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Broadway History Pub Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions
A ready-to-read Broadway history quiz for pubs, parties, and theatre nights. Read a question aloud, take guesses, then reveal the answer.
1. What is the oldest continually operating Broadway theatre?
Answer: The Lyceum Theatre
It opened in April 1903 and is still in use today.
2. Which musical held Broadway's all-time longevity record until it closed in April 2023?
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
It played 13,981 performances over nearly 35 years.
3. At which theatre did The Phantom of the Opera play its entire Broadway run?
Answer: The Majestic Theatre
4. What nickname is often given to the Majestic Theatre because of Phantom's long residency?
Answer: The House That Ghosts Built
5. Which musical won the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949?
Answer: Kiss Me, Kate
6. In what year were the Tony Awards first presented?
Answer: 1947
7. What nickname is given to Broadway because of its bright illuminated theater marquees?
Answer: The Great White Way
8. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical (1943) is often credited with ushering in the modern book musical era?
Answer: Oklahoma!
9. Which company is the largest owner of Broadway theatres?
Answer: The Shubert Organization
10. After Phantom closed, which long-running revival at the Ambassador Theatre became Broadway's longest-running American musical?
Answer: Chicago
11. Which venue has hosted the Tony Awards more often than any other?
Answer: Radio City Music Hall
12. Which 1996 rock musical set in the East Village won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
Answer: Rent
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