Finish the Lyric Quiz

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You’ve heard the songs, you’ve sung along, maybe you’ve even done some karaoke in your car... but do you really know the words to these popular musical theater songs? Test yourself and finish the lyrics below!

And perhaps one of these shows might appear in the Signature 2020/21 season!

1. Now's your inning. Stand the world on its ear!
Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!
Curtain up! Light the lights! ...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Everything's Coming Up Roses," from Gypsy
Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Mama Rose is here for you with her best pep talk, and she wants to make you a star.

2. Tear down the mountains
Yell, scream and shout
You can say what you want...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going," from Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Tom Eyen
And Effie is telling you she is not going, in one of the greatest heartbreak songs ever to be sung on the stage.

3. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Seasons of Love," from Rent
Music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson
If you can get through this entire show without crying, you don't have nearly as many feelings as we do.

4. Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Rhineland’s a fine land once more!
Springtime for Hitler and Germany...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Springtime for Hitler," from The Producers
Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks
Bialystock and Bloom proudly present... the song that's now stuck in your head.

5. We’ve got magic to do, just for you
We’ve got miracle plays to play
We’ve got parts to perform, hearts to warm...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Magic to Do," from Pippin
Music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Let Ben Vereen works his magic on you as you look for your own "Corner of the Sky."

6. Give 'em the old razzle dazzle
Razzle Dazzle 'em
Give 'em an act with lots of flash in it...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Razzle Dazzle," from Chicago
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Let Billy Flynn teach you how to get away with murder, 1920s style.

7. Death doesn't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Wait for It," from Hamilton
Music & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Fun fact: Lin-Manuel Miranda considers this to be one of the best songs he's ever written.

8. Into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods
Then out of the woods...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
I wish...

9. Food beyond compare. Food beyond belief
Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"Master of the House," from Les Miserables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer
Maybe don't ask Monsieur Thenardier for cooking advice...

10. Lord who made the lion and the lamb,
You decreed I should be what I am
Would it spoil some vast, eternal plan...

You're right, that's the answer!

Nope, sorry.


"If I Were a Rich Man," from Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Tevye speaks for all of us.

Hmm, perhaps this quiz was a bit too tough. Come back after you've listened to a few more cast albums!
Nice job! You did pretty well, but I wouldn't quite call you a musicals fanatic.
WOW. We admit it, you might know more lyrics than we do. Congrats!