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Quiz How Much Do You Know About Shows Titled “The Musical”? Quiz: The Musical! Test your knowledge of these shows that call themselves “musicals” in their titles.

How Much Do You Know About Shows Marked “The Musical”?

Quiz: The Musical! Test your knowledge of these shows that call themselves “musicals” in their titles.

Officer Lockstock would welcome you to this musical.

Some Like it Hot: The Musical

The Full Monty: The Musical

La Cage Aux Folles

Police Academy: The Musical

Urinetown: The Musical

Which of the following songwriters is not spoofed in in the Off-Broadway parody The Musical of Musicals: The Musical?

Cole Porter

Richard Rodgers

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jerry Herman

Stephen Sondheim

This popular Fringe Festival show was a parody of the film The Silence of the Lambs.

Hannibal! The Musical

Lambs! The Musical

Silence! The Musical

Clarice! The Musical

Buffalo Bill! The Musical

The following Tom Hanks movie was converted into a short-lived Broadway musical.

Forrest Gump the Musical

Philadelphia the Musical

Big The Musical

Cast Away the Musical

Wilson the Volleyball! The Musical!

Which of the following musicals based on films did not have the original screenwriter write the book?

Ghost: The Musical

Honeymoon in Vegas: The Musical

9 to 5: The Musical

Billy Elliot: The Musical

School of Rock - The Musical

Which of the following adaptations does not have direct biographical elements in the story?

Catch Me If You Can: The Musical

Newsies: The Musical

The Color Purple: The Musical

Motown: The Musical

For some musicals, being called "The Musical" is not enough. Which of the following is a false title?

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein

Legally Blonde: The Ohmigod Musical

An American in Paris: A New Musical

The Producers: The New Mel Brooks Musical

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Study Time: A New Musical

You've got to be more vigilant than that if you want to join the musical title police.

So Close (and Yet So Far): The Dreamer’s Musical

You’re really cracking down on these repetitive titles, but a few overzealous names still sneak by you.

Expert: The Musical

You could be the head of the department of redundancy department.

 
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