Q.1
Four New York-based theater artists won a 2015 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship in September, giving them money to live on for five years. Which one of the following did not?
Choreographer and tap dancer Michelle Dorrance
Set designer Mimi Lien
Composer, playwright, performer Dave Malloy
Composer, playwright, performer Lin-Manuel Miranda
Puppeteer Basil Twist
Q.2
True or false, an AT&T ad in September suggested that theatergoers watch a football game on their smart phone during a theatrical performance
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True
False
Q.3
The Deaf West production of Spring Awakening was the only show to open on Broadway in September. True or false, it’s the first show on Broadway to pair deaf and hearing performers, and incorporate both English and American Sign Language in the dialogue.
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True
False
Q.4
. Eighteen members of the cast of Spring Awakening are making their Broadway debuts. Which one of the following is not making their Broadway debut?
Sandra Mae Frank
Camryn Manheim
Marlee Matlin
Austin P. McKenzie
Alex Wyse
Q.5
Mamma Mia closed on Broadway in September after 14 years and 5,765 performances. What is not true of this musical?
It was nominated for seven Tony Awards, and won two of them
It has grossed $2 billion worldwide
It has been seen by 54 million people in 400 cities
It’s still playing in the UK
Q.6
Which one of the following shows that opened in September featured total nudity and explicit sex scenes?
Daddy Long Legs at the Davenport
Fulfillment at the Flea
Hamlet in Bed at the Rattlestick
The New Morality at the Mint
Q.7
Denzel Washington announced in September that he will be directing and producing screen versions of 10 plays over the next ten years for HBO. Who wrote them?
Lorraine Hansberry
Negro Ensemble Company playwrights
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
August Wilson
Q.8
Which one of the following shows that opened in September featured characters named Father Mumbles, Face of the Ghost of Jesus Christ, Cat Self-Hating Cat Butler, The Deposed & Dethroned Grand Queen Empress Queen Patrice, and Satan der Terfel?
The Christians at Playwrights Horizons
Empire Travel Agency, from the Woodshed Collective
Eve by the Neo-Political Cowgirls at the Gym at Judson
Fondly, Collette Richland, from the Elevator Repair Service at New York Theatre Workshop
The Legend of Georgia McBride, from MCC at the Lucille Lortel Theater
Q.9
Desire, which opened in September at 59e59 Theater, is an anthology of stage adaptations by such playwrights as John Guare and Beth Henley of short stories by which writer?
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O Henry
Edgar Alan Poe
John Updike
Tennessee Williams
Q.10
Show Score, a new New York theater review aggregation site, launched in September. According to its calculations, which of the following critics has written the highest percentage of positive reviews?
Ben Brantley of the New York Times
Joe Dziemianowicz of the Daily News
Jesse Green of New York Magazine
Charles Isherwood of the New York Times
Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal
Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post
Linda Winer of Newsday
Q.11
Acording to Show Score, which of these critics has written the highest percentage of negative reviews?
Ben Brantley of the New York Times
Joe Dziemianowicz of the Daily News
Jesse Green of New York Magazine
Charles Isherwood of the New York Times
Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal
Elisabeth Vincentelli of the New York Post
Linda Winer of Newsday