Q.1
True or false: No Broadway shows opened in May.
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True
False
Q.2
Which of the following Broadway performers has never received a Tony Award, although nominated numerous times?
Julie Andrews
Danny Burstein
Raul Esparza
Jan Maxwell
Kelli O'Hara
They've all won Tony Awards
None have won Tony Awards
Q.3
Maya Angelou, the poet and memoirist who died in May at the age of 86, was nominated for a Tony Award for a performance in a play that closed the same day it opened.
True
False
Q.4
NBC did a live broadcast of The Sound of Music last December. It will be giving Peter Pan the same treatment for next December. What musical did it announce in May it will do after that?
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Carousel
Guys and Dolls
The Music Man
Oklahoma
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Q.5
Which performer did not announce in May that they would be returning to Broadway next season?
Kristin Chenoweth
Glenn Close
Hugh Jackman
Patti LuPone
Q.6
Fun Home , the musical based on Alison Bechdale’s memoir, has nearly swept the theater awards this month, but will win nothing at the Tonys.
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True
False
Q.7
The Civilians, which describes itself as a “New York-based theater company that creates original work derived from investigations into the world beyond the theater,” will become the first “theater in residence” at what New York City institution?
American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn Historical Society
Grand Central Terminal
JP Morgan Chase
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
New York Public Library
Peter Luger Steakhouse
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
Q.8
Which well-received play that opened Off Broadway is a modern adaptation of an extremely popular 19th century melodrama?
An Octoroon at Soho Rep
The City of Conversation at Mitzi Newhouse
The Few at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Los Monólogos de la Vagina at Westside Theatre
Q.9
Which blockbuster film was it announced in May would be adapted into a stage show?
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Avatar
Marvel’s The Avengers
The Dark Knight
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Q.10
Broadway supports 87,000 jobs and generates $500 million in taxes annually to NYC.
True
False