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Q.1
True or false. Two productions of Romeo and Juliet opened in September within three blocks of one another, one on Broadway, the other Off-Off Broadway. The one Off-Off Broadway got better reviews.

Q.2
Which of these real people are not the subject of a biographical play or musical aiming for Broadway?

Q.3
To promote their forthcoming performances on Broadway in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, what photograph have Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen NOT posed for side by side in costume?

Q.4
True or false. Pop stars Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow,John Mellencamp, Sting, Tori Amos,Edie Brickell,David Byrne,Fatboy Slim, and Elvis Costello all have created, or are in the process of creating, musicals for the stage.

Q.5
Arguendo, a play by the Elevator Repair Service theater company that opened in September at the Public Theater, uses the actual transcript of a Supreme Court case about

Q.6
What television series inspired a theater piece by Anne Washburn that opened at Playwrights Horizons in September?

Q.7
A 2013 MacArthur ‘Genius” Award (and $625,000) went to which theater artist?

Q.8
Cherry Jones has been called one of the greatest stage actresses of her generation, and has played roles on Broadway in plays by playwrights ranging from Shakespeare to Shaw, Eugene O’Neill to Tony Kushner. True or False: Her current role as Amanda in the Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie, which opened to great praise in September, is her first one on Broadway in a play by Tennessee Williams.

Q.9
Which of the following filmmakers wrote his first full-length play that was produced on a New York stage in September?

Q.10
All but one of the following quotations are from Breaking Bad, the TV series that had its finale in September and was frequently compared to Shakespeare’s plays. One of the quotations is by a villain in a play by Shakespeare. Pick the one by Shakespeare.

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