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: The mask for this little hero of Broadway's "The Lion King" was designed without a lower jaw, like a Roman helmet Simba |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Sally Bowles is a singer at the Kit Kat Club in this musical set in Berlin Cabaret |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: One of the major hits of 1973, "Raisin" was a musical version of this 1959 Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1200: Jane sings "Waiting For This Moment" in this swinging Disney musical that opened on Broadway in 2006 Tarzan |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1600: This musical about a sleepwear company is based on the novel "7-1/2 cents", the hourly raise wanted by the workers The Pajama Game |
#5083, aired 2006-10-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: Rich patron Vera Simpson is "bewitched, bothered and bewildered" by this title song & dance pal Pal Joey |
#4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In "West Side Story" this character sings "I Feel Pretty" Maria |
#4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This "Guys and Dolls" composer also gave us "The Most Happy Fella", about Tony the lovestruck wine-grower Frank Loesser |
#4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1200: In "Carousel" this amusement park barker talks to Julie Jordan about marriage & she sings "If I Loved You" Billy Bigelow |
#4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1600: Although Rodgers & Hammerstein produced it, Irving Berlin wrote the songs, including "Anything You Can Do" Annie Get Your Gun |
#4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: In a Tim Rice musical, Frederick & Anatoly vie to be world champion of this game chess |
#4902, aired 2005-12-27 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Glenn Close was dazzling as Norma Desmond in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard |
#4902, aired 2005-12-27 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Hey, in 2005 big spenders could see Christina Applegate in the Broadway revival of this show Sweet Charity |
#4902, aired 2005-12-27 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1200: Mary Cohan revised the music & lyrics for this 1960s musical about her father George M! |
#4902, aired 2005-12-27 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2,000 (Daily Double): An 1847 play, "The String of Pearls, or the Fiend of Fleet Street" inspired this Broadway smash Sweeney Todd |
#4902, aired 2005-12-27 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: With songs like "Tropical Hot Flash" & "My Thighs", this show is a big hit with women from coast to coast Menopause The Musical |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: It's the show in which Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" The Lion King |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Phil Collins wasn't a star yet when he played this young pickpocket in the London stage production of "Oliver!" the Artful Dodger |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1200: This Dr. Seuss-inspired musical sort of rhymes with "musical" Seussical: The Musical |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1600: This musical has it all: cute kids named Jeremy & Jemima, a truly scrumptious leading lady &, oh yes, a flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: "Annie" is based on a comic strip; "Annie Get Your Gun" is based on this real-life girl who "shot" to fame in the 1800s Annie Oakley |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: We don't want to spoil it for you, but near the end of "Les Mis" Inspector Javert throws himself into this river the Seine |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In 1997 Marie Osmond made her B'way debut as Anna in a revival of this Rodgers & Hammerstein show The King and I |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: Cassie is the talented terpsichorean who sings "The Music and the Mirror" in this popular musical A Chorus Line |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: New York said fangs, but no fangs to "Dance of the Vampires", even though it starred this famed ex-"Phantom" Michael Crawford |
#4534, aired 2004-04-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in New York City) "Out Tonight" is performed here at the Nederlander Theatre in this Jonathan Larson musical Rent |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: "The Donkey Show" turns this "dream"y Shakespeare play into "The Ultimate '70s Disco Experience" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Winning a Tony for "Little Me", he said, "There are so many people I must thank, but the reality is, I did it all myself": Martin Short |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: (Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl) I composed the music for this Broadway smash that includes the song...
