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Seven plays and 11 musicals are opening on Broadway in March and April, over the final six weeks of the Broadway 2024-2025 season, starting Monday and ending on April 27, the final date of eligibility for this year’s Tony Awards. Of these, which play, and which musical, are you most looking forward to?

Broadway Poll for the Final Stretch

I guess this is an easier quiz than I thought. Everybody got question 4 correct, which may be a first.

How well were you paying attention to theater news, views and reviews this month? Answer these ten questions and see

https://newyorktheater.me/2025/02/26/theater-quiz-for-february-2025/

We already know that “Wicked” would make a good Broadway musical because it IS one. But what about the other nine movies nominated this year for the Best Picture Oscar? Which would make the best play? The worst play? The best musical? Take the poll 

 

Polll: Which 2025 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Would Work Best and Worst on Broadway

Hint: Use the photos to help with quiz question # 9: Match this year's Oscar nominees for best actor with the stage show (Broadway or Off-Broadway) in which they performed.

That seems to be one of the toughest questions.

“Wicked” and “Hamilton” are back in the news, as is a certain former reality show host; some once little-known stage actors are now….nominees; and there was plenty new and strange on stage in January. How well were you paying attention to the theater news, views and reviews? Take this quiz and find out.



 

Theater Quiz for January 2025

Broadway Poll: Spring 2025 Show You Most Want To See?

Also, separate question: Which show (if any) do you most want to know more about?

My pleasure, and congratulations!

How well were you paying attention to the theater in 2024? Answer these ten quiz questions to find out.

End of Year Theater Quiz

Where were your most memorable stage moments in 2024?

Here are 15 of mine.

For those of you having trouble reading the results of the polls, I list the top 10 results for Best Broadway Show for 2024 at the bottom of the post (which mostly lists and aggregates the choices by theater critics)

 

Top 10 lists of Top NYC Theater in 2024: Maybe Happy Ending Oh Mary, Cats

ACL2006 Apologies for the pie chart. If you place your cursor on one of the shows on the  list at the right, you'll see it highlights a slice of the pie. If you then place your cursor on the highlighted slice, it will then tell you the number of voters and the percentage. 

 

If somebody can instruct me on the step by step to changing the default pie chart to a bar chart on Google forms, I'll happily listen. (I couldn't figure it out.)

Poll: Best and Worst Broadway Show of 2024?

What did you think was the best of the forty-four shows that opened on Broadway in 2024? Which was the worst? Take the two polls. Judge the quality of the show as you see it, not how it did at the box office.

The Outsiders has now galloped ahead in the poll to number 1. I'm surprise at this, not just because, despite its Tony Award for best musical, few of the songs stand out. I'm surprised that some of the other scores didn't get more love.

That's a great idea. Unfortunately, Google Forms doesn't allow for a ranked choice poll (or at least I haven't been able to figure out how to do it.)  And I tried another polling program for multiple picks, Fillout, but it went kabluey because there were  too many choices. If you know of some way I can do this, please let me know.

Poll results so far:

Stereophonic is the top choice

followed by The Outsiders

and then, interestingly, Lempicka

 

Poll: Best Broadway* Cast Recording of 2024?

Congrats!

How well were you paying attention to theater news, views and reviews this month? Answer these 10 quiz questions, plus a bonus, to find out.

Theater Quiz for November 2024

This apparently is an easier quiz than usual, based on the responses -- except for question 8.

I'm surprised how many people are getting the democracy questions right.