Broadway Quiz: Best Musical Theaters

With its Best Musical Tony win, Maybe Happy Ending became the first Best Musical to open at the Belasco Theatre. You'll note that their ad announcing this achievement qualifies it by saying "Original Musical." That's because the original production of Ain't Misbehavin' played part of its Tony-winning run at the Belasco; it is a revue/jukebox musical. Still, that show didn't start there!

So, where did it open? What about the other Best Musicals? That's the stuff of this week's Broadway Quiz!

Broadway Quiz: Best Musical Theaters

DIRECTIONS: The correct answers are based on the original productions and the theater where they began their runs.

1. A Chorus Line

    A. The Imperial        B. The Schoenfeld    C. The Shubert    D. The Cort

2. Annie

    A. The Alvin    B. The Virginia    C. The Winter Garden    D. The Neil Simon

3. Evita

    A. The Marquis    B. The Winter Garden    C. The Broadway    D. The Broadhurst

4. The Wiz

    A. The Marquis    B. The Majestic    C. The Nederlander    D. The Palace

5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying!

    A. The Al Hirschfeld     B. The 46th Street    C. The Rodgers    D. The Booth

6. All of these Best Musicals opened at the St. James Theatre EXCEPT:

    A. Hello, Dolly!    

    B. Two Gentleman of Verona

    C. The King and I

    D. Sunset Boulevard

7. Which THREE currently running Best Musical and Best Musical from the past pairs below are correct?

    A. Sunset Blvd./The Producers

    B. The Book of Mormon/Big River

    C. Hamilton/Nine

    D. The Outsiders/Once

8. TRUE or FALSE: The entire original Broadway run of Thoroughly Modern Millie played the Marquis Theatre.

9. Two Sondheim Best Musicals opened at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre). They are:

    A. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    B. Follies

    C. Passion

    D. Company

10. TRUE or FALSE: To date, the Booth Theatre has had only one Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo, but it has been home to two Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals.

***Ain't Misbehavin' opened at the Longacre Theatre, the first and only Best Musical to play there.