PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 27, 1988
Closing Date
Jun 26, 1988
1st Preview
Mar 18, 1988
1st Preview
Mar 18, 1988
Previews
11
Performances
105
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Mar 27, 1988 - Jun 26, 1988)
Setting
A Boardinghouse in Pittsburgh, 1911.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Elliot Martin, Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director); Associate Producer: Jeffrey Steiner, Kery Davis and Charles Grantham
World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director); Second Production at Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director); Originally presented as a staged reading at the 1984 National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Written by August Wilson; Musical Director: Dwight Andrews
Directed by Lloyd Richards
Scenic Design by Scott Bradley; Costume Design by Pamela Peterson; Lighting Design by Michael Giannitti
General Manager: Joseph P. Harris Associates; Company Manager: Mitchell Brower
Production Stage Manager: Karen L. Carpenter; Stage Manager: Elliott Woodruff
Casting: Simon & Kumin Casting, Inc.; General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi
Kimberleigh Aarn
Mattie Campbell
a resident
Angela Bassett
Martha Pentecost
L. Scott Caldwell
Bertha Holly
Seth's wife
Richard Parnell Habersham
Reuben Scott
boy who lives next door
Ed Hall
Bynum Walker
a rootworker
Delroy Lindo
Herald Loomis
a resident
Jamila Perry
Zonia Loomis
Herald's daughter
Bo Rucker
Jeremy Furlow
a resident
Raynor Scheine
Rutherford Selig
a peddler
Kimberly Scott
Molly Cunningham
a resident
Mel Winkler
Seth Holly
owner of the boarding house
Standby: Robinson Frank Adu (Seth Holly, Bynum Walker), Lanny Flaherty (Rutherford Selig), Chrisse Jackson (Zonia Loomis), Ernestine Jackson (Molly Cunningham, Martha Pentecost, Bertha Holly, Mattie Campbell) and Kimble Joyner (Reuben Scott)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1988 Nominee ; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director)
Written by August Wilson
Produced by Elliot Martin , Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro
 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1988 Nominee
Delroy Lindo

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1988 Winner
L. Scott Caldwell
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1988 Nominee
Kimberleigh Aarn
Kimberly Scott
 

Best Direction of a Play

1988 Nominee
Directed by Lloyd Richards

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding New Play

1988 Nominee ; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director)
Produced by Elliot Martin , Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro
Written by August Wilson
 

Outstanding Actor in a Play

1988 Nominee
Delroy Lindo
 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

1988 Nominee
Ed Hall
 

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

1988 Nominee
Kimberleigh Aarn
Kimberly Scott
 

Outstanding Director of a Play

1988 Nominee
Directed by Lloyd Richards
 

Outstanding Set Design

1988 Nominee
Scenic Design by Scott Bradley
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