Q.1
Andy Karl was injured three days before the opening of Groundhog Day, forcing him to miss some performances and wear a knee brace when he returned. True or false, the incidence of recorded injuries among entertainers is almost 50 percent higher than for the average worker.
True
False
Awards
Q.2
Which play currently on Broadway won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama in April?
Dear Evan Hansen
Indecent
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Sweat
The Play That Goes Wrong
Q.3
The two sound award categories, which were eliminated in 2014, were reinstated in April for the 2017 Tony Awards. True or false.
True
False
Q.4
Kevin Spacey, who was picked to be the host of the 2017 Tony Awards, is a veteran of six Broadway shows, and a Tony winner himself. For which of the six shows did he win a Tony?
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, which ran in 1982
Hurly Burly by David Rabe, 1984-85
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill, 1986
Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon, 1991-1993
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O’Neill, 1999
A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill, 2007
Q.5
Which theater award, whose nominations were announced in April, consider Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-off-Broadway shows together in the same competitive categories?
Drama Desk
Lucille Lortel
Outer Critics Circle
Dialogue from Straight Plays
Q.6
Seven straight (non-musical) plays opened on Broadway in April. Match the line of dialogue to the straight play in which it was spoken: “However I look on the outside inside it’s all a lot worse. And how are your insides?”
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Indecent
The Little Foxes
Oslo
The Play That Goes Wrong
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation
Q.7
“Well, there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then, there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. Sometimes I think it ain’t right to stand and watch them do it.”
A Doll's House, Part 2
Indecent
The Little Foxes
Oslo
The Play That Goes Wrong
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation
Q.8
“I will not turn him into an anecdote. How do we fit what happened to us into life without turning it into an anecdote with no teeth and a punch line you’ll mouth over and over for years to come…We become these human juke boxes spilling out these anecdotes.”
A Doll's House, Part 2
Indecent
The Little Foxes
Oslo
The Play That Goes Wrong
Present Laughter
Six Degrees of Separation
Lyrics from Musicals
Q.9
Seven musicals opened on Broadway in April. Which of them included this lyric? I know what I stand for!/ Important things!/ Like...like... Motherhood, /America, /And a hot lunch for orphans /Take off your hat, sir/ While your country's flag is passing
Amelie
Anastasia
Bandstand
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Groundhog Day
Hello, Dolly
War Paint
Q.10
If we were singing Hammerstein songs/ We could fix all the wrongs in rhyme/ But this is life/ With the heartache it brings/ And we know that these things take time
Amelie
Anastasia
Bandstand
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Groundhog Day
Hello, Dolly
War Paint
Broadway Debut
Q.11
Brendon Urie, the sexy lead vocalist for Panic At The Disco, will make his Broadway debut in what show, as announced in April?
The Book of Mormon
Kinky Boots
The Phantom of the Opera
The Price
Misspelled
Q.12
Which name below of people who are currently or soon to be on Broadway is spelled incorrectly?
Andy Blankenbuehler, director and choreographer of Bandstand
Okieriete Onaodowan, actor who originated Mulligan/Madison in Hamilton, soon in The Great Comet
Adam Chanler-Berat, male lead in Amelie
Philippa Soo, star of Amelie
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, director of Present Laughter
John Wyszniewski, theater publicist