Loaded Questions 2/3/22 - Theatre
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1. The Tony Award winners for Best Play in 2000 and 2017, written by Michael Frayn and J.T. Rogers, are titled after capitals of Nordic countries. What are those two plays?
2. In "The Music Man", 76 trombones lead the big parade, but 110 of what type of instrument are "close at hand"?
3. John Dossett played Joseph Pulitzer in the original Broadway cast of what musical, premiering in 2012?
4. Disgraced ex-Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon works as an alcoholic tour guide for a group of young women to a small Mexican town in what 1959 play by Tennessee Williams?
5. What 1985 musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller is based on the novel "Huckleberry Finn"?
6. Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics to what musical which debuted on Broadway in 2012? The musical is based on a 2000 film of the same name.
7. Neil Simon won the 1991 Pulitzer for Drama for what play where Eddie leaves his sons Jay and Arty with their terrible Jewish grandmother who owns a candy store?
8. Caliban is the hero of what Martinican poet and playwright's work "Une Tempête"? He also wrote the essay "Discours sur le colonialisme", which spurred the negritude movement.
9. "We Need a Little Christmas" is a song from what 1966 musical that earned a Tony win for Lead Actress for Angela Lansbury and Featured Actress for Bea Arthur?
10. What's the most number of seats in an off-Broadway theater? In an off-off-Broadway theater?
11. What four letter word is a stencil or template placed inside or in front of a light source to control the shape of the emitted light? Lighting crew in theaters use these stencils.
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1. The Tony Award winners for Best Play in 2000 and 2017, written by Michael Frayn and J.T. Rogers, are titled after capitals of Nordic countries. What are those two plays? Copenhagen, Oslo
2. In "The Music Man", 76 trombones lead the big parade, but 110 of what type of instrument are "close at hand"? Cornets
3. John Dossett played Joseph Pulitzer in the original Broadway cast of what musical, premiering in 2012? Newsies
4. Disgraced ex-Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon works as an alcoholic tour guide for a group of young women to a small Mexican town in what 1959 play by Tennessee Williams? The Night of the Iguana
5. What 1985 musical with music and lyrics by Roger Miller is based on the novel "Huckleberry Finn"? Big River
6. Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics to what musical which debuted on Broadway in 2012? The musical is based on a 2000 film of the same name. Bring It On: The Musical
7. Neil Simon won the 1991 Pulitzer for Drama for what play where Eddie leaves his sons Jay and Arty with their stern Jewish grandmother who owns a candy store? Lost In Yonkers
8. Caliban is the hero of what Martinican poet and playwright's work "Une Tempête"? He also wrote the essay "Discours sur le colonialisme", which spurred the Négritude movement. Aimé Césaire
9. "We Need a Little Christmas" is a song from what 1966 musical that earned a Tony win for Lead Actress for Angela Lansbury and Featured Actress for Bea Arthur? Mame
10. What's the most number of seats in an off-Broadway theater? In an off-off-Broadway theater? 499 and 99
11. What four letter word is a stencil or template placed inside or in front of a light source to control the shape of the emitted light? The lighting crew in a theater use these stencils. Gobo