Broadway Lights Challenge
Level 1: 10 - 20 tasks - September 1, 2023 - February 28, 2024
Level 2: 21 - 45 tasks - September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024
Level 3: 46 + tasks - September 1, 2023 - February 28, 2025
54/46
1. Phantom of Opera
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the story of a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, masked musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.
🎭 Read a book set in Paris
🎭 Read The Phantom of the Opera
🎭 Read a book where a maze or labyrinth plays a role in the storyline.
2. Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. It made its Broadway debut at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013.
🎭Read a book with a high-heeled shoe/boot on the cover. (Show cover)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, it tells the story of a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, masked musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.
🎭 Read a book set in Paris
🎭 Read The Phantom of the Opera
🎭 Read a book where a maze or labyrinth plays a role in the storyline.
Kinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, and mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price. Having inherited a shoe factory from his father, Charlie forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola to produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. It made its Broadway debut at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013.
🎭Read a book with a high-heeled shoe/boot on the cover. (Show cover)
Caught by You - Jennifer Bernard (Avon - Jan 2016) - Sept 13
🎭 Read a book published in April of any year.
🎭 Read a book published in April of any year.
Vengeful Vows - Yvonne Lindsay (HD #2658 - Apr 2019) - Sept 8
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in DRAG QUEEN.
3. Les Misérables
Les Misérables is a musical based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. It made its Broadway debut in 1987. Set in early 19th-century France, the musical tells the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption, released after serving nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child. Valijean breaks parole and is chased throughout the play by the police and he gets caught up with young idealists who are trying to overthrow Paris.
🎭 Read a book that is either 1, 9 or 19 in a series.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in DRAG QUEEN.
Les Misérables is a musical based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. It made its Broadway debut in 1987. Set in early 19th-century France, the musical tells the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption, released after serving nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child. Valijean breaks parole and is chased throughout the play by the police and he gets caught up with young idealists who are trying to overthrow Paris.
🎭 Read a book that is either 1, 9 or 19 in a series.
Navy SEAL's Deadly Secret - Cindy Dees (HRS #2074 - Jan 2020) (Book 1) - Sept 4
🎭 Read a book where the word bread is in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
🎭 Read a book where the word bread is in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Night of Lyons - Chasity Bowlin et al. (Dragonblade Pub - Aug 2023) - "some crusty bread" loc 702 - Sept 2
🎭 Read Les Misérables.
4. Wicked
Wicked is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation. The show is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (later Glinda the Good Witch), whose relationship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, same love interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace.
🎭 Read Wicked.
🎭 Read a book that is tagged Paranormal.
🎭 Read Les Misérables.
Wicked is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation. The show is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy Gale arrives in Oz from Kansas. Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (later Glinda the Good Witch), whose relationship struggles through their opposing personalities and viewpoints, same love interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's fall from grace.
🎭 Read Wicked.
🎭 Read a book that is tagged Paranormal.
Silver Lady - Mary Jo Putney (Kensington - Dec 2023) - Nov 23
🎭 Read a book where a relationship struggles. (Your interpretation).
🎭 Read a book where a relationship struggles. (Your interpretation).
Second Chance with His Viking Wife - Sara Rodi (HH #1753 - Oct 2023) - Sept 24
5. Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz is a 2011 musical based on The Wizard of Oz 1939 original film, as well as L Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy goes over the rainbow after a tornado and finds herself in a wonderful new world full of color and meets the Lion, Scarecrow and the Tin Man and of course Munchkins, witches and Wizard of Oz as she travels the yellow brick road.
🎭 Read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🎭 Read a book tagged Children/ YA
The Wizard of Oz is a 2011 musical based on The Wizard of Oz 1939 original film, as well as L Frank Baum’s novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy goes over the rainbow after a tornado and finds herself in a wonderful new world full of color and meets the Lion, Scarecrow and the Tin Man and of course Munchkins, witches and Wizard of Oz as she travels the yellow brick road.
🎭 Read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
🎭 Read a book tagged Children/ YA
Early Sunday Morning - Barry Denenberg (Scholastic - Oct 2001) - Oct 21
🎭 Read a book with a yellow cover. (Show cover).
🎭 Read a book with a yellow cover. (Show cover).
