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1
Irving Berlin and Cole Porter wrote both music and lyrics.
False
True
2
Leonard Bernstein wrote musical theatre (including West Side Story), opera, and classical music.
True
False
3
Jerry Bock wrote lyrics for
Fiddler on the Roof
.
False
True
4
In addition to being super tall, Tommy Tune is an award-winning:
all of these
director
choreographer
dancer
5
Audra McDonald has won more Tony awards for acting than anyone else.
True
False
6
Wicked, Godspell, Pippin, and "Color of the Wind" were written by this dude.
Cole Porter
Stephen Sondheim
Irving Berlin
Stephen Schwartz
7
Jerry Herman is best remembered for this show.
Hello, Dolly!
Mame
La Cage aux Folles
all of these
8
Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas."
True
False
9
This is Stephen Sondheim's most successful show.
Merrily We Roll Along
Anyone Can Whistle
Into the Woods
Passion
10
Chita Rivera is primarily
a singer
a true Triple Threat
a dancer
an actress
11
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most financially successful theatre composers of all time.
False
True
12
Barbara Cook was primarily a
singer
dancer
actor
singer and actor
13
Match Robert Preston with his best-known show.
Oklahoma!
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
Hair
14
Gwen Verdon was Fosse's muse and also
a singer
an actress
a Triple Threat
a dancer
15
Jerome Robbins is best known for this show:
all of these and more
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof
Gypsy
16
Carol Channing performed the role of Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly" over 5,000 times.
True
False
17
Mister Broadway was a performer who became a producer, director, and book writer. His career spanned more than 80 years.
George Hearn
George Gershwin
George Benson
George Abbott
18
His compositions included popular, jazz, and classical music.
George Abbott
George Gershwin
Larry Beckett
Tim Buckley
19
Ethel Merman was best known for her
perfect pitch
volume
subtle interpretation
all of the above
20
Cole Porter was the only musical theatre lyricist who had his song banned (or severely altered) as "inappropriate."
False
True
21
Sheldon Harnick wrote the lyrics for
Fiddler on the Roof
and
She Loves Me
.
True
False
22
David Merrick was primarily a
actor
producer
director
composer
23
Angela Lansbury won Tony Awards for her roles in:
Mame
Sweeney Todd
all of the above (and 3 more for 6 total)
Blithe Spirit
24
Mandy Patinkin is best known for
singing and acting
singing
acting
dancing
25
Susan Strohman directed and choreographed The Producers, which hold the record for most Tony awards in history (12).
False
True
26
Patti LuPone's first Broadway role was Eva in
Evita
.
False
True
27
Rachel Chavkin has directed two revolutionary musicals. She won her Tony for
Hadestown
. What was the other?
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
Dear Evan Hansen
Six
Come From Away
28
Mary Martin had many famous roles. This was her most notable.
all of these were iconic
South Pacific
The Sound of Music
Peter Pan
29
Stephen Sondheim is considered the best modern composer/lyricist of musical theatre.
True
False
30
Director and producer Hal Prince is best known for this mega hit.
Phantom of the Opera
Sweeney Todd
all of these
Evita