Loaded Questions 9/30/22 - Theatre
Sarafina!
Happy Friday everyone. For my fellow East Coast people, hope you have been safe these last couple days. Hurricane is coming through South Carolina currently, but luckily all we’ve received here is rain and a few down trees. Very fortunate for SC, and hope that continues for the rest of the day. As a distraction, here are 11 questions about the stage. Enjoy! 🎭
1. In 2009, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical co-went to David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish were co-nominated and co-won for what musical? Trent Kowalik was 14 at the time, the youngest person in the category.
2. What first part of Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy follows 15-year-old Eugene Jerome coming of age in the title section of Brooklyn in 1937?
3. Aging star Margo Channing is the main character of what 1970 Best Musical, which starred Lauren Bacall in the role?
4. Diana suffers from a bipolar disorder and depression in what 2008 rock musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt?
5. Eilif, Kattrin, and Schweizerkas ("Swiss Cheese") are among the title characters of what 1939 play?
6. What title is shared by an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind and a 2006 musical with music by Duncan Shiek is about the teenage sexuality of Melchior and Wendla?
7. Who is the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, winning in 2009 for "Ruined" and 2017 for "Sweat"?
8. From the French for "footbridge", what name is given to the walkway that extends into an audience in a theater, which will contain the orchestra?
9. Joe's Diner is a setting of what 2016 musical?
10. What is the subject of the 1964 play by Frank Gilroy about Timmy Cleary returning from WWII?
11. "Hannibal", "Il Muto", and "Don Juan Triumphant" are all what type of work?
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1. In 2009, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical co-went to David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish were co-nominated and co-won for what musical? Trent Kowalik was 14 at the time, the youngest person in the category.
Billy Elliot the Musical
2. What first part of Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy follows 15-year-old Eugene Jerome coming of age in the title section of Brooklyn in 1937?
Brighton Beach Memoirs
3. Aging star Margo Channing is the main character of what 1970 Best Musical, which starred Lauren Bacall in the role?
Applause
4. Diana suffers from a bipolar disorder and depression in what 2008 rock musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt?
Next to Normal
5. Eilif, Kattrin, and Schweizerkas ("Swiss Cheese") are among the title characters of what 1939 play?
Mother Courage and her Children
6. What title is shared by an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind and a 2006 musical with music by Duncan Shiek is about the teenage sexuality of Melchior and Wendla?
Spring Awakening
7. Who is the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, winning in 2009 for "Ruined" and 2017 for "Sweat"?
Lynn Nottage
8. From the French for "footbridge", what name is given to the walkway that extends into an audience in a theater, which will contain the orchestra?
Passerelle
9. Joe's Diner is a setting of what 2016 musical?
Waitress
10. What is the subject of the 1964 play by Frank Gilroy about Timmy Cleary returning from WWII?
The Subject Was Roses
11. "Hannibal", "Il Muto", and "Don Juan Triumphant" are all what type of work?
Opera (fictional operas within 'Phantom of the Opera')