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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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1975 musical comedy horror film starring Tim Curry

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Chicago

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1975 musical with book by Bob Fosse

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Chicago movie

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2002 film adaptation of musical, starring Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones

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premise of Chicago

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two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer’s attention

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All That Jazz

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1979 musical film directed by Bob Fosse

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setting of All That Jazz

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time in Fosse’s life when he was trying to complete two projects at once (the movie Lenny and the musical Chicago)

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Joe Gideon

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male lead character’s name in All That Jazz

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“All That Jazz”

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song from Chicago

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Fame

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1980 teen musical drama film

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setting and premise of Fame

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set in NYC, chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending a performing arts high school

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Little Shop of Horrors

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1982 horror comedy rock musical featuring music in the style of early 60s

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premise of Little Shop of Horrors

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a hapless flower shop worker raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh

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Victor/Victoria

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1982 musical comedy film later adapted as a Broadway musical, directed by Blake Edwards and music by Henry Mancini

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source of Victor/Victoria

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1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria

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premise of Victor/Victoria

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in 1934 Paris, a struggling female singer finds work after posing as a male who is a female impersonator; a Chicago mobster catches the show and falls in love with “Victor”, convinced that “he” really is a woman

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cast of Victor/Victoria

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Julie Andrews and James Garner

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Yentl

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1983 musical film about a Jewish girl (Barbara Streisand) who disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training

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Hairspray

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1988 musical comedy directed by John Waters and starring Ricki Lake and Divine

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premise of Hairspray

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overweight white teenager Tracy Turnbald lands a spot on a local TV dance show and does her part to battle segregation in 1960s Baltimore

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Rent

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1996 musical with music by Jonathan Larson based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme

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premise of Rent

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tells the story of a group of impoverished artists in the Village living under the shadow of AIDS

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Mamma Mia!

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1999 jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA

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premise of Mamma Mia!

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Donna prepares for her daughter’s wedding; Sophie, the daughter, invites three men from her mother’s past in hope of discovering her real father

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Mamma Mia! movie

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2008 adaptation of the musical starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried

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Wicked

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2003 musical based on the Gregory Maguire novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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premise of Wicked

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explores the complex friendship between Elphaba (who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (who becomes Glinda the Good)

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Jersey Boys

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2005 jukebox musical dramatizing the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll group The Four Seasons

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Hamilton

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2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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“Cielito Lindo”

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the “Ay, ay, ay, ay song” (Mexican folk song)

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“Tool Time”

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show-within-a-show on Home Improvement (Tim Allen)

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Last Man Standing

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Tim Allen show, which aired for 9 seasons (6 on ABC and 3 in its revival on Fox) from (2011-2021)

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Miss Saigon

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1989 sung-through musical based on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

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premise of Miss Saigon

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tragic tale of a doomed romance between a Vietnamese woman, Kim, abandoned by her American lover, Chris, who leaves her behind at the end of the Vietnam War

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Claude-Michel Schönberg

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French composer

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Oh, Calcutta!

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1969 revue composed of sketches on sex-related topics and containing scenes of total nudity

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Man of La Mancha

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1965 musical inspired by (but not intended as a musical version of) Cervantes’ Don Quixote

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premise of Man of La Mancha

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Cervantes and his fellow prisoners are awaiting a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition; they put on a play within a play, telling the story of Don Quixote

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Les Miserables

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1980 sung-through French musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

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Les Miserables movie

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2012 film adaptation of the musical starring Hugh Jackman as Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, and Anne Hathaway as Fantine

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premise of Les Miserables

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Jean Valjean, a French peasant, tries to start life anew after being released from prison but is pursued by a police inspector named Javert and is swept into a revolutionary period in France (the June Rebellion, or “Paris Uprising” of 1832)

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sung-through musical performance

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musical performance in which all dialogue is sung

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Harold Hill’s most high-level portrayer

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Hugh Jackman portrayed Harold Hill in a Broadway revival of The Music Man from 2022 to 2023

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Promised Land

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a 1977 “Spenser” novel by Robert B. Parker

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Spenser: For Hire

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ABC TV series based on the fictional private eye created by Robert B. Parker

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Zero Day

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a novel in the John Puller detective series by David Baldacci

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Righteous Prey

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a novel in the Prey series of detective novels by John Sandford

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Lucas Davenport

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the fictional detective in the Prey series by John Sandford

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The Reversal

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a novel in the Lincoln Lawyer series of detective novels by Michael Connelly

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Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch

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fictional LAPD detective in Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series

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The Ghost Orchid

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a novel in the Alex Delaware series of detective novels by Jonathan Kellerman

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1975 musical comedy horror film starring Tim Curry

A

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

52
Q

1975 musical with book by Bob Fosse

A

Chicago

53
Q

2002 film adaptation of musical, starring Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones

