List of Fictional Musicals

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A '''Fictional MusicAL''' or '''Fictitious Musical''' is a non-existent [[musical theatre|stage musical]] that was created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction such as a novel, film, TV series, play or even an actual stage musical. Strictly, the term does not refer to actual musicals based on fiction (i.e. as opposed to those based on real-life people or events) but, rather, to imaginary musicals that do not actually exist.

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!width="150"|Fictitious Musical
!width="150"|As Depicted In
!width="145"|Basis
!width="110"|Actual composer/s
!width="110"|Actual lyricist/s
!width="235"|In-universe songs
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|''Aspects of Juanita'' || [[The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)|''The Musical of Musicals]]'' (2003 musical) || [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] parody || Eric Rockwell || Joanne Bogart || Numerous; see link
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|''Batman: The Musical'' || ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode 44 (2000) || [[Batman]] || [[Paul Dini]] || Paul Dini || "Superstitious and Cowardly Lot"
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|''Casanova'' || [[Nine (musical)|''Nine]]'' (1982 musical) || Life of [[Giacomo Casanova]] || [[Maury Yeston]] || Maury Yeston || "Grand Canal"
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|''The Coconut Girl'' (1911) || ''[[The Girl Who Came to Supper]]'' (1963 musical)||"a charming period musical" from 1911||[[Noel Coward]] ||Noel Coward ||"Coconut Girl"; "Paddy McNeil & His Automobile"; "Swing Song"; "Six Lilies of the Valley"; "The Walla Walla Boola"
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|''Come.. come now'' || ''[[The First Nudie Musical]]'' (1976 film)|| A film studio's attempt to PReVENT bankruptcy by making a "musical comedy porno" || [[Bruce Kimmel]] || Bruce Kimmel || "The Lights and the Smiles"; "The First Nudie Musical"; "[...]"; "Lesbian, Butch, Dyke"; "Dancing Dildoes"; "Pervision"; "Let 'Em Eat Cake"
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|''Corn'' || [[The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)|''The Musical of Musicals]]'' (2003 musical)||[[Rodgers and Hammerstein|Rodgers & Hammerstein]] parody ||Eric Rockwell || Joanne Bogart || Numerous; see link
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|''The Cruise of the Dodo'' || ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' (1985 play) || Pastiche of 1930s musical comedy ||[[Andre Previn]] || [[Tom Stoppard]] || "This could be the one"; "Where do we go from here?"; "You never heard it from me"
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|''Dear Abby'' || [[The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)|''The Musical of Musicals]]'' (2003 musical)|| [[Jerry Herman]] parody ||Eric Rockwell || Joanne Bogart || Numerous; see link
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|''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (1928 musical) || ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' (2006 musical)|| Pastiche of 1920s musical comedy ||[[Lisa Lambert]] & [[Greg Morrison]] ||Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison ||Numerous; see link
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|''Elephant!'' || ''[[The Tall Guy]]'' (1989 film)|| Life of [[Joseph Merrick]]; also [[Andrew Lloyd Webber|Webber]] parody ||Uncredited || Uncredited || "Roll up, roll up", "He's Packing His Trunk", "Angel with Big Ears"
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|''Ellen: The Musical'' || ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' episode 167 (2006)|| Musical adaptation of real-life daytime talk show ||Eban Schletter|| Eban Schletter || "Breathe from your Hoo-Hoo" (performed by [[Kristin Chenoweth]] as Fairy Godmother; "Nerd like me" (performed by [[Olivia Olson]])
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|''Faust'' (cantata) || ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]'' (1974 film)|| The legend of [[Faust|Doctor Faustus]]||[[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] || Paul Williams || "Faust" (performed by [[William Finley (actor)|William Finley]] as Winslow Leach)
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|''Feldman Follies of 1926'' || [[Songbook (musical)|''Moony Shapiro's Songbook]]'' (1981 revue)|| Fictitious counterpart to the [[Zeigfeld Follies]] ||[[Monty Norman]] ||Julian Moore ||"East River Rhapsody"
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|''Freud! The Musical''|| ''[[Friends]]'' episode 1.06 (1994)|| The Life of [[Sigmund Freud]] ||Uncredited ||Uncredited ||"All you want is a dingle" (sung by [[Matt LeBlanc]] as [[Joey Tribbiani]] as Dr Freud)
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|''Funny Boy''|| [[The Producers (1968 film)|''The Producers'']] (1968 film; [[The Producers (musical)|2001 musical]]; [[The Producers (2005 film)|2005 film]]) || ''[[Hamlet]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] ||[[Mel Brooks]] || Mel Brooks ||-
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|''The Girl from Indiana''|| ''[[Say, Darling]]'' (1958 play)|| Based on (fictitious) book, ''Paddlewheel'' ||[[Jule Styne]] ||[[Betty Comden]] & [[Adolph Green]] ||"It's Doom"; "Say, Darling"; "Try to love me"; "Dance only with me" (and others)