Never Wager With a Wallflower - Virginia Heath (St. Martin's - Nov 2023) - Nov 7
6. Rent
Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson.The musical is loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, which in turn is based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS
🎭 Read a book set in New York.
Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson.The musical is loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, which in turn is based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS
🎭 Read a book set in New York.
Protecting Colton's Baby - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2219 - Mar 2023) - Oct 20
🎭 Read a book with a character who is an artist.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is an artist.
The Soldier's Refuge - Sabrina York (HSE #2986 - June 2023) - Dec 4
🎭 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ALPHABET CITY.
🎭 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in ALPHABET CITY.
Hunted at Christmas - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1061 - Oct 2023) - Sept 14
7. Mama Mia
Mamma Mia is a musical based on songs recorded by Swedish group ABBA. The musical is set on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old Sophie is preparing to marry her fiancé, Sky. and wants her father to walk her down the aisle but does not know who he is. After reading an old diary of her mothers she realizes three men could be the missing Dad and sends invites to her wedding supposedly from Donna her mother. All three men accept and the rest of the musical is the wedding planning and falling in love and following dreams.
🎭 Read a book set in either Greece or Sweden.
Mamma Mia is a musical based on songs recorded by Swedish group ABBA. The musical is set on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old Sophie is preparing to marry her fiancé, Sky. and wants her father to walk her down the aisle but does not know who he is. After reading an old diary of her mothers she realizes three men could be the missing Dad and sends invites to her wedding supposedly from Donna her mother. All three men accept and the rest of the musical is the wedding planning and falling in love and following dreams.
🎭 Read a book set in either Greece or Sweden.
Claiming the Drakos Heir - Jennifer Faye (HR #4669 - June 2019) (Greece) - Dec 26
🎭 Read a book with a character who doesn't know who their father is.
🎭 Read a book with a character who doesn't know who their father is.
Miss Rose and the Vexing Viscount - Catherine Tinley (HH #1756 - Nov 2023) - Oct 31
🎭 Read a book that is third in a series.
🎭 Read a book that is third in a series.
How to Survive a Scandal - Christine Merrill (HH #1683 - Nov 2022) - Oct 20
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The musical met with mixed reviews but personally I thought it was great. The story is of Charlie Bucket, poor boy who doesn't have enough to eat buys and wins a chance to go into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
🎭 Read a book with chocolate on the cover. (Show cover).
🎭 Read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
🎭 Read a book with a character who is poor.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The musical met with mixed reviews but personally I thought it was great. The story is of Charlie Bucket, poor boy who doesn't have enough to eat buys and wins a chance to go into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
🎭 Read a book with chocolate on the cover. (Show cover).
🎭 Read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
🎭 Read a book with a character who is poor.
Coulda Been a Cowboy - Brenda Novak (HQN - Mar 2014) - Sept 10
9. Chicago
Chicago is a 1975 American musical. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".
🎭 Read a book set in Chicago.
Chicago is a 1975 American musical. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".
🎭 Read a book set in Chicago.
Montana Rain - Josie Jade (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) (partly) - Sept 21
🎭 Read a book set in the 1920s or the 1970s.
🎭 Read a book where a character is a criminal.
🎭 Read a book set in the 1920s or the 1970s.
🎭 Read a book where a character is a criminal.
My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London production. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both productions.
🎭 Read the play Pygmalion.
🎭 Read a book with a character called Rex, Harrison, Julie, or Andrew.
Killer on Kestrel Trail - Cindi Myers (HI #2177 - Nov 2023) (Dr. Harrison) - Oct 22
🎭 Read a book set in London.
🎭 Read a book set in London.
The Lyon Who Loved Me - Tracy Sumner (Dragonblade - Sept 2023) - Sept 12
11. Oklahoma
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
🎭 Read a book where a love triangle is ongoing.
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry. A secondary romance concerns cowboy Will Parker and his flirtatious fiancée, Ado Annie.
🎭 Read a book where a love triangle is ongoing.
Chef Sugarlips - Tawna Fenske (Capstone - May 2018) - Sept 8
🎭 Read a book set in Oklahoma.
12. Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a stage musical that is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and is about a romance between a United States Marine and a seventeen-year-old South Vietnamese bargirl.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abandoned. (Your Interpretation).