("One") "A Chorus Line" |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): This musical that hit Broadway in 1991 is set partly in Bangkok & partly in Ho Chi Minh City "Miss Saigon" |
#3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: The 2000 London musical based on this Updike novel stars Lucie Arnaz as the woman Cher played on film "The Witches of Eastwick" |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Timon, Pumbaa & Simba are all characters in this musical The Lion King |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: There's trouble in River City when professor Harold Hill comes a-calling in this musical The Music Man |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" inspired this musical Guys and Dolls |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Many of the songs associated with Louis Jordan are featured in "Five Guys Named" this Moe |
#3681, aired 2000-09-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This matrimonial '60s musical! musical! was based on the play "The Fourposter" I Do! I Do! |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Act I of this 1997 "Best Musical" features an opening sequence titled "The Launching" Titanic |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: "Big River", featuring such characters as the Widow Douglas & Tom Sawyer, is based on this book Huckleberry Finn |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This Sondheim tune begins, "Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone, a..." "Comedy Tonight" |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: 1959 musical that introduced the song "Everything's Coming Up Roses" Gypsy |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2,000 (Daily Double): In an Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice show, it's the other title word describing Joseph's amazing dreamcoat Technicolor |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: This classic musical was based on a book of "Tales" by James Michener South Pacific |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Keith Carradine rounded up a 1991 Tony nomination for his role in this extravaganza Will Rogers Follies |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: In 1992 Gregory Hines starred on Broadway in this musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton Jelly's Last Jam |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Charles Strouse wrote the music for "Annie" & this composer did the music for "Annie Get Your Gun" Irving Berlin |
#3349, aired 1999-03-11 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: "Wheels Of A Dream" is one of the big numbers from this musical set in the early 20th century Ragtime |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: She stunned Broadway by turning down her 1996 Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical Julie Andrews (for Victor/Victoria) |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Of "Shogun", "King Rat" or "Tai-Pan", the James Clavell novel that became a musical in 1990 Shogun |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: In 1996 this star of "La Bamba" & "Young Guns" began reigning on Broadway in "The King And I" Lou Diamond Phillips |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Much of this musical about a man-eating plant is set at Mr. Mushnik's flower shop Little Shop Of Horrors |
#3017, aired 1997-10-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Sharon Lawrence.) Before appearing on TV I appeared on Broadway in several musical revivals including this one set in Anatevka Fiddler on the Roof |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: It's based on the memoir "Anna and the King of Siam" The King and I |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: In January 1997 Liza Minnelli returned to Broadway, filling in for Julie Andrews in this musical Victor/Victoria |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: The rock opera "Rent" is a reworking of this Puccini opera, set in modern times La bohème |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This Stephen Sondheim musical was based on the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles of a Summer Night" A Little Night Music |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,600 (Daily Double): (Hello, I'm Marla Maples Trump.) In 1992 I made my Broadway debut in the musical about this humorist who never met a man he didn't like Will Rogers |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Part of this 1971 musical's second act is set in the Garden of Gethsemane "Jesus Christ Superstar" |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Life is a drag for Tony Roberts, who plays an entertainer named Toddy in this Julie Andrews musical Victor/Victoria |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Marilyn McCoo sang the classic song "Bill" when she made her Broadway debut as Julie in this revival in 1995 Show Boat |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): Nominated for 5 Tonys, this 1996 musical based on a film boasted a memorable dance on a giant piano keyboard "Big" |
#2960, aired 1997-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In 1996 Robert Goulet took to the road as Don Quixote in a touring production of this musical Man of La Mancha |
#2960, aired 1997-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: "March Of The Toys" is from "Babes in Toyland" & "March Of The Siamese Children" is from this musical The King and I |
#2960, aired 1997-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: The New York Post said of this revival with Jerry Lewis, it's "another home run... you'll have a ball!" Damn Yankees |
#2960, aired 1997-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $700 (Daily Double): Lerner & Loewe's first hit musical, it was inspired in part by the works of Scotsman James Barrie Brigadoon |
