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Strange Interlude   

 
Nederlander Theatre , (2/21/1985 - 5/05/1985)
First Preview:Feb 14, 1985 Total Previews:7
Opening Date:Feb 21, 1985   
Closing Date:May 05, 1985 Total Performances:63

Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in nine acts
Setting: The Leeds' home in a small university town of New England; various Evans' homes (a homestead in northern NY State, a rented seashore suburban house near New York, an apartment on Park Ave, an estate on Long Island); the Evans' cruiser near Poughkeepsie.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization
Produced by Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski and James M. Nederlander; Produced in association with Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Gregg, Lionel Becker and Jerome Minskoff
Written by Eugene O'Neill; Incidental music by Benedict Mason
Directed by Keith Hack
Scenic Design by Voytek and Michael Levine; Costume Design by Deirdre Clancy; Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes; Sound Design by Valerie Spradling
General Manager: Kingwill & Goossen, Inc.; Company Manager: Leonard A. Mulhern; Assistant Gen. Mgr: Susan Sampliner and Lora Wiley
Production Stage Manager: Jane E. Neufeld; Stage Manager: Wm. Hare
Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; General Press Representative: Marilynn LeVine, P.R. Partners, Merle Frimark and Meg Gordean; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Poster Design by Daniel Geisler; Photographer: Peter Cunningham
Cast
Glenda Jackson Nina Leeds
the professor's daughter
Tom Aldredge Professor Henry Leeds
Brian Cox Edmund Darrell
James Hazeldine Sam Evans
Elizabeth Lawrence Mrs. Amos Evans
Sam's mother
Edward Petherbridge Charles Marsden
Caitlin Clarke Madeline Arnold
Jane Fleiss Mary
the maid
Charley Lang Gordon Evans
Nina's son
Patrick Wilcox Gordon Evans (as a child)
Standbys: Tim Choate (Gordon Evans), Jane Fleiss (Madeline Arnold), Jordan Marder (Gordon Evans (as a child)), Ken Ryan (Edmund Darrell) and Neil Vipond (Charles Marsden, Professor Henry Leeds)
1985 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Glenda Jackson [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Edward Petherbridge [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Voytek [nominee]
 Michael Levine [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design
 Allen Lee Hughes [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Keith Hack [nominee]
1985 Tony Award® Best Reproduction (Play or Musical)
 Produced by Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski and James M. Nederlander; Produced in association with Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Gregg, Lionel Becker and Jerome Minskoff [nominee]
1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 Edward Petherbridge [nominee]