2017 marked the ____ year that the Tony awards have been held, since its start on April 6, 1947.
What is 71st?
100
A notorious song that is sung in high schools all around.
What is Seasons of Love?
100
"How do you measure a year?"
What is Seasons of Love?
100
The son of a Lion King who just can't wait to be king.
Who is Simba?
100
This high-flying Tony Award winning actress recently sang the voice of Elsa in the movie Frozen. At the Oscars, her name was mispronounced "Adele Dezeem" by John Travolta.
Who is Idina Menzel?
200
The most award winning musical of all time, with 17 Tony Awards.
What is South Pacific?
200
City where the musical had its genesis.
Where is New York?
200
"So- A needle pulling thread
La- A note to follow so
Te- A drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do, oh, oh, oh"
What is Do-Re-Mi?
200
A French prisoner imprisoned for twenty years for stealing a loaf of bread.
Who is Jean Val Jean?
200
This multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter won a Tony for Best Score last year for the musical "Kinky Boots", making her the first female composer/lyricist to win a Tony for Best Original Score solo.
Who is Cyndi Lauper?
300
The person whom the award is named after.
Who is Antoinette "Tony" Perry?
300
The award the show won before hitting Broadway.
What is a Pulitzer Prize?
300
"Your hair streaked with sunlight,
Your lips red as flame,
Your face with a lustre
That puts gold to shame!"
What is If Ever I Would Leave You?
300
A modern girl who's from a small town in Kansas.
Who is Thoroughly Modern Millie?
300
This actress, nominated tonight for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grille," has won five Tony Awards. The only other two actresses to have achieved this accomplishment were Angela Lansbury and the late Julie Harris.
Who is Audra McDonald?
400
The 'Prince of Broadway' with 21 Tony Awards, more than anyone else.
Who is Harold Prince?
400
The opera that the musical is loosely based off of
What is La Boheme?
400
"When I meet the Wizard
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the Wizard
What I've waited for since: since birth!"
What is The Wizard and I?
400
A Jewish Russian milkman living in the early 20th century who is trying to adapt to the modern world.
Who is Tevye?
400
This composer has won eight Oscars for scoring Disney animated musicals, including Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast.
Who is Alan Menken?
500
The Tony is the fourth part of a larger award known as ____, in which the winner also has a Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar.
What is an EGOT?
500
The lead character who is a Hispanic-American club dancer and drug addict.
Who is Mimi Márquez?
500
"Who can explain it, who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try"
What is Some Enchanted Evening?
500
A crazy Hitler lover who writes a crazy play about Spring Time For Hitler.
Who is Franz Liebkind?
500
The creators of the TV series "South Park", these guys won multiple Tony Awards for the raunchy musical "The Book of Mormon"