#2960, aired 1997-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: In 1973 Ben Vereen won a Tony for his performance in this musical about Charlemagne's son Pippin |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In 1996 Lou Diamond Phillips filled Yul Brynner's royal shoes for a revival of this musical The King And I |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Patti LuPone, Glenn Close & Betty Buckley have all played Norma Desmond in this show Sunset Boulevard |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800 (Daily Double): Theatre troupe seen here, they've created quite a noise in the dance world:
[video clue] Stomp |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Try to remember this long-running musical that features the song "Try To Remember" The Fantasticks |
#2924, aired 1997-04-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Bob Fosse made his choreographic debut with this musical about a threatened strike in a sleepwear factory The Pajama Game |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In Paris this American musical is known as "La Petite Boutique Des Horreurs" Little Shop of Horrors |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Treat Williams, Gary Sandy & Jim Belushi have all played the pirate king in this operetta The Pirates of Penzance |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Football star Joe Namath played baseball star Joe Hardy in a 1981 production of this musical Damn Yankees |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Jack Cassidy & Carol Lawrence appeared in "Shangri-La", a 1956 musical based on this famous novel Lost Horizon |
#2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: This playwright adapted the 1993 musical "The Goodbye Girl" from his own screenplay of the 1977 film Neil Simon |
#2809, aired 1996-11-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Emily Loesser sang the part of Sarah Brown in a recent recording of this musical written by her father Guys and Dolls |
#2809, aired 1996-11-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This Tony-winning 1992 musical starring Chita Rivera is based on a book by Manuel Puig Kiss of the Spider Woman |
#2809, aired 1996-11-14 | MUSICAL THEATRE $3,200 (Daily Double): Act one of this show features the songs "Belle", "Be Our Guest" & "If I Can't Love Her" Beauty and the Beast |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: Songs in this musical include "I, Don Quixote' & "The Quest" Man of La Mancha |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Their first professional musical collaboration was the score for "Oklahoma!" Rodgers & Hammerstein |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: At the end of this musical, Tevye & Golde leave Anatevka for America to join their uncle Abram Fiddler on the Roof |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In Act I of this Scotland-set musical, Charlie Dalrymple & Jean MacLaren are married Brigadoon |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: The role of Princess Winnifred in "Once Upon a Mattress" was first played by this comedienne Carol Burnett |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: "Smokey Joe's Café" features songs of Leiber & Stoller, who concocted this numerical "Love Potion" "Love Potion No. 9" |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Based on a novel by a Trinidadian author, "Once on This Island" is set on an island in this sea the Caribbean |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: In 1995 this singer-composer known for the hit "Short People" premiered his musical about Faust Randy Newman |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This 1948 Moira Shearer film named for colorful footwear has been adapted as a Broadway musical The Red Shoes |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Cinderella's prince & Rapunzel's prince sing about their "Agony" in this Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In 1994 Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia in "The Brady Bunch", appeared as Rizzo in this Broadway musical "Grease" |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: "King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running" is a musical revue set in the Outer Banks of this state North Carolina |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: Robert Preston starred as this silent film director in the Jerry Herman musical "Mack & Mabel" Mack Sennett |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: "Her First Roman" was a musical adaptation of Shaw's play about these historic lovers Caesar & Cleopatra |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This creator of Jeeves wrote lyrics for more than 2 dozen musicals, including "Leave It To Jane" P.G. Wodehouse |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: He was the King & Gertrude Lawrence was "I" when "The King and I" opened on Broadway in March 1951 Yul Brynner |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: This 1968 show begins with the dawning of the Age of Aquarius Hair |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This Frank Loesser musical was based on the stories of Damon Runyon Guys and Dolls |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: In this musical J. Pierrepont Finch begins as a window washer & ends as chairman of the board How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
