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1. Which actors originated the roles of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in the 1975 premier of "Chicago"?
2. Which of these musicals were choreographed by Bob Fosse?
3. What actor was the first to receive six performance Tony awards, for roles in "Carousel", "Master Class", "Ragtime", "A Raisin in the Sun", "The Gershwins", and "Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar and Grill"?
4. On May 3, 1960, Jerry Orbach became the first actor to sing "Try to Remember", launching a run of 17,162 consecutive performances of what musical?
5. Since she won her first Tony in 1999, Kristin Chenoweth has been a prominent actress in musical theater (as well as TV and film). As of 2015, which of the following roles has she NOT played?
6. What role was played on film by Marlon Brando and in various New York stage productions by Robert Alda, Jerry Orbach, Hugh O'Brien, and Peter Gallagher?
7. What musical theater star has won raves for her performances as the Witch in "Into the Woods", Dot/Marie in "Sunday in the Park with George", Mabel Normand in "Mack and Mabel", Emma in "Song and Dance", and Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun"? (She also starred in the movies "The Jerk", "Silent Movie", and "Annie".)
8. What tall (6'6.5") dancer choreographed "My One and Only", "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine", "The Will Rogers Follies", and "Grand Hotel"?
9. Who starred on Broadway in "Camelot" and "My Fair Lady", but was replaced by other actresses in the film adaptations?
10. Which versatile star's resume includes playing a teen doctor on TV and a transgendered rock singer on Broadway, in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"?
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