Written by The Best of Off Broadway
Published 2010-05-06
“DANNY and SYLVIA: THE DANNY KAYE MUSICAL” will celebrate its 1st anniversary on May 13th at off-Broadway’s St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street. To mark the event, producers Hy Juter and Edmund Gaynes announced a QUIRKY QUIZ celebrating Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine. Are you a Court Jester? Do you seek a vessel with a pestle? Do you have a purple pimpernel in an undisclosed location? Then this Quirky Quiz is for you.
The 20 people with the most correct answers (including the tie-breaker question) will each receive a pair of complimentary tickets to the musical love story which stars Helen Hayes Award-winner Brian Childers as Danny Kaye and Kimberly Faye Greenberg as his wife and creative partner, Sylvia Fine who wrote many of his most famous songs. Directed by Pamela Hall with choreography by Gene Castle, the musical follows the duo from the time the young undisciplined comic Danny Kaminsky meets aspiring songwriter Sylvia Fine at an audition in the 1930s. Under Sylvia’s guidance as mentor, manager and eventually, wife, Kaye rises from improvisational comic to international film star. The musical explores their inspired collaboration and the romance and conflict that made them such a volatile and successful couple. Many of Danny’s hit songs are featured including “Tchaikovsky,” “Anatole of Paris,” “Minnie the Moocher” and “Deenah.” The musical, which opened in NYC on May 13, 2009, has also been presented successfully in London and Washington, DC.
QUIRKY QUIZ about Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine
1. On what popular 80s sitcom did Danny Kaye play the family dentist?
2. Which current and former stars of “A Little Night Music” co-starred with Danny in “The Court Jester”?
3. Complete these three sentences:
Get it. Got it. _________.
The pellet with the poison is in the vessel with the ________.
The chalice from the Palace has the brew that is ________.
4. Who danced with Danny in THE FIVE PENNIES and later mothered JR?
5. Where is the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Playhouse located in NYC?
6. Which of the following songs was NOT written by Sylvia Fine?
Anatole of Paris
Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen
Lullabye in Ragtime
7. Name Danny and Sylvia’s daughter
8. What kind of food was Danny’s specialty?
9. For which organization did Danny roam the world as Ambassador?
10. Name the little girl who chatted with Danny during the finale of his weekly TV series?
TIE-BREAKER:
Sylvia Fine received Academy Award nominations for writing "The Five Pennies" and ___________.
Copy and paste the questions into an email and then interpolate your answers. Send it to quiz@dannyandsylvia.com.
The 10 questions (and the tie-breaker question) and contest instructions are also posted on the “DANNY AND SYLVIA” website at http://www.dannyandsylvia.com/page04.html.
Answers must be submitted no later than 5 PM ET on Thursday, May 13th, 2010. The winners will be announced by Brian Childers and Kimberly Faye Greenberg on stage at the St Luke’s Theatre at the end of the matinee on Sunday, May 16th.
For more information about Danny and Sylvia Off-Broadway click here
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