Q.1
The Boys in the Band was the only show to open on Broadway in May, the first of the 2018-2019 season. In this production of the 1968 play about gay men at a birthday party, all nine actors are openly gay. True or false: So are the director and all five producers.

Q.2
In its annual statistics, released in May, The Broadway League declared the 2017-2018 Broadway season just ended “the best attended and highest grossing season in Broadway recorded history.” What is true about their statistics as presented in the League’s press release?

Q.3
The $33 million renovation of the Lyric Theatre to ready it for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, has led to broken ribs and other injuries, according to theatergoers, because they trip over the poorly designed stairs in the aisles .

Q.4
Which is the most prominent element in The Beast in The Jungle, a stage adaptation of a novella by Henry James, which opened at the Vineyard Theater in May?

Q.5
Which is NOT discussed by the adolescent girls who are part of a team vying in a dance competition in Dance Nation, Clare Barron’s play at Playwrights Horizons?

Q.6
In the two-character play The Gentleman Caller, which opened in May at the Cherry Lane, what do the playwrights Tennessee Williams and William Inge spend time doing?

Q.7
The following New York theater awards were among those whose winners were either announced in May, or whose ceremony was held during the month. Which of them honored three theater artists with disabilities making their New York stage debuts?

Q.8
In past years, the New York Drama Critics Circle has given its “Best Musical” award to the original productions of Carousel, My Fair Lady and Hello, Dolly. Last year, it gave it to The Band’s Visit (when it was Off-Broadway.) Which new musical got the award this year?

Q.9
All of the following shows that opened in April or May had running times of at least 200 minutes. Which had the longest running time?

Q.10
The same month that NBC announced its next live musical will be Hair, it canceled “Rise,” the TV series about a high school drama department. What did the characters in the TV series have in common with the musical (as originally performed on stage)?