Broadway Musical Characters: Spot the Imposter

Far from spewing balderdash, King Sextimus in Once Upon a Mattress is silent for almost the entire show.

Agnes Gooch is a character in the Jerry Herman musical Mame, from the same era.

In Hadestown, the life of the party is Persephone.

Lt Schrank is a character in West Side Story.

One of the three featured families in Ragtime is only ever known by their generic familial names. Grandmother is not one of them. (Technically, Mother is also Older Sister, though never referred to as such.)

Crazy Harry is a Jim Henson Muppet. Christmas Eve is one of the main human characters, originally played by Ann Harada. "Gary Coleman" is a major character, usually played very loosely by a woman.

Many revolutionary-era American figures are portrayed in Hamilton, but not Ben.

Tevin Campbell is an R&B singer, songwriter, and musician. Tyler Perry is a recurring character portrayed in a satirical light. The main character, Usher, has no relationship to the R&B singer of the same name.

There are lots of Fernandos out there, but not in West Side Story.

Into the Woods interweaves many famous fairy tales, but not Hansel and Gretel.

Yentl the title character of a 1983 musical movie, played by Barbra Streisand.

Potsie is a character on TV's Happy Days (not to be confused with Putzie, a minor character only in the movie version of Grease)

Reggie Jackson was a legendary baseball player.

Like the Ronettes, the Crystals, and the Chiffons, the Shirelles were also a '60s girl group, but not one of the Little Shop "urchins".

Rainbow Johnson is a character on TV's "black-ish"