New York Theater July 2014 Quiz

Q.1

Which reality TV show has partnered with a Broadway musical, as announced in July?

Extreme Makeover and Violet
RuPauls Drag Race and Kinky Boots
So You Think You Can Dance and On The Town
The Bachelor and Honeymoon in Vegas
Top Chef and Sweeney Todd

Q.2

Christopher Walken will be playing Captain Hook in the NBC live broadcast of Peter Pan on December 3rd. Who was announced for Peter Pan? *

Christian Borle
Kristin Chenoweth
Chris Colfer
Corey Cott
Cathy Rigby
Allison Williams

Q.3

True or False: The Broadway League blamed the drop in Broadway ticket sales on the Elmos in Times Square.

True
False

Q.4

Which of the following were announced for the cast of the Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney’s two-hander Love Letters?

Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow
Brian Dennehy and Carol Burnett
Alan Alda and Candice Bergen
Stacy Keach and Diana Rigg
Anjelica Huston and Martin Sheen
All of the Above
None of the Above

Q.6

Ira Glass, host of the cultural program “This American Life” ON NPR, saw John Lithgow as King Lear in Central Park, and then Tweeted “I think I'm realizing: Shakespeare sucks.” *

True
False

Q.7

“Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story” opened in July, about an obscure songwriter of some familiar songs. Which song did he NOT write or co-write?

Chains
Cry Baby
Twist and Shout
Hang On Sloopy
Piece of My Heart

Q.8

Which is not true about Michael Cohl?

He is being sued by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the abrupt cancellation of the arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
He said he is planning an arena tour of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
He said he is no longer planning to present Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark in Las Vegas, as he had announced when the show closed on Broadway at the beginning of this year
He said he is planning a live stage adaptation of the 3-D animated film "Rio" for Broadway, after it debuts in Brazil.
He said he is planning a stage adaptation of the film "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked"
None of this is true
All of this is true

Q.9

James Garner, who died this month at age 86, was known primarily for his performances in film and television. True or false: He told interviewers that he learned how to act on Broadway. *

True
False

Q.10

Elaine Stritch, legendary performer who appeared in 19 shows on Broadway dating back to 1946, died in July at the age of 89. Which of these quotes did she NOT say?

Why did I choose the career that I chose? I want to be talked about. I want to be written about. I want everything about me! And I don’t make any bones about that.
I don't know what the hell I'm doing up there half the time. These performers that go on about their technique and craft – oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what technique means. But I do know what experience is. I know in my gut when I've done a scene right
I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.
When I was doing Virginia Woolf, and when George and Martha had their scene together and George said, ‘Our son is dead.’ You know, that big scene? ‘Our son,’ he yells in my face, ‘is dead.’ And I went ‘No!’ At the height of my force, I said no to him. And I had an orgasm for the first time in my life.”
I said, 'Well, I'll give myself five years to see if I can make a living at it.' And after five years I was 30 and I said, 'Yeah, I can go another five years on just the reputation I have now' and then I went another five, and another five, and another five, and finally -- at 50 years old -- I said 'You know, I think I have a career
I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,'and I would have been good. ..[but] for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.