He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion and the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sunday in the Park with George. What is his name?
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Al Pacino has appeared in about a dozen Broadway shows. His next one will be David Mamet’s new play China Doll. His first Broadway appearance was in 1969. What play was he in?
What Irish playwright wrote Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World?
How many minutes in a year and from what song in Rent do we get that fact?
According to the lyric of “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” how high is the corn and high tall might it grow?
Rupert Holmes, the multi-talented artist, penned the Tony winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Holmes was first known as a pop singer/songwriter. His first international hit was “Timothy” recorded by the Buoys. What is “Timothy” about?
The musical Amazing Grace focuses on the man, who was the son of a slave trader, who penned that song. What is his name?
In Shakespeare’s King Lear, which of his three daughters really does love him and is true to him?
On May 10, 1949, the Astor Place Riot took place outside the Astor Opera House where a performance was to occur. There were more than 120 injured and 25 people we killed. What two feuding actors fueled the animosity for this night of violence?
In this A.R. Gurney play Greg finds a new companion, which upsets his wife, Kate. The name of that companion is the same as the title of the play. What’s the name?
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, which will be revived on Broadway this season, was first a one-act play. What was the title of that play?
Who played Billie Dawn in the original 1946 production of Born Yesterday?
Bruce Willis is going to make his Broadway debut in 2015. In what show will he be performing?
What year did The Fantasticks premiere in New York City?
The only time Death of a Salesman was not nominated for Tonys was for the 1975 Broadway production starring George C. Scott. Why was it not nominated?
Where was playwright Tennessee Williams born and where did he spend much of his childhood?
On what source material is the stage musical Gigi based?
Gigi, which was first produced on Broadway in 1973 and will star Vanessa Hudgens in the revival in April 2015, was originally a 1958 film. Who played Gigi in the original film?
Who adapted the Friedrich Dürrenmatt play The Visit into the musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb?
What was the first show in which Peter Gallagher appeared and what character did he play?
Gallagher, who is now in On the Twentieth Century, first appeared on Broadway in 1972 as a replacement in the musical Grease. He played Danny Zuko.
Who played the Witch in the original production of Into the Woods?
Director/producer Mike Nicholas won nine Tonys. For what play and in what capacity did he win his first?
In the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera, which has been running on Broadway since 1988, who played The Phantom and who played Christine Daaé?
What is the full title of the novel on which the musical Wicked is based?
Of the team known as Kander and Ebb, which wrote the music and which the lyrics?
The musical Wicked opened in October 2003 and continues its long run. Who played Elphaba and who played Glinda?
The four young lovers are Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius. What play are they in by the Bard?
Tracy Letts’ play Killer Joe is Broadway bound this spring. Letts won a Tony a few years ago. What was the play and what role did he play?
Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance is presently being revived on Broadway with John Lithgow as Tobias and Glenn Close as Agnes. What two actors played those roles in the original 1966 production?
Rob McClure plays Jack Singer in the Broadway musical adaptation of Honeymoon in Vegas. What actor played Jack Singer in the film comedy Honeymoon in Vegas? Also, what was the title of the other Vegas film in which he starred?
It was recently announced that Mrs. Doubtfire is to be made into a stage musical. Who is writing the book, music, and lyrics?
In the drama The Mountaintop, which was produced on Broadway in 2011, who played King? What actress co-starred?
In the new, hit Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas, high stakes gambler Tommy tricks good guy Jack Singer into allowing him to take the woman that he loves, Betsy., to another state to have some fun. What state is that?
In the stage musical Les Misérables, which is currently enjoying a triumphant revival on Broadway, who played the roles of Valjean and Javert in the original Broadway production?
Tony Danza, who opens on Broadway this week in the new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, starred in two hit TV series, Taxi and Who’s the Boss? What were the first names of each of his characters, and extra points, if we were giving points, for knowing their last names.
Rob McClure, who was nominated for a Tony for Chaplin and who opens this week in the musical Honeymoon in Vegas, made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the revival of a play by Herb Gardner. What was that show?
Brynn O’Malley, presently starring in the new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, which opens on January 15th, has been in six Broadway shows. In what show did she make her first appearance on The Great White Way?
The new musical Doctor Zhivago is preparing for Broadway. What are the first names of the two women with which Yurii Zhivago has relationships?
Gene Kelly played him in the movie An American in Paris and Robert Fairchild will play him in the Spring 2015 Broadway premiere of the stage musical. What’s the name of the lead in An American in Paris?
A Broadway revival of the musical Gigi will open in 2015. Vanessa Anne Hudgens will play the title role. For what film franchise is she best known and what character did she play?
This murder mystery farce opened and closed on February 22, 1983 on Broadway. By Arthur Bicknell, it is considered to be the standard by which all other Broadway disasters are judged. It starred Holland Taylor. What it the name of the show?
Who wrote the stage comedy Fish in the Dark, which will open on Broadway in 2015? He was the co-creator of Seinfeld and another popular TV comedy.
In the King and I, which will be revived on Broadway this year, what country does the king rule?
Julie Taymor was responsible for two different artistic aspects of long running musical The Lion King. What did she do on the hit, Tony-winning show?
Actress Chita Rivera, who will play the lead in 2015 in Kander and Ebb’s new musical The Visit, will have a soon birthday. How old will the Tony-winner be?
