TAG Teaser 152 - Magnificent Musicals!
Across
- 2. Beauty and the _____, 1991 Disney animated film that has since become a hugely successful show on Broadway and the West End (5)
- 3. ____ Poppins, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical where a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down! (4)
- 4. ______ is the Word in this 1978 hit film! Songs include "Summer Nights", "Sandy", "Beauty School Dropout" and "You're The One That I Want" (6)
- 6. Singin' In The ____, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse starred in the original movie version of this musical and dance extravaganza (4)
- 7. Mamma ___ (here we go again!) - the ultimate ABBA musical! (3)
- 9. The Lion ____, 1994 Disney animated film which has now become the most successful musical in box office history (4)
- 12. This is the musical version of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" - and it obviously rhymes with Camelot - where they ham and jam and ________ (8)
- 13. ____ Saigon, set during the Vietnam War, this musical is based on Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly". Like the original, it is a tale of doomed love (4)
- 15. This 1960 smash became an equally successful 1968 hit film, based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, it features the songs "Food Glorious Food" "I'd Do Anything" and "Reviewing the Situation" (6)
Down
- 1. My Fair ____, this musical became a hit film in 1964 with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, and features such standards as "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?", "The Rain in Spain" and "On The Street Where You Live" (4)
- 3. Les __________, this musical is based on the classic Victor Hugo novel from 1862, and features songs such as "I Dreamed a Dream" and "One Day More" (10)
- 5. This Lin-Manuel hip-hop musical is one of the world's most successful shows right now, and tells the story of the American Revolution through the eyes of Alexander ________, the first US Secretary of the Treasury (8)
- 8. The Phantom of the _____, one of the most successful musicals ever, this Lloyd Webber hit features the songs "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask Of You" (5)
- 10. Annie Get Your ___, 1946 hit by Irving Berlin, based on the life of American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (3)
- 11. This Andrew Lloyd Webber classic is one of the longest-running musicals of all time, featuring Grizabella, Rumpleteazer, Old Deuteronomy and the villainous Macavity! *PLURAL* (4)
- 13. The Sound of _____ - the hills are alive whether you see this onscreen or in a theatrical production! (5)
- 14. West Side _____, this Bernstein classic is based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and has such hit songs as "Maria", "America" and "Somewhere" (5)