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Broadway Musicals Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the longest-running Broadway musical of all time?

a)

The Phantom of the Opera

b)

Cats

c)

Les Misérables

d)

Wicked

2.

In which musical does the character Jean Valjean appear?

a)

Rent

b)

Hamilton

c)

Les Misérables

d)

West Side Story

3.

Who composed the music for "The Lion King" on Broadway?

a)

Elton John

b)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

c)

Alan Menken

d)

Hans Zimmer

4.

Which Broadway musical features the song "Defying Gravity"?

a)

Wicked

b)

Rent

c)

The Sound of Music

d)

Chicago

5.

In "Hamilton," who plays the role of Alexander Hamilton?

a)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

b)

Leslie Odom Jr.

c)

Daveed Diggs

d)

Jonathan Groff

6.

Which musical is based on the novel by Victor Hugo and set in post-revolutionary France?

a)

Les Misérables

b)

Miss Saigon

c)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

d)

Evita

7.

What is the setting of the musical "Chicago"?

a)

Paris

b)

New York City

c)

Chicago

d)

London

8.

Who wrote the lyrics for "Cats" on Broadway?

a)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

b)

Stephen Sondheim

c)

Tim Rice

d)

T.S. Eliot

9.

Which musical features the song "Memory"?

a)

Cats

b)

The Phantom of the Opera

c)

Les Misérables

d)

Rent

10.

In "Rent," what is the name of the club where the characters often hang out?

a)

The Cat Scratch Club

b)

The Roxy

c)

The Kit Kat Klub

d)

The Blue Parrot

11.

Who is the composer of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"?

a)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

b)

Stephen Sondheim

c)

Alan Menken

d)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

12.

Which musical tells the story of the founding fathers of the United States and features hip-hop music?

a)

Les Misérables

b)

Rent

c)

Hamilton

d)

The Book of Mormon

13.

In "The Phantom of the Opera," what is the Phantom's real name?

a)

Erik

b)

Raoul

c)

Gaston

d)

Jean-Michel

14.

Which musical is inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum?

a)

The Greatest Showman

b)

Barnum

c)

Something Rotten!

d)

Aida

15.

Who played the original Glinda in the Broadway production of "Wicked"?

a)

Kristin Chenoweth

b)

Idina Menzel

c)

Megan Hilty

d)

Sutton Foster

16.

Which musical features the song "I Dreamed a Dream"?

a)

Les Misérables

b)

The Sound of Music

c)

West Side Story

d)

Fiddler on the Roof

17.

In "West Side Story," which Shakespearean play does the musical draw inspiration from?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Othello

d)

Hamlet

18.

Who wrote the musical "Avenue Q"?

a)

Stephen Schwartz

b)

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

c)

Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

d)

Jonathan Larson

19.

Which musical features the characters Mark, Roger, and Mimi in New York's East Village?

a)

Les Misérables

b)

Rent

c)

Avenue Q

d)

Hairspray

20.

In "The Book of Mormon," where are the two main characters sent for their mission?

a)

Uganda

b)

Mexico

c)

Australia

d)

Brazil

21.

Which musical is set during the 1960s and follows the story of Tracy Turnblad?

a)

Grease

b)

Hairspray

c)

Mamma Mia!

d)

Jersey Boys

22.

Who wrote the music for "Matilda: The Musical"?

a)

Tim Minchin

b)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

c)

Stephen Schwartz

d)

Elton John

23.

In "Jersey Boys," which musical group's story is told?

a)

The Beach Boys

b)

The Beatles

c)

The Four Seasons

d)

The Temptations

24.

Which musical features the song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"?

a)

Dreamgirls

b)

The Color Purple

c)

Rent

d)

Chicago

25.

Who directed the original Broadway production of "Hamilton"?

a)

Thomas Kail

b)

Lin-Manuel Miranda

c)

Andy Blankenbuehler

d)

Alex Lacamoire