Broadway Jeopardy! Game #27 (12/5/24) WICKED EDITION!! 26 All-New Clues for MUSICAL THEATRE NERDS!

[@PhoenixHinds]

These videos always make me stop and go down some rabbit holes after hearing some of the extra information presented. I am grateful for this extra experience every time.

[@HMSDisaster]

Same here! I love how much I'm introduced to through these videos.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

That made my day! Thank you!

[@rhiannon7163]

Thank you for this. My daughter is 16 years old and a full-time wheelchair user. She also acts in local musical theater. Thank you so much for your differently abled category. Representation truly does matter. You gained a subscriber today!

[@carolynhotchkiss4760]

I can finally say that I've seen a show featured on Broadway Jeopardy! I was privileged to see "Big River" when Deaf West did it. In fact, my sister's boyfriend helped build the stage for that show (which is why we got tickets lol). It was an amazing production. My brother had been in a community theater production of "Big River" so I was familiar with the musical, but to see how they adapted for the hearing impaired was fascinating!

[@HMSDisaster]

That's so cool! I was watching this wishing I could have seen it.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Amazing!!

[@HMSDisaster]

Final Jeopardy knocked me down to $4600 this week, but had a blast as always! I was excited to see Jennifer Ashley Tepper's category since I have Women Writing Musicals on hold at the library. Even more excited to read it now. Thanks, Marc!

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

❤️❤️❤️

[@henrikhanssen6321]

There was another fun connection to Wicked. Andy Nyman, who played the Governor in the film, sang Penny in My Pocket in this summer’s West End revival of Hello Dolly. It was a brilliant production starring Imelda Staunton. She was somehow brassy and understated.

[@alexandraphelps4020]

I got 5000! Yay! And I was so happy that How to Dance in Ohio was featured! Awesome episode!

[@battlegirldeb]

I love these videos. I lose points every week. Yes, I would love more plays as this is Broadway and not just musical Jeopardy.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Haha, I know, I know! More plays are coming.

[@mollywoolfson2571]

Finally something about Jekyll and Hyde Jekyll and Hyde is my new musical obsession lol

[@allisonbergh4429]

I laughed so hard I had to pause the video when he said the creatives cut Bring On The Men from a show that still had Dangerous Game! I saw that first tour and that song was one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen on stage 😂😅

[@mollywoolfson2571]

@allisonbergh4429 ya I don't think they should have cut Bring On The Men it's just such a good song ahhhh (In my opinion the Anthony Warlow concept album is a lot better than the Broadway album just because to me the concept album sounds better)

[@allisonbergh4429]

@ Absolutely agree - he and Linda Eder sound so amazing together. That’s the cast album I have (and I was in Brisbane for a concert recently and realised Anthony Warlow was performing in an adjacent theatre and just about lost my mind 😆), and none of the other versions I’ve heard have held a candle. I love the classic-Broadway-meets-industrial-synth feel of the whole score - some of the best orchestrations I’ve ever heard mixed with the best technology available at the time. The Requiem Mass at the start of Act Two is legitimately gorgeous, and if some of the lyrics are a little silly, there’s always the miracle of Anthony Warlow’s TWO ENTIRELY DISTINCT VOICES, and the brilliant way he uses them to act through his singing. It’s a masterful performance and imo no other versions exist 😅

[@mollywoolfson2571]

@allisonbergh4429 exactly yep I completely agree with everything you said

[@garyholmes8343]

The great and not recognized enough Micki Grant! So happy to see her recognized and remembered so well at Broadway Jeopardy..and a 1000 dollar clue to boot! 😊

[@courdeleon]

My best score ever! Still not passed 10,000 but always so much fun!! I think it is VERY special to have an original Chistery!! Millions of people have the newer one but I bet only few have the one with the Wicked shirt!!😍🥰

[@chrisfitzchrisfitz5182]

Thanks for adding the “Differently Abled” category! I will request that you rename it for future rounds- our abilities aren’t very different than other people. We just have to have some things adjusted to meet our access needs- no different than adding an elevator to a building higher than one floor or having a jetway to make it easier for everyone to get onto a plain safely. It’s not exactly about making a level playing field, but it is more about making the plane field work for everybody! I suggest perhaps “actors with disabilities“. In this way you’re honouring the actor and acknowledging the Disability but not forcing that acknowledgement. I know the title was made with All kindness, in mind, it is nevertheless for too many of us like fingernails on a chalkboard! 😎 PS: kudos for pointing out “wheelchair users” and not the dreaded “confined to a wheelchair”(my butt isn’t glued to my chairs seat, nor am I into S/M!! lol Again, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Thank you so much for this. This was the wording I was given and figured it must be the best way to say it but I should have done more research.