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|''Hamlet: A Musical''|| ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' episode 72 (1966)|| ''[[Hamlet]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] ||Uncredited ||Uncredited ||"To be or not to be"
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|''Hamlet 2''|| ''[[Hamlet 2]]'' (2008 film)|| Sequel to ''[[Hamlet]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] || - || - ||"Rock me Sexy Jesus"; "Gay as the day is long" (and others)
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|''Happy Hickory''|| [[Songbook (musical)|''Moony Shapiro's Songbook]]'' (1981 revue)|| - ||[[Monty Norman]] ||Julian Moore ||"Happy Hickory"; "Lovely Sunday Morning"; "Rusty's Dream Ballet"; "A Storm in my Heart"; "The Pokenhatchit Public Protest Committee"
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|''Helen Keller: The Musical''|| ''[[South Park]]'' [[Helen Keller! The Musical|episode 61]] (2000)|| ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'' by [[William Gibson (playwright)|William Gibson]] || || ||
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|''Imelda: The Musical''|| ''[[Spitting Image]]'' (TV series)|| Parody of [[Evita (musical)|''Evita]]'', based on life of [[Imelda Marcos]] || [[Philip Pope]] || ? ||"Please cry for me, Filipinos"
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|''Jeepers Creepers Semi-Star'' || ''[[Mr. Show]]'' episode 203 (1996) || Parody of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' ||-||-|| "I don't know what to think of him", "Jeepers Creepers" (and others)
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|''Juliet and Romeo'' || ''[[High School Musical on Stage!]]'' (2007 musical)|| ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] ||Various ||Various ||"What I've been looking for"
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|''Kickin' It: A Musical Journey Through the Betty Ford Center'' || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson|episode 4F22]] (1996)|| The [[Betty Ford Center]] ||[[Alf Clausen]] ||[[Ken Keeler]] ||"You're Checkin' In"
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|''Lease: The Musical'' || ''[[Team America: World Police]]'' (2004 film) || Parody of [[Rent (musical)|''Rent]]'' ||Uncredited ||Uncredited ||"Everyone has [[AIDS]]"
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|''A Little Complex'' || [[The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)|''The Musical of Musicals]]'' (2003 musical) || [[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]] parody || Eric Rockwell || Joanne Bogart || Numerous; see link
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|''Manhattan Melodies'' || ''[[The Muppets take Manhattan]]'' (1984 film) || - ||[[Jeff Moss]] ||Jeff Moss ||"Together again"; "Right where I belong"; "Somebody's getting married"; "He'll make me happy"; "The Ceremony"
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|''Mewesical High'' || ''[[Degrassi Goes Hollywood]]'' (2009 film) || Based on high school years of [[Jason Mewes]] || - || - ||"Crash my party"; "Life is a Show"; "Rescue You"; "Swang Song"; "One Saturday Night Away"
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|''Mother Teresa: The Musical'' || ''[[The [...] Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]'' (1994 film) || Life of [[Mother Teresa|Mother Teresa of Calcutta]] ||Uncredited ||Uncredited ||"Food" (performed by Chrissy Bocchino)
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|''Musical Husbands'' || [[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|''Merrily We Roll Along]]'' (1981 musical) || - || - || - ||No in-universe songs performed
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|''My Square Laddie'' || ''My Square Laddie'' (1959 LP record)|| Parody of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''|| [[Max Showalter]] || William Howe || "What makes a Limey talk so square?"; "To be Bohemian!"; "It's de Oily Boid"; "The block where you rock"; "I could have boozed all night"' "I gotta hand it to you"; "I'm kinda partial to his puss"
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|''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (Music Hall Royale production) || [[The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)|''The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'' (1986 musical) || ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] ||[[Rupert Holmes]] || Rupert Holmes ||Numerous; see link
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|''Nelson: The Musical'' || ''[[Lucky Break]]'' (2001 film) || Life of [[Horatio Nelson]] || [[Anne Dudley]] || [[Stephen Fry]] ||"Four Months at Sea"; "Kiss me, Hardy"
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|''The Nightman Cometh'' || ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' episode 1P04008 (2008) || A [[rock opera]] || [[Charlie Day]], [[Rob McElhenney]] & [[Glenn Howerton]] || Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton ||"Nightman", "Dayman", "Troll toll"
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|''Oh! Streetcar!'' || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[A Streetcar Named Marge|episode 8F18]] (1992) ||''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' by [[Tennessee Williams]] || [[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]] || Jeff Martin || "Long before the Superdome"; "New Orleans", "I am just a Simple Paper Boy"; "Stella", "Kindness of Strangers"
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|''Oh, Yes! Wyoming!'' || ''A Uniform Used To Mean Something'' (2004 short) || Parody of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' || Uncredited || Uncredited || "Oh, Yes! Wyoming!"
