QUIZ: Winning Women in Theatre

Julie Taymor was the first female to win the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical. She won this award in 1998 for directing which stage adaptation of a Disney classic?

Quiz about Females in Theatre Julie Taymor — "TED 2011 - Julie Taymor ©Suzie Katz #2837" by Suzie Katz is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Beauty and the Beast

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Tarzan

The Lion King

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The first female team to win the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical was Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron in 2015. Which show did they win for?

Photo credit: Joan Marcus.

An American in Paris

Fun Home

Something Rotten!

The Visit

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Jessica Paz was the first female to be nominated for and to win the Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical in 2019 for which show?

Photo of Eva-Noblezada and Reeve Carney by Helen-Maybanks.

Beetlejuice

Dear Evan Hansen

Hadestown

Jagged Little Pill

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Ali Stroker is the first person who uses a wheelchair to be nominated for and to receive a Tony Award for acting. In 2019 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for which show?

Photo of Ali Stroker by Teddy Wolff.

Oklahoma!

Spring Awakening

Carousel

Tootsie

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Audra McDonald has won more performance Tony Awards than any other individual and is the first person to win all four performance awards for which a performer is eligible. How many total Tony Awards has Audra McDonald won?

Audra McDonald in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Photo by Jenny Anderson.

4

5

6

7

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