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1. The very first theatre we come to features a play written by Ronald Alexander about a girl that wants to play football. If we skip it, we can catch it in Chicago where the father will be played by Steve McQueen, or maybe we'll catch the television version with Jack Benny.
2. We sneak off-Broadway for a bit, and realize there's an awful funny smell coming from the next theatre. The marquee features Arj Barker, Doug Benson and Tony Camin as the actors and writers of this show. When it goes on tour, Tommy Chong will be advised by his probation officer to not take part.
3. Now we're going way back. To 1931. It's a time-traveling street. Anyway, we hear a couple arguing outside the theatre about the time THEY went on honeymoon and ran into her ex-husband and his new wife. It seems their lives parallelled the plot of this Noel Coward masterpiece.
4. We must have taken a wrong turn. Henry Higgins? Eliza Doolittle? I thought this was a musical-less street. We check our watches (why wouldn't we?), only to discover it's 1914, well before "My Fair Lady" came on the scene. What show must this be?
5. After a brief coffee break, we head to the next theatre, named after the author of "The Odd Couple". We can forgive the fact that he wrote the book for such musicals as "Sweet Charity" and "Promises, Promises". After all, he also gave us "Plaza Suite" and "Biloxi Blues". Who is he?
6. So the ticket exchange guy is trying to talk us into a show about an opera singer, Il Stupendo, who passes out after taking too many tranquilizers. His understudy has to go on for him in the role of Otello. Hijinks, apparently, ensue. And he swears it's not a musical. Which Ken Ludwig comedy is he selling us?
7. It's 1988 now. Did you bring your tux? Because we're being dragged into a wedding by the Artificial Intelligence Comedy Troupe. What is the name of this interactive, highly improvised off-Broadway smash hit, that was originally staged in a church in Greenwich Village?
8. Well, back to 1977 Broadway (watch your step), and we see that David Mamet has a comedy. Apparently it's all about an older actor imparting his theatre wisdom to a young "up and comer", all told through a series of backstage vignettes. Which one of these is a David Mamet comedy?
9. So, I'm in the mood for an old German farce translated into English by a world famous banjo player and frequent guest host of Saturday Night Live. Oh wait! There it is! "The Underpants". Now...which former SNL cast member translated it?
10. Finally, we're back to 2010. Or did we land in the 80s? What's going on here? Paul Reubens is on Broadway reprising his role that made him a huge TV star. What show are we about to see?
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