American Famous Theater Directors MCQs with Answer
Who directed the original Broadway production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”?
a) Elia Kazan
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Elia Kazan
Which director is known for his work on the musical “Hamilton?
a) Lin-Manuel Miranda
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Who directed the iconic play “Death of a Salesman”?
a) Elia Kazan
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Eugene O’Neill
Answer: b) Arthur Miller
The director of the musical “Chicago” is:
a) Bob Fosse
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Answer: a) Bob Fosse
Who directed the original Broadway production of “West Side Story”?
a) Leonard Bernstein
b) Jerome Robbins
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) George Gershwin
Answer: b) Jerome Robbins
This director is known for founding the American Repertory Theater and directing “Hair” and “Pippin”:
a) Harold Prince
b) Diane Paulus
c) Gower Champion
d) Michael Bennett
Answer: b) Diane Paulus
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Rent”?
a) Jonathan Larson
b) Stephen Schwartz
c) Julie Taymor
d) Michael Greif
Answer: d) Michael Greif
The director of the play “The Glass Menagerie” is:
a) Elia Kazan
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Sam Shepard
Answer: a) Elia Kazan
Who directed the musical “The Phantom of the Opera”?
a) Harold Prince
b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Harold Prince
The director of the play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is:
a) Eugene O’Neill
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Elia Kazan
Answer: a) Eugene O’Neill
Who directed the original Broadway production of “The Crucible”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Elia Kazan
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: b) Elia Kazan
The director of the musical “Into the Woods” is:
a) Stephen Sondheim
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Stephen Sondheim
Who directed the original production of “Fences” on Broadway?
a) Denzel Washington
b) August Wilson
c) Lorraine Hansberry
d) George C. Wolfe
Answer: b) August Wilson
This director is known for his work on “The Lion King” musical:
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Stephen Schwartz
c) Julie Taymor
d) Michael Bennett
Answer: c) Julie Taymor
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Hello, Dolly!”?
a) Gower Champion
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Gower Champion
The director of the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is:
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Elia Kazan
d) Sam Shepard
Answer: c) Elia Kazan
Who directed the musical “Cabaret”?
a) Bob Fosse
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Answer: a) Bob Fosse
The director of the play “The Cherry Orchard” is:
a) Anton Chekhov
b) Elia Kazan
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Anton Chekhov
Who directed the original Broadway production of “In the Heights”?
a) Lin-Manuel Miranda
b) Stephen Schwartz
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Lin-Manuel Miranda
The director of the musical “Evita” is:
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Harold Prince
Answer: a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Annie”?
a) Gower Champion
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Bob Fosse
d) Martin Charnin
Answer: d) Martin Charnin
The director of the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is:
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Edward Albee
c) Arthur Miller
d) Elia Kazan
Answer: b) Edward Albee
Who directed the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”?
a) Stephen Sondheim
b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Stephen Sondheim
The director of the play “The Odd Couple” is:
a) Neil Simon
b) Elia Kazan
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: a) Neil Simon
Who directed the original Broadway production of “The Producers”?
a) Mel Brooks
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Mel Brooks
The director of the play “A Raisin in the Sun” is:
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) August Wilson
Answer: a) Lorraine Hansberry
Who directed the musical “Jersey Boys”?
a) Bob Fosse
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Des McAnuff
Answer: d) Des McAnuff
The director of the play “The Crucible” is:
a) Arthur Miller
b) Elia Kazan
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Arthur Miller
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Les Misérables”?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Claude-Michel Schönberg
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: b) Claude-Michel Schönberg
The director of the musical “Cats” is:
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Ragtime”?
a) Stephen Sondheim
b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Frank Galati
Answer: d) Frank Galati
The director of the play “Waiting for Godot” is:
a) Samuel Beckett
b) Anton Chekhov
c) Harold Pinter
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: a) Samuel Beckett
Who directed the musical “Wicked”?
a) Stephen Schwartz
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Stephen Schwartz
The director of the play “August: Osage County” is:
a) Tracy Letts
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Tracy Letts
Who directed the musical “Hairspray”?
a) Marc Shaiman
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Marc Shaiman
The director of the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is:
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Elia Kazan
Answer: a) Edward Albee
Who directed the musical “A Chorus Line”?
a) Michael Bennett
b) Bob Fosse
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Answer: a) Michael Bennett
The director of the play “Our Town” is:
a) Thornton Wilder
b) Anton Chekhov
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Thornton Wilder
Who directed the original Broadway production of “The Book of Mormon”?
a) Trey Parker
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Stephen Sondheim
Answer: a) Trey Parker
The director of the musical “Miss Saigon” is:
a) Claude-Michel Schönberg
b) Stephen Sondheim
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Answer: a) Claude-Michel Schönberg
Who directed the play “The Glass Menagerie”?
a) Elia Kazan
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Sam Shepard
Answer: a) Elia Kazan
The director of the musical “Follies” is:
a) Stephen Sondheim
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Andrew Lloyd Webber
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Stephen Sondheim
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Oklahoma!”?
a) Richard Rodgers
b) Oscar Hammerstein II
c) Jerome Robbins
d) Gower Champion
Answer: c) Jerome Robbins
The director of the play “The Glass Menagerie” is:
a) Elia Kazan
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Sam Shepard
Answer: a) Elia Kazan
Who directed the musical “The Sound of Music”?
a) Richard Rodgers
b) Oscar Hammerstein II
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Answer: a) Richard Rodgers
The director of the play “The Iceman Cometh” is:
a) Eugene O’Neill
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Elia Kazan
Answer: a) Eugene O’Neill
Who directed the original Broadway production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”?
a) Stephen Sondheim
b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
c) Lin-Manuel Miranda
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Stephen Sondheim
The director of the play “The Glass Menagerie” is:
a) Elia Kazan
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Sam Shepard
Answer: a) Elia Kazan
Who directed the musical “The Phantom of the Opera”?
a) Harold Prince
b) Andrew Lloyd Webber
c) Stephen Sondheim
d) Bob Fosse
Answer: a) Harold Prince
The director of the play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is:
a) Eugene O’Neill
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) Elia Kazan
Answer: a) Eugene O’Neill