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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?

Patrice Tipoki

Pippa Grandison

Amanda Harrison

Jemma Rix

Q 2. Who played the role of Grizabella in the 2010 Australian tour of CATS?

Delia Hannah

Debra Byrne

Silvie Palladino

Pippa Grandison

Q 3. Who played the title role in the 1974 Australian production of Pippin?

Reg Gorman

John Farnham

Reg Livermore

John Frost

Q 4. Which performer originated the role of Frankie Valli in the Australian production of Jersey Boys?

Jye Frasca

Gareth Keegan

Bobby Fox

Dion Billios

Q 5. Who starred as Charity Hope Valentine in the 1967 Australian production of Sweet Charity?

Toni Lamond

Nancye Hayes

Verity Hunt-Ballard

Jill Perryman

Q 6. Which Australian appeared in both Love Never Dies and Priscilla - Queen of the Desert?

Sharon Millerchip

Jeremy Stanford

Ben Lewis

Amelia Cormack

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?

Marika Aubrey

Marina Prior

Silvie Paladino

Caroline O'Connor

Q 9. Who was originally cast as Bobby in the 1996 Australian production of Crazy for You, opposite Georgie Parker?

David Atkins

Dein Perry

Jim Walton

Todd McKenney

Q 10. Who played Norma Desmond's love interest in the 1996 Australian production of Sunset Boulevard?

Hugh Jackman

Alex Rathgeber

Peter Cousens

Anthony Warlow

Q 11. Who played the lead role of Bobby in Kookaburra's production of Company in 2007?

David Campbell

James Millar

Shaun Rennie

Michael Falzon

Q 12. Who played Sean Flynn in the Australian production of Eureka! The Musical in 2004?

Ian Stenlake

Simon Gleeson

Michael Cormick

Peter Carroll

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?

Nadia Komazec

Caroline O'Connor

Sharon Millerchip

Chelsea Gibb

Q 15. Who played the role of Désirée in Opera Australia's 2009 production of A Little Night Music?

Lisa McCune

Nancye Hayes

Sigrid Thornton

Noni Hazlehurst

Q 16. Who performed the role of Anita in the 2010 Australian tour of West Side Story?

Alinta Chidzey

Stephanie Grigg

Rowena Vilar

Monique Montez

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)

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