Musicals by Bad Description

Guess the musical (mostly Broadway) from a terrible, one-sentence description.

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Hint	Answer
In this Hamlet retelling, the young prince discovers a love of eating bugs.	The Lion King
Two conmen strike a deal with Neo-Nazis to swindle money from Broadway.	The Producers
An amnesiac Slavic girl travels across Europe to meet her grandmother.	Anastasia
A bunch of angry people sing about wanting bread and then die.	Les Misérables
“I like to be in America, Strong racial hate in America, Falling in love in America”	West Side Story
Little girl melts the heart of a business tycoon and nearly gets abducted.	Annie
Librarian and cunning salesman start a band, also drama with the musical “Beetlejuice”	The Music Man
A Cockney girl makes small talk about weather with a rude professor.	My Fair Lady
A telekinetic schoolgirl attacks a school official for making her friend eat chocolate cake.	Matilda
In Imperial Russia, a Jewish milkman soliloquizes about his daughters and money.	Fiddler on the Roof
Women compete to be the most famous murderesses at a prison.	Chicago

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Two very different families sit down to have dinner with ghosts and end up telling all their secrets.	The Addams Family
Nordic sisters team up against one sister’s villainous ex-boyfriend during a snowy summer.	Frozen
A vengeful Victorian tradesman consents to cannibalism to avenge his lost family.	Sweeney Todd
Gamblers fall in love and rock the boat in NYC.	Guys and Dolls
Singer’s debut made difficult by a highly possessive spirit and a highly possessive childhood friend.	The Phantom of the Opera
Misfit fairytale creatures challenge systemic discrimination in a vertically challenged man’s “kingdom”.	Shrek
Boy wants more gruel and ends up being exploited in a child thieves club.	Oliver
A gang of animals sing and have dance battles to win the right to be reincarnated.	Cats
1938 was a rough year, especially for this naval Austrian family and a talented novice.	The Sound of Music
Early Onset Midlife Crisis: The Musical	Company
Tap-dancing Manhattan boys start a strike and befriend Teddy Roosevelt.	Newsies

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