A

Chicago movie

54
Q

two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer’s attention

A

premise of Chicago

55
Q

1979 musical film directed by Bob Fosse

A

All That Jazz

56
Q

time in Fosse’s life when he was trying to complete two projects at once (the movie Lenny and the musical Chicago)

A

setting of All That Jazz

57
Q

male lead character’s name in All That Jazz

A

Joe Gideon

58
Q

song from Chicago

A

“All That Jazz”

59
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1980 teen musical drama film

A

Fame

60
Q

set in NYC, chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending a performing arts high school

A

setting and premise of Fame

61
Q

1982 horror comedy rock musical featuring music in the style of early 60s

A

Little Shop of Horrors

62
Q

a hapless flower shop worker raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh

A

premise of Little Shop of Horrors

63
Q

1982 musical comedy film later adapted as a Broadway musical, directed by Blake Edwards and music by Henry Mancini

A

Victor/Victoria

64
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1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria

A

source of Victor/Victoria

65
Q

in 1934 Paris, a struggling female singer finds work after posing as a male who is a female impersonator; a Chicago mobster catches the show and falls in love with “Victor”, convinced that “he” really is a woman

A

premise of Victor/Victoria

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Julie Andrews and James Garner

A

cast of Victor/Victoria

67
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1983 musical film about a Jewish girl (Barbara Streisand) who disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training

A

Yentl

68
Q

1988 musical comedy directed by John Waters and starring Ricki Lake and Divine

A

Hairspray

69
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overweight white teenager Tracy Turnbald lands a spot on a local TV dance show and does her part to battle segregation in 1960s Baltimore

A

premise of Hairspray

70
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1996 musical with music by Jonathan Larson based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme

A

Rent

71
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tells the story of a group of impoverished artists in the Village living under the shadow of AIDS

A

premise of Rent

72
Q

1999 jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA

A

Mamma Mia!

73
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Donna prepares for her daughter’s wedding; Sophie, the daughter, invites three men from her mother’s past in hope of discovering her real father

A

premise of Mamma Mia!

74
Q

2008 adaptation of the musical starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried

A

Mamma Mia! movie

75
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2003 musical based on the Gregory Maguire novel, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

A

Wicked

76
Q

explores the complex friendship between Elphaba (who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (who becomes Glinda the Good)

A

premise of Wicked

77
Q

2005 jukebox musical dramatizing the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock ‘n’ roll group The Four Seasons

A

Jersey Boys

78
Q

2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

A

Hamilton

79
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the “Ay, ay, ay, ay song” (Mexican folk song)

A

“Cielito Lindo”

80
Q

show-within-a-show on Home Improvement (Tim Allen)

A

“Tool Time”

81
Q

Tim Allen show, which aired for 9 seasons (6 on ABC and 3 in its revival on Fox) from (2011-2021)

A

Last Man Standing

82
Q

1989 sung-through musical based on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

A

Miss Saigon

83
Q

tragic tale of a doomed romance between a Vietnamese woman, Kim, abandoned by her American lover, Chris, who leaves her behind at the end of the Vietnam War

A

premise of Miss Saigon

84
Q

French composer

A

Claude-Michel Schönberg

85
Q

1969 revue composed of sketches on sex-related topics and containing scenes of total nudity

A

Oh, Calcutta!

86
Q

1965 musical inspired by (but not intended as a musical version of) Cervantes’ Don Quixote

A

Man of La Mancha

87
Q

Cervantes and his fellow prisoners are awaiting a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition; they put on a play within a play, telling the story of Don Quixote

A

premise of Man of La Mancha

88
Q

1980 sung-through French musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

A

Les Miserables

89
Q

2012 film adaptation of the musical starring Hugh Jackman as Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, and Anne Hathaway as Fantine

A

Les Miserables movie

90
Q

Jean Valjean, a French peasant, tries to start life anew after being released from prison but is pursued by a police inspector named Javert and is swept into a revolutionary period in France (the June Rebellion, or “Paris Uprising” of 1832)

A

premise of Les Miserables

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Q

musical performance in which all dialogue is sung

A

sung-through musical performance

92
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Hugh Jackman portrayed Harold Hill in a Broadway revival of The Music Man from 2022 to 2023

A

Harold Hill’s most high-level portrayer

93
Q

a 1977 “Spenser” novel by Robert B. Parker

A

Promised Land

94
Q

ABC TV series based on the fictional private eye created by Robert B. Parker

A

Spenser: For Hire

95
Q

a novel in the John Puller detective series by David Baldacci

A

Zero Day

96
Q

a novel in the Prey series of detective novels by John Sandford

A

Righteous Prey

97
Q

the fictional detective in the Prey series by John Sandford

A

Lucas Davenport

98
Q

a novel in the Lincoln Lawyer series of detective novels by Michael Connelly

A

The Reversal

99
Q

fictional LAPD detective in Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer series

A

Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch

100
Q

a novel in the Alex Delaware series of detective novels by Jonathan Kellerman

A

The Ghost Orchid

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