Disney Broadway Pub Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions

A ready-to-read Disney on Broadway quiz for pubs, parties, and theatre nights. Read a question aloud, take guesses, then reveal the answer.

1. 1. Which Disney animated film was the first adapted into a Broadway musical?

   Answer: Beauty and the Beast

   It opened at the Palace Theatre in 1994.

2. 2. Who directed The Lion King on Broadway, known for its puppetry and mask work?

   Answer: Julie Taymor

3. 3. Which song opens The Lion King on Broadway as Rafiki calls the animals?

   Answer: Circle of Life

4. 4. At which Broadway theatre does Aladdin currently run?

   Answer: The New Amsterdam Theatre

5. 5. Who won a Tony Award for originating the Genie in Aladdin on Broadway?

   Answer: James Monroe Iglehart

6. 6. At which Broadway theatre did Frozen the Musical open in 2018?

   Answer: The St. James Theatre

7. 7. Who originated the role of Elsa in Frozen on Broadway?

   Answer: Caissie Levy

8. 8. Which composer team wrote new songs for Frozen on Broadway alongside the film score?

   Answer: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

9. 9. What distinctive staging trick helped actors "swim" in The Little Mermaid on Broadway?

   Answer: Heelys (wheeled shoes built into the costumes)

   Wire work and flying also helped sell the underwater world.

10. 10. Who originated the role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid on Broadway?

    Answer: Sierra Boggess

11. 11. Which Broadway theatre is the long-running home of The Lion King?

    Answer: The Minskoff Theatre

    The show moved there from the New Amsterdam in 2006.

12. 12. Beauty and the Beast added which song to the stage version that was cut from the animated film?

    Answer: Human Again

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