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By Marc J. Franklin

May 19, 2021

Sometimes, one sentence is all it takes to hook an audience and deliver them into the world of a show. From loud declarations to quiet affirmations, the theatre has no shortage of iconic introductions.

Whether spoken or sung, can you name these shows from just their first lines?

Can You Name These Shows From Just Their First Line?

First Line_HR — Can You Name These Shows From Just Their First Line?

26 PHOTOS

A Chorus Line.jpg_HR — ??

A_Chorus_Line_Broadway_1975_HR — A Chorus Line

Richard III.jpg_HR — ??

Mark Rylance in <i>Richard III</i>_HR — Richard III

Joan Marcus

How I Learned to Drive.jpg_HR — ??

Next Slide

How_I_Learned_To_Drive_Vineyard_Theatre_Production_Photos_1997_Mary-Louise_Parker_David Morse_HR — How I Learned to Drive

Romeo and Juliet.jpg_HR — ??

Romeo and Juliet_Broadway_Production Photos_2013_Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad_HR — Romeo and Juliet

Carol Rosegg

For Colored Girls.jpg_HR — ??

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Paula Moss_Trazana Berverly_Aku Kadogo_Seret Scott_Rise Collins _HR — For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts

Blasted.jpg_HR — ??

Blasted_Soho Rep_HR — Blasted

Funny Girl.jpg_HR

Barbra Streisand Funny Girl HR — Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of Funny Girl

Friedman-Abeles/NYPL

Doubt.jpg_HR — ??

Cherry Jones in Doubt HR — Doubt

Joan Marcus

Great Comet.jpg_HR — ??

Natasha_Pierre_&_the_Great_Comet_of_1812_Broadway_Production_Photo_2016_Josh_Groban_and_Cast_HR — Josh Groban and the Cast

Chad Batka

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.jpg_HR — ??

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof_Broadway_Production Photos_2013_Benjamin Walker and Scarlett Johansson_HR — Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Twelfth Night.jpg_HR — ??

Twelfth_Night_Red_Cast_Shakespeare_In_The_Park_Production_Photo_2018_Company_HR

Little Shop.jpg — ??

Little Shop of Horrors_Westside Theatre_Production Photos_2019_Jonathan Groff_HR — Little Shop of Horrors

Emilio Madrid-Kuser

Into the Woods.jpg_HR — ??

HR - Into the Woods - Original Broadway Cast — Danielle Ferdland, Ben Wright, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien, and Bernadette Peters in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods.

Martha Swope / The New York Public Library

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