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Musicals of Distinction

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which musical is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Hello Dolly

b)

Evita

c)

West Side Story

d)

My Fair Lady

e)

None of these

2.

Which musical is frequently staged with a full on marching band in the finale?

a)

Barnum

b)

The Music Man

c)

Avenue Q

d)

Anything Goes

e)

None of these

3.

Which musical was Lin Manuel Miranda's first hit?

a)

Sweeney Todd

b)

Hamilton

c)

In the Heights

d)

Avenue Q

e)

None of these

4.

Which musical involves people being killed and made into meat pies?

a)

Sweeney Todd

b)

Little Shop of Horrors

c)

Wicked

d)

Les Miserables

e)

None of these

5.

Which musical features a full-sized helicopter on stage?

a)

Chicago

b)

Anything Goes

c)

Miss Saigon

d)

Evita

e)

None of these

6.

Which musical is known for a massive chandelier that comes crashing onto the stage?

a)

Chicago

b)

Evita

c)

The Phantom of the Opera

d)

Rent

e)

None of these

7.

Which musical features puppets?

a)

Into the Woods

b)

Mamma Mia

c)

Avenue Q

d)

Anything Goes

e)

None of these

8.

Which musical is the ONLY collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim?

a)

Oklahoma!

b)

The Sound of Music

c)

Do I Hear a Waltz?

d)

Anything Goes

e)

None of these

9.

Which musical is performed on roller skates?

a)

Waitress

b)

Newsies

c)

Mamma Mia

d)

Starlight Express

e)

None of these

10.

Which musical concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón?

a)

Waitress

b)

Evita

c)

Hello, Dolly

d)

Miss Saigon

e)

None of these

11.

Which musical is based on the story of a real Austrian family of singers?

a)

The Sound of Music

b)

Evita

c)

Into the Woods

d)

A Chorus Line

e)

None of these

12.

Which musical features children from an orphanage?

a)

Mary Poppins

b)

Sweeney Todd

c)

Into the Woods

d)

Annie

e)

None of these

13.

Which musical features the Sharks and the Jets?

a)

Grease

b)

Little Shop of Horrors

c)

Les Miserables

d)

West Side Story

e)

None of these

14.

Which musical has the main character going to Harvard Law?

a)

Waitress

b)

Hairspray

c)

Legally Blonde

d)

Rent

e)

None of these

15.

Which musical features the song, "Whistle a Happy Tune?"

a)

The King and I

b)

Mary Poppins

c)

My Fair Lady

d)

Singin' in the Rain

e)

None of these