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1. Which play is 'My Fair Lady' adapted from?
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
Oklahoma!
Pygmalion

2. Who composed the Sound of Music?
Richard Rodgers
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
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

3. My Fair Lady
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.
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.

4. West Side Story
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
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
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

5. Oklahoma!
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
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
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.

6. 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.
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

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

8. The Phantom of the Opera
Oklahoma!
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.
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

9. Evita
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
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.
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.
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.

10. The Sound of Music
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
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.

11. The Mikado
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
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
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.
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

12. The Sound of Music
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
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
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.

13. Oklahoma!
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.
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.
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.
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

14. West Side Story
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
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
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. The Phantom of the Opera
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
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.

16. What is considered the first modern book musical?
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!
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

17. Cats
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 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.
Oklahoma!
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

18. Cabaret
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.
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 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

19. 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
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.
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.

20. Cats
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.
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

21. Fiddler on the Roof
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
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
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.

22. My Fair Lady
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.
Pygmalion
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.

23. Evita
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
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.

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

25. The Mikado
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
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

26. Who composed the Sound of Music?
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.
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
Pygmalion

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