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1. In the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" what song does Lucy sing to ask her heart's desire about marriage?
"Just imagine
What would you think if someday you and I should get married?
Wouldn't you like that if someday we two should get married?"
2. Which of the one song acts from "Closer Than Ever", a musical revue, contains this triagonal love song?
"______________
She doesn't love me
She thinks not highly of me.
It can't be true, there's some confusion
if I love her how can she love me not?"
3. During Act I of "Brigadoon", Meg shares with Jeff the humorous turns of her love life in which of the following rollicking tunes?
"At sixteen years I was blue and sad.
then father said I should find a lad.
So I set out to become a wife,
An' found the real ____________."
4. "Smokey Joe's Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller" was a Broadway a revue with minimal scenes constructed for each of the numbers. Which of these sorrowful songs from that show was originally released by Ben King in 1963 and reached #29 on the Billboard charts?
"He can take you any place he wants
To fancy clubs and restaurants
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against the window pane."
5. During the first act of "Man of La Mancha", when Don Quixote sees the lady of his dreams in Aldonza, what hymn does he sing to her?
"I have dreamed thee too long,
Never seen thee or touched thee.
But known thee with all of my heart."
6. In "A Little Night Music" what lament is sung by Desiree when Fredrik is determined to stay with his wife?
"Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,
Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
Sure of my lines,
No one is there."
7. This sad scene occurs during summer in "Jersey Boys". Which piece does Frankie croon about his breakup with Mary?
"Carried your books from school,
Playing make-believe you're married to me:
You were fifth grade, I was sixth
When we came to be."
8. Which original lyric, made famous by Judy Garland in "Broadway Melody of 1938" with some additional stanzas, was actually introduced in a revue named "The Honeymoon Express" in 1913?
"Dear Mr. Gable,
I am writing this to you
And I hope that you will read it so you'll know
My heart beats like a hammer
And I stutter and I stammer
Every time I see you at the picture show."
9. In the show "Oliver!" Bill is physically abusive to Nancy when she refuses to tell him where Oliver can be found. After Bill leaves, what ballad does she sing?
"Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill?
He knows I always will..."
10. From "Ain't Misbehavin'", a revue composed of Fats Waller music, which of these tunes is about unrequited love?
"I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet
They're gonna knock me off my feet,
A lotta kisses on the bottom,
I'll be glad I got 'em."
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