Why do many Tony award winners become emotional when they receive their award?

They are humbled and honored by the acknowledgement

Which answer is incorrect?

Mean Girls has won the most Tony awards

American Theatre Wing & Broadway League

The Tony awards are held in what month?

June, prior to the summer Broadway season

What is an Off-Broadway theater?

A theater with 100 to 499 seats

The Tony award is a trophy of

a medallion with the drama masks attached to a pedestal

Isabelle Stevenson award goes to any theatre person of the Broadway community who

volunteers exceptional time to humanitarian issues

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Tony Awards Lesson Quiz

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This is a fifteen point quiz to review various facts about the Tony Awards based on my Dramamommaspeaks lesson sold on Teacherspayteachers.com

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1
In what year did the Tony awards originate?
1947
1957
1967
2000
2
How many theaters are eligible?
It's a nationwide competition, so as many as nominated
Approximately 41
Only those on Broadway Avenue
50
3
Three boys under the age of fourteen won the same award for the same part in what musical?
Newsies
Boys of Syracuse
Hamilton
Billy Elliot
4
Why do many Tony award winners become emotional when they receive their award?
Theatre artists don't like the award.
They are humbled and honored by the acknowledgement
Theatre artists are strange people.
Theatre artists are overly emotional
5
The Tony awards are given
every five years
whenever a new theater is built
bi-annually
annually
6
An "Excellence in Theatre Award" was given to?
A school group
A clown
A costume beader
A dog
7
Which answer is incorrect?
Audra McDonald has won the most Tonys having won 6.
Playbill is a monthly magazine for theatre goers
Mean Girls has won the most Tony awards
Hamilton has received the most Tony awards nominations
8
Who sponsors them?
United States Government
City of New York
American Theatre Wing & Broadway League
Actors Equity Association
9
The Tony awards are held in what month?
August, prior to the new Broadway season
June, prior to the summer Broadway season
December, prior to the Holiday season
Whenever they have enough nominations
10
A special award to institution, person or organization for extraordinary work in theater called
Oscar Award
Emmy Award
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Excellence in Theater Award
11
What is an Off-Broadway theater?
A theater with 500 to 2,000 seats
Experimental and avant garde plays
A theater with 100 to 499 seats
A theater anywhere in U.S. except Broadway Avenue in NYC
12
The Tony award is a trophy of
a man's figure made of copper
a mythological god made of gold
a medallion with the drama masks attached to a pedestal
a woman's figure made of metal
13
Who is Helen Hayes?
A famous director
A Presidential award winner
An EGOT winner
Considered the best choreographer in the world
14
Generally, the awards are held at ____________
Madison Square Garden
Radio City Music Hall
Vivian Beaumont Theater
Orpheum Theater
15
Isabelle Stevenson award goes to any theatre person of the Broadway community who
who is no longer alive
who started as a backstage crew member
who is under the age of ten years old.
volunteers exceptional time to humanitarian issues

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