FUN WITH TRIVIA!
You’ve all heard the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Big money musicals are often times made into movies and big money movies can be converted to stage productions. Below is a list of 20 titles to be divided into two lists of 10 each: one list is the musical plays that were converted into movies and the sec- ond is the movies that were converted into plays. See how many you know!
TITLES FROM STAGE TO SCREEN Xanadu
White Christmas 1. ______Sweeney Todd 2. ______Rent 3. ______The Producers 4. ______Phantom of the Opera 5. ______Once Upon a Mattress 6. ______Mary Poppins 7. ______Mamma Mia! 8. ______Little Shop of Horrors 9. ______The Lion King 10. ______High School Musical Hairspray FROM SCREEN TO STAGE Footloose Dreamgirls 1. ______Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2. ______A Chorus Line 3. ______Chicago 4. ______Beauty and the Beast 5. ______Annie 6. ______7. ______8. ______9. ______10. ______
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Annie Mamma Mia! Chicago Once Upon A Mattress A Chorus Line Phantom of the Opera Dreamgirls Rent Hairspray Sweeney Todd
FROM SCREEN TO STAGE
Beauty and the Beast Little Shop of Horrors Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mary Poppins Footloose The Producers High School Musical White Christmas The Lion King Xanadu
FUN FACTS • Most people think “Little Shop of Horrors” • Adapted from the 1968 movie of the same appeared on Broadway before the movie name, “The Producers”, holds the record for debuted. In fact, the Broadway musical was the most nominations and the most wins by adapted from a 1960 movie by the same a musical in Tony Award history winning 12 name. awards of 15 nominations in 2001.
• Four shows share the honor of being a Tony • The Tony Award-winning play with the Award-winning Best Play or Musical and an longest title was “The Persecution and Academy Award-winning Best Picture. They Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as are: Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of 1. My Fair Lady (Tony, 1957; Oscar, 1964) Charenton Under the Direction of the 2. The Sound of Music (Tony 1960; Oscar Marquis de Sade” (1966). That’s 151 letters, 1965) 26 words, 44 syllables (and four Tonys). It 3. A Man for All Seasons (Tony, 1962; was known as Marat/Sade for short. Oscar, 1966) 4. Amadeus (Tony, 1981; Oscar, 1984) • The Tony Award-winning play with the shortest title was Da (1978). • The only time in Tony Award history that there has been a tie in the Best Musical For more information on the Tony Awards see category was in 1960 with “The Sound of http://www.tonyawards.com and the Academy Music” and “Fiorello!” Awards see www.oscar.com Provided compliments of PIONEER DRAMA SERVICE, INC. (www.pioneerdrama.com) Please feel free to reproduce for use in your classroom.