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|''Omaha!'' || ''Omaha!'' (1958 EP record) ||"The shortest musical comedy or longest radio commercial ever"; parody of ''Oklahoma!'' || Stan Freberg|| Stan Freberg || "Whatta They Got in Omaha?"; "Omaha Moon"; "Omaha"
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| ''Pius XIV: Super-Pope'' || ''[[The Goodies]] File'' (1975 book) || "The NEW God-Glam-Glitter-Camp-Poof-Rock Show" ||[[Tim Brooke-Taylor]], [[Graeme Garden]] & [[Bill Oddie]] || Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie || "Papal Blues"; "Holy Ghost"; "Six Wise Virgins"; "Cardinal's Crunch"
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| ''Pretty Lady'' || ''42nd Street'' ([[42nd Street (film)|1933 film]]; [[42nd Street (musical)|1980 musical]])||- ||[[Harry Warren]] ||[[Al Dubin]] || "You're getting to be a habit with me"; "It must be June"; "Shuffle off to Buffalo"; "Young and healthy"; "42nd Street"
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| ''Prisoners of Love'' || [[The Producers (1968 film)|''The Producers'']] (1968 film; [[The Producers (musical)|2001 musical]]; [[The Producers (2005 film)|2005 film]]) || - ||[[Mel Brooks]] || Mel Brooks || "Prisoners of Love"
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|''Prop 8: The Musical'' || ''Prop 8: The Musical'' (2008 short) || Musical about [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]] ||[[Marc Shaiman]]||Marc Shaiman|| "Proposition 8"; "Pick and Choose"; "There's money to be made"
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|''Rap! The Musical'' || ''[[Mr. Show]]'' episode 202 (1996) || Rap-style lyrics performed in a musical comedy style ||Uncredited||Uncredited|| "Gimme that big booming bass"; "I'm a gansta of the old skool"; "I'm in a gang of one"; "I'm an Old Gold Tooth"
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| ''The Real Manchu'' || [[Face Value (play)|''Face Value]]'' (1993 play) ||"Controversial" musical where a [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] actor portrays [[Fu Manchu]] || [[David Henry Hwang]]||David Henry Hwang||
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| ''Red, White & Black''|| [[Songbook (musical)|''Moony Shapiro's Songbook]]'' (1981 revue) ||[[J'accuse (letter)| ''J'accuse]]'' by [[Emile Zola]] || [[Monty Norman]] || Julian Moore || "I Accuse"
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| ''Red, White & Blaine''|| ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'' (1996 film) || 150 years in the history of Blaine, Missouri || [[Christopher Guest]], [[Michael McKean]] & [[Harry Shearer]] || Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer ||"Nothing Ever Happens on Mars"; "Stool Boom"; "This Bulging River"; "Nothing Ever Happens in Blaine"
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| ''Robbin' Hood! A New Musical of the Old West''|| [[Curtains (musical)|''Curtains]]'' (2006 musical) || - || [[John Kander]] || [[Fred Ebb]] and [[Rupert Holmes]] ||"Wide Open Spaces"; "Thataway!"; “Kansasland”; "In the Same Boat"
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| ''Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical'' || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' [[The Understudy (Seinfeld)|episode 621]] (1995) || Adaptation of (fictional) movie of same name || Uncredited || Uncredited ||"Rochelle, Rochelle" (performed by [[Bette Midler]] as herself)
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| ''Saucy Jack'' || ''[[This is Spinal Tap]]'' (1982 film) || Life of [[Jack the Ripper]] || [[Christopher Guest]], [[Michael McKean]] & [[Harry Shearer]] || Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer ||"Saucy Jack"
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| ''Scarsdale Surprise'' || ''[[Seinfeld]]'' [[The Summer of George|episode 822]] (1997) || The [...] of [[Herman Tarnower|Dr Herman Tarnower]] || - || - ||No songs actually performed; show purportedly starred [[Racquel Welch]]
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| ''The Shopgirl Princess'' || ''For Amusement Only'' (1956 revue) || "A miniature musical comedy of 1917" || John Pritchett || Peter Myers and Alec Grahame ||
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| ''Sizzle '76'' || [[Beaches (film)|''Beaches]]'' (1988 film) || A typical mid-1970s bawdy Broadway revue || Jerry Blatt, Charlene Seeger & [[Bette Midler]] ||Jerry Blatt, Charlene Seeger & Bette Midler ||"Otto Titsling (performed by Bette Midler as C. C. Bloom)"