🎭 Read a book set in Oklahoma.
Miss Saigon is a stage musical that is loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and is about a romance between a United States Marine and a seventeen-year-old South Vietnamese bargirl.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abandoned. (Your Interpretation).
Their Sweet Coastal Reunion - Kaylie Newell (HSE #2957 - Jan 2023) - Dec 1
🎭 Read a book set In Vietnam.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is military.
13. Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls was conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin as an adaptation of Damon Runyon's short stories. These stories, written in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
🎭 Read a book where a character gambles.
🎭 Read a book set In Vietnam.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is military.
Guys and Dolls was conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin as an adaptation of Damon Runyon's short stories. These stories, written in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
🎭 Read a book where a character gambles.
The Duchess Takes A Husband - Harper St. George (Penguin - May 2023) - Oct 21
🎭 Read a book that has been adapted into a film.
🎭 Read a short book. (Under 150 pages).
🎭 Read a book that has been adapted into a film.
🎭 Read a short book. (Under 150 pages).
The Lyon and the Bluestocking - E.L. Johnson (Dragonblade Pub - Sept 2023) (145 pgs) - Sep 28
14. Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera which interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Contemporary attitudes, sensibilities and slang pervade the rock opera's lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly contain many intentional anachronisms.
🎭 Read a book tagged Christian.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is dissatisfied with something.
Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera which interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Contemporary attitudes, sensibilities and slang pervade the rock opera's lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly contain many intentional anachronisms.
🎭 Read a book tagged Christian.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is dissatisfied with something.
Down to the Wire - Patricia Sargeant (HRS #2250 - Oct 2023) - Sept 26
🎭 Read a tag with a character who is a politician.
🎭 Read a tag with a character who is a politician.
Marked for Revenge - Delores Fossen (HI #2169 - Oct 2023) - Sept 22
15. Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name and with the music by Elton John. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who begins taking ballet lessons. The story of his personal struggle and fulfilment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984–85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North East England.
🎭Read a book where a character takes dance lessons.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is motherless.
Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name and with the music by Elton John. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who begins taking ballet lessons. The story of his personal struggle and fulfilment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984–85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North East England.
🎭Read a book where a character takes dance lessons.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is motherless.
The Duke's Defender - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 19
🎭 Read a book where a character strikes.
16. Grease
Grease is a musical that is set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School. The musical follow the T-Birds and Pink Ladies as they explore love, friendship, teenage rebellion and sexual exploration. The show mentions social issues such as teenage pregnancy, peer pressure, and gang violence.
🎭 Read a book with a pink cover. (Show cover).
🎭 Read a book where the MC is a teenager.
🎭 Read a book where a teenager becomes pregnant.
🎭 Read a book where a character strikes.
Grease is a musical that is set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School. The musical follow the T-Birds and Pink Ladies as they explore love, friendship, teenage rebellion and sexual exploration. The show mentions social issues such as teenage pregnancy, peer pressure, and gang violence.
🎭 Read a book with a pink cover. (Show cover).
🎭 Read a book where the MC is a teenager.
🎭 Read a book where a teenager becomes pregnant.
Her Off-Limits Single Dad - Marion Lennox (HMED #1345 - Oct 2023) - Sept 25
17. Cabaret
Cabaret is a 1966 musical which is set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis are ascending to power. The musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor.
🎭Read a book about Jazz or set in the Jazz era.
🎭 Read a book set in Germany.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in KIT KAT KLUB.
Cabaret is a 1966 musical which is set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis are ascending to power. The musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor.
🎭Read a book about Jazz or set in the Jazz era.
🎭 Read a book set in Germany.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in KIT KAT KLUB.
Truth or Lyon - Katherine Bone (Dragonblade Pub - Oct 2023) - Nov 4
18. Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success, and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music.
🎭 Read a book that is fourth in a series.
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success, and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music.
🎭 Read a book that is fourth in a series.
Texas Scandal - Barb Han (HI #2170 - Oct 2023) - Sept 27
🎭 Read a book where a character has success. (Your interpretation).
🎭 Read a book where a character has success. (Your interpretation).
