Performers

Question 1

Al Jolson

Answer 1

1888- 1950

• • Blackface guy (Vaudville era)
• • The Jazz Singer (1927)

Question 2

George M. Cohan

Answer 2

1872-1942

• • Patriotism guy (Vaudville family)
• • “Give my Regards to Broadway”
• • “The Yankee Doodle Boy”
• • Major control freak; wrote his own songs
• There is a statue of him on 42nd street

Question 3

Vernon and Irene Castle

Answer 3

• -Husband-and-wife ballroom team (Vaudville)

- - Originated the Castle Walk

Question 4

Fred Astaire

Answer 4

1899-1987

• • Always formal and elegant
• • Tap + Ballroom
• The Band Wagon (1931)
• Shall We Dance (1937)
• usually danced with his sister as a child
• Broadway and Hollywood

Question 5

Adele Astaire

Answer 5

1896 - 1981

• Danced with her brother, very succesful
• got married, quit her carer and moved to Ireland
• The Band Wagon (1931)

Question 6

Marge Champion

Answer 6

1891 - 1951

– Zeigfeld Follies (1910)

Question 7

Ethel Merman

Answer 7

1908-1984:

• • First major Belt Queen
• • Brash and Vulgar, very little vulnerability
• Anything Goes (1934)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1946)
• Call Me Madam (1950) TONY
• Gypsy (1959)
• Hello, Dolly! (1970) [replaced Carroll Channing]

Question 8

John Raitt

Answer 8

1917-2005:

• • Billy in Carousel (1945)
• • The Pajama Game (1955)

Question 9

Mary Martin

Answer 9

1913-1990:

• • South Pacific (1939) TONY
• • Annie Get Your Gun (Tour) (1947)
• • Sound of Music (1959) TONY
• • I Do! I Do! (1966)

Question 10

Lotte Lenya

Answer 10

1898 - 1981:
– Threepenny Opera (1928) TONY (in 1956)

Married Kurt Weill

Question 11

Rex Harrison

Answer 11

1908 - 1990:
– My Fair Lady (1957) TONY.
Originally didn’t want the role because he couldn’t sing

• Kind of a dick
• Was married 6 times

Question 12

Julie Andrews

Answer 12

1935 -

• • The Boy Friend (1954)
• • My Fair Lady (1957)
• • Camelot (1960)

Movies:

• • Mary Poppins (1965)
• • The Sound of Music (1966)

Question 13

Richard Burton

Answer 13

1925 - 1984

• • Lady in the Dark (1941)
• • Camelot (1960) TONY

Question 14

Gertrude Lawrence

Answer 14

1898 - 1952

• • Lady in the Dark (1941)
• • The King and I (1951) TONY

Question 15

Yul Brynner

Answer 15

1920-1985
– King and I (1951) TONY
died of lung cancer :(

Question 16

Robert (Bobby) Morse

Answer 16

1931 -
– H2$ (1961) TONY

Had a comeback in Mad Men

[kinda reminds you of Rick Moranis a bit right?]

Question 17

Gwen Verdon

Answer 17

1925 - 2000
HS: First big triple threat

– Can Can (1953) TONY
– Damn Yankees (1955) TONY [Lola]

Married Bob Fosse, helped him on many projects

Question 18

Carol Channing

Answer 18

1921 -
Quirkiest personality on Broadway
Super tall
always wore a blonde wig

• • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949)
• • Hello, Dolly! (1964) TONY (and her signature role)

Question 19

Angela Lansbury

Answer 19

1925 - 
Mame (1966) TONY
Dear World (1969) TONY
Gypsy revival (1973) TONY
Sweeney Todd (1979) TONY [Ms. Lovett]
Blithe Spirit revival (2009) TONY

Was big in Hollywood, THEN went to broadway

Question 20

Robert Preston

Answer 20

1918 - 1987

• • The Music Man (1957) TONY
• • I Do! I Do! (1967) TONY
• • Mack and Mabel (1974) TONY

Question 21

Barbara Cook

Answer 21

1927 -
HS: Leading people had to ACT
– The Music Man (1957) TONY [Marian the Librarian]
– Candide (1956)

Question 22

Audra McDonald

Answer 22

1970 -

Very much legit
6 Tonys (most ever for actor/actress), including one in each possible category

• • Ragtime (1997) TONY
• • A Raisin in the Sun (2004) TONY
• • Porgy and Bess (2011) TONY [the one you saw!]

Question 23

Fanny Brice

Answer 23

1891 - 1951

Very Jewish character

• • “Quainty, Dainty Me”
• • “A Sweepstakes Ticket”

Question 24

Alfred Drake

Answer 24

1914 - 1992

• • Oklahoma (1943)
• • Kiss Me Kate (1948)

Question 25

Johnathan Groff

Answer 25

Melchior in Spring Awakening

King George in Hamilton

Question 26

Lea Michelle

Answer 26

Wendla in Spring Awakening

Question 27

Zero Mostel

Answer 27

• • Tevya in Fiddler
• • Pseudolous in Forum

Loud and Boistrous

Question 28

Patti Lupone

Answer 28

Known for Crazy High Belt Voice.

– Eva in Evita

Question 29

Kelli O’Hara

Answer 29

• • Young Hattie in Follies
• • The Light in the Piazza (Tony)
• • Francesca in Bridges of Madison County

Question 30

Joel Grey

Answer 30

• • MC in Cabaret

- - Wizard in Wicked

Question 31

Kristen Chenowith

Answer 31

Traditional Belt but with operatic training

– Glinda in Wicked

Question 32

Idina Menzel

Answer 32

Contemporary Belt

• • Maureen in Rent
• • Elphaba in Wicked
• • If/Then

Question 33

Donna McKechnie

Answer 33

Very close w/ Michael Bennet

– Cassie (the one who gets the part) in “A Chorus Line” (TONY)

Question 34

Ann Reinking

Answer 34

Very close w/ Fossee

• • replaced Donna McKechnie as Cassie in A Chorus Line
• • replaced Gwen Verdon as Roxie in Chicago
• • choreographed Chicago revival (TONY)

Question 35

Ben Vereen

Answer 35

• • Claude in Hair
• • Leading Player in original Pippin
• • Judas in JCS
• • Billy Flynn in Chicago
• • Replaced Joel Grey as Wizard in Wicked

Question 36

Alan Cumming

Answer 36

• • MC in (newer) cabaret

- - Mack the Knife in 3-penny (revival)

Question 37

Bernadette Peters

Answer 37

known for her vulnerability

• Sunday in the Park
• Follies
• A Little Night Music

Question 38

Mandy Patinkin

Answer 38

• • Che in Evita
• • George in Sunday
• • Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride

Question 39

Colm Wilkinson

Answer 39

Jean Valjean in Les Miz

Question 40

Michael Crawford

Answer 40

Phantom in Phantom of the Opera

Question 41

Sarah Brightman

Answer 41

Christine in Phantom of the Opera

Question 42

Nathan Lane

Answer 42

Max Bialystock in Producers