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Circle in the Square Theatre , (3/15/1979 - 5/20/1979)
First Preview:Feb 24, 1979 Total Previews:21
Opening Date:Mar 15, 1979   
Closing Date:May 20, 1979 Total Performances:77

Category: Play, Play with music, Original, Broadway
Setting: A bicycle shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 1970s and the eighty years preceding.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Produced by Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director) and The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Written by Stewart Parker; Music by Jimmy Kennedy; Lyrics by Stewart Parker; Musical Director and Pianist: Tom Fay
Directed by Kenneth Frankel
Scenic Design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg; Costume Design by Bill Walker; Lighting Design by John McLain; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley
Company Manager: William Conn
Production Stage Manager: Anne Keefe; Stage Manager: James Bernardi
Musical Supervisor: Earl Shendell
Cycle Coach: John Jenack; Circle in the Square Public Relations Director: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Leo Stern; Casting Director: Lynn Kressel; Casting Consultant: Feuer & Ritzer; Photographer: Martha Swope; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne
Cast
John Horton Julian
Frank's brother
John Lithgow Frank
Joseph Maher The Trick Cyclist
Josef Sommer Francis
Frank's grandfather
Maria Tucci Kitty
Francis' wife
Virginia Vestoff Daisy
1979 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Joseph Maher [nominee]