The Producers | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1

1. What type of a play is The Producers?

Musical.

2. What is the first piece of music heard in this show?

The overture.

3. What is Max Bialystock's profession?

Broadway producer.

4. Outside of what theater does the first scene in act one take place?

The Schubert Theater.

5. What year is it as the play begins?

1959.

6. When scene one begins, what time is it?

10:30 PM.

7. What is the name of the show that has opened and closed in the same night in Act 1, Scene 1?

Funny Boy.

8. From what classic work is Bialystock's latest flop in act 1, scene 1 adapted?

Hamlet.

9. What is Bialystock hiding his face behind when he first enters at the beginning of the show?

A newspaper.

10. How old is Bialystock?

In his fifties.

11. What was Max once considered...
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