New York Theater September 2014 Quiz

Q.1

What show on Broadway and in productions around the world became in September the highest grossing live theater of all time? *

Chicago
Les Miserables
The Lion King
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked

Q.2

True or false: The answer to question one has grossed more than the highest-grossing film of all time.

True
False

Q.3

Who will be the most produced playwright (after Shakespeare) in the current season in theaters throughout the United States, according to a survey by American Theatre Magazine?

Anton Chekhov
Christopher Durang
Richard Foreman
Samuel D. Hunter
Neil Simon
Alfred Uhry
Tennessee Williams

Q.4

Which playwright won a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant in September?

Anton Chekhov
Christopher Durang
Richard Foreman
Samuel D. Hunter
Neil Simon
Alfred Uhry
Tennessee Williams

Q.5

Who was the sole playwright inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in September?

Anton Chekhov
Christopher Durang
Richard Foreman
Samuel D. Hunter
Neil Simon
Alfred Uhry
Tennessee Williams

Q.6

According to John Lahr’s new biography of Tennessee Williams, published in September, Stanley Kowalski in “Streetcar Named Desire” was originally named Ralph and worked in the mortuary business – a death force to Blanche’s life force. *

True
False

Q.7

The American Theatre Wing, co-presenters of the Tony Awards, announced in September that they have partnered with the Village Voice and will run the Obies. What have they said will be different for the Off and Off-Off Broadway playwrights and other theater artists honored at the Obies?

The event will no longer take place in Webster Hall
There will be more clearcut categories, and nominees will be announced in advance
The winning playwrights will appear in a special segment of The Tony Awards broadcast
The award money will be increased beyond the current $1,000-$2,500 range.

Q.8

Which of the following plays that opened in New York in September features a character who became a playwright because a typewriter was delivered to her home by mistake?

Booty Candy
Love Letters
The Money Shot
Scenes From A Marriage
This Is Our Youth
You Can’t Take It With You

Q.9

The Civilians, a Brooklyn-based “investigative” theater company, performed their first show in September as the first-ever year-long theater-in-residence of what New York City institution?

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The New York City Department of Sanitation
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
2nd Avenue Deli

Q.10

When Joan Rivers died in September at the age of 81, the Broadway League initially announced it would not be dimming the Broadway marquees for her, because she wasn’t known primarily as a Broadway figure. (It soon reversed its decision.) What is NOT true of Joan Rivers? *

She performed in three Broadway productions
She worked as playwright for two of the Broadway shows in which she performed
She was nominated for a Tony Award
She is quoted as having said: “If you don’t go to Broadway, you’re a fool. On Broadway, off Broadway, above Broadway, below Broadway, go! Don’t tell me there isn’t something wonderful playing. If I’m home in New York at night, I’m either at a Broadway or an Off Broadway show.”
None of this is true
All of this is true