Q 01/05

Who composed the music for the Little Shop of Horrors musical?

A) Alan Menken

B) Cy Coleman

C) Stephen Schwartz

D) Marc Shaiman

Answer · why

A) Alan Menken

Alan Menken wrote the score, his first major hit; with the same lyricist he went on to write The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin for ...

Q 02/05

Who wrote the lyrics and book of the musical, and directed the original production?

A) Fred Ebb

B) Tim Rice

C) Howard Ashman

D) Alan Jay Lerner

Answer · why

C) Howard Ashman

Howard Ashman wrote the book and lyrics and staged the original production himself; he later wrote the lyrics for Disney's The Little Mermaid and Beau...

Q 03/05

The score is written in the style of which musical era?

A) Early 1960s rock, doo-wop and Motown

B) 1940s big-band swing and boogie-woogie

C) 1970s disco and glam rock

D) 1950s cool jazz and bebop

Answer · why

A) Early 1960s rock, doo-wop and Motown

Early 1960s rock, doo-wop and Motown shape the score, and the three street-urchin narrators take their names from girl groups of that era, such as the...

Q 04/05

In which year did the musical premiere?

A) 1984

B) 1982

C) 1986

D) 1989

Answer · why

B) 1982

1982 saw the show open off-off-Broadway in May and transfer to a larger off-Broadway house in July, beginning a five-year run.

Q 05/05

At which off-Broadway venue in the East Village did the musical run for five years?

A) The Orpheum Theatre

B) The Public Theater

C) The Cherry Lane Theatre

D) The Lucille Lortel Theatre

Answer · why

A) The Orpheum Theatre

The Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue housed the show for more than five years, from its July transfer until November 1987, one of the longest off-Broa...