The Secret Garden Musical

Fun Facts

100

Who wrote the "The Secret Garden" novel?

Frances Hodgson Burnett

200

True or false: The Secret Garden was Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's first musical. 

True.

300

In 1991 "The Secret Garden" won three tony awards. Name one!

Acceptable answers: Best Book of a Musical, Best featured actress in a musical (Daisy Eagan), Best Scenic Design (Heidi Landesman).  

400

In 1865 Frances Hodgson Burnett moved from England to the United States. To where did she move?

Knoxville, Tennessee

500

"The Secret Garden" opened on April 25th, 1991 in which broadway theatre? 

St. James Theatre 

Transitions

100

What furniture is on stage to start the show?

The Bed.

200

What furniture is on stage at the start of Act II?

Two benches.

300

Which songs include the use of frames?

"I Heard Someone Crying," "It's A Maze," "Storm II" and "Final Storm."

400

Seven cast members move the bed over the course of this show. Can you list them all?

Chase, Maya, Kat, Anika, Cayden, Winnie, Grace 

500

How many times does Lily's portrait fly in?

3

Who's line is it?

100

"I am your guardian. Though I am a poor one for any child."

Archibald

200

"It doesn't matter whether I care or not."

Mary Lennox

300

"A body has to move gentle and speak low when wild things is about."

Dickon

400

"I wonder if I might have a glass of water."

Lieutenant Shaw

500

"Will this rain never stop?"

Archibald 

Name that Song

100

Maybe it was someone I could find and have a cup of tea

"I Heard Someone Crying"

200

And now the mist is liftin' high leavin' bright blue air,

Winter's on the Wing

300

She needs a home the only thing she really needs I cannot give

A Bit of Earth

400

Strange, this Mary, she leaves the room, yet remains, she lingers on

Lily's Eyes

500

And some night I'm going to ask him, is the night sky black or blue?

Round-Shouldered Man

Random

100

Where does the story take place?

India and Yorkshire, England. 

200

How many performances were ran on Broadway before closing in 1993?

709

300

What's Dickon's special ability?

He can make plants grow

400

How many years has the door to The Secret Garden been locked?

10 years

500

There are 14 songs from which no cuts were made in our production, name 5.

There's a Girl pt. 1 and 2, I Heard Someone Crying, Fine White Horse, Show Me the Key, Round-Shouldered Man, The Girl I Mean to Be, Quartet, Lift Me Up/Come to My Garden, Hold On, Letter Song, Where in the World, How Could I Ever Know, Finale