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1 trivia quiz  Greater Tuna coolicon
"Tuna" is a town full of unforgettable characters, lovingly brought to life in a series of long-running two-man shows. Come meet the neighbors!
Difficult 10Q
159 plays
Aug 25 07
pusdoc
2 trivia quiz  Legendary Broadway Performances coolicon
Here's a look at some of the great (non-musical) peformances in Broadway's history.
Average 10Q
780 plays
Jul 31 04
robert362
3 trivia quiz  Pulitzer Play Plots icon
Can you name the Pulitzer Award winning dramas from brief descriptions of their plots?
Average 10Q
213 plays
Jun 16 08
sidnobls gold
4 trivia quiz  Leading Ladies of the Theatre icon
This quiz is about the leading ladies of the theatre in musicals and plays. I hope you have as much fun taking this as I did creating it.
Tough 15Q
384 plays
Nov 06 02
footlights
5 trivia quiz  Leading Men of the Stage icon
This is a quiz on the handsome, and sometimes not so handsome, leading men in various Broadway and off Broadway productions. Have fun!
Tough 20Q
354 plays
Nov 30 02
footlights

Some sample questions from this category:

* This late playwright wrote 'Suddenly, Last Summer.'
* He was the son of a famous actor and many of his plays, such as 'A Long Day's Journey Into Night' were autobiographical.
* The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to this playwight in 1999 for her play 'Wit.'
* This contemporary British playwright won an Oscar for the screenplay of 'Shakespeare In Love' and is the author of such plays as 'Arcadia' and 'The Real Thing.'
* A collaborator with George F. Kaufman, this playwright shared credit for 'You Can't Take It With You.'
* He wrote 'Fences,' 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' and 'Joe Turner's Come And Gone.' He is:
* A movie version of this playwright's 'Bus Stop' starred Marilyn Monroe.
* She wrote the mother-and daughter drama entitled ' 'Night, Mother.' She is:
* One of America's most prolific playwrights, he penned 'Come Blow Your Horn' and 'Biloxi Blues.'
* At the time, the most popular and significant playwright of the first Elizabethian Age in England was not considered to be William Shakespeare. That was the author of 'Volpone' and other comedies. He was:
* Being trapped in a room with people that you dislike is a view of hell that is presented in 'No Exit'. Who wrote it?
* In Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', the principal players are named:
* Arthur Miller's play about a Marilyn Monroe -like woman:
* The entertaining comedy, 'The Importance of Being earnest', was written by:
* The play 'Golden Boy' has been made into a movie on more than one occasion. Who is the playwright?
* In Jason Miller's 'That Championship Season', the individuals involved had been champions in what sport?
* Who was NOT one of Shakespeare's contemporaries?
* 'The Children's Hour' dramatizes the consequences that flow from a scandalous lie. Who wrote it?
* The dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc in 'Saint Joan' was written by:
* The prize winning 'Glengarry Glen Ross' was written by:

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