Quiz: How well do you know your Australian Musical casts?
Are you a musical theatre diva? Do you know all there is to know about the Aussie MT industry?
Take our quiz about Australian musical theatre casts – past and present – and see how you score!
Q 1. Who originated the role of Elphaba in the debut Australian season of WICKED, 2008?
Amanda Harrison
Pippa Grandison
Jemma Rix
Patrice Tipoki
Q 2. Who played the role of Grizabella in the 2010 Australian tour of CATS?
Silvie Palladino
Delia Hannah
Debra Byrne
Pippa Grandison
Q 3. Who played the title role in the 1974 Australian production of Pippin?
Reg Gorman
Reg Livermore
John Frost
John Farnham
Q 4. Which performer originated the role of Frankie Valli in the Australian production of Jersey Boys?
Bobby Fox
Gareth Keegan
Dion Billios
Jye Frasca
Q 5. Who starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the 1967 Australian production of Sweet Charity?
Jill Perryman
Verity Hunt-Ballard
Toni Lamond
Nancye Hayes
Q 6. Which Australian appeared in both Love Never Dies and Priscilla - Queen of the Desert?
Amelia Cormack
Jeremy Stanford
Sharon Millerchip
Ben Lewis
Q 7. How many of the Hannaford siblings appeared in King Kong in 2013?
One
Three
Four
Two
Q 8. Who played the role of Aldonza in Man of La Mancha when it opened in Melbourne in 2002?
Caroline O'Connor
Silvie Paladino
Marika Aubrey
Marina Prior
Q 9. Who was originally cast as Bobby in the 1996 Australian production of Crazy for You, opposite Georgie Parker?
Jim Walton
Todd McKenney
David Atkins
Dein Perry
Q 10. Who played Norma Desmond's love interest in the 1996 Australian production of Sunset Boulevard?
Peter Cousens
Hugh Jackman
Anthony Warlow
Alex Rathgeber
Q 11. Who played the lead role of Bobby in Kookaburra's production of Company in 2007?
James Millar
Shaun Rennie
Michael Falzon
David Campbell
Q 12. Who played Sean Flynn in the Australian production of Eureka! The Musical in 2004?
Simon Gleeson
Peter Carroll
Ian Stenlake
Michael Cormick
Q 13. Who played Jean Valjean in the original Sydney production of Les Miserables in 1987?
Rob Guest
Hugh Jackman
Philip Quast
Normie Rowe
Q 14. Which Australian performer has performed the role of Meg Giry in both The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies in Australia?
Caroline O'Connor
Sharon Millerchip
Chelsea Gibb
Nadia Komazec
Q 15. Who played the role of Désirée in Opera Australia's 2009 production of A Little Night Music?
Nancye Hayes
Noni Hazlehurst
Lisa McCune
Sigrid Thornton
Q 16. Who performed the role of Anita in the 2010 Australian tour of West Side Story?
Alinta Chidzey
Rowena Vilar
Monique Montez
Stephanie Grigg
You're A Diva!
Congratulations! You've either studied your history of music theatre notes from drama school, seen every show on the list, or listened to every cast album you can get your hands on (and you're still searching for more!). You're a DIVA!
You're a Leading Player!
You've definitely stood at stage door to meet one of your favourite performers at least once and have listened to a recording of RENT/ Bernadette Peters singing Unexpected Song/Les Miserables/Phantom of the Opera/Miss Saigon/Next To Normal (on tape, CD, mini disk or mp3) at SOME point in your life.
My mum buys me tickets for Christmas
You love the Australian music theatre scene, and enjoy watching the shows when they come to town, but you don't have enough room in your brain to remember EVERY cast list.
Musical What?
Did you find this quiz by mistake? Perhaps a crash course in Aussie music theatre history wouldn't go astray before you attempt the quiz again. (That's Nancye with an E, folks)
