Can you name these 15 musicals from just the first line? Here are the answers!

So you’re confident you’ve named all 15 musicals from just the first line? Here are the answers:

1. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Wicked
3. Little Shop of Horrors
4. My Fair Lady
5. Matilda
6. Rent
7. Mary Poppins
8. Oliver!
9. Camelot
10. Cats
11. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
12. Ragtime
13. Chess
14. Hamilton
15. The Lion King (please tell us you got this one right)
How’d you do?

12-15: You’re defying gravity! Nice work, Elphaba.

8-11: You may not be Mathilda, but you’re pretty dang smart.

4-7: Well, Hamilton, you might have thrown away a few shots, but no one can say you didn’t try.

0-3: Let’s just say if it came down to proving your knowledge of musical theatre or getting eaten by a man-eating plant, you’d end up somewhere that’s green.

If you dominated that quiz (or if you want a redo) see if you can name these shows from just two song lyrics. Or take our Theatreland Quiz and test your knowledge of the West End!

Had fun? Share this quiz with your theatre nerd friends and see if they score higher than you. Go on, we dare you.