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The Gin Game   

 
John Golden Theatre , (10/06/1977 - 12/31/1978)
First Preview:Sep 27, 1977 Total Previews:11
Opening Date:Oct 06, 1977   
Closing Date:Dec 31, 1978 Total Performances:517

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: Time: Present.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Hume Cronyn and Mike Nichols; Co - Producer: Icarus Productions and The Cronyn Company
Written by D.L. Coburn
Directed by Mike Nichols
Scenic Design by David Mitchell; Costume Design by Bill Walker; Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace; Sound Consultant: Erskine-Shapiro, Theatre Technology, Inc.
General Manager: McCann & Nugent Productions, Inc.; Company Manager: James Mennen
Production Supervisor: Nina Seely; Assistant Stage Mgr: William Chance
Press Representative: David A. Powers; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Photographer: Zoë Dominic; Playbill cover art by Paul Davis
Originally presented by The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Cast
Hume Cronyn Weller Martin
Jessica Tandy Fonsia Dorsey
1978 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by D.L. Coburn; Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Hume Cronyn and Mike Nichols [nominee]
1978 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Hume Cronyn [nominee]
1978 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
winnerJessica Tandy [winner]
1978 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Mike Nichols [nominee]
1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
winnerWritten by D.L. Coburn [winner]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Hume Cronyn and Mike Nichols; Written by D.L. Coburn [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play
 Hume Cronyn [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
winnerJessica Tandy [winner]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play
 Directed by Mike Nichols [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
 Ronald Wallace [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
 Scenic Design by David Mitchell [nominee]