The Night They Never Forgot - Scarlet Wilson (HMED #1255 - July 2022) - Oct 2
🎭 Read a book that has one of the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🎭 Read a book that has one of the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) in the text. (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Love at First Bark - Michelle Major (HSE #3010 - Oct 2023) (distinct scent of fall in the air - loc 605) - Sept 21
19. Annie
Annie is a musical based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. Annie an orphan ends up living in a mansion with Oliver Warbucks and his staff after a horrible life at the orphanage. The story tells about her story, and the evil couple who pretend they are her parents for the reward money.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is an orphan.
Annie is a musical based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. Annie an orphan ends up living in a mansion with Oliver Warbucks and his staff after a horrible life at the orphanage. The story tells about her story, and the evil couple who pretend they are her parents for the reward money.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is an orphan.
How to Cheat the Marriage Mart - Millie Adams (HH #1677 - Oct 2022) - Sept 16
🎭 Read a book where a character pretends to be someone they are not.
🎭 Read a book where a character pretends to be someone they are not.
Wyoming Cowboys - Regan Black, Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 6
🎭 Read a book where a character lives in a mansion or has servants.
🎭 Read a book where a character lives in a mansion or has servants.
Lyon of the Ton - Emily Royal (Dragonblade Pub - Oct 2023) - Oct 20
20. The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical that is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children.
🎭 Read a book with a nun as a character.
🎭 Read a book where a character opposes something. (Tell us what).
The Sound of Music is a musical that is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children.
🎭 Read a book with a nun as a character.
🎭 Read a book where a character opposes something. (Tell us what).
Claimed by the Viking Chief - Sarah Rodi (HH #1730 - June 2023) (slavery) - Dec 29
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VON TRAPP.
21. A Chorus Line
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical that is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater,. The musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. A Chorus Line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer, as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.
🎭 Read a book where a character is a dancer.
🎭 Read a book that is 17th in a series.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CHORUS LINE.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in VON TRAPP.
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical that is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater,. The musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. A Chorus Line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer, as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.
🎭 Read a book where a character is a dancer.
🎭 Read a book that is 17th in a series.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in CHORUS LINE.
Over Her Dead Body - Nichole Severn (HI #2141 - May 2023) - Sept 29
22. Starlight Express
Starlight Express tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing a first-class observation car, Pearl. Famously, the actors perform on roller skates
🎭 Read a book where a character goes roller skating.
🎭 Read a book where there is a race of some sort.
Starlight Express tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope of impressing a first-class observation car, Pearl. Famously, the actors perform on roller skates
🎭 Read a book where a character goes roller skating.
🎭 Read a book where there is a race of some sort.
Falling for Dr. Maverick - Kathy Douglass (HSE #3007 - Oct 2023) (barrel racing) - Dec 20
🎭 Read a book that you consider first class.
🎭 Read a book that you consider first class.
Pursuit at Panther Point - Cindi Myers ( HI #2171 - Oct 2023) - Sept 30
23. Cats
Cats is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
🎭 Read a book with a cat on the cover. (Show cover)
🎭 Read a book by T.S. Eliot.
🎭 Read a book when a character gets a new life.
Cats is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
🎭 Read a book with a cat on the cover. (Show cover)
🎭 Read a book by T.S. Eliot.
🎭 Read a book when a character gets a new life.
Secrets, Vegas Style - Kira Sinclair (HD #2838 - Nov 2021) - Dec 3
24. Hello Dolly
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a matchmaker.
Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. The musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a matchmaker.
The Lyon's Redemption - Sandra Sookoo (Dragonblade Pub - Nov 2023) - Nov 10
🎭 Read a book with a character who is strong-willed.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is strong-willed.
One Steamy Night - Brenda Jackson (HD #2977 - Nov 2023) - Oct 31
🎭 Read a book with a character called either Dolly or Horace.
25. Kiss Me Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical in which the story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul of some gangsters.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets kissed.
🎭 Read a book with a character called either Dolly or Horace.
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical in which the story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul of some gangsters.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets kissed.
Texas Bodyguard: Chance - Janie Crouch (HI #2167 - Sept 2023) - Oct 20
🎭 Read a book where there are two different romances going on. (Has to be 2 different sets of people, not a love triangle).
🎭 Read a book where there are two different romances going on. (Has to be 2 different sets of people, not a love triangle).
The Lyon, the Liar, and the Scandalous Wardrobe - Chasity Bowlin (Dragonblade Pub - Nov 2023) - Nov 22
🎭 Read a book by Shakespeare.
26. West Side Story
West Side Story is Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Sharks, who are recent migrants from Puerto Rico, and the Jets, who are white, vie for dominance of the neighborhood, and the police try to keep order. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.
🎭 Read a book with a character who has an ethnic background different from your own.
🎭 Read a book by Shakespeare.
West Side Story is Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Sharks, who are recent migrants from Puerto Rico, and the Jets, who are white, vie for dominance of the neighborhood, and the police try to keep order. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.
🎭 Read a book with a character who has an ethnic background different from your own.
The Nurse's Holiday Swap - Ann McIntosh (HMED #1351 - Nov 2023) (Hawaiian) - Oct 31
🎭 Read a book with a blue-covered book (Show cover).
🎭 Read a book with a blue-covered book (Show cover).
A Christmas Miracle in the Little Irish Village - Michelle Vernal (Bookouture - Oct 2023) - Oct 13
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in SHARKS JETS.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in SHARKS JETS.
Wyoming Mountain Cold Case - Juno Rushdan (HI #2172 - Oct 2023) - Sept 17
27. 42nd Street
42nd Street is a 1980 stage musical that won may awards. Based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood film adaptation, this backstage musical follows the rehearsal process of a Broadway show staged during the height of the Great Depression.
🎭 Read a book that makes you cry.
🎭 Read a book that has won an award.
🎭 Read a book where a character is in a play.
42nd Street is a 1980 stage musical that won may awards. Based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes and the subsequent 1933 Hollywood film adaptation, this backstage musical follows the rehearsal process of a Broadway show staged during the height of the Great Depression.
🎭 Read a book that makes you cry.
🎭 Read a book that has won an award.
🎭 Read a book where a character is in a play.
Cinderella and the Vicomte - Jessica Gilmore (HR #4804 - May 2022) - Oct 1
28. Fame
Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film that is set in New York City, and chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending the High School of Performing Arts, from their auditions to their freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years.
🎭 Read a book with a MC who is a high school student.
🎭 Read a book where a character faces a hardship. (Your interpretation).
Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film that is set in New York City, and chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending the High School of Performing Arts, from their auditions to their freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years.
🎭 Read a book with a MC who is a high school student.
🎭 Read a book where a character faces a hardship. (Your interpretation).
Falling for His Pretend Countess - Lauri Robinson (HH #1721 - May 2023) (Civil War) - Dec 10
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in FAME.
🎭 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in FAME.
Balancing Act - Emily March (Grand Central - Dec 2023) - Nov 27
29. Singing In The Rain
Singin' in the Rain is an American musical romantic comedy. Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollywood in the waning days of the silent screen era, it focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont, whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.
🎭 Read a book about an actress.
🎭 Read a book set in California.
Singin' in the Rain is an American musical romantic comedy. Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollywood in the waning days of the silent screen era, it focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont, whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.
🎭 Read a book about an actress.
🎭 Read a book set in California.
Three Cowboys and a Puppy - Kate Pearce (Kensington - Oct 2023) - Oct 21
🎭 Read a book set or published in the 1950s.
30. Come From Away
Come from Away is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. The characters in the musical are based on (and in most cases share the names of) actual Gander residents and stranded travelers they housed and fed. The musical has been received by audiences and critics as a cathartic reminder of the capacity for human kindness in even the darkest of times and the triumph of humanity over hate.
🎭 Read a book where a plane has to land unexpectedly.
🎭 Read a book set or published in the 1950s.
Come from Away is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. The characters in the musical are based on (and in most cases share the names of) actual Gander residents and stranded travelers they housed and fed. The musical has been received by audiences and critics as a cathartic reminder of the capacity for human kindness in even the darkest of times and the triumph of humanity over hate.
🎭 Read a book where a plane has to land unexpectedly.
Watchers of the Night - Charlene Parris (HRS #2262 - Jan 2024) - Dec 21
🎭 Read a book that has a character who shows kindness to another. (Your interpretation).
🎭 Read a book that has a character who shows kindness to another. (Your interpretation).
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