Can you name the Broadway musicals from their Playbill cover (volume II)?

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Musicals by Playbill II Quiz

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Created Aug 6, 2010 in Entertainment
Featured Sep 2, 2010
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Golden:

Sep 2nd, 2010 at 04:58 GMT

1 point

Never even knew Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was originally a stage show! But somehow one look at that playbill and it was the first thing that popped into my head. Now I want to see it sone on stage!

	schak1971:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 05:01 GMT		7 points
	@Golden I am pretty sure the musical was based off of the movie.

	stevoreno79:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 05:02 GMT		3 points
	@Golden: Actually the musical is based on the movie like many musicals these days. Funny how that's been working.

	Golden:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 05:45 GMT		1 point
	Ah right. Well, I didn't know that either!

	Nover220:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 05:55 GMT		5 points
	that's kinda weird... i've never seen that playbill for In the Heights... i've only seen the original with the dancer bending backwards.

	lalalala:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 05:58 GMT		17 points
	@Sporcle Admin: "Sometimes, playbill's are more interesting then the actual musical." 1) What is that apostrophe doing there? 2) You mean thAn. For shame, Sporcle.

	foyherald:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 06:17 GMT		0 points
	For some reason I thought the answer to the guy with the white, white face would be 'Jolson' and I'm not sure if that's irony!?

	Rayavi:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 06:58 GMT		3 points
	This was decently challenging. The only complaint I have is not against the quiz, but against myself: I don't know how I failed to get #8 when I had tried that show for at least three other covers shown.

	dayecarter:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 13:21 GMT		1 point
	Excellent quiz. Now if only I could spell Cabaret...

	ileggin:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 13:21 GMT		4 points
	Cabaret cover creeps. me. out. every time.

	luckygemini521:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 14:45 GMT		3 points
	yay evita! awesome sequel. :)

	basilutter:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 14:53 GMT		10 points
	Am I the only one who saw a lady walking down a staircase, arms extended, and thought "Sunset Boulevard"?

	trishtea:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 16:01 GMT		2 points
	@ basilutter, that was my first thought too! Great sequel :) I found it much harder than the original though!

	strags11:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 16:46 GMT		0 points
	As someone whose two years of high school French taught me "je ne parle pas Francais" and nothing more, perhaps you could accept "La Cage AU Folles". What's a singular vs. plural determiner among Sporcle friends, anyway?

	Hejman:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 16:53 GMT		0 points
	Works for me strags11- but then I took German in high school.

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	wisdomsomehow:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 17:11 GMT		1 point
	that's definitely the off-Broadway Playbill for In the Heights. The (original) Broadway one looks like this: http://www.playbill.com/images/photo/3/4/34EF02FB3C754D3E910D5B23AAA65BC3.jpg . I do believe they briefly changed it towards the beginning of Corbin Bleu's run (to this: http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs246.ash1/17343_1365579259724_1238926062_31051411_5285666_n.jpg), and they changed it again later in his run (to this: http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs065.snc3/13325_10150125459825447_666360446_11377832_6565024_n.jpg). I don't know what it currently is, though.

	ScottLA:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 17:28 GMT		5 points
	I'll admit, I tried "H2S" for the How to Succeed... revival, never thinking you'd accept it, since H2$ was on the playbill itself. Thank you for saving me all that typing. :)

	Hejman:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 18:02 GMT		3 points
	@wisdomsomehow- The In the Heights Playbill image is taken from the Playbill website itself. However, you are correct that the theater listed on the cover (37 Arts) is an off-Broadway facility.

	joshua:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 19:01 GMT		2 points
	Damn you, Secret Garden!!

	FIFAfan:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 19:28 GMT		1 point
	Evita, the best thank god you included it, wish it was on the original though

	snoopy29:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 19:55 GMT		1 point
	Good, thanks! Just some small suggestions: 1) I am ignorant enough to have not heard of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, so I typed in H2S, which is written on the playbill, and it was accepted even though it's written on the cover and it's not the full name. Like ScottLA said, it did save us from the typing. And 2) be more consistent; "soundofmusic" was accepted and not"kingandi". Not big deals, just nitpicking.

	snoopy29:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 19:57 GMT		0 points
	Also, next time maybe try a more inviting photo on the front page than the Cabaret playbill. It may just be me, but I get very creeped out by it! :)

	Hejman:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 20:47 GMT		3 points
	@snoopy29- The acceptance of things without spaces and the manner in which the quiz treats the words "and" and "the" are built into the programming of the site. I have no power to change that.

	RebeccaAMax:	Sep 2nd, 2010 at 20:59 GMT		6 points
	I'm sad that The Secret Garden isn't better-known; the music is truly lovely. Also, Joel Grey is terrifying.

	quent1979:	Sep 3rd, 2010 at 01:32 GMT		1 point
	Almost got them all. Never heard of Avenue Q.

	dunlopp9987:	Sep 3rd, 2010 at 03:43 GMT		1 point
	20/20. I found this far easier than the first. I was actually surprised to see how low some of the percentages were for some of the shows.

	Rayavi:	Sep 3rd, 2010 at 05:27 GMT		1 point
	quent, are you serious? Not only is it the best musical not named Fiddler on the Roof, but it did win the Tony for Best Musical the year it was eligible.

	ktappe:	Sep 5th, 2010 at 00:25 GMT		-4 points
	Sorry, but I have to fail this quiz for not accepting "Spamalot". I went to that and got immediately frustrated and gave up when it would not take it.

	Hejman:	Sep 5th, 2010 at 02:08 GMT		4 points
	@ktappe: The quiz accepts Spamalot, has always accepted Spamalot and continues to accept Spamalot. My guess is that you either spelled it wrong or had the wrong image selected, in which case it wouldn't accept it since the quiz is set to accept them in order only so the images will appear at the top. Perhaps you should give it another go (and then, kindly, rate the quiz fairly).