CONTEST: Win Tickets to The Nerd AND Fat Pig at Spots!
By: James Howard May. 10, 2007
THIS CONTEST HAS CONCLUDED! THANK YOU FOR ENTERING! LOOK FOR A NEW CONTEST SOON!
THE ANSWERS ARE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW.
This month, Audrey Herman's Spotlighters Theatre is celebrating the geek in all of us with Larry Shue's hilarious comedy, The Nerd! And next month, it's the full-figured gals that get their due in Neil Le Bute's witty comedy, Fat Pig! To celebrate, Spotlighters is giving the readers of BroadwayWorld.com five pairs of tickets to The Nerd AND Fat Pig! That's right! You will win two tickets to each play, but you have to enter to win.
The Prize: One of five pairs of tickets to any remaining performances of The Nerd (through May 27) and one of five pairs of tickets to any performance of Fat Pig (June 8 – 30)!
The Rules:
- Answer the 10 questions below and send your answers via email to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com. Please put SPOTS CONTEST in the subject heading.
- All entries must include: Full Name AND Full Address. This information will be used to process winning tickets by Spotlighters. It will not be shared with any third parties.
- Entries must be received no later than noon on Tuesday, May 15th.
- One entry per person.
- Employees and their families of BroadwayWorld.com, Spotlighters or the companies of The Nerd or Fat Pig are ineligible. Anyone who has won tickets previously this year MAY enter for this contest. It is open to ALL readers.
- BroadwayWorld.com, James Howard and Spotlighters 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 on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.
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 tickets! Good luck!
Geeky Guys:
1. Hunter Foster (in the revival), Rick Moranis (in the film) and Lee Wilkoff (original cast) all played this loveable nerd who meets his match in a man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors. Who is he?
- Seymour
- Mushnik
- Orin
- Audrey II
- This sweet geek goes unnoticed by the love of his life, Glinda in Wicked. Who is this sweet Munchkin?
- Fiyero
- The Wizard
- Dillamond
- Boq
- This nebbish fellow drives his best friend Oscar crazy in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. Who is he?
- Tony
- Felix
- Jack
- Spin
- This goober is the favorite whipping boy of The Burger Palace Boys in Grease, even if he does organize the school dance with Patty Simcox. He is…
- Doody
- Sonny
- Morris
- Eugene
- In the original Broadway cast of The Nerd, this actor played Willum. But he is way more famous for playing Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. The actor is…
- Harrison Ford
- Mark Hamill
- George Lucas
- Anthony Daniels
The Hefty Honeys
- This summer, the movie version of the musical Hairspray hits theatres. It focuses on a rotund mother, Edna, and her equally spherical daughter. As of the opening of the film, all of the following will have played Edna EXCEPT:
- John Travolta
- John Waters
- Harvey Fierstein
- Devine
- The daughter in Hairspray, played originally by Tony winner Marissa Winokur is named:
- Amber Van Tussle
- Velma Van Tussle
- Tracey Turnblad
- Rikki Lake
- This star of Ugly Betty starred in the HBO version of the hit play Real Women Have Curves. She is:
- Vanessa Williams
- Rebecca Romijn
- America Ferrera
- Patti LuPone
- Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for playing the plump Effie in the film version of this musical, and Jennifer Holliday won the Tony for the same role. They made "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" popular for two generations! The musical is…
- Dreamgirls
- Chicago
- Annie
- The Color Purple
- The late Nell Carter made a name for herself by winning the Tony for her performance in which musical?
- Zoot Suit
- Annie
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Black and Blue
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