Q.1
True or false: To Kill a Mockingbird, a straight play dramatizing Harper Lee’s novel, did not receive a Best Play nomination, but it did receive a nomination for Best Original Score.
True
False
Q.2
King Kong received three times as many nominations as King Lear
True
False
Q.3
Which of the following Broadway shows that opened during the 2018-2019 season received at least one nomination for a 2019 Tony Award?
American Son
Bernhardt/Hamlet
Gettin The Band Back Together
Head Over Heels
The Lifespan of a Fact
Mike Birbiglia’s The New One
The Nap
Pretty Woman
Straight White Men
True West
Q.4
True or False: TWO Tony nominated musicals both feature a musical within a musical that is set in Italy.
True
False
Q.5
Which of the following New York theater awards are older than the Tonys?
The Drama League Awards
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Theatre World Awards
They all are
None are
Q.6
Of the 118 nominated artists, 17 are making their Broadway debuts; only three of these this year are performers. Which of the following is NOT making his or her Broadway debut
Paddy Considine (The Ferryman)
Damon Daunno (Oklahoma)
Jeremy Pope (Choir Boy and Ain’t Too Proud)
Heidi Schreck (What The Constitution Means To Me)
Q.7
Which of the nominees for the 2019 Best Musical Tony Award is not adapted from a work in another medium?
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations
Beetlejuice
Hadestown
The Prom
Tootsie
Q.8
In which of the Tony nominated plays does a character say: “I mean we got plumbing. If we can move something as complicated as our waste and water, it shouldn’t be too difficult to spread a little wealth. And while we’re at it, some shelter would be nice. Oh and a meal.”
Choir Boy
The Ferryman
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ink
What The Constitution Means To Me
Q.9
In which nominee for best revival of a play, does a character react to being told they’re crazy for wanting to do something by saying “You want to know what’s crazy? After all these years I’m still trying to justify my life.”
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons
The Boys in the Band
Burn This
Torch Song
The Waverly Gallery
Q.10
10 True or false: A 2019 Tony is going to a firehouse.
True
False