The overall winning submission came from:
Todd BrownTodd managed 75 out of 100 correct answers, beating the next entrant by a significant margin. Congratulations Todd!
Here's the whole enchilada...
1 Where will the new musical based on Shreck preview?
1 Seattle
2 What union struck a deal with the AMPTP this week?
2 DGA
3 Who is Tom Cruise's partner at United Artists?
3 Paula Wagner (A'69)
4 Who was the beneficiary of CM's Chain Hoist Raffle at LDI?
4 Behind the Scenes
5 What was the LA Convention Center the first major West Coast venue to do recently?
5 Require ETCP Rigging certification for supervisors.
6 What shop is building Bette Midler's Vegas Show?
6 Tait Towers
7 Who is Rocco Landesman?
7 President Jujamcyn Theatres - Producer
8 How will the next person to play Elle Woods in Legally Blond be cast?
8 MTV reality show
9 What's got people riled up about the Sydney production of /Corpus Cristy/?
9 Jesus is depicted as gay
10 What does the play /Life in a Jar/ have to do with the Nobel Peace Prize?
10 The inspiration for the lead character lost to Al Gore this year.
11 What device did Disney recently set up for use as a Disney World park guide?
11 Nintendo DS
12 Who sold off the last of their theatre businesses to Key Brands?
12 Live Nation
13 Mark Rylance and Robert Bly collaborated on what play running in Minneapolis?
13 Peer Gynt
14 What's wrong with James Srodon's complaint against Blue Man Group?
14 The camera doesn't actually go in the person's mouth
15 Theatre By The Blind is now calling themselves what?
15 Theatre Breaking Through Barriers
16 What Canadian show is being cast through a reality TV show?
16 The Sound of Music
17 What were the subjects of the two rigging standards ESTA released for public review this week?
17 Standard Counterweight Systems and Fire Curtains
18 Where in town is Sweeney Todd running?
18 PNC Broadway at Heinz Hall
19 The FCC says ABC stations should be fined for an episode of NYPD Blue that showed what "sexual organ?"
19 A rear end
20 What's got people abuzz about Albee's The Zoo Story?
20 Nearly 50 years after premiering, he's written a second act
21 What is the difficulty with Chicago's About Face Theater Company's production of Little Dog Laughed?
21 The playwright is upset they cut the nudity
22 What local company is about to mount the premiere of "Breakfast With Mugabe" on the second floor of the former downtown Lazarus store?
22 Quantum Theatre
23 Who recently got a piece of the profits from the revival of A Chorus Line?
23 The dancers from the original workshop
24 What recently completed Philadelphia arts center may be having a renovation?
24 Kimmel Center
25 What do the Thea Awards recognize?
25 “The annual Thea Awards
26 What was interesting about the UCF Conservatory Theatre's production of Alice Experiments in Wonderland?
26 It involved three theatre companies in three cities collaborating on the same show in real time.
27 What is the plot inspiration for the new ballet Meltdown?
27 Recent events in the life of Britney Spears
28 What was peculiar about the positive review of Peer Gynt that ran in the Sunday Minneapolis Star-Tribune?
28 It was an ad purchased by the company, showing an ad from another paper
29 What is the mission of the LA based Unusual Suspects Theatre Company?
29 Does workshops for incarcerated and foster youth
30 What recent Carnegie Hall show featured a fat pole dancer and a man in a diaper?
30 Jerry Springer -- The Opera
31 What is VITA
31 Volunteer Information Tax Assistance (Sponsored by Equity, among others)
32 Why is London's Arcola Theatre notable at the moment?
32 They've converted power systems to a hydrogen fuel cell.
33 Whose retirement at the end of the 08/09 academic year was recently announced?
33 Milan Stitt
34 What play did Arkansas Tech cancel recently, and why?
34 Assassins, because of the guns and the shootings at NIU
35 What is notable about the current NYC production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
35 All Black cast
36 Who, locally, is doing The Vertical Hour?
36 Playhouse REP
37 What does Bessie Nelson do for a living?
37 She's Broadway's go-to beader
38 What play did the Classical Theatre of Harlem recently perform in town?
38 Romeo & Juliet
39 What award did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences recently give to Look Solutions?
39 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences technical achievement award.
40 What is Shakespeare's Global Globe?
40 A website hosted by CMU English that lets people share the experience of reading Shakespeare.
41 Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., is asking the House Foreign Affairs Committee to investigate something, what is it?
41 The sources of the bodies in "Bodies" shows.
42 Dozens of bars in Minnesota have started having "Theatre Nights", why?
42 To circumvent a state public smoking ban
43 Plus or minus $300,000, how much was cut from the NEA budget for next year?
43 16.3 million dollars
44 Who is the director of the upcoming production of MacBeth at the Folger Theatre in Washington?
44 Teller, of "Penn & Teller"
45 What two shows received the first Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway awards?
45 Les Miserables and 110 in the Shade
46 Locally, where would you recently have gone to see The Drowsy Chaperone?
46 The Benedum -PNC Broadway Across America
47 What is Rosco using to size an annual donation to Behind the Scenes?
47 Sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet
48 What school has the most USITT award winners this year?
48 Tie: UCONN and NCSA
49 What is the theme of next years SOD season?
49 The dichotomy of men and women
50 What is the new play Betrayed about?
50 Iraqis who worked for the US in Iraq
51 Who is Mary Blair
51 She designed "Its a Small World" for Disney
52 What do Frankenstein, Ghostbusters, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force have in common?
52 They all use the same "Castle Thunder" sound effect
53 Where is Toy Story:The Musical premiering?
53 At sea on the cruise ship Disney Wonder
54 Name two films currently or recently filming in Pittsburgh.
54 Two from: Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Shelter, Feast of the Seven Fishes, The Road, She's out of My League
55 What of note happened just recently at the Stratford Festival?
55 Two of their three Artistic Directors quit
56 What does IALD stand for?
56 International Association of Lighting Designers
57 What has stagehands at Las Vegas' Orleans casino upset?
57 Nine months after certifying with IA 720 they still don't have a contract
58 Why will tour bookers have to start looking more carefully at the dates they are booking in various cities?
58 Truckers are driving slower to save gas
59 Where will Gone With the Wind: The Musical premiere?
59 London's West End
60 What was the CMU connection to the Live Design article "Project Yourself?"
60 It featured Narelle Sissons
61 What did website talkinbroadway.com recently say it would no longer publish?
61 reviews/reports of dress rehearsals/gypsy run-throughs
62 What is “FuseCal?”
62 FuseCal, a new web application, allows you to combine multiple calendars and create one master calendar.
63 How did the US House of Representatives help domestic arts organizations this week?
63 the House of Representatives voted this week to speed up the visa approval process for some foreign artists and entertainers
64 Who is Anthony Walker?
64 The Pittsburgh Opera’s music director (last week he sang the tenor part from the podium)
65 What’s the theatrical significance of April 23rd?
65 Shakespeare’s birthday (444)
66 Who currently has IATSE Local 6 and Local 143 locked out?
66 St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission/America’s Center
67 What opens in Pittsburgh May 3rd?
67 55th Carnegie International
68 Who is the author of “August: Osage County”
68 Tracy Letts
69 Who is the AMPTP currently negotiating a new contract with?
69 IATSE
70 Who, locally, opened their season with “King Lear?”
70 PICT
71 What is the "Tartan Square" concept?
71 CMU development of Craig Street
72 Where did ETC just open another branch campus?
72 Osaka, Japan
73 What is the nature of the Star Wars legal fight in Britain?
73 The original fabricator of Stormtrooper armor is selling replicas, Lucasfilm says he can't
74 Why won't the producers of the BBC (and SciFi Channel) TV show Doctor Who be televising in High Definition?
74 It will show off craftsmanship issues with their sets
75 Who is Phil Lin
75 Designer for QVC, was here for a visit this week
76 Who, locally, just ran Romeo & Juliet?
76 Point Park
77 What is the nature/genre of work done by Project Bandaloop?
77 They "dance" on buildings of cliff faces, suspended by ropes
78 Who is Ken Brannigan?
78 House carpenter at the Benedum Center
79 Who, locally, is producing an "Evening with Alfre Woodard" 4/25-26?
79 August Wilson Center for African American Culture
80 Why, according to the company, did the New York Theatre Workshop lay off its production staff this week?
80 With royalties from Rent about to end, they have to trim $1 million dollars from their operating budget
81 Who is the featured speaker for CMU commencement?
81 Al Gore
82 Who, locally, just produced Cymbeline?
82 Pitt
83 What is the name of the Louisville, KY festival of new work?
83 Humana Festival
84 How many writers resigned from the WGA during the strike?
84 28
85 What is the name of the current Broadway play starring Mark Rylance & Bradley Whitford?
85 Boeing-Boeing
86 Who is Mary O'Brien?
86 Local scenic artist who received a Behind the Scenes grant
87 What is the name of Mike Daisy's current one man show?
87 How Theatre Failed America
88 Who is Aliza Shvarts?
88 Yale Art student with a somewhat controversial piece
89 Why is Steve Wynn significant to theatre?
89 He keeps booking legit theatre into Las Vegas
90 Who, locally, recently produced A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum?
90 Scotch & Soda
91 What was the play Russian "authorities" just banned from performance about?
91 The seige of the Moscow theatre
92 The AMPTP just filed an "unfair labor practices" complaint against the WGA, why?
92 For publishing the names of people who resigned from the union to cross
93 How big is a "Flogo?"
93 2 feet long and a foot wide
94 What does Equity want people to know about "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy?"
94 The production has not contracted with AGVA
95 What John Waters play just opened on Broadway?
95 Cry Baby
96 Where did "August: Osage County" move?
96 Next door (to the Music Box)
97 Who was just recently announced as an inductee to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame?
97 Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
98 Who was Jerome Robbins?
98 Prolific Broadway choreographer and director
99 Syntic Theatre won a Helen Hayes award for their production of MacBeth, what city did it run in?
99 Washington DC
100 What organization just announced they will join the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust?
100 Pittsburgh International Children's Theatre
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