[@EdmondGuay]

Edmond from Royal Oak MI…flying high on my own broomstick with a score of $15,000. Thanks for another great week and quiz. And I’m counting the days to when I see the movie again!! And Again!!!

[@jasonkingsley9134]

I like to see a Wizard of Oz reference and you can guess where in Wicked it belongs in category .

[@sebastianarcelusbit]

Fun note for Bride's Lament. When you license it through MTI, it gives you the option to change the Monkey references to Bunny references. We did that for our production and the bunny costumes were hilarious and nightmare inducing at the same time

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Hahaha, I didn’t know that! Makes perfect sense

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

Before the final round, I had $8,200. This was so much fun as always. It's very fitting that you focused on "Wicked" in this one. Thank you so much!

[@alexandraphelps4020]

Also, thank you for the book recommendation. My theater loving and former UMD theater program advisor MIL has a birthday today and I got the book as a gift.

[@sherrifeldman9506]

Thank goodness! Thanks to Wicked this was the best I had done in a while. Had 9600 before final, bet half but couldn’t come up with the right answer. Loved the baby Nessa appearance!! ❤😊

[@kristinabaron-woods1652]

I always try to guess which songs or shows or people you might use when you announce each category. I was hoping there'd be a Drowsy Chaperone question for the Monkeys category, but also expecting some Monkeys and Playbills from [tos]. I also hoped to hear about Secret Garden or Fun Home in the Women category. You can't fit in everything I guess.

[@HMSDisaster]

"Monkeys and Playbills" would have been great!

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

So true! I might have to start revisiting old categories again

[@allisonbergh4429]

I LOVE THAT SHIRT!

[@reneeangely8446]

Final tally: $11,200! One of my best games yet! Only got three questions for the Wicked category and I replayed the Wicked cast recording not too long ago! Finally a choreographer category! Only wagered $200 just in case it was about someone I didn’t know about, but I got it.

[@jacksaraceno2157]

ended up with a final score of 19,000. Wayne Cilento is originally from my hometown Mamaroneck, New York. I loved the categories today especially the cut songs category. There are so many cut songs that there could be a whole game of cut songs, especially if you do a Sondheim cut song category.

[@Isabelle078-izb]

This was great! Loved the Wicked theme! Thank you so much for the shoutout! I was so happy to hear IzzyB!

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

❤️❤️❤️

[@christinedunning8463]

Nice, loved this as always! I live in Denver, and we have a great theatre company here that only uses differently abled performers. PHAMLY. They do great shows - not great despite - just great. They did Cabaret a few years ago with a deaf shadow cast.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

That’s amazing!!

[@gramps2matt]

You mentioned that Hello Dolly made it pre-broadway debut in Detroit ('63). So did Fiddler On the Roof ('64). Many others as well. You should do a category on other shows that made their pre-beoadway debut here as well. The Fisher Theater has been the venue hosting those tryouts for many years.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Great suggestion! Adding it to the list!

[@jonelrobinson582]

Loved the Wicked category!

[@Timlovescomics]

14400. Thank you Mark for answering a question I had while watching the crises for Wicked. I saw Wayne Cilento’s name scroll by and I didn’t know why. It didn’t even occur to me that he choreographed the play.

[@battlegirldeb]

I was happy to see a different song from "Hello, Dolly" that year. We didn't need to see Bette.

[@melissashilkoff]

"We'll Have Tomorrow" is still referenced in the musical! It is a lyric sung by Seymour and Audrey close to the end of "Don't Feed The Plants"

[@ellenkranzer4776]

That was wicked good.

[@ChepiFaerydae]

1st - I really appreciate the inclusion of the section for disabled folk in theatre! And I appreciate how you took the time to define ambulatory wheelchair user and everything. This sort of content can make a huge difference. (Though I also request it not be called “Differently Abled” going forward.) 2nd-I found it unfortunate that on a episode about inclusivity of disabilities and neurodivergence that Jekyll & Hyde was included, considering how discriminatory of depiction it is of folks under the Multiplicity/Plurality label. (Just so you know, the original book Jekyll & Hyde was what started the dangerous trope that people who are more than one are serial killers.) Conditions like Dissociative Identity Disorder are highly stigmatized, and Jekyll & Hyde narratives really add to the fear and discrimination people in the community face. I personally would find it interesting to have a category sometime of discrimination in theatre where they’re all shows that contain something inappropriate. Ex Like Jekyll & Hyde, or G*psy (which is a slur towards the Romani, Travellers, etc). That way we can still talk about them, but we’re also bringing awareness to the imperfections so people know what things to not perpetuate.

