Mother's Day Quiz! Match the Dialogue With the Broadway Mother Who Said It

Every day is Mother’s Day on Broadway, where more than a dozen matriarchs are currently asserting their authority on stage in plays and musicals. Just for fun, we gathered some of our favorite quotable lines uttered by theatrical stage moms. Can you match the dialogue with the Broadway mother who said it? (Scroll down to see a full list of mothers quoted; answers appear below.)

1. “Look at you. You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem.”

2. “Pick up this stuff, I’m not your maid any more. Pick it up, you bum, you!”

3. “You are never going to meet anyone if you continue to dress like a refugee from a library in Kabul.”

4. “Cable from Claridge’s. Do we want cognac or Cointreau in the wedding cake?”

5. “A bus full of drag queens can’t be that hard to find. Just follow the trail of glitter.”

6. “You wanna switch places? Anytime. There’s the kitchen, there’s the washing machine, knock yourself out.”

7. “Nothin’ to be done: We’re just going to have to get your father out of his pickle again, you and me.”

8. “I’ve done a damn good job with [my child], all by myself, and now I’m going to be muscled out by an ejaculation!”

9. “Take that back this instant! I will not have you criticize your father.”

10. “I know [my child] needs to lead his own life. But after what we’ve been through, I don’t ever want to see him get hurt again.”

11. “Sorry for the wait [for lunch]. I forgot to turn the darned burner on for the green beans.”

12. “Why is big Poppa Bear so mean to poor little Momma Bear?”

13. “You’re a sweet girl. You’re perfectly nice looking. I mean it. Since you stopped boozing and lost all the weight.”

14. “Those who live in fear die miserably in their graves.”

A. Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes
B. Mary Delgado Valli in Jersey Boys
C. Rita Lyons in The Lyons
D. Georgia Bird in Magic/Bird
E. Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
F. Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins
G. Mama in Memphis
H. Baruska in Once
I. Polly Wyeth in Other Desert Cities
J. Marion in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
K. Rose Narracott in War Horse
L. Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman
M. Marla McGowan in Leap of Faith
N. Mabel Cantwell in The Best Man

ANSWERS:
1-G, 2-L, 3-I, 4-A, 5-J, 6-B, 7-K, 8-E, 9-F, 10-M, 11-D, 12-N, 13-C, 14-H