Q 01/05

Jersey Boys co-writer Marshall Brickman shared a screenwriting Oscar with Woody Allen for which film?

A) Manhattan

B) Annie Hall

C) Sleeper

D) Midnight in Paris

Answer · why

B) Annie Hall

Annie Hall won the pair the Oscar for best original screenplay; Brickman said the Four Seasons' tale drew him in as "a classic American story. It's ra...

Q 02/05

Which Oscar winner plays the mob boss who protects Frankie in the 2014 Jersey Boys film?

A) Robert De Niro

B) Christopher Walken

C) Al Pacino

D) Jack Nicholson

Answer · why

B) Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken, an Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter, is the famous face in a film that cast three of its four Seasons from the stage show instead ...

Q 03/05

Where did Jersey Boys premiere in 2004?

A) Paper Mill Playhouse

B) Goodman Theatre

C) Old Globe Theatre

D) La Jolla Playhouse

Answer · why

D) La Jolla Playhouse

La Jolla Playhouse in California opened the tryout in October 2004; three of its four leads went on to Broadway, but its Frankie stayed behind and the...

Q 04/05

Jersey Boys opened in November 2005 at which Broadway theatre, renamed only weeks earlier?

A) Neil Simon Theatre

B) August Wilson Theatre

C) Eugene O'Neill Theatre

D) Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Answer · why

B) August Wilson Theatre

August Wilson Theatre: previews began while it was still the Virginia, and the new name went up on October 16, 2005, two weeks after the playwright's ...

Q 05/05

Who directed the original production of Jersey Boys?

A) Susan Stroman

B) Des McAnuff

C) Jerry Zaks

D) Michael Mayer

Answer · why

B) Des McAnuff

Des McAnuff, who had brought The Who's Tommy to Broadway, gave the writers their shot after producer after producer told them nobody cared about the F...