Can you guess these Broadway musicals with only their character names for clues? Check out the gallery below to test out your Broadway knowledge!
Can You Guess These Shows From Only Their Character Names?
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Can You Guess These Musicals From Only Their Character Names?
Test your knowledge of musical theatre characters both old and new with this challenging quiz.
Buddy & Sally & Ben & Phyllis
Follies Playbill - May 1971
Mona & Ed Earl & Jewel & Melvin
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Playbill - June 1982
Charlie & Mary & Franklin & Gussie
Merrily We Roll Along Playbill - Oct 1981
Mother & Tateh & Sarah & Coalhouse
Ragtime Playbill
Joey Biltmore & Scranton Slim & Liver Lips Louie & Big Jule
Guys and Dolls Playbill - 1992
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By Nathan Skethway | 08/25/2019The musical, based on the 1933 film, opened on Broadway August 25, 1980.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/25/2019In 1980, 42nd Street opens on Broadway.
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By Nathan Skethway | 08/24/2019The revue, which showcased numbers from some of Prince's most beloved work, opened on Broadway in 2017.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/24/2019In 2017, the Harold Prince retrospective Prince of Broadway opens on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/23/2019Today's birthdays include Marian Seldes, Charles Busch, and Andrew Rannells.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/22/2019In 1983, Cicely Tyson and Peter Gallagher star on Broadway in The Corn Is Green.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/21/2019La Cage aux Folles opens on Broadway in 1983.
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By Nathan Skethway | 08/20/2019The stage and screen actor celebrates his birthday August 20.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/20/2019In 2015, Waitress opens its pre-Broadway run at the American Repertory Theater.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/19/2019In 2007, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm star in a revival of Grease on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/18/2019In 1981, Rex Harrison re-creates his performance as Henry Higgins in a Broadway revival of My Fair Lady.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/17/2019In 1955, George Abbott, Helen Hayes, and Mary Martin star in a revival of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/16/2019In 2016, the musical Groundhog Day premieres in London.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/15/2019In 2002, the musical Hairspray opens on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/14/2019The musical Lennon, starring Will Chase, Mandy Gonzalez, Terrence Mann, and Julia Murney, opens on Broadway in 2005.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/13/2019In 2014, the musical Finding Neverland, starring Jeremy Jordan and Laura Michelle Kelly, premieres at the American Repertory Theater.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/12/2019Happy birthday, Alfred Lunt.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/11/2019Happy birthday to two-time Tony Award winner Viola Davis.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/10/2019Happy birthday, Antonio Banderas.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/09/2019In 2018, Be More Chill opens Off-Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/08/2019In 1975, Liza Minnelli joins the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/07/2019In 1984, Judith Ivey, Harvey Keitel, Cynthia Nixon, Jerry Stiller, and Sigourney Weaver star on Broadway in Hurlyburly.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/06/2019In 2015, Hamilton opens on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/05/2019In 2008, David Tennant stars in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/04/2019In 1988, Denzel Washington makes his Broadway debut.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/03/2019In 2018, the world premiere of Moulin Rouge! opens in Boston.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/02/2019In 2014, Chita Rivera stars in the musical The Visit at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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By Playbill Staff | 08/01/2019In 2012, Bring It On: The Musical opens on Broadway.
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By Nathan Skethway | 07/31/2019While many jukebox musicals are based on the lives of the artists behind the music, these dozen shows chose to take their songs in a new direction.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/31/2019Avenue Q opens on Broadway in 2003.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/30/2019In 2015, the world premiere of Dear Evan Hansen opens at Arena Stage.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/29/2019In 2004, Peter Krause and Carla Gugino star in a revival of Arthur Miller's After the Fall.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/28/2019In 1998, An Evening With Jerry Herman opens on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/27/2019Little Shop of Horrors opens at the Orpheum Theatre in 1982.
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By Nathan Skethway | 07/26/2019The jukebox musical, directed by Michael Mayer and featuring the music of the Go-Go's, opened July 26, 2018.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/26/2019Happy birthday, Helen Mirren.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/25/2019In 1975, A Chorus Line begins performances on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/24/2019Happy birthday, Kristin Chenoweth.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/23/2019Happy birthday, Daniel Radcliffe.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/22/2019Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane's musical The Frogs opens on Broadway in 2004.
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By Nathan Skethway | 07/21/2019The performer celebrates her birthday July 21.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/21/2019Happy birthday, Lillias White.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/20/2019In 1961, Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's Stop The World - I Want To Get Off opens in London.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/19/2019In 2010, Jason Danieley and Marin Mazzie join the cast of Next to Normal on Broadway.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/18/2019Hairspray plays its first Broadway preview in 2002.
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By Nathan Skethway | 07/17/2019The beloved meta musical opened on Broadway July 17, 2008.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/17/2019In 2008, the musical [title of show] opens on Broadway.
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By Nathan Skethway | 07/16/2019The Pasek and Paul musical premiered at Second Stage Theatre July 16, 2012.
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Celebrate Tony Kushner's Birthday With a Look Back at the 2018 Broadway Revival of Angels in AmericaBy Nathan Skethway | 07/16/2019The Tony- and Pulitzer–winning playwright was born July 16, 1956.
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By Playbill Staff | 07/16/2019In 2012, Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena star in the Off-Broadway musical Dogfight.
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