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Quiz: Badly Explained Musicals

Author AbigailAbigail, January 6th, 2021

Can you guess the musicals from these terrible descriptions?

Give your brain a post-holiday boost with our Badly Explained Musicals quiz! Can you decipher these ten well-loved musicals from their terrible descriptions?

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