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Cort Theatre , (11/20/1957 - circa. 1/1958)
Henry Miller's Theatre , (1/27/1958 - 5/03/1958)
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Opening Date:Nov 20, 1957   
Closing Date:May 03, 1958 Total Performances:189

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A drama in three acts and five scenes
Setting: New York City, at the turn of the century.


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Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton) and Gilbert Miller
Written by Morton Wishengrad
Directed by Peter Hall
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt
General Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager: Lucia Victor; Stage Manager: Frank Dudley
Production Associate: George Banyai; Press Representative: William Fields; Press Associate: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz
Cast
Art Carney James Hyland
Siobhán McKenna Margaret Hyland
Joan Blondell Mrs. Farrow
Theodore Bikel Dr. Jacobson
Joseph Boland The Cop
William Edmonson The Moving Man
Joseph Julian Lameschnik
Beverly Lunsford Lizzie Hyland
Barbara Ellen Myers Clementine
1958 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Morton Wishengrad; Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton) and Gilbert Miller [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Siobhán McKenna [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Theodore Bikel [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Joan Blondell [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Boris Aronson [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Director
 Directed by Peter Hall [nominee]