Q.1
Which musical won the most Tony Awards at this year’s ceremony?
Cinderella
Kinky Boots
Matilda
Pippin
Q.2
Which of the following plays won the most Tony Awards?
Lucky Guy
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Q.3
True or False: Frequent Tony host Neil Patrick Harris, who has not been in a show on Broadway in nine years, announced in June he would be starring in one this season.
True
False
Q.4
Which of the following events did NOT happen in June?
In a comment at the bottom of an online review, playwright Neil LaBute called a drama critic a portly eunuch for not liking his play “Reasons To Be Happy.”
The NYC Department of Transportation told Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, now in its 17th season, that from now on it would have to pay a parking fee to use the municipal parking lot for its performances and also get auto insurance.
In Times Square one night, the guy with the “I Need Money for Weed” sign stabbed his rival with the “I Need Money for Beer” sign in the head with a pen.
In a lawsuit being tried in federal court, a woman was demanding millions of dollars because she suffered loss of income and a diminished sex life after 25 pounds of light blue M&Ms fell on her in the Times Square Toys R Us.
None of them happened
They all happened
Q.5
True or false: Novelist Jonathan Franzen said in a letter to the editor published by the New York Times in June that “the world most glaringly dominated by male sexism is…New York City theater”
True
False
Q.6
Which of the following women has won a Tony Award for best score (either separately or in a team)?
Lynn Ahrens
Betty Comden
Lisa Lambert
Cyndi Lauper
None have
All have
Q.7
Which of the following figures from the 1960s is NOT a subject of a show aiming for Broadway?
The Beatles
Shlomo Carlebach, the “Rock Star Rabbi”
Jimi Hendrix
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Janis Joplin
Carole King
None is
They all are
Q.8
Who was hired to play Miss Hannigan in the film remake of Annie produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z (who is adding some original music and portraying one of the characters)?
Sandra Bullock
Cameron Diaz
Queen Latifah
Jane Lynch
Audra McDonald
Q.9
In my June 2012 quiz, I asked: Which number was higher, Ricky Martin’s followers on Twitter or 2012 Tony Award watchers? (The answer was Ricky Martin's followers) Now for this June 2013 quiz: Which number was higher?
The number of people who follow Tom Hanks on Twitter
The number of people who watched the Tony Awards this year
Q.10
Which of the following changes to the Tony Awards is most likely for next year?
It will include actual scenes from the Best Play and Best Play revival nominees, rather than a few seconds describing them.
It will bring the tech awards and special awards back on the prime-time broadcast rather than relegating them to before the show and during the commercials?
It will ban non-union theaters or productions from getting awards or being featured on the broadcast
It may finally include Off-Broadway, because starting in 2014, for the first time the regional theater Tony award can now be given to a theater in New York City.