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First Monday in October   

 
Majestic Theatre , (10/03/1978 - 11/12/1978)
ANTA Playhouse , (11/14/1978 - 12/09/1978)
First Preview:Sep 19, 1978 Total Previews:17
Opening Date:Oct 03, 1978   
Closing Date:Dec 09, 1978 Total Performances:79

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: Backstage at the U. S. Supreme Court. The imaginary now.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Plumstead Theatre Society, Inc. (Martha Scott, Joel Spector, Bernard Wiesen)
Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Edwin Sherin
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Roger Morgan
General Manager: Theatre Now, Inc.
Production Stage Manager: Frederic de Wilde; Stage Manager: Robert Crawley; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Stewart and Eugene Stuckmann
General Press Representative: John Springer Associates; Press Representative: Louis Sica and Suzanne Salter; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates and Hy Jacobs
Cast
Jane Alexander Judge Ruth Loomis
Henry Fonda Associate Justice Daniel Snow
Larry Gates Chief Justice James Jefferson Crawford
Maurice Copeland Associate Justice Waldo Thompson
Ron Faber Blake
Carol Mayo Jenkins Miss Birnbaum
Patrick McCullough Associate Justice Christopher Halloran
John Newton The Marshall
Alexander Reed Associate Justice Ambrose Quincy
P. J. Sidney Custodian
Tom Stechschulte Mason Woods
John Stewart Custodian
Photographer
Eugene Stuckmann Associate Justice Richard Carey
Earl Sydnor Associate Justice Josiah Clewes
John Wardwell Associate Justice Harold Webb
Standbys: Carol Mayo Jenkins (Judge Ruth Loomis) and John Newton (Associate Justice Daniel Snow)
Understudies: Maurice Copeland (Chief Justice James Jefferson Crawford), Alexander Reed (Associate Justice Harold Webb, Blake), P. J. Sidney (Associate Justice Josiah Clewes, Nightwatchman), John Stewart (Mason Woods) and Eugene Stuckmann (The Marshall)
1979 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Jane Alexander [nominee]