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Do you and your friends (or your little starlet and his/her friends) think they know Broadway? Try this fun, fast-paced quiz game to see how much they actually know.
This game can be played in numerous ways. One way is to have a free for all. You host the game and read the first parts of the lyrics off of the cards. Whoever can remember what comes next in the songs should answer. The other option is to break your party up into two groups. You can either host and read all of the questions off or you can have each group come and choose a card. Each team will have a minute to go through the bowl of cards before switching sides. Any song whose next lyric is correctly guessed will go into a separate bowl. Repeat until all of the cards full of lyrics are gone. The cards will be counted up at the end to see who won.
You’ll just need to buy index cards for this activity to write on or you can shred paper that has been printed with the song lyrics. Assuming that you already have a printer, the total cost may be about $5 to play the game.
What You’ll Need:
- 2 bowls
- A printer or a pen
- Index cards or cut up paper
Instructions:
Compile a list of songs and musicals via a word documents. You can use the attached list underneath this section or you can make your own. Then, cut out the the song name and answer. You can either glue it on a index card or just fold up the paper (once cut) and stick it in a plastic bag until you’re ready to play the game.
When it is game time, pull out the two bowls. Empty the bag of show tunes with answers into a bowl. The other bowl will be used to for the questions already asked.
As explained above, there are two different ways to play the game. One way is to have a free for all. You host the game and read the first parts of the lyrics off of the cards. Whoever can remember what comes next in the songs should answer.
The other option is to break your party up into two groups. You can either host and read all of the questions off or you can have each group come and choose a card. Each team will have a minute to go through the bowl of cards before switching sides. Any song whose next lyric is correctly guessed will go into a separate bowl. Repeat until all of the cards full of lyrics are gone. The cards will be counted up at the end to see who won.
Pick and Choose your favorites – alphabetized by show name
- I Hope I get it – A Chorus Line
- One – A Chorus Line
- Pulled – The Addams Family
- Move Toward the Darkness – The Addams Family
- A Whole New World – Aladdin
- Friend Like Me – Aladdin
- Send in the Clowns – A Little Night Music
- A Rumor in St. Petersburg – Anastasia
- Journey to the Past – Anastasia
- Once Upon a December – Anastasia
- Maybe – Annie
- Tomorrow – Annie
- There’s no Business like Show Business – Annie Get Your Gun
- Anything You Can Do -Annie Get Your Gun
- (You’d Be So) Easy to Love – Anything Goes
- Gorgeous – The Apple Tree
- Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist -Avenue Q
- It Sucks to be Me – Avenue Q
- Be Our Guest – Beauty and the Beast
- Twenty Fans – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Kids – Bye Bye Birdie
- The Telephone Hour – Bye Bye Birdie
- Put on a Happy Face -Bye Bye Birdie
- Don’t Tell Mama – Cabaret
- Tomorrow Belongs to Me – Cabaret
- Memory – Cats
- The Jellicle Ball – Cats
- All that Jazz -Chicago
- Cell Block Tango – Chicago
- Razzle Dazzle –Chicago
- In my own Little Corner – Cinderella
- What About Love? – The Color Purple
- Show People – Curtains
- Screw Loose – Cry Baby
- Turn it Off – The Book of Mormon
- I am Africa – The Book of Mormon
- I Believe- The Book of Mormon
- And I’m Telling You (I’m not Going) -Dreamgirls
- Don’t Cry for me, Argentina -Evita
- Try to Remember -The Fantasticks
- If I were a Rich man – Fiddler on the Roof
- Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof
- I Need a Hero – Footloose
- Mama Says – Footloose
