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Instructions ● Each slide will have clues about the musical and a song that was sung in the
musical● Each song is from a famous broadway musical ● The answer slide will have a link to the song that you can listen to
Hint ● Produced in 1964 ● Written by Joseph Stein ● The musical is about a man trying to find the
perfect men for his daughters to marry. When his eldest daughter begs him to let her marry a poor tailor rather than the middle-aged butcher that he has already chosen for her, he must choose between his own daughter's happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay
● Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“If I were a ________,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
If I were a biddy-biddy rich,
Daidle deedle daidle daidle man”
Answer● “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc&t=97s
Hint ● Produced in 1964● Written by Michael Stewart and
Thorton Wilder ● The musical is about a woman who is
a “matchmaker”. She travels to New York to try to find a match for a well known millionaire
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“Well, ___________This is Louis, _______It's so nice to have you back where you belongAh you're lookin' swell, ________I can tell, ______________You're still glowin', you're still crowin' you're still mmm goin' strong”
Answer ● “Hello, Dolly!” from the musical Hello, Dolly ● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbw0GETjZw
Hint● Produced in 1977● Written by Early Mac Rauch and
Mardik Martin ● This musical is about an egotistical
saxophonist and a young singer who meet on V-J day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“_________________
I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps
And find I'm a number one, top of the list
King of the hill, a number one”
Answer● “New York, New York” from the musical New York, New York ● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfz1jlyQrw
Hint
● Produced in 1964● Written by Alan Jay Lerner● Starring Audrey Hepburn● This musical is about a snobbish
phonetics professor who agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“______________________________________________And still have begged for moreI could have spread my wingsAnd done a thousand thingsI've never done beforeI'll never know that made it so excitingWhy all at once my heart took flightI only know when he began to dance with me__________________________”
Answer ● “I Could Have Danced all Night” from My Fair Lady● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9bEKKxTNU
Hint ● Produced in 1964● Written by Sally Benson ● Starring Elvis Presley and
Ann-Margret ● This musical is about a race car
driver that goes to Las Vegas to earn money to pay for a new engine for his motor car. Working as a waiter, he still finds the time to court a beautiful women
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“Y'all still want me to come with you?
Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on
fire
There's a whole lot of money that's ready to burn
So get those stakes up higher.
There's a thousand pretty women just a-waiting out there,
And they're all livin' devil-may-care.
I'm just the devil with a love to spare.
_________________, ______________”
Answer● “Viva Las Vegas” from the
musical Viva Las Vegas ● Link to song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui0EgRsFVN8
Hint● Produced in 1964● Written by Bill Walsh and Don
DaGradi● Starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van
Dyke● This musical is takes place in
London. It is about a magical nanny who employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical: “A __________ helps the medicine go downThe medicine go downThe medicine go downJust a ________helps the medicine go downIn a most delightful way”
Answer● “A Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftxnr28LDXc
Hint● Produced in 1968● Written by Ian Fleming● Starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann
Howes, and Lionel Jeffries ● This musical is about a
down-on-his-luck inventor who turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
Lyrics from a popular song in the musical:
“____________, _____________
We love you and our pretty
____________, ______________
Loves us too
High, low, anywhere we go
On _____________we depend
__________ , ______________”
Answer● “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” from the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt4euqZLsY
Hint
● Produced in 1971● Written by Roald Dahl● Starring Gene Wilder● This musical is about a poor but
hopeful boy who seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of a famous and mysterious chocolate factory
Lyrics from a popular song from the musical:
“____________doompety doo
I've got a perfect puzzle for you
_____________doompety dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets
Eating as much as an elephant eats
What are you at, getting terribly fat
What do you think will come of that
I don't like the look of it”
Answer● “Oompa Loompa” from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkC8wPSmcPg
Hint
● Produced in 1959● Written by George Hurdalek● Starring Julie Andrews ● This musical is about a woman
who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower
Lyrics from a popular song from the musical:
“Doe, a deer, a female deer____ ray, a drop of golden sun_____ me, a name I call myself_____far, a long, long way to run_____sew, a needle pulling thread_____ la, a note to follow so_____tea, a drink with jam and breadThat will bring us back to do oh oh oh”
Answer● “Do-Re-Mi” from the The Sound of Music ● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM
Hint ● Produced in 1952● American musical romantic comedy● Written/choreographed by Gene Kelly
and Stanley Donen● Stars Kelly Donald O’Connor and
Debbie Reynolds● It offers a lighthearted depiction of
Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies"
Lyrics from a popular song from the musical:
“I'm ______________Just ______________What a glorious feelingI'm happy again.I'm laughing at clouds.So dark up above,The sun's in my heartAnd I'm ready for love”
Answer ● “Singing in the Rain” from
the musical Singing in the Rain
● Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
Resources https://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/fiddler.htm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064418/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076451/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058385/