#2637, aired 1996-02-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: "Day By Day" is the most famous song from this musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew Godspell |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: At the beginning of this musical, Jean Valjean is released on parole from a chain gang after 19 years Les Misérables |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This star of TV's "Hazel" ran a Coney Island boardinghouse in the 1954 musical "By the Beautiful Sea" Shirley Booth |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: In a 1965 revival of this musical, Jerry Orbach played Jigger & understudied the role of Billy Bigelow Carousel |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: His 1892 comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan" inspired the 1960 musical "A Delightful Season" Oscar Wilde |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: "Hello, Dolly!" was conceived with Ethel Merman in mind, but this actress was the first to play the title role Carol Channing |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In 1991 Jonathan Pryce & Lea Salonga won Tonys for acting in this British import Miss Saigon |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This musical opens with the Rodgers & Hammerstein tune "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" Oklahoma! |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This crooner originated the role of J.B. Biggley in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" Rudy Vallée |
#2541, aired 1995-09-25 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Both acts of "The Sound of Music" close with this inspirational song "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In 1994 this indefatigable star embarked on a 30th anniversary tour of "Hello, Dolly!" Carol Channing |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In 1960 Tammy Grimes played this "Unsinkable" title character on Broadway Molly Brown |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: He starred in the Broadway musical "Top Banana" before he played Sergeant Bilko on TV Phil Silvers |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: She belted out "You'll Never Get Away From Me" with Jack Klugman in the 1959 musical "Gypsy" (Ethel) Merman |
#2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Bobby Short sang "Too Darn Hot" in a 1956 revival of this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Barbra Streisand introduced the song "People" in this musical Funny Girl |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In 1994 Brooke Shields made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in this musical Grease |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: 1992's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" was inspired by the comic songs of this man Allan Sherman |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: "Cabaret" was based partly on this 1951 play by John Van Druten I Am a Camera |
#2515, aired 1995-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $3,000 (Daily Double): 1966 Jerry Herman musical that features the following:
"For we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
Candles in the window /
Carols at the spinet /
Yes, we need a little Christmas /
Right this very minute /
It hasn't snowed a single flurry /
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry /
So climb down the chimney /
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen..." Mame |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: This man known as "Satchmo" played the tune "Ain't Misbehavin'" in the 1929 revue "Hot Chocolates" Louis Armstrong |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Rum Tum Tugger & Growltiger are characters in this musical Cats |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This 1967 play included such songs as "The Kite", "The Red Baron" & "Schroeder" You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Upon Billy Bigelow's death in this play, Nettie consoles Julie by singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" Carousel |
#2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: When this play opened at NYC's Palace Theatre on August 21, 1983, Georges was played by Gene Barry La Cage aux Folles |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In 1993 "A Grand Night for Singing!" celebrated 50 years of music by this pair Rodgers & Hammerstein |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Davy Jones of the Monkees was one of many young actors to play the Artful Dodger in this musical Oliver! |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: In "Starlight Express", the performers move about on these roller skates |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: This show that opened on Broadway in 1991 is a reworking of "Madama Butterfly" set in Vietnam Miss Saigon |
#2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a song from this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Rosie O'Donnell played the tart-tongued Rizzo in the 1994 revival of this musical set in the '50s Grease |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote this "regal" musical for Gertrude Lawrence, who played Anna in it The King and I |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This "Cabaret" star played George M. Cohan in the 1968 musical "George M!" Joel Grey |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: This dancer who says he's 5 feet 18 1/2 inches tall directed & choreographed "Grand Hotel" Tommy Tune |
#2431, aired 1995-03-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This composer's "Passion" won the 1994 Tony for Best Musical Stephen Sondheim |
#2382, aired 1995-01-03 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: The songs "Dulcinea" & "The Impossible Dream" are from this mid-1960s musical Man of La Mancha |
#2382, aired 1995-01-03 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: This island was off limits to American soldiers in "South Pacific" Bali Hai |
#2382, aired 1995-01-03 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: When "Fiddler on the Roof" premiered on Broadway in 1964, this man played the role of Tevye Zero Mostel |
#2382, aired 1995-01-03 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Pat Suzuki made her Broadway debut singing "I Enjoy Being A Girl" in this musical Flower Drum Song |