- Grease Lightning -Grease
- Hopeless Devoted -Grease
- A Bushel and a Peck – Guys and Dolls
- If I Were a Bell – Guys and Dolls
- Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Guys and Dolls
- Luck be a Lady Tonight – Guys and Dolls
- Rose’s Turn – Gypsy
- Aquarius -Hair
- Good Morning, Baltimore – Hairspray
- You Can’t Stop the Beat – Hairspray
- Aaron Burr, Sir – Hamilton
- The Election of 1800 – Hamilton
- You’ll Be Back – Hamilton
- It Takes a Woman – Hello, Dolly
- Love, Look in my Window – Hello, Dolly
- A Secretary is not a toy – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Love From a Heart of Gold – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- On the Steps of the Palace – Into the Woods
- Children Will Listen -Into the Woods
- Someone Like You – Jekyll and Hyde
- Getting to Know You- The King and I
- I Whistle a Happy Tune- The King and I
- Raise You Up – Kinky Boots
- Land of Lola – Kinky Boots
- So in Love – Kiss Me, Kate
- Song on the Sand – La Cage Aux Folles
- I am What I am – La Cage Aux Folles
- Better – Legally Blonde
- Omigod You Guys -Legally Blonde
- Do You Hear the People Sing? – Les Miserables
- One Day More – Les Miserables
- Poor Unfortunate Souls -The Little Mermaid
- Suddenly Seymour – The Little Shop of Horrors
- Dentist! – The Little Shop of Horrors
- Feed Me (Git It) – The Little Shop of Horrors
- He Lives in You – The Lion King
- The Morning Report -The Lion King
- Take a Chance on Me – Mamma Mia
- Our Last Summer – Mamma Mia
- We Need a Little Christmas -Mame
- A Spoonful of Sugar – Mary Poppins
- Step in Time – Mary Poppins
- Let’s Go Fly a Kite – Mary Poppins
- Our Time -Merrily as We Roll Along
- The Last Night of the World – Miss Saigon
- The Heat is on in Saigon – Miss Saigon
- ‘Till There was You – The Music Man
- Iowa Stubborn – The Music Man
- Seventy-six Trombones – The Music Man
- Shipoopi – The Music Man
- I Could Have Danced All Night – My Fair Lady
- Oh, What a Beautiful Morning –Oklahoma
- People Will Say We’re in Love Oklahoma
- And God Heard her Prayer – Once on This Island
- Mama Will Provide – Once on This Island
- Why we tell the Story – Once on This Island
- Loving You – Passion
- All I Ask of You – Phantom of the Opera
- Think of Me – Phantom of the Opera
- Corner of the Sky -Pippin
- Spread a Little Sunshine – Pippin
- I Wanna be a Producer – The Producers
- Springtime for Hitler – The Producers
- Heil Myself – The Producers
- Another Day – Rent
- La Vie Boheme – Rent
- I’ll Cover You – Rent
- Seasons of Love – Rent
- Take me or Leave me -Rent
- Tango: Maureen -Rent
- So Many People – Saturday Night
- Give up Your Dreams – School of Rock
- When I Climb to the Top of Mount Rock – School of Rock
- Vanilla Ice Cream – She Loves Me
- Ol’ Man River – Show Boat
- Story of My Life – Shrek
- Freak Flag -Shrek
- Forest for the Trees – The Skints
- Unexpected Song – Song and Dance
- My Favorite Things -The Sound of Music
- Some Enchanted Evening – South Pacific
- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Spamalot
- Knights of the Round Table – Spamalot
- You Won’t Succeed on Broadway – Spamalot
- Best Day Ever – Spongebob Squarepants
- Bikini Bottom Day – Spongebob Squarepants
- Horton Hears a Who – Suessical
- Amayzing Mayzie -Suessical
- Sunday -Sunday in the Park with George
- Not While I’m Around -Sweeney Todd
- Not for the Life of Me – Thoroughly Modern Millie
- It Only Takes a Taste – Waitress
- What Baking can Do – Waitress
- You Matter to Me – Waitress
- Maria -West Side Story
- Gee, Officer Krupke – West Side Story
- I Feel Pretty -West Side Story
- Defying Gravity – Wicked
- Dancing Through Life – Wicked
- Popular – Wicked
- Everything – Wild Party
- I’m a Mean Ole Lion – The Wiz
- Ease on Down the Road – The Wiz
- Over the Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz
- If I Only had a Brain – The Wizard of Oz
- My New Philosophy – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown