CONTEST: Win Tickets for THE WEDDING SINGER in Baltimore!

THIS CONTEST IS OVER!  THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!  THE CORRECT ANSWERS ARE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW!

 

The 1980's come back to life when Broadway's hit musical The Wedding Singer comes to Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre for two weeks, beginning Tuesday, September 11th.   

The Prize:

One of five pairs of tickets to the Opening Night of The Wedding Singer on Tuesday, September 11th at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore.  Curtain is at 8PM.

The Rules:

• Answer the 10 questions below and send your answers via email to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com. 
• Please put WEDDING SINGER CONTEST in the subject heading.  Also, include your full name, age and city and state.
• Entries must be received no later than noon on Wednesday, August 29th.
• One entry per person.
• Employees and their families of BroadwayWorld.com, LiveNation or the producing company of The Wedding Singer are ineligible. 
• BroadwayWorld.com, James Howard and The Wedding Singer Company are not responsible for lost or unreceived emails.
• You must attempt to answer all questions.
• Include the letter and word answers for each question.
• Winners will be selected from a pool of entries that has the most correct answers, and will be notified via email.

The Contest: 

Answer these questions to win!  Remember, you must try all of them, and you must put the letter AND answer for each question on your entry.  The entries with the most correct answers will win opening night tickets!  Good luck!

1.  The Wedding Singer asks us to "party like it's 1985!"  The Best Musical of 1985 was based on one of the most important novels in American literature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  What was the winning musical called?

a. Quilters
b. Grind
c. Big River
d. Leader of the Pack

2.  In 1985, Baltimore played host to the pre-Broadway premiere of this musical, making national headlines as the first musical ever to have its scenery completely run by computer, only to have it jam on opening night!  That musical was?

a. Quilters
b. Grind
c. Big River
d. Leader of the Pack

3.  The Wedding Singer features a character named Holly, who emulates Madonna.  What show marked the material girl's Broadway debut?

a. Speed-the-Plow
b. Glengarry Glen Ross
c. The Real Thing
d. Who's That Girl?

4.  Another Wedding Singer character emulates the lead singer of 80's icon band Culture Club.  That singer is?

a. David Bowie
b. Phil Collins
c. David Byrne
d. Boy George

5.  The answer to number 4 went on to write one of the most controversial musicals of the 21^st century, which chronicled his own rise to fame in the 80's.  That musical was?

a. The Wild Party
b. A Man of No Importance
c. Taboo
d. High Fidelity 

6.  Cyndi Lauper (who also figures in The Wedding Singer) taught us in the 80's that "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".  Last year, she made her Broadway debut in what musical?

a. The Apple Tree
b. The Three-Penny Opera
c. Mamma Mia!
d. Sweeney Todd

7.  That 80's fashion staple, the leg warmer, figures prominently in which current Broadway musical?

a. Mamma Mia!
b. Jersey Boys
c. Xanadu
d. The Color Purple

8.  So far, the only Drew Barrymore film turned into a musical that has made it to Broadway is The Wedding Singer.  But it doesn't look to be the last.  Which of her films is reportedly on-track for the Great White Way?

a. Charlie's Angels
b. E.T.
c. Fever Pitch
d. Ever After

9. & 10.  Laura Benanti, who starred in The Wedding Singer on Broadway, was featured in the revivals of which two 80's musicals?  (THERE ARE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS! NAME THEM BOTH!)

a. Into the Woods
b. La Cage aux Folles
c. Dreamgirls
d. Nine
e. Les Miserables

 
REMEMBER!! You MUST write the letter AND answer for EACH question for it to be correct.
All entries are due by noon on Wednesday, August 29^th.  Good luck!

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