Broadway Musicals Trivia Jeopardy

Classic shows, modern hits, composers, Tony winners and the stars who made the roles. A Broadway board to copy free and play with phones as buzzers.

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Classic Musicals

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The Jets and the Sharks rumble in this musical that moves Romeo and Juliet to New York's Upper West Side.
What is West Side Story?
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Anna Leonowens teaches the royal children of Siam in this 1951 musical.
What is The King and I?
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Professor Henry Higgins teaches Eliza Doolittle to speak like a lady in this Lerner and Loewe musical.
What is My Fair Lady?
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Tevye the milkman tries to hold on to tradition in the village of Anatevka in this 1964 musical.
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
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Adapted from Edna Ferber's novel, this 1927 landmark musical is set largely on a Mississippi riverboat.
What is Show Boat?

Modern Hits

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This hip-hop musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda tells the life story of the first US Treasury Secretary.
What is Hamilton?
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This musical tells the untold story of the witches of Oz, beginning long before Dorothy arrives.
What is Wicked?
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Two young missionaries are sent to Uganda in this musical from the creators of South Park.
What is The Book of Mormon?
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A lonely high schooler's letter to himself sets off the lies in this Pasek and Paul musical, the 2017 Tony winner for Best Musical.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
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This retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice by Anais Mitchell won the 2019 Tony for Best Musical.
What is Hadestown?

Composers and Lyricists

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This lyricist partnered with Richard Rodgers on Oklahoma, Carousel and The Sound of Music.
Who is Oscar Hammerstein II?
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This conductor of the New York Philharmonic composed the music for On the Town and Candide.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
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This composer-lyricist wrote both music and words for Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
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This composer of Rent died suddenly on the day of the show's first off-Broadway preview.
Who is Jonathan Larson?
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This songwriting duo wrote the scores for Cabaret and Chicago.
Who are Kander and Ebb?

The Tony Awards

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A performer who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony has earned this four-letter distinction.
What is an EGOT?
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The Tony Awards are named for this actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
Who is Antoinette Perry?
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This Mel Brooks musical about a Broadway flop scheme won 12 Tony Awards in 2001.
What is The Producers?
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This musical about dancers at an audition won both the Best Musical Tony and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976.
What is A Chorus Line?
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In 1949, this Cole Porter musical built around a staging of The Taming of the Shrew won the first Tony for Best Musical.
What is Kiss Me, Kate?

Famous Roles

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In Les Miserables, this former convict known as prisoner 24601 is hunted by Inspector Javert.
Who is Jean Valjean?
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In the musical Annie, this billionaire takes the red-haired orphan into his mansion.
Who is Daddy Warbucks?
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Robert Preston won a Tony as this fast-talking con man who sells band instruments in River City, Iowa.
Who is Harold Hill?
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Patti LuPone won a Tony playing Eva Peron in this Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical.
What is Evita?
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Ethel Merman created the role of the ultimate stage mother, Mama Rose, in this 1959 musical.
What is Gypsy?

Broadway History

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This New York City intersection, famed for its billboards, sits at the heart of the Theater District.
What is Times Square?
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When a major figure of the theater dies, Broadway houses dim these outside their doors.
What are the marquee lights?
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To count as a Broadway theater, a house must have at least this many seats.
What is 500?
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A single bare bulb left burning on an empty stage overnight is known by this spooky name.
What is a ghost light?
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This 1866 spectacle combining melodrama with ballet is often called the first Broadway musical.
What is The Black Crook?

Final Jeopardy — Longest Running

Having opened at the Majestic Theatre in 1988, this Andrew Lloyd Webber show is the longest-running production in Broadway history.

What is The Phantom of the Opera?

How to run this board

This board is for anyone who has spent a night in a Broadway theater or a summer in a community production. Columns cover classic musicals, modern hits, composers and lyricists, the Tony Awards, famous roles and the stars who played them, and the theaters and history of Broadway itself.

Clues are about the shows, not their lyrics, so there is no singing required - though no host has ever managed to stop a theater crowd from singing anyway.

It works well at a cast party or drama club reunion. Divide into teams by production or by role type, and let the stage manager host, since they are used to keeping everyone on schedule.

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