#2382, aired 1995-01-03 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: This 1970 show starring Lauren Bacall was based on the 1950 movie "All About Eve" Applause |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: When Marie Osmond toured in this play in 1994, her eldest son, Steven, played Kurt Von Trapp The Sound of Music |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Scott Bakula played Joe DiMaggio in a 1983 musical about this sex symbol Marilyn Monroe |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical Show Boat |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: "Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer Alexander Borodin |
#2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1946 musical that featured the following was Irving Berlin's biggest Broadway hit:
"I'm quick on the trigger /
With targets not much bigger /
Than a pinpoint, a number 1..." Annie Get Your Gun |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In "Finian's Rainbow", a leprechaun comes to America to find a stolen crock of this gold |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: A line in "Le Morte d'Arthur" about the "Lusty Month of May" apparently inspired a song in this musical Camelot |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This mad Russian monk was the unlikely subject of a 1987 Australian musical Rasputin |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Bebe Neuwirth, who played Lilith on "Cheers", starred as Lola in a recent revival of this Broadway musical Damn Yankees |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Colonel Fairfax is a prisoner at the Tower of London in this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Yeomen of the Guard |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In 1965 Ginger Rogers succeeded Carol Channing as the matchmaker in this musical Hello, Dolly! |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: This musical ends with Aldonza & company singing "The Impossible Dream" the Man of La Mancha |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This "Waiting for Godot" playwright was one of the contributors to the 1969 revue "Oh! Calcutta!" (Samuel) Beckett |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500 (Daily Double): Show that features the following: "I got the horse right here / The name is Paul Revere / And here's a guy that says if the weather's clear /Can do /Can do / This guy says the horse can do..." Guys and Dolls |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Elliott Gould played one of the 3 sailors on shore leave in a 1963 production of this musical On the Town |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: The Kit Kat Klub in Berlin is the setting for this musical, so... "Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome" Cabaret |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Yvonne Elliman was the original Mary Magdalene in this early Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: In 1990 Robert Guillaume donned a mask for an 8-month run in this role the Phantom of the Opera |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: The 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical went to this show based on the music of Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Among the shows he's choreographed are "the Will Rogers Follies" & "Grand Hotel" Tommy Tune |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: When Anna arrives in Siam in "The King and I", she sings "I Whistle" this "A Happy Tune" |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: This play opens outside Tevye's house in the Russian village of Anatevka Fiddler on the Roof |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This actress introduced the role of Lorelei Lee in the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Carol Channing |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In this 1955 musical comedy, Joe Boyd's favorite baseball team was the Washington Senators Damn Yankees |
#2131, aired 1993-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: In the 1921 production of "Bombo", he dropped to his knees & sang "My Mammy" Al Jolson |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: "Topsy and Eva", a musical of the 1920s, was based on this novel Uncle Tom's Cabin |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: A short-lived 1991 musical, "Nick and Nora", was based on this film series The Thin Man |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opens at an amusement park in New England in the 1870s Carousel |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Wiley Post is one of the characters featured in this 1991 Tony award winner The Will Rogers Follies |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: 1974's "Lorelei", which starred Carol Channing in the title role, was inspired by this earlier musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In 1970, Groucho was a consultant on "Minnie's Boys", the story of these brothers & their mother the Marx brothers |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: This musical was based on a book called "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" Damn Yankees |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Act I of this 1970s musical ends with the song "You Won't Be An Orphan For Long" Annie |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: In a 1964 musical, the waiters at the Harmonia Gardens sing this title song to Mrs. Levi "Hello, Dolly!" |
