About This Quiz
There's nothing like a show tune to burrow into your brain and keep you humming along, but have you ever stopped to thing about the stories behind them? Take our quiz to learn more about the history, lyrics and people of Broadway's best-known songs.Susan Boyle's audition for "Britain's Got Talent" went viral thanks to her incredible rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Mis."
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After losing her job at Valjean's factory, Fantine breaks the audience's heart with her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream."
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"Send in the Clowns" comes from the 1973 musical "A Little Night Music."
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Barbra Streisand belted out the classic tune from "Funny Girl" during the show's Broadway premiere.
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In an upbeat tune from "Oklahoma!" Will Parker sings about the wonders to be found in Kansas City.
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Sally Bowles, who has been played by everyone from Molly Ringwald to Michelle Williams, belts out the title track in the musical "Cabaret."
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Lead character Tevye sings of all he would buy for his wife Golde and himself in "Fiddler on the Roof."
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Murderess Velma Kelly opens "Chicago" with the sultry "All That Jazz."
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Stick out your chin and grin and say, "Tomorrow" — a tune crooned to little orphan Annie perfection in 1976.
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It was Andrew Lloyd Webber who came up with "The Music of the Night "and other "Phantom" classics.
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It took "76 Trombones" to lead the big parade in River City in "The Music Man."
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Hattie Walker belted out "Broadway Baby" in the 1971 musical "Follies."
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It's Kansas girl Dorothy who sings a moving ode to "Home" in the 1970 musical "The Wiz."
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In "The Sound of Music," the nuns lament over how to keep Maria in check in the rousing song "Maria."
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Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, sings "Defying Gravity" with a little help from the people of Oz.
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Grizabella the Glamour Cat purrs her way through "Memory" in "Cats."
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Elaine Paige played Grizabella when "Cats" opened in 1981 in London's West End.
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It's always a beautiful morning for Curly McLain and the cast of "Oklahoma!"
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Jazz musician Louis Armstrong knocked the Beatles off the charts with his 1964 rendition of "Hello, Dolly!" from the musical of the same name.
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In the classic song from "The Sound of Music," "la" is presented as a note to follow so.
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Devil-in-disguise Applegate sings "Those Were the Good Old Days" in the 1955 musical.
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Lead characters Billy and Julie sing their love to one another in the 1945 musical "Carousel."
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Anna sings the classic "Getting to Know You" as she grows closer to the King's family in "The King and I."
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The memorable "Some Enchanted Evening" comes from the 1949 show "South Pacific," where it was sung by lead character Emile de Becque.
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"Chess," known for the song "One Night in Bangkok," premiered on London's West End in 1986.
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Julie Andrews shares many of her simple pleasures in "My Favorite Things," but crisp fall leaves are not among them.
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The workhouse boys dream of glorious food while awaiting their daily serving of gruel in "Oliver!"
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After sharing a dance with Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle declares in song how she could have danced all night.
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In the ultimate shower singing performance, "South Pacific" star Nellie declares that she plans to wash Emile right out of her hair.
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"Edelweiss" is a classic song from "The Sound of Music" and refers to a flower native to the Swiss Alps.
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