The revival of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard is running on Broadway now with Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cynthia Nixon, and Josh Hamilton. Who directed the original Broadway production?
Tony Danza, who is now on Broadway in Honeymoon in Vegas, has had a varied career. Before becoming an actor, he started out as an athlete. What was his sport? [spolier] Danza, who is now packing a big punch on Broadway in the new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, was a professional boxer. His record was 9-3 and all of his wins were either by KO or TKO. Knock ’em dead tonight, Tony![/spoiler]
Laura Osnes, Tony nominee for Cinderella and Bonnie and Clyde, and Drama Desk Award winner, got the chance to play her first Broadway lead (and show) in an unusual way. How did she get to Broadway?
This recent Tony winner received her first Tony nomination when she appeared as Melinda Wells in the revised revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in 2011. That was a nom for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her Tony win is for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. Who is she?
What writing team was involved in these projects, On the Town, Peter Pan, and On the 20th Century, and in many, many more.
How many Tony nominations has Chita Rivera earned and how many Tonys has she won and for what shows?
For what role, in what production and in what year did Mandy Patinkin win a Tony Award?
According the Martha Jefferson in 1776, what instrument did Thomas Jefferson play?
How does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade always end?
How many big character balloons are there in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Are there usually around 6, 15, 22, or 30?
What would be ironic about celebrating the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving in a stage musical?
This musical tells the tale of the original Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam in 1647 and Kurt Weil and Maxwell Anderson created it. What is its title?
This Broadway musical just celebrated its 5,400th performance. It includes the songs “Dancing Queen” and “S.O.S.”
Who starred as Maria in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music?
She is known as the Wicked Witch of the West in the movie The Wizard of Oz, but what is her real name and who first played her on Broadway in Wicked?
Who played Norma Desmond in the Broadway premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard?
One played Max and the other played Leo in Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Who were the actors?
What is the longest running revival that is presently on Broadway?
There are three different musicals that will be produced on Broadway for the 2014-15 season whose titles start with the word “On.” Two are revivals and one is a new one. What are they?
Wolf Hall: Parts 1 and 2 is coming to Broadway. It’s produced by the RSC. What is this play about and from whose perspective is it told? (/spoiler] The play focuses on the court of King Henry VIII and the story is told through the eyes of one of his most trusted advisers, Thomas Cromwell. There is plenty of intrigue, passion, love, politics, and much more. [/spoiler]
What Stephen Sondheim musical includes the character of The Witch and who first played the role on Broadway?
This musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which an understudy steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It started Off-Off-Broadway, then transferred to Off-Broadway, and helped bring Bernadette Peters to prominence.
Ain’t Misbehavin’ features music written and sung by this legendary blues and jazz performer. What is the name of the artist?
In the commercial theatre, who is the person who is charged with raising the money for a production?
Some Broadway musicals have numbers in their titles. What Broadway musical has the highest number (digits) that is included in its title?
What Broadway theatre seats the most audience members and how many seats does it have?
In what country was playwright Samuel Beckett born and in what country did he choose to live most of his adult life?
What show is the song “Try to Remember” from and what character sings it?
In what play by Shakespeare does what character say the line ’Twas a rough night,” and to what is the character referring?
Edward Albee’s play The Goat, which is about a man who falls in love with a got, has a longer title. What is the full name of the play?
He wrote the musical Rent but died before it became a Broadway success and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. What is his name and did he write the music, lyrics or book for that musical?
He is a very tall Broadway choreographer, director, and performer from Texas. Who is he?
That would be the inimitable Tommy Tune. [/spoiler
What is the source material for Rodgers, Hammerstein, and Logan’s musical South Pacific and who wrote that source material?
Eddie Albert earned a Bronze Star for his actions in World War II. Why was he awarded the Bronze Star?
The musical Big Fish was on Broadway in 2013, running for 34 preview performances and 98 regular performances. Who wrote it and who directed it?
He was supposed to write the music for Gypsy but Julie Styne did instead because Ethel Merman did not want to work with an untested composer.
In Renaissance London there were private and public theatres? What were the main differences?
Playwright Tennessee Williams did appear in one of his own plays Off-Broadway. What play was that and who did he play?
This 1978 Broadway musical includes songs by a variety of composers, including James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, and Stephen Schwartz and is based on a book of interviews by Studs Terkle. What is the name of the musical and what is the name of the source material?
What is the name of the 1938 musical that was directed by John Houseman and funded by the Federal Theatre Project that pits the working class against big business and urges unionization and calls for workers to strike?
What is the name of the pro-union musical that focused on issues related to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union? It opened on Broadway in 1937 and ran until 1940.
The late Robin Williams appeared in two Broadway shows. What were they?
There’s a musical named Tommy and another Tommy, performer, director, choreographer, who is famous for many things including his tall stature. What rock group’s album serves as the basis for the musical Tommy and what is the last name of the famous director/performer?
The lights are truly bright on Broadway. What nickname for the Mecca of live theatre exemplifies this fact?
What French playwright wrote the tragedy The Cid, which caused a scandal by breaking French 17th century neoclassical rules?
What is the name of the theatre where composer Richard Wagner’s operas were first performed?
What is the source material for the play One Man, Two Guvnors and who wrote it?
Who wrote the musical from which the song “The Rhythm of Life” comes and what is the name of the musical?
What region of the country does salesman Willy Loman cover in Death of a Salesman?