Q.1
Which did NOT occur during the 72nd annual Tony Awards?
A fake reindeer was a presenter and a live goat was a performer.
Hosts Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban sang a song for the losers
Robert DeNiro said “Fuck Trump” and got a standing ovation
John Tiffany, the director of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” asked the whole audience to sing “Happy Birthday” to his boyfriend David Knock
Tony Kushner wished Judy Garland a Happy Birthday.
The nominees for best play and best play revival explained what each of their shows is about.
Q.2
After the Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education was given to Melody Herzfeld of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (the site of a mass shooting on Valentine’s Day), her drama students gave a surprise performance of which song?
21 Guns from American Idiot
Aquarius from Hair
The Dark I Know Well from Spring Awakening
Seasons of Love from Rent
We Are The World
Q.3
The Band’s Visit won ten of the 11 Tony Awards for which it was nominated. In which category did it not win?
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Q.4
Which of the following plays that opened in June does not feature LGBT characters or themes?
Fruit Trilogy
Log Cabin
Skintight
Sugar in Our Wounds
Q.5
Several shows that opened in June featured some kind of brutal murder, including infanticide and genocide. Which of the following did not?
Carmen Jones
Cyprus Avenue
Desperate Measures
Red Hills
Q.6
“Carmen Jones,” which was revived Off-Broadway in June, is an adaption with an all-black cast set in the American South of the 19th century French opera “Carmen” by composer Georges Bizet. Who wrote the libretto?
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Oscar Hammerstein II
Langston Hughes
Toni Morrison
Q.7
Which show was NOT reported in June as planned for Broadway in the near future?
A stage musical about Michael Jackson
Glenda Jackson taking on the title role of King Lear
An all-female of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross
An all-male production of Clare Boothe Luce’s The Women
Q.8
Sasson Gabai, the Israeli actor who originated the role of the Egyptian bandleader in the film The Band’s Visit, has now assumed the same role in the Broadway musical. Which of the following actors who played the same role on stage and on screen appeared in the role on screen FIRST?
Yul Brynner, The King and I
Viola Davis, Fences
Joel Grey, Cabaret
Anthony Quinn, Zorba
Robert Preston, The Music Man
Q.9
Which of the following performers did NOT win BOTH an Oscar and a Tony for the same role?
Yul Brynner, The King and I
Viola Davis, Fences
Joel Grey, Cabaret
Lila Kedrova, Zorba
Robert Preston, The Music Man
Q.10
True or false: Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” was on stage at Lincoln Center at the same time it was streaming on Amazon Prime?
True
False
Q.11
Broadway United released a music video in June featuring dozens of theater artists, including Chita Rivera, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ben Vereen, in a call for healing and unity. What song did they record?
21 Guns from American Idiot
Aquarius from Hair
The Dark I Know Well from Spring Awakening
Seasons of Love from Rent
We Are The World