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1. Oklahoma!

2. Fiddler on the Roof
Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia - and his daughters are anxious to get married. Tzeitel marries the tailer Motel - Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik - and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Maria - a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria - becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sin - and she and the Captain fall in love and get married.
Oklahoma!

3. Who composed the Sound of Music?
Che Guevara narrates the life story of Eva Peron - a singer and film actress who marries Juan Peron. Juan is elected President of Argentina - and Eva's charity work makes her immensely popular among her people before her death from cancer.
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Cowboy Curly McLain and sinister farmhand Judd compete for the love of Aunt Eller's niece - Laurey. Judd falls on his own knife after attacking Curly - and Curly and Laurey get married.
Richard Rodgers

4. What is considered the first modern book musical?
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin - the risqua Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw - but the two break up as the Nazis come to power.
Oklahoma!

5. My Fair Lady
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
The title character has made flirting a capital crime in Titipu - so the people have appointed an ineffectual executioner named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko's ward - Yum-Yum - marries the wandering musician Nanki-Poo - and the two lovers fake their execution. The ti
Che Guevara narrates the life story of Eva Peron - a singer and film actress who marries Juan Peron. Juan is elected President of Argentina - and Eva's charity work makes her immensely popular among her people before her death from cancer.

6. The Sound of Music
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
The Jellicle tribe of cats roams the streets of London. They introduce the audience to various members - including: Rum Tum Tugger - Mungojerne - Rempleteazer - Mr. Mistoffelees - and Old Deuteronomy.
The Jellicle tribe of cats roams the streets of London. They introduce the audience to various members - including: Rum Tum Tugger - Mungojerne - Rempleteazer - Mr. Mistoffelees - and Old Deuteronomy.
Maria - a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria - becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sin - and she and the Captain fall in love and get married.

7. The Phantom of the Opera

8. Which play is 'My Fair Lady' adapted from?
Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin - the risqua Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw - but the two break up as the Nazis come to power.
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony - a former Jet - falls in love with Bernardo's sister Maria - and vows to stop the fighting - but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a rumb
Pygmalion

9. Who composed the Sound of Music?
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Richard Rodgers
Cowboy Curly McLain and sinister farmhand Judd compete for the love of Aunt Eller's niece - Laurey. Judd falls on his own knife after attacking Curly - and Curly and Laurey get married.
Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin - the risqua Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw - but the two break up as the Nazis come to power.

10. The Mikado

11. The Phantom of the Opera

12. West Side Story

13. Cabaret
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
Pygmalion
Christine - the soprano at the Paris Opera in 1881 - falls in love with the opera's new patron - Raoul - and consequently is kidnapped by the title character
Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin - the risqua Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw - but the two break up as the Nazis come to power.

14. Cats
Oklahoma!
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
The Jellicle tribe of cats roams the streets of London. They introduce the audience to various members - including: Rum Tum Tugger - Mungojerne - Rempleteazer - Mr. Mistoffelees - and Old Deuteronomy.
Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony - a former Jet - falls in love with Bernardo's sister Maria - and vows to stop the fighting - but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a rumb

15. Cabaret
Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia - and his daughters are anxious to get married. Tzeitel marries the tailer Motel - Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik - and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families
Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony - a former Jet - falls in love with Bernardo's sister Maria - and vows to stop the fighting - but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a rumb
Pygmalion
Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin - the risqua Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw - but the two break up as the Nazis come to power.

16. My Fair Lady
Pygmalion
Richard Rodgers
As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering - phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill - Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza
The title character has made flirting a capital crime in Titipu - so the people have appointed an ineffectual executioner named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko's ward - Yum-Yum - marries the wandering musician Nanki-Poo - and the two lovers fake their execution. The ti

17. What is considered the first modern book musical?
Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony - a former Jet - falls in love with Bernardo's sister Maria - and vows to stop the fighting - but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a rumb
Pygmalion
Oklahoma!
Che Guevara narrates the life story of Eva Peron - a singer and film actress who marries Juan Peron. Juan is elected President of Argentina - and Eva's charity work makes her immensely popular among her people before her death from cancer.

18. Which play is 'My Fair Lady' adapted from?
Oklahoma!
Pygmalion
The title character has made flirting a capital crime in Titipu - so the people have appointed an ineffectual executioner named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko's ward - Yum-Yum - marries the wandering musician Nanki-Poo - and the two lovers fake their execution. The ti
Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia - and his daughters are anxious to get married. Tzeitel marries the tailer Motel - Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik - and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families

19. The Mikado

20. Evita

21. Fiddler on the Roof
Pygmalion
Maria - a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria - becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sin - and she and the Captain fall in love and get married.
The title character has made flirting a capital crime in Titipu - so the people have appointed an ineffectual executioner named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko's ward - Yum-Yum - marries the wandering musician Nanki-Poo - and the two lovers fake their execution. The ti
Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia - and his daughters are anxious to get married. Tzeitel marries the tailer Motel - Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik - and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families

22. West Side Story

23. Oklahoma!

24. Cats
Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia - and his daughters are anxious to get married. Tzeitel marries the tailer Motel - Hodel gets engaged to the radical student Perchik - and Chava falls in love with a Russian named Fyedka. The families
The Jellicle tribe of cats roams the streets of London. They introduce the audience to various members - including: Rum Tum Tugger - Mungojerne - Rempleteazer - Mr. Mistoffelees - and Old Deuteronomy.
Pygmalion
Cowboy Curly McLain and sinister farmhand Judd compete for the love of Aunt Eller's niece - Laurey. Judd falls on his own knife after attacking Curly - and Curly and Laurey get married.

25. The Sound of Music
Riff and Bernardo lead two rival gangs: the blue-collar Jets and the Sharks from Puerto Rico. Tony - a former Jet - falls in love with Bernardo's sister Maria - and vows to stop the fighting - but he kills Bernardo after Bernardo kills Riff in a rumb
Pygmalion
Che Guevara narrates the life story of Eva Peron - a singer and film actress who marries Juan Peron. Juan is elected President of Argentina - and Eva's charity work makes her immensely popular among her people before her death from cancer.
Maria - a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria - becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sin - and she and the Captain fall in love and get married.

26. Evita