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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording won the first Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 1959?

  1. My Fair Lady
  2. West Side Story
  3. South Pacific
  4. The Music Man
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who played the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady?

  1. Julie Andrews
  2. Audrey Hepburn
  3. Rex Harrison
  4. Stanley Holloway
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording sold over 1 million copies in its first year of release?

  1. Hamilton
  2. Wicked
  3. The Lion King
  4. Rent
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the longest-running Broadway musical of all time?

  1. The Phantom of the Opera
  2. Chicago
  3. Cats
  4. Les Misérables
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2008?

  1. In the Heights
  2. Next to Normal
  3. Spring Awakening
  4. Passing Strange
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who played the role of Elphaba in the original Broadway production of Wicked?

  1. Idina Menzel
  2. Kristin Chenoweth
  3. Carole Shelley
  4. Joel Grey
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1972?

  1. Company
  2. Follies
  3. A Little Night Music
  4. Two Gentlemen of Verona
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the first musical to win the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album twice?

  1. Hamilton
  2. The Lion King
  3. Wicked
  4. Rent
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording was released on a triple LP?

  1. Jesus Christ Superstar
  2. Hair
  3. Godspell
  4. The Wiz
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who played the role of Jean Valjean in the original Broadway production of Les Misérables?

  1. Colm Wilkinson
  2. Michael Maguire
  3. Anthony Crivello
  4. David Bryant
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording was the first to be released on CD?

  1. Sunday in the Park with George
  2. Into the Woods
  3. Les Misérables
  4. The Phantom of the Opera
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the musical that features the song "One Day More"?

  1. Les Misérables
  2. Miss Saigon
  3. The Phantom of the Opera
  4. Cats
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording was released on a single LP?

  1. Cabaret
  2. Hello, Dolly!
  3. Fiddler on the Roof
  4. Funny Girl
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who played the role of Sweeney Todd in the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?

  1. Len Cariou
  2. Angela Lansbury
  3. Victor Garber
  4. Sarah Rice
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musical's original Broadway cast recording was the first to be released on a digital download?

  1. In the Heights
  2. Next to Normal
  3. Spring Awakening
  4. Passing Strange
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