Theatre Trivia Questions
31 trivia questions with answers, all ages. Multiple-choice trivia with answers, sorted by topic and level. Reveal the answers below, pick one at random, or present them full-screen.
- 1.
What is the name of Broadway's first "long-run" musical?
- AThe Elves
- BThe Book of Mormon
- CWicked
- DHamilton
Answer: The Elves - 2.
In Les Misérables, who is Prison Code 24601?
- AJean Valjean
- BJean Claude Van Damme
- CJavert
- DMarius Pontmercy
Answer: Jean Valjean - 3.
Who wrote the play 'Angels in America'?
- ATony Kusher
- BAnthony Neilson
- CTom Stoppard
- DMatthew Lopez
Answer: Tony Kusher - 4.
Which of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
- AAmerican Idiot
- BThe Color Purple
- CRent
- DNewsies
Answer: Rent - 5.
Who is the musical director for the award winning musical "Hamilton"?
- ARenee Elise-Goldberry
- BAlex Lacamoire
- CLin-Manuel Miranda
- DLeslie Odom Jr.
Answer: Alex Lacamoire - 6.
What was George Bizet's last opera?
- ADon Rodrigue
- BLes pêcheurs de perles
- CGrisélidis
- DCarmen
Answer: Carmen - 7.
In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?
- AMacbeth
- BTwelfth Night
- CHamlet
- DKing Lear
Answer: Hamlet - 8.
Which Shakespeare play inspired the musical 'West Side Story'?
- AHamlet
- BRomeo & Juliet
- CMacbeth
- DOthello
Answer: Romeo & Juliet - 9.
"Doctor Who" star David Tennant performed in a rendition of which Shakespearean play?
- AHamlet
- BThe Taming of the Shrew
- CThe Tempest
- DOthello
Answer: Hamlet - 10.
When was the play "Macbeth" written?
- A1605
- B1606
- C1628
- D1723
Answer: 1606 - 11.
After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than in any other.
- AGreece
- BFrance
- CUnited States
- DItaly
Answer: Italy - 12.
In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches' cauldron?
- ASquids
- BNewts
- CHumans
- DSharks
Answer: Newts - 13.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" is based off a book of poems written by which author?
- AT.S. Elliot
- BRobert Frost
- CAndrew Lloyd Webber
- DEmily Dickenson
Answer: T.S. Elliot - 14.
The musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is set in what country?
- AGermany
- BUSA
- CFrance
- DSweden
Answer: France - 15.
Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's 1957 Brodway musical West Side Story?
- ARichard Rodgers
- BOscar Hammerstein
- CStephen Sondheim
- DHimself
Answer: Stephen Sondheim - 16.
Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway run of Hamilton?
- AWayne Brady
- BDaveed Diggs
- CLin-Manuel Miranda
- DJavier Muñoz
Answer: Daveed Diggs - 17.
Who wrote the musical "Hamilton"?
- ATom Kitt
- BLin-Manuel Miranda
- CAndrew Lloyd Webber
- DNell Benjamin
Answer: Lin-Manuel Miranda - 18.
Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950's musical West Side Story?
- AThe Back Alley
- BMambo
- CTonight
- DMaria
Answer: The Back Alley - 19.
Which Shakespeare play features the stage direction "Enter a messenger, with two heads and a hand"?
- ATitus Andronicus
- BMacbeth
- CKing Lear
- DOthello
Answer: Titus Andronicus - 20.
Which musical has won the most Tony awards?
- APhantom of the Opera
- BHamilton
- CThe Producers
- DChicago
Answer: The Producers - 21.
How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?
- A54
- B25
- C18
- D37
Answer: 37 - 22.
The World Chess Championship in Chess, Act 1 is set in which Italian city?
- AMerano
- BMilan
- CRome
- DVenice
Answer: Merano - 23.
Who serves as the speaker of the prologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
- ARefrain
- BMontague
- CChorus
- DCapulet
Answer: Chorus - 24.
Which actor has NOT portrayed Billy Flynn in the musical "Chicago"?
- ADavid Hasselhoff
- BPatrick Swayze
- CJerry Springer
- DChristopher Walken
Answer: Christopher Walken - 25.
Who wrote the award winning musical "In The Heights"?
- AJohn Phillips Sousa
- BFrancis Scott Key
- CSteven Sondheim
- DLin-Manuel Miranda
Answer: Lin-Manuel Miranda - 26.
What play is the quote "Hell is other people" from?
- AThe Condemned of Altona
- BThe Devil and the Good Lord
- CNo Exit
- DThe Flies
Answer: No Exit - 27.
What is Jean ValJean's first prisoner number?
- A32769
- B24601
- C9430
- D1729
Answer: 24601 - 28.
In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Caesar's last words were...
- AEt tu, Brute?
- BIacta alea est!
- CVidi, vini, vici.
- DAegri somnia vana.
Answer: Et tu, Brute? - 29.
In Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds, the chances of anything coming from Mars are...
- AA trillion to one
- BA billion to one
- CA million to one
- DA hundred to one
Answer: A million to one - 30.
Which of these plays was famously first performed posthumously after the playwright committed suicide?
- AThe Birthday Party
- BMuch Ado About Nothing
- C4.48 Psychosis
- DHamilton
Answer: 4.48 Psychosis - 31.
In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?
- AMacbeth
- BHamlet
- COthello
- DKing Lear
Answer: Hamlet
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