[@freegle4577]

Yay, Suffs was mentioned! I especially loved the Differently Abled category, we need more disabled representation on Broadway!

[@secbyrne6509]

Thanks!

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Wow, thank you SO much!!!!

[@marshaprice8226]

This was my first time seeing your video and playing along. While I knew 4 of the 5 $200 questions, I didn’t know most of the ones after that; so I only scored $2600. Still, it was fun to play, and I will be looking for other videos to play along with and enjoy!

[@susanpolastaples9688]

Perfect score. I guess the Wicked vibes were strong. BTW have you seen Kristen and Idina in Wicked movie

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Yes! Such a treat!

[@Joy-Easterling]

I got $6,600 this time. Lost some of the higher rounds but of course I knew all of the “Differently Abled” category. As a theatre nerd who also happens to be an ambulatory wheelchair user, I appreciate the clarification for people that wouldn’t know. Walking isn’t at all superior to using a chair or mobility aid, and there is nothing “inspiring” about everyday life for those with disabilities. It’s a reality, not something to be viewed negatively or feel sorry about. Using my wheelchair doesn’t make me less than human, but most of the time people don’t address me the same way they would otherwise. It’s refreshing to see more awareness and inclusion in the theatre community in recent years.

[@MarylandBear1]

$11000, and regretting we didn’t wager more for Final Jeopardy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@benjaminmarshall2768]

Am I the only one who thinks it's high time we had a revival of The Drowsey Chaperone with Sutton in the title role?

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Ooh!

[@oldcarbear503]

8200. Was lucky enough to see Wicked when it was in try-outs in San Francisco decades ago, surprised I was able to remember and get all the answers correct for that category (seeing the movie this weekend in IMAX).

[@alexeidarling]

8000 even today! I feel like Waitress kind of got lost in Hamilton's shadow, but it's very good in its own right. Don't we hear like...a tiny bit of We'll Have Tomorrow at the end of Don't Feed The Plants? And wasn't there also a cut song called Crystal, Ronnette, and Chiffon?

[@abookmarc]

I had fun. This was my first video of yours I saw. I got a large 28,000 missing only one question and betting all on final question.

[@Darrylnyc19]

Got 28,000… only missing Micki Grant

[@NuraCalise]

I ended up with a score of 5000, after losing 800 on the final jeopardy.

[@cmtippens9209]

Considering that Wicked (the stage musical) is one of my favorites, I am ashamed at how poorly I did. Oh well. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@lornekay8948]

I got 7400. Mainly in the first three levels

[@miriamkushel4032]

I had 13,000 going into the Final having gotten all but 2 questions right (definitely a best for me). I always bet it all, though, and didn’t get that last question right. Oh well.

[@josephlauriezaepfel7924]

Surprised you didn't mention Lynn Ahrens in the women category.

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

I know, I can only fit so much in. I’ll have to bring the category back again in the future

[@josephlauriezaepfel7924]

​@@broadwaybyghostlightWas glad to see Betty Comden featured, though! Enjoying the game.

[@amitmeir8109]

Made a good $10k this week in the game

[@regularguyster]

wonderful round, kudos! coupla caveats: "Backwoods Barbie" also pre-existed the rest of Parton's score, along with the title number (though it certainly fits like a custom job in its spot). I would also wonder if QUILTERS actually has the distinction afforded WAITRESS, in the Women Writing category. i have been trying to certify if Bareilles is the first woman composer to star in her own score on Broadway...just not sure if GETTIN MY ACT TOGETHER ever played Bway or not. Or if Micki Grant appeared in CAN'T COPE...back to research!

[@lydiavalentino]

$9,600 this week - I don't think that's too bad for a first-time player.

[@delcodave]

I did better than usual on this one. my first miss came in the 600 section. have you done a category of broadway plays/musicals based on real life individuals? EVITA comes o mind

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

I did way back when but I’ll have to do another round!

[@davebowker1113]

Always a special treat But please try to feature more plays--dramas. Comedies. Etc Big part of Broadway. Too!!!!

[@broadwaybyghostlight]

Next week! Already written a whole straight play category. 😁

[@markpeters2901]

$22400

[@Thisismyusername227]

I am too inspired by Micki Grant

[@kofender]

Sorry, have no interest in Wicked so I'm out of here. I'll see you next week.