Broadway Quiz: 2016

Lately, there's been a social media trend where people post photos of themselves from a decade ago. Was it a simpler time? Was it a nostalgic time? I guess any time but now seems quaint by comparison. Personally, I can't believe the past decade has gone by so quickly!

Today's quiz is all about Broadway in the year 2016 - specifically shows that opened between January 1 and December 31, 2016. That covers the end of the 2015-2016 season, and the start of the 2016-2017 season.

Broadway Quiz:

2016

DIRECTIONS: Answer these questions about show that opened during the 2016 calendar year.

1. TRUE or FALSE: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2016 actually opened in 2015.

2. TRUE or FALSE: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2016 actually opened in 2016.

3. TRUE or FALSE: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2017 actually opened in 2016.

4. TRUE or FALSE: A revival of the same musical opened in 2016 and will open in 2026.

5. TRUE or FALSE: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons played a Broadway engagement in 2016, while the musical about them, Jersey Boys, was still running.

6. Ariana deBose left Hamilton to co-star in which 2016 musical?

   A. In Transit    B. Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

   C. A Bronx Tale    D. Shuffle Along

7. Current Death Becomes Her star Betsy Wolfe appeared in the original cast what show that opened in 2016?

   A. Falsettos    B. Waitress    C. Bright Star    D. American Psycho

8. All of the following are true about 2016 Broadway, EXCEPT:

   A. Cirque du Soleil opened a new musical on Broadway.

   B. Broadway's first fully a capella musical opened on Broadway.

   C. A Broadway musical closed early to accommodate a star's pregnancy.

   D. One new musical that opened in 2016 was deemed ineligible for the Tony Awards.

9. Which of these Tony Award nominees for Best Musical that opened in 2016 had a score by someone who had never written one before?

   A. Bright Star      B. Waitress    C. Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

   D. Shuffle Along    E. Disaster!    F. American Psycho    G. Tuck Everlasting

10. Which of these 2016 musicals had a pro-shot made that was also released to the public?

   A. School of Rock   B. Waitress    C. Falsettos    D. Holiday Inn

11. TRUE or FALSE: 2016 was the last year that had no jukebox musicals open on Broadway.

12.  TRUE or FALSE: American Psycho was Broadway's first show to officially have a trigger warning.

13.  TRUE or FALSE: Only some of the original Broadway cast of The Humans also appeared in the film version.

14. TRUE or FALSE: A Bronx Tale, which ran for 700 performances, is the longest running show to ever play the Longacre Theatre.

15.  TRUE or FALSE: The revival of She Loves Me that opened in 2016 at Studio 54 was the first Broadway revival of that classic musical.

BONUS: What actress is currently co-starring in a musical that is playing in the same theater where she made her Broadway debut in 2016?