Broadway Show Puzzle Quiz

You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I’m Grant Barrett.

And I’m Martha Barnette, and joining us now is our quiz guy, John Chaneski. Hiya, John.

Hey, bud. What’s up?

Hey, Martha. Hey, Grant. Things are going great here. You know, I’m in New York, one of the greatest cities in the world. I really wish I could go see more theater.

Okay.

I can’t afford to go anymore, but I can certainly imagine how much fun it might be. For example, there’s that show.

I think it’s a musical adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s autobiography.

What’s that show again?

I have no idea.

Oh, I’m trying to figure out this setup, Martha.

Yeah.

What is her autobiography called?

It’s got to have something with Elvis.

Elvis Lives.

No, it’s a famous show. Everybody has been around for many, many years, but it must be about Elvis and Priscilla.

Oh, that’s right.

It’s called The King and I.

That’s what it is.

That’s that show.

Oh, I see where we’re going with this.

That must be a great show.

Got it.

I love his music.

Got it.

There’s our premise.

There’s a show going on right now. I’m pretty sure it’s about the Department of Geological Sciences at some university, I guess.

School of Rock?

Yeah, that’s it.

School of Rock.

It seems to be pretty dry to me, but we make musicals bad of anything these days.

How about this one?

There’s a show about young upstart employees at a sportswear manufacturing company.

I guess they like different teams or whatnot.

There’s got to be some conflict in there somewhere.

Guys who work at a sportswear manufacturing company.

They make shirts.

They make shirts.

Yeah.

Some milliner’s.

Jersey Boys.

Jersey Boys.

Yes, that’s them.

The Jersey Boys.

Very good.

There’s a show about the internet and email.

And this guy, he gets a lot of ads because he clicks on the wrong thing.

It’s sort of a cautionary tale.

Bad links.

Spamalot.

Yes, Spamalot is correct.

Very good.

There’s this show about a guy.

He falls in love with a girl who works at a carnival,

And he tells us all about her, but it’s not carnival.

My Fair Lady.

Yes, My Fair Lady.

Very good, Brent.

One of the best ones of all time, by the way.

Very good.

How about a show about California, Oregon, and Washington

And how that whole part of the U.S. got settled?

It’s quite an interesting tale.

How it all got settled.

Wagons Hoe, Painted Wagon, How the West Was Won.

West Coast.

Well, there’s one word.

West.

Is it west?

Side.

Story.

West Side Story.

Yes, West Side Story.

Nicely done.

All right.

Ever since that musical about cats, I’ve enjoyed anthropomorphic beasts,

Like the ones that must be in that show about the bears and their hibernation every year,

And they sing and dance and whatever.

Bears?

And they sing and dance?

Singing and dancing bears.

Thinking of Phil Harris singing Bear Necessities in the Chinese world.

Technically, it’s about any animal that hibernates.

Spring awakening.

Yes, that’s it.

Very nice, Martha.

Nice.

Pull that one out.

All right.

These last two are very weird.

Okay.

There’s a show.

It’s a musical.

I think it’s about candles.

The spark.

Wicked.

Wicked.

Yeah.

Oh, Wicked.

That’s the show.

Yeah, Wicked.

Dude.

Finally, this has got to be the weirdest show ever.

You walk in, and the curtain goes up, and there’s another curtain right behind it, but

It’s been torn in two, and it just stays that way for two hours.

No intermission.

Rent.

Yes, rent.

Nicely done, Martha.

Martha is on top of it.

A game for Martha, right?

You guys certainly got up to speed.

Cool, John.

Thank you for enlightening us.

I got on a list of shows.

I need to go see you next time in New York.

Thank you, guys.

I’ll see you on the aisle.

Bye-bye.

Bye.

Thanks.

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