Broadway Pop Quiz: The Play's the Thing

It's Back to School time! So why not start with a little test? This one's all about plays on Broadway. Good luck!

Broadway Pop Quiz:

The Play's the Thing! 

    

1. TRUE or FALSE: The current Broadway revival of Art is playing in the same theater as the original Broadway production.

2. TRUE or FALSE: The three stars of the Art revival have all been a part of various Stephen Sondheim projects over the years.

3. On September 1st, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will:

    A. close after 2,388 Broadway performances.

    B. begin performing a new, even shorter version of the show.

    C. become the 3rd longest-running play in Broadway history.

    D. will welcome Rupert Grint to the cast, playing the same role he played in the films.

4. TRUE or FALSE: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is the first playwright in the 21st century to win both the Pulitzer Prize for drama AND the Tony Award for the same play.

5. TRUE or FALSE: Purpose is the only Best Play to play at the Hayes.

6.  A major Hollywood star is headlining this season in each of these plays EXCEPT:

    A. Waiting for Godot

    B. Punch

    C. Bug

    D. Oedipus

7. Which star of Marjorie Prime has also appeared in a musical on Broadway?

    A. June Squibb

    B. Cynthia Nixon

    C. Christopher Lowell

8. Which of the following is NOT true about Bug star Carrie Coon?

    A. She is married to the play's author.

    B. She currently stars in HBO's The Gilded Age.

    C. She made her Broadway debut in a Tennessee Williams play, co-starring her then future husband.

    D. She will be making her Manhattan Theatre Club debut in this play.

9. TRUE or FALSE: John Proctor is the Villain is not only the Broadway debut of playwright Kimberly Belflower, but it is the only play she has written.

10. Which female pop artist has a song, "Green Light," that figures prominently in the action of the play John Proctor is the Villain?

    A. Taylor Swift

    B. Selena Gomez

    C. Cardi B

    D. Lorde