#1961, aired 1993-03-01 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: This 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical was based on "Liliom", a Hungarian play by Ferenc Molnar Carousel |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: Yul Brynner played the monarch in this musical 4,625 times The King and I |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: The working title of this musical was "Welcome to Berlin" Cabaret |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This musical opens with the song "There Is a Sucker Born Every Minute" Barnum |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: This musical about married life is an adaptation of "The Fourposter" I Do! I Do! |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Fairy tales by the Grimms & others were adapted for this Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: Originally it was to involve a Jewish boy & a Catholic girl & was to be called "East Side Story" West Side Story |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Raul Julia & Sheena Easton recently teamed up to play Don Quixote & Aldonza in this musical Man of La Mancha |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: "Yes, Yes, Yvette" was a rather unsuccessful successor to this musical No, No, Nanette |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Anne Baxter, who starred in "All About Eve", later starred in this musical based on the film Applause |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Completes the title of the 1979 musical "A Day in Hollywood..." A Night in the Ukraine |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: Their 1875 operetta "Trial by Jury" concerns the case of "Edwin, sued by Angelina" Gilbert & Sullivan |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: The Mary Martin musical "Lute Song" was based on a play written in this Asian country in the 14th century China |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This brassy Broadway belter starred in Cole Porter's 1940 "Panama Hattie" Ethel Merman |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Bernadette Peters played this silent-screen comedienne in the Broadway musical "Mack and Mabel" Mabel Normand |
#1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: "Down on the heels, up on the toes. That's the way to do" this drag from "Good News" the "Varsity Drag" |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: The 1985 revival of this musical featured Yul Brynner's wife as the lead Royal Dancer The King and I |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: When this musical about a milkman returned to Broadway in 1990, Topol topped the cast Fiddler on the Roof |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Agnes de Mille choreographed a sword dance for this 1947 Lerner & Loewe Scottish musical Brigadoon |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: David Wayne won 1 of the 1st Tonys for playing Og, 1 of these creatures, in "Finian's Rainbow" a leprechaun |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Before "Roseanne", John Goodman played Huck Finn's Pap in this 1985 musical Big River |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: In titles of Broadway musicals, this word follows "Golden" & "Finian's" Rainbow |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: According to the title of a song from "Barnum", "There Is" one of these "Born Ev'ry Minute" a sucker |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: Diahann Carroll starred in this 1962 musical whose title referred to a lack of violins in its score No Strings |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): 1977 musical in which Dorothy Loudon sang the following:
"Little girls, little girls/Everywhere I turn/I can see them..." Annie |
#1669, aired 1991-11-28 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: Lucille Ball struck oil at the end of this 1960 musical Wildcat |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: Dale Wasserman adapted this musical from his television play "I, Don Quixote" Man of La Mancha |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: His "Broadway" extravaganza won the 1989 Tony Award for Best Musical Jerome Robbins |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: William Daniels played John Adams & Ken Howard Thomas Jefferson in the 1st run of this musical 1776 |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $400: Three sailors sing "New York, New York" as they begin their day of shore leave in this 1944 show On The Town |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Songs from this Billy Rose show include "Little Girl Blue" & "The Circus is on Parade" Jumbo |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Song from this musical include "Food, Glorious Food" & "Boy For Sale" Oliver! |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This longest-running musical in theater history is based on Edmond Rostand's play "Les Romanesques" The Fantasticks |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: The Irish ballad "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" was introduced in this musical Finian's Rainbow |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): Tony-winning Broadway show that gave us the following song:
"Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation / Darkness wakes and stirs imagination..." The Phantom of the Opera |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: It's based on Damon Runyon's short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" Guys and Dolls |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Last name shared by musical theatre greats Moss & Lawrence Hart |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1000: The original cast album of this Broadway musical features a rose & a mask on the cover Phantom of the Opera |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1500: The title character of this comical 1956 musical almost marries Apassionata Von Climax Li'l Abner |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2500: Gertrude Lawrence was the "lady" in the title of this 1941 musical about psychoanalysis Lady in the Dark |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | MUSICAL THEATRE $9,900 (Daily Double): 1-word title of the 1980 musical which featured the following:
"When the pills the doctor gave you turn your cold to the grippe /
When a stitch to save nine others comes apart with a rip /
When the rats invade your attic and start leaving your ship /
Follow my tip /
Come away on a trip /
Just join the circus..." Barnum |