Picnics, socials, festivals, fairs. Townspeople gathering to gossip, to celebrate, to (sometimes) fight. These are really just an excuse to get the ensemble of a Broadway musical all on stage for a big song and dance number, no?
Click through the gallery below and see how many musicals you can identify from the plot and lyric clues surrounding the shows' big social events.
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Oklahoma! Playbill - Dec 1979
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Music Man Playbill - Opening Night
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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Playbill
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Carousel Playbill- Jun 1994
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The Pajama Game Playbill - Opening Night
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In the Heights Playbill - Opening Night
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Playbill - Opening Night, July 1982
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State Fair Playbill - Opening Night, March 1996
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Camelot Playbill - March 1961
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110 in the Shade Playbill - Opening Night
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Into the Woods Playbill - Opening Night