
The Great Big Theatre Quiz!
Quiz by Josephine Berger
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- Q1
Which musical features the song "Defying Gravity?"
Les Misérables
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Rent
60s - Q2
What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed?
Royal Albert Hall
Globe Theatre
West End Theatre
National Theatre
30s - Q3
Who is the author of the play "A Streetcar Named Desire"?
Edward Albee
Eugene O'Neill
Tennessee Williams
Arthur Miller
30s - Q4
In the musical "The Lion King," who is Simba's father?
Mufasa
Scar
Timon
Pumbaa
30s - Q5
What is the name of the famous theatre district in New York City?
Broadway
Piccadilly Circus
Covent Garden
West End
30s - Q6
Which play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Macbeth
30s - Q7
Who composed the music for the musical "The Phantom of the Opera"?
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Alan Menken
30s - Q8
What is the name of the longest-running Broadway musical?
Chicago
Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Into The Woods
30s - Q9
Which musical is based on the opera "La Bohème"?
Hair
Grease
The Sound of Music
Rent
30s - Q10
Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?
Tennessee Williams
Arthur Miller
Eugene O'Neill
Edward Albee
30s - Q11
In "Les Misérables," who sings the song "I Dreamed a Dream"?
Fantine
Eponine
Javier
Cosette
30s - Q12
Which playwright is known for his absurdist plays like "Waiting for Godot"?
Samuel Beckett
Tom Stoppard
Harold Pinter
Edward Albee
30s - Q13
What is the name of the theater where the annual Tony Awards ceremony is held?
Lincoln Center
Carnegie Hall
The Beacon Theatre
Radio City Music Hall
30s - Q14
Who wrote the play "The Crucible"?
Eugene O'Neill
Arthur Miller
Tennessee Williams
Edward Albee
30s - Q15
In "The Sound of Music," what is the name of the convent where Maria becomes a nun?
St. Francis Convent
Nonnberg Abbey
St. Agnes Convent
Glutenberg Abbey
30s