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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR MUSICAL THEATRE?

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With the success and popularity of trivia shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and The Weakest Link, here at Performing and Writing Musical Theatre, I decided to let all my loyal readers try their hand at some musical theatre trivia. If you've been actively surfing the pages of this topic or other musical theatre sites on the web, then these questions should be a snap.

See how many of these questions you can answer:

(Answers will be included at the bottom of this article)

1. What are the three elements that make up musical theatre?

2. Which famous musical was an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalian?

3. Who played Fanny Brice in the 1964 movie version of Funny Girl?

4. Fill in the blanks for these famous teams of collaborators:

____________ and Hart

George and Ira _____________

Andrew Lloyd Webber and __________________

Rodgers and _________________

Frank ___________and Leslie ____________

5. Name Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical (performed on roller skates) that did NOT

achieve its expected success on Broadway.

6. Which smash hit on Broadway (set to open in Toronto later this year) currently stars

Nathan Lane and Mathew Broderick?

7. Although Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical version of this famous novel has become

more well-known, Maury Yeston also composed music for a version of this story.

8. Which recent musical won the Pulitzer Prize for drama?

9. What do Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines and

Savion Glover all have in common?

10. Which 1970 musical was an adaptation of the Bette Davis movie, All about Eve?

ANSWERS:

1. drama/song/dance

2. My Fair Lady

3. Barbra Streisand

4. Rodgers and Hart

George and Ira Gershwin

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse

5. Starlight Express

6. The Producers

7. Phantom of the Opera

8. Jonathan Larson’s Rent

9. They are all famous tap dancers.

10. Applause

So how did you do?

There was so much wonderful material to draw from that I could have made this trivia quiz cover several articles but hey, then it wouldn’t be fun, would it?

If you’re new to our topic, check out our other articles and our links for more musical theatre information and sites.

My favorite musical theatre spots on the web include:

1. MUSICALS 101 - THE CYBER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSICAL THEATRE, TV AND FILM

http://www.musicals101.com/

2. BROADWAY.COM

http://www.broadway.com/

3. If you're interested in your favorite performer, try THE MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMERS' WEBRING

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