New York Theater Quiz August 2018

Q.1

Barbara Harris, a much-admired actress of stage and screen, was one of several celebrated artists who died in August, among them singer Aretha Franklin, dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor, actor Brian Murray, actor turned director Vivian Matalon, producer Craig Zadan, and playwright Neil Simon. True or false, Harris said she hadn’t wanted to be famous. “…Everyone gets acting mixed up with the desire to be famous, but some of us really just stumbled into the fame part,

True
False

Q.2

A swarm of 40,000 bees descended on the theater district at the end of August, and were “humanely and safely” handled, according to the police commissioner, by the NYPD’s beekeeper. Where had they landed?

Outside Bee More Chill
Near Beeutiful
The George M Cohan Statue
A hot dog cart umbrella

Q.3

True or false. After a recent performance of Hamilton, Prince Harry (the Duke of Sussex) got on stage and sang from “You’ll Be Back,” the Beatles-like song by the buffoonish character King George III, who in real life was Harry’s great great great great great great grandfather.

True
False

Q.4

Dear Evan Hansen the musical has been turned into what else?

Evan Hansen the action doll
Dear Evan Hansen the Board Game
Dear Evan Hansen the Movie
Dear Evan Hansen The Novel

Q.5

Which famous rap star announced in August that he will perform in his first stage play, which is coming to Brooklyn in October?

Eminem
Jay Z
Nas
Snoop Dogg

Q.6

“1969: The Second Man,” featuring a folk-rock score, revolves around what event that occurred in 1969

The Beatles break up
Men land on the moon
Richard Nixon assumes office
Gay people riot at the Stonewall Inn
Music fans gather at Woodstock

Q.7

In which show that opened in New York in August does a character say: “I wish there was something real I could do to make things better, but I don’t know how. So I guess I’ll just do theater.”

Be More Chill
Gettin’ The Band Back Together
Mike Birbiglia’s The New One
Neurosis The Musical
Pretty Woman the Musical

Q.8

Which play that opened in August is about the aftermath of a police shooting of a black man?

Days to Come
Remnant
Scraps
Shame, or the Doomsday Machine

Q.9

Which is a revival of a play by Lillian Hellman that lasted seven days on Broadway?

Days to Come
Remnant
Scraps
Shame or the Doomsday Machine

Q.10

Producer Craig Zadan, who died in August at the age of 69, helped popularize musicals on the screen, with the TV series Smash, the movie version of Chicago, and a revival of live NBC broadcasts of Broadway musicals, from “The Sound of Music Live” to “Jesus Christ Superstar Live.” Which was one of the Broadway musicals that he produced ON Broadway?

Gypsy
Hairspray
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
The Wiz

Q.11

Which is not true of Neil Simon, who died in August at the age of 91?

He was born on the Fourth of July
He was a writer for the same TV show as Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
He wrote 27 plays that were produced on Broadway
He wrote the book for five Broadway musicals
He wrote more than 20 screenplays
He was an un-credited script doctor for A Chorus Line
His play “The Odd Couple,” which was a hit Broadway play, movie and TV series, is one of the top ten most produced plays this year in U.S. high schools
Winner of four Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize, he received more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other writer.
He once said: “Don’t listen to those who say, you take too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor, and it would surely be rubbed out today.”