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Fifth of July

New Apollo Theatre, (11/5/1980 - 1/24/1982)
Preview:Oct 28, 1980 Total Previews:9
Opening:Nov 5, 1980   
Closing:Jan 24, 1982 Total Performances:511


Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Talley Place, a farm near Lebanon, Missouri. Early evening, Independence Day, 1977, and the following morning.
Comments: Transferred from Off-Broadway






by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Midtown Theatre Corporation


Originally presented at The Circle Repertory Company

Written by Lanford Wilson; Song, "Your Loving Eyes," by Jonathan Hogan

Directed by Marshall W. Mason

Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Laura Crow; Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy; Sound Design by Chuck London; Assistant to Mr. Beatty: Ron Placzek; Assistant to Mr. Parichy: Stephen Ross; Personal Asst. to Ms. Crow: Fran Rosenthal; Assistant to Ms. Crow: JuliAnne De Chaine; Assistant to Mr. London: Rick Santiago

General Manager: Belbrook Management; Company Manager: Thomas Shovestull

Production Stage Manager: Fred Reinglas; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jody Boese; Technical Consultant: Michael Sulsona

General Press Representative: Max Eisen and Barbara Glenn; Press Associate: Lenny Traube; Advertising: Great Scott Advertising; Photographer: Martha Swope and Albert Bray; Assistant to Mr. Mason: Bruce McCarty; Production Assistant: Liz Rothberg


Opening Night Cast

Christopher Reeve Kenneth Talley, Jr.  
Mary Carver Sally Friedman  
Jeff Daniels Jed Jenkins  
Jonathan Hogan John Landis  
Swoosie Kurtz