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Forbidden Broadway Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on "Forbidden Broadway", one of my favorite shows and is so funny. I hope you enjoy this quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by RoxieHart101. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
RoxieHart101

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
230,308

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
362

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What year did "Forbidden Broadway" premiere? Hint

1985

1982

2000

1977

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Question 2 of 10

2. What musical is made fun of for its big, dark sets and complicated plot? Hint

Ragtime

The Phantom of the Opera

Les Miserables

Into the Woods

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Question 3 of 10

3. What Broadway actor is said to be "Somewhat Overindulgent"? Hint

Barbra Streisand

Michael Crawford

Mandy Patinkin

Ethel Merman

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Question 4 of 10

4. What famous Broadway star actually came and sang a song with the cast, saying "Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery"? Hint

Ethel Merman

Carol Channing

Patti LuPone

Chita Rivera

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Question 5 of 10

5. What show is said to be way too long, sung in too high a key, and very expensive to see? Hint

Les Miserables

Miss Saigon

Cats

Beauty and the Beast

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Question 6 of 10

6. What actress is said to not have been able to hit the note because she hadn't been on Broadway for years? Hint

Liza Minnelli

Julie Andrews

Elaine Strich

Chita Rivera

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Question 7 of 10

7. What show is said to be very hard to get tickets to and that the costumes are back breaking torture? Hint

The Lion King

Avenue Q

Wicked

Camelot

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Question 8 of 10

8. What famous composer and lyricist is said to use too many synonyms, antonyms, metaphors, and syllables, and that there are more letters than they sell in "Wheel of Fortune" in his songs? Hint

Alan Jay Lerner and Fredrich Loewe

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Stephen Sondheim

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

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Question 9 of 10

9. What actress says not to confuse her with Rita Moreno, who played the same part as she did in "West Side Story"? Hint

Debbie Allan

Chita Rivera

Natelie Wood

Carol Lawrence

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Question 10 of 10

10. In this song, what keeps actors from ending up in Baltimore? Hint

Ambition

Failure

Money

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What year did "Forbidden Broadway" premiere?

Answer: 1982

It opened in January 1982 at the Palsson's Supper Club. The original cast was Gerald Alessandrini, Nora Mae Lyng, Bill Carmichael, Chloe Webb, and piano player Fred Barton.

2. What musical is made fun of for its big, dark sets and complicated plot?

Answer: Ragtime

Also commented about the musical is that the song "Wheels of a Dream" ends on "A Really Long Note".

3. What Broadway actor is said to be "Somewhat Overindulgent"?

Answer: Mandy Patinkin

This song pokes at Mandy Patinkin for being way too overdramatic in basically every show.

4. What famous Broadway star actually came and sang a song with the cast, saying "Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery"?

Answer: Carol Channing

At the beginning of the song, one of the performers is imitating Carol Channing and she comes out and sings the song.

5. What show is said to be way too long, sung in too high a key, and very expensive to see?

Answer: Les Miserables

This song also says that the actors dreamed a dream to have a normal part in a show, the sets weren't just piles of rubble, and that the plot is too complicated.

6. What actress is said to not have been able to hit the note because she hadn't been on Broadway for years?

Answer: Julie Andrews

During the song, they drop the key almost a whole octave. Also, they say that her vocal chords play tricks and that her upper range is dead.

7. What show is said to be very hard to get tickets to and that the costumes are back breaking torture?

Answer: The Lion King

"Can you feel the pain tonight the strain this headress brings, the cracking bones the tearing cartelige, kills all living things..."

8. What famous composer and lyricist is said to use too many synonyms, antonyms, metaphors, and syllables, and that there are more letters than they sell in "Wheel of Fortune" in his songs?

Answer: Stephen Sondheim

"We're into the syllables, into the antonyms, into the metaphors, into the synonyms..."

9. What actress says not to confuse her with Rita Moreno, who played the same part as she did in "West Side Story"?

Answer: Chita Rivera

Chita says that she's only in nightclubs and bomb shows while Rita gets movies and bravos. Also, she says that Liza Minnelli likes Chita and not Rita.

10. In this song, what keeps actors from ending up in Baltimore?

Answer: Ambition

"Without our ambitions, our lives would be as crazy as an actor in New York!"

Source: Author RoxieHart101

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