How Well Do You Know Broadway?

One of the categories on Jeopardy! recently was “The New York Times Theatre,” with answers and questions about shows read by Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic of The New York Times.   Perfect for my blog – here are the answers; just come up with the correct question for each.  I’ll post the questions in a few days:

1. Based on a movie, this musical about an Irish guy & a Czech girl uses song & dance in a way I’ve never experienced in an American musical: to convey a beautiful shimmer of might-have-been-regret.
2. In 1996 I reviewed the revival of this Kander & Ebb musical whose jaded take on celebrity worship & fractured justice were timely then; I said I hoped it would run for a long time – little did I know it would still be playing today.
3. When it comes to Shakespeare, I must have seen at least a dozen productions of this tragedy, with everyone from Liev Schreiber to Jude Law as the prince.
4. Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut playing tabloid columnist Mike McAlary in “Lucky Guy,” written by this woman, a close friend of Hanks; unlike some of the movies she wrote & directed, her play feels only newsprint deep.
5. A 1997 revival of this Ibsen classic made me remember why I love the theatre; the play is more than a century old, but it felt like the part of Nora had only just been written, & written specifically for Janet McTee.

How well do you know Broadway?  Come back later for the questions…

Feel free to leave a comment, and please come back often – I write and post every day!  And if you like what I have to say and how I say it, you’ll probably enjoy my novels as well.  They’re listed below, and you can read more about them on my improved website, designed and built by my son Don, http://www.randolphmase.com.  On my site, you’ll also find excerpts of my books that you can read – please check it out!

And to view updated blogs in real-time, go to http://kadency.com – it’s a great site!

Randolph Mase, Fiction Writer

http://www.randolphmase.com

http://www.facebook.com/randolphmase

http://twitter.com/randolphmase

My Novels:

Death on Broadway

Death Beneath the Streets

Death in Central Park

Death in The Cloisters (coming soon!)

Nathan Hale

About these ads