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1. What is considered the first modern book musical?
Oklahoma!
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
Richard Rodgers

2. Cats
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.
Pygmalion
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.

3. The Mikado

4. What is considered the first modern book musical?
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.
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
Oklahoma!
Pygmalion

5. Oklahoma!

6. Who composed the Sound of Music?
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
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 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.
Richard Rodgers

7. My Fair Lady
Richard Rodgers
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.
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.

8. Which play is 'My Fair Lady' adapted from?
Pygmalion
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
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
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.

9. West Side Story

10. 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
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.
Richard Rodgers
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.

11. The Phantom of the Opera

12. Oklahoma!

13. 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
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.
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
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.

14. The Mikado

15. 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.
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.
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
Pygmalion

16. Evita

17. My Fair Lady
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
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
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.
Pygmalion

18. 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
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
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.

19. Fiddler on the Roof
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.
Oklahoma!
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
Richard Rodgers

20. Cabaret
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.
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
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.
Richard Rodgers

21. 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
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!

22. West Side Story

23. The Sound of Music
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
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.
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.
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

24. The Phantom of the Opera

25. Cats
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
Oklahoma!
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.
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.

26. Evita