How Much Do You Really Know About the Tony Awards?
Who was the first performer to refuse a Tony nomination?
Julie Andrews
William Daniels
Elaine Stritch
Douglas Turner Ward
George C. Scott
Which Tony Award-winning Best Musical had the shortest run?
Big River
Hallelujah, Baby!
Passion
Redhead
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
“There's been a rumor that the simple, hummable show tune is dead on Broadway. Well, it's alive and well at the Palace.” Jerry Herman said this quote in his acceptance speech for the 1984 Tony Award for which of his musicals?
The Grand Tour
Hello, Dolly!
La Cage aux Folles
Mame
Mack and Mabel
Which was the only of Jule Styne’s musicals to win a Best Musical Tony Award? (Hint: This musical also earned Styne his only Best Composer/Lyricist Tony).
Bells Are Ringing
Funny Girl
Gypsy
Hallelujah, Baby!
Sugar
Seven actors, both male and female, shared a single Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award nomination for their performances in which show? (Hint: The group ended up losing the award to Patricia Neway, who was nominated by herself in that same category).
Annie
Gypsy
Side Show
The Sound of Music
Hair
As of 2016, Harold Prince holds the record for winning more Tony Awards than any other person in history. How many Tonys has he won?
10
14
21
24
785
Audra McDonald holds two records: the most Tony wins for an actress and the first performer to win all of their gender’s eligible acting categories. How many Tony Awards does she have?
5
6
7
8
9
Which of the following ladies has NOT won a Best Actress Tony exactly TWICE?
Liza Minnelli
Donna Murphy
Bernadette Peters
Chita Rivera
Gwen Verdon
Who won the only Best Lyrics Tony ever awarded in 1971?
Lee Adams
Fred Ebb
Sheldon Harnick
Will Holt
Stephen Sondheim
Which one of these shows did NOT win Best Musical?
Applause
Gypsy
Hello, Dolly!
Redhead
The Sound of Music
What show was the first Best Musical nominee to receive no other Tony Award nominations?
Blues in the Night
Leader of the Pack
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Leap of Faith
Swinging on a Star
What was the first musical to win Best Revival of a Musical twice?
La Cage aux Folles
Oklahoma!
Gypsy
Man of La Mancha
Guys and Dolls
Every performer who has played this character on Broadway has won a Tony Award.
Rose (Gypsy)
Pseudolous (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)
Anna Leonowens (The King and I)
Albin (La Cage aux Folles)
What is the longest-running Broadway musical that did NOT receive any Tony Awards?
Mamma Mia!
Tobacco Road
Oh! Calcutta!
Rock of Ages
Oklahoma!
What Best Musical Tony Award-winner was revived as the inaugural production of City Center’s Encores! series?
Chicago
Kismet
Applause
Fiorello!
Wonderful Town
