TONY WINNERS
This actress is credited with the most Tony wins in history, as well as the only performer to win in all four competitive categories.
Audra McDonald (six)
"There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on and on..."
"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" - Les Miserables
This American Theatre Hall of Fame recipient won a Tony for her choreography for "Brigadoon"; however, she is most famous for the Dream Ballet that for the first time successfully integrated dance into the plot of "Oklahoma", rather than just using dance as an interlude.
Agnes de Mille
The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War, Dracula, Bonnie and Clyde, Wonderland
500
James Monroe Iglehart won the Best Featured Actor in a Musical Tony for a comedic role in this family-friendly musical?
Aladdin
"this was the music of something beginning
An era exploding, a century spinning.
In riches and rags and in rhythm and rhyme,
The people called it ________"
This 1944 Leonard Bernstein musical concerning three sailors on a 24 hour shore leave is based on the ballet "Fancy Free" by Jerome Robbins.
"On the Town"
While 1960s talk show host Ed Sullivan does not appear in this musical, his name and character are featured heavily into the plot when the central family in the musical are invited to appear on his show.
Bonus 100 points if you can name all three.
Bonus 100 points if you can put them in order of gross, highest to lowest.
The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked.
This Rodgers and Hammerstein heroine has garnered a Best Actress Tony Award for both the original performer and the actresses in the two subsequent revivals that followed?
Anna Leonowens, The King and I
"Someone just came in the door.
Like no one I ever saw before, I feel... I feel."
Ring of Keys - Fun Home
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the highest honors given to a theatrical endeavor. In the award's 100 year history, only nine musicals have won this award. Name three.
Hamilton, Next to Normal, Rent, Sunday in the Park with George, How to Succeed..., A Chorus Line, Fiorello!, South Pacific, Of Thee I Sing
This 2003 Tony winning musical features the characters Brian, Kate, and Christmas Eve.
Avenue Q
_____________ was the first African-American actor to be cast in the title role in "Phantom of the Opera."
Norm Lewis
"Hamilton" recently broke the record for most Tony wins in a single evening. Which musical held this record previously?
"The Producers" 2001
"Should I bring him down?
Should I scream and shout?
Should i speak of love?
Let my feelings out?
___________________"
"I never thought I'd come to this."
I Don't Know How to Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar
First performed on Broadway in 1935, this Gershwin opera featured a complete cast of classically African-American singers, a daring artistic choice at the time.
"Porgy and Bess"
Rita Moreno won an Oscar and Karen Olivo won a Tony 50 years apart for playing this fun-loving Puerto Rican spitfire in "West Side Story."
Anita
This 2016 hit musical is the first on Broadway to feature an all-female creative team, including composer, book writer, director and choreographer.
Waitress
Which two performers are tied for the most Tony hosting gigs at four ceremonies each?
Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris
"So thank you for the _____ dinner plates, and _____ butter knives, ______ paperweights and _____ candle holders."
27, 37, 47, 57
Not Getting Married - Company
In the original taped sessions that Michael Bennett used to formulate "A Chorus Line," how many of the dancers that participated eventually made it into the Broadway company?
Bonus 100 points if you can name one of the eight.
Eight.
Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee
The snoozy "Love is in the Air" was originally intended as the opening number for the 1962 comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," before it was thankfully cut and replaced by what has become a Sondheim classic.
"Comedy Tonight"
Stephen Sondheim originally wanted the "F" word featured in West Side Story's "Gee, Officer Krupke," but he was warned it would violate obscenity laws that would prevent the show from touring. He instead went with this famous lyric instead.
"Krup you!"