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1. What was ironical about Beatrice Lillie being cast as Madame Arcati in the musical, "High Spirits"?
2. Carol Channing understudied Eve Arden in the musical "Let's Face It!" in 1941. What else is true of the two performers?
3. What was so unusual about Constance Towers being cast as Julie in the 1966 Lincoln Center revival of "Show Boat"?
4. Hollywood composer Roger Edens wrote two songs to bolster the quite weak song of the Ethel Merman musical "Happy Hunting" after it opened on Broadway. Why was his work initially credited solely to his friend Kay Thompson?
5. In 1954, Shirley MacLaine went on for the lead dancer Carol Haney in the musical "The Pajama Game." That evening, Hal Wallis, a Hollywood Producer was in the audience and signed her to a motion picture contract. What is so ironical about this incident?
6. Two Off-Broadway musicals that were based on the same play opened within two weeks of each other in 1968. What play was it?
7. Believe it or not, Mary Martin was considered for which role?
8. Which Broadway songwriting team had fathers with the same first name, wives with the same first name, and went to the same University?
9. The part of "Yente, the Matchmaker" got smaller and smaller during the tryout period of "Fiddler on the Roof" because of what reason?
10. "Say, Darling" was a musical about which of the following?
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