MATCHING GAME: Broadway Musicals
For each song title, write the letter that corresponds with the Broadway musical it comes from. You can use the Internet Broadway Database (www.ibdb.com) as a resource. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Song Title Musical Answer Choices (Musicals) 1. The Song of Purple Summer R A. Annie
2. On My Own B. Anything Goes 3. I Could Have Danced All C. Billy Elliot the Musical Night 4. Popular D. Bye Bye Birdie
5. You Can’t Stop the Beat E. Chicago
6. Luck Be a Lady F. A Chorus Line
7. Seventy Six Trombones G. Guys and Dolls
8. One H. Hairspray
9. All That Jazz I. Jersey Boys
10. La Vie Boheme J. Les Miserables
11. Think of Me K. Mamma Mia!
12. Money, Money, Money L. Mary Poppins
13. Tonight M. The Music Man
14. It’s the Hard Knock Life N. My Fair Lady 15. Can’t Take My Eyes Off of O. Phantom of the Opera You 16. Feed the Birds P. Pirates of Penzance
17. I Get a Kick Out of You Q. Rent
18. Solidarity R. Spring Awakening
19. Put on a Happy Face S. West Side Story 20. I Am the Very Model of a T. Wicked Modern Major General
“Best Play” Tony Award Winners 1950-1969
For each play, match the author and the year it won the Tony award for Best Play. You can use the Internet Broadway Database (www.ibdb.com) as a resource. The first one has been done for you.
Playwright Year Won Best Play Play Title (Written/Dramatized by) (A-T) (1-20) Becket 2 L The Cocktail Party The Crucible The Desperate Hours The Diary of Anne Frank The Fourposter The Great White Hope The Homecoming J.B. Long Day’s Journey Into Night Luther A Man for All Seasons Marat/Sade * The Miracle Worker The Rose Tattoo Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead The Subject Was Roses Sunrise at Campobello The Teahouse of the August Moon Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *The full title of this show is “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.” Author Choices Year Choices 1. Edward Albee A. 1950 2. Jean Anouilh B. 1951 3. Robert Bolt C. 1952 4. T.S. Eliot D. 1953 5. William Gibson E. 1954 6. Frank D. Gilroy F. 1955 7. Frances Goodrich/Albert Hackett G. 1956 8. Jan De Hartog H. 1957 9. Joseph Hayes I. 1958 10. Archibald MacLeish J. 1959 11. Arthur Miller K. 1960 12. Eugene O’Neill L. 1961 13. John Osborne M. 1962 14. John Patrick N. 1963 15. Harold Pinter O. 1964 16. Howard Sackler P. 1965 17. Dore Schary Q. 1966 18. Tom Stoppard R. 1967 19. Peter Weiss S. 1968 20. Tennessee Williams T. 1969