Broadway Musical Characters: Spot the Imposter

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

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

In Hadestown, the life of the party is Persephone.

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

Reggie Jackson was a legendary baseball player.

Lt Schrank is a character in West Side Story.

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

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

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)

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.

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

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.

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.)

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

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