Famous World Theater Directors MCQs with Answers
Who directed the play “Hamlet” at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2008?
a) Peter Brook
b) Julie Taymor
c) Declan Donnellan
d) Gregory Doran
Answer: d) Gregory Doran
Who directed the musical “Les Misérables” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Robert Lepage
c) Benedict Andrews
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: c) Benedict Andrews
Who directed the play “The Crucible” on Broadway in 2016?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Joe Mantello
Answer: a) Ivo van Hove
Who directed the musical “The Lion King” on Broadway?
a) Julie Taymor
b) Peter Brook
c) Declan Donnellan
d) Gregory Doran
Answer: a) Julie Taymor
Who directed the play “Angels in America” at the National Theatre in 2017?
a) Marianne Elliott
b) Robert Lepage
c) Benedict Andrews
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: a) Marianne Elliott
Who directed the musical “Phantom of the Opera” in the West End?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “War Horse” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Joe Mantello
Answer: b) Marianne Elliott
Who directed the musical “Cats” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: b) Trevor Nunn
Who directed the play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” on Broadway?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Joe Mantello
Answer: c) John Tiffany
Who directed the play “King Lear” at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2016?
a) Peter Brook
b) Julie Taymor
c) Declan Donnellan
d) Gregory Doran
Answer: d) Gregory Doran
Who directed the musical “Evita” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: b) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “The Maids” at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2013?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Robert Lepage
c) Benedict Andrews
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: c) Benedict Andrews
Who directed the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Broadway in 2012?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Joe Mantello
Answer: d) Joe Mantello
Who directed the musical “Mamma Mia!” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: d) Richard Eyre
Who directed the play “The Ferryman” at the Royal Court Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: d) Sam Mendes
Who directed the musical “Sunset Boulevard” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Robert Lepage
Answer: b) Trevor Nunn
Who directed the play “The History Boys” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Declan Donnellan
Answer: c) John Tiffany
Who directed the musical “Chicago” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: d) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “The Pillowman” at the Royal National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: b) John Tiffany
Who directed the musical “West Side Story” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Robert Lepage
Answer: d) Robert Lepage
Who directed the play “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Joe Mantello
Answer: b) Marianne Elliott
Who directed the musical “A Chorus Line” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Michael Bennett
Who directed the play “The Cripple of Inishmaan” at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2014?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: d) Michael Grandage
Who directed the musical “Wicked” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Stephen Schwartz
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Stephen Schwartz
Who directed the play “The History Boys” on Broadway?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Declan Donnellan
Answer: d) Declan Donnellan
Who directed the musical “Rent” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Jonathan Larson
Answer: d) Jonathan Larson
Who directed the play “Jerusalem” at the Royal Court Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Jez Butterworth
Answer: d) Jez Butterworth
Who directed the musical “Cabaret” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: d) Sam Mendes
Who directed the play “The Norman Conquests” at the Old Vic Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Alan Ayckbourn
Answer: d) Alan Ayckbourn
Who directed the musical “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Matt Stone
d) Trey Parker
Answer: c) Matt Stone
Who directed the play “Skylight” at the Wyndham’s Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Stephen Daldry
Answer: d) Stephen Daldry
Who directed the musical “Hamilton” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Answer: d) Lin-Manuel Miranda
Who directed the play “One Man, Two Guvnors” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Nicholas Hytner
c) John Tiffany
d) Richard Bean
Answer: b) Nicholas Hytner
Who directed the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Michael Greif
Answer: d) Michael Greif
Who directed the play “The Pillowman” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Sam Mendes
Answer: c) John Tiffany
Who directed the musical “Miss Saigon” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “The History Boys” at the National Theatre?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Alan Bennett
Answer: d) Alan Bennett
Who directed the musical “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway?
a) Andrew Lloyd Webber
b) Trevor Nunn
c) Harold Prince
d) Richard Eyre
Answer: c) Harold Prince
Who directed the play “Waiting for Godot” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket?
a) Ivo van Hove
b) Marianne Elliott
c) John Tiffany
d) Samuel Beckett
Answer: d) Samuel Beckett