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| ''The Small House of Uncle Thomas'' || ''[[The King and I]]'' (1952 musical) || ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' by [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] || [[Richard Rodgers]] || [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Oscar Hammerstein]] ||"The Small House of Uncle Thomas"
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| ''Sneakers'' || ''[[A Broadway Musical]]'' (1979 musical) || - || [[Charles Strouse]] || [[Lee Adams]] ||Numerous; see link
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| ''Songbird!'' || ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' (1992 film) || ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' by [[Tennessee Williams]] || Geoffrey Aymar || Martin Donovan & [[David Koepp]] ||"Me!" (performed by [[Meryl Streep]] as Madeleine Ashton)
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| ''Spectacular, Spectacular'' || [[Moulin Rouge (2001 film)|''Moulin Rouge]]'' (2001 film) || - || Various || Various ||Numerous; see link
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| ''Speakeasy'' || [[The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)|''The Musical of Musicals]]'' (2003 musical) || [[Kander and Ebb|Kander & Ebb]] parody || Eric Rockwell || Joanne Bogart ||Numerous; see link
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| ''[[Springtime for [...]]]'' || [[The Producers (1968 film)|''The Producers'']] (1968 film; [[The Producers (musical)|2001 musical]]; [[The Producers (2005 film)|2005 film]]) || Life of [[Adolf [...]]] || [[Mel Brooks]] || Mel Brooks||"Springtime for [...]", "Heil myself"
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| ''Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want to Get Off!'' || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[A Fish Called Selma|episode 3F15]] (1997) || [[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|''Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968 film) || [[Alf Clausen]]|| Jack Barth||"Dr Zaius"; "Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z"
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| ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (musical) || ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' (1948 musical) || ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] || [[Cole Porter]] || Cole Porter||"We Open In Venice", "I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua" ; "Were thine that Special Face"; "Bianca" (and others)
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| ''Twinkle Town'' || ''[[High School Musical]]'' (2006 TV film) || Annual "musicale" produced by (fictitious) East High School || Various|| Various ||"What I've been looking for"; "Bop to the Top"
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| ''The Vagabond Student'' || ''For Amusement Only'' (1956 revue) || Parody of 1920s operetta || John Pritchett|| Peter Myers ||-
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| ''The Weissman Follies'' || ''[[Follies]]'' (1971 musical) || Fictional counterpart to the [[Zeigfeld Follies]] || [[Stephen Sondheim]] || Stephen Sondheim ||"Beautiful Girls"; "Rain on the Roof"; "Ah, Paris!", "Broadway Baby"; "I'm Still Here"; "Loveland" (and others)
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| ''Yetta's Letters'' || [[The Nanny (TV series)|''The Nanny]]'' episode 619 (1999) || Based on love letters of Fran Fine's grandmother|| Uncredited ||Uncredited ||"Ellis Island"
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| [Title not revealed] || [[Mame (musical)|''Mame]]'' (1966 musical) || A female astronomer's astounding discovery || [[Jerry Herman]] ||Jerry Herman ||"Man in the Moon is a Lady" (performed by [[Beatrice Arthur]] as Vera Charles)
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| [Title not revealed] || [[Merrily We Roll Along (musical)|''Merrily We Roll Along]]'' (1981 musical) || Homage to early 1960s revues || [[Stephen Sondheim]] ||Stephen Sondheim ||"Bobby and Jackie and Jack"
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| [Title not revealed] || [[Beaches (film)|''Beaches]]'' (1988 film) || "Experimental" musical by the Falcon Players || [[Bette Midler]] & Wendy Waldman ||Bette Midler & Wendy Waldman||"Oh Industry" (performed by Bette Middler as C. C. Bloom)
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==See also==
*[[Metafiction]]
*[[Story within a story]]
*[[List of fictional plays]]
*[[List of fictional books]]

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