New York Theater June 2014 Quiz

Q.1

Which of the following did Neil Patrick Harris NOT do during the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony held in June?

Licked Samuel L. Jackson’s glasses
Rubbed his crotch in Orlando Bloom’s face
Gave Sting a lap dance
Hopped like a kangaroo

Q.2

True or false: More people follow Neil Patrick Harris on Twitter than watched him (or host Hugh Jackman) on the 2014 Tony Awards broadcast.

True
False

Q.3

Shortly after this year’s ceremony, a committee of the Tony Awards announced what change in the rules that will affect next year’s ceremony?

No performer will be permitted to lick or lap dance with any celebrity in the audience.
The “In Memoriam,” honoring those in the theater community who have died in the past year, will be shown during the broadcast, rather than privately during a commercial break, as was done this year
No free plugs will be given to non-union cruise ship shows or possible future Broadway productions, as have been done in the last few years.
The nominated straight plays will no longer be given short-shrift; a scene from each would have to be performed of equal duration to the scenes from the musicals.
The sound design award categories will be eliminated.

Q.4

True or False. On the stage of Radio City Music Hall during the Tony Awards, musical theater composer Jason Robert Brown met singer-songwriter Carole King for the first time and revealed that his father was her upstairs neighbor when she was growing up in Brooklyn.

True
False

Q.5

Which Harry Potter star will be making their Broadway debut in the revival of Terrence McNally’s It’s Only A Play, as announced in June

Tom Felton
Rupert Grint
Gary Oldman
Daniel Radcliffe
Emma Watson

Q.6

True or False: Holler When Ya Hear Me, which opened at the Palace in June and featured the music and lyrics of Tupac Shakur, was the first to bring hip-hop to Broadway.

True
False

Q.7

Three great theater artists died in June: Ruby Dee at age 91, Mary Rodgers at 83, Eli Wallach at 98. Match the quote with the artist.1.“I”ll retire when I die.” 2."I had a pleasant talent, but not an incredible talent.” 3."The greatest gift is not being afraid to question." *

Ruby Dee, Mary Rodgers, Eli Wallach
Ruby Dee, Eli Wallach, Mary Rodgers
Mary Rodgers, Eli Wallach, Ruby Dee
Mary Rodgers, Ruby Dee, Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach, Ruby Dee, Mary Rodgers
Eli Wallach, Mary Rodgers, Ruby Dee

Q.8

True or false. A columnist in Time attacked Audra McDonald, who broke several records by winning her 6th Tony Award, for thanking her parents for steering her to the theater rather than putting her on medication for her hyperactivity

True
False

Q.9

Which of the following did Lin-Manuel Miranda not do in the month of June?

Star in an Encores! Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson’s “Tick, Tick ... Boom!”
Perform in Freestyle Love Supreme
Attend the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, for which he was nominated for Best Song for composing the song "Rhymes with Mando” for Sesame Street
Composed a mini-musical, “21 Chump Street,” and present it at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Tweet more than 500 times
He did all of this -- and more
Write an article in the New York Times about what Rent composer Jonathan Larson has meant to him throughout his life

Q.10

“There is always something left to love.” From which 2014 Tony-winning show does this line of dialogue come from?

All The Way
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
A Raisin in the Sun
Hedwig and the Angry Inch