The arrival of the delightful pie-baking musical WAITRESS to London has inspired our latest “just for fun” quiz about references to food in theatre.
- What is the name of The Demon Barber of Fleet Street whose customers are turned into pie filling?
- In Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the barber what do the lyrics claim the shepherd’s pie is peppered with?
- In what Bernstein musical does a character declare “I can cook too”?
- Who does Oliver Twist ask for more gruel in the musical Oliver!
- In which Howard Goodall musical did a father-in-law cook a pasta dish on stage?
- In what classical Broadway musical do the characters discuss betting on cheesecake?
- Which Shakespeare character bakes his enemy’s children in a pie?
- What is the name of the over-eating child in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
- What is the name of the new confection invented in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang!?
- What do the town-folk feast on in the musical Carousel?
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- Sweeney Todd
- “Actual shepherd”
- On the Town
- Mr Bumble
- Love Story
- Guys and Dolls
- Titus Andronicas
- Augustus Gloop
- Toot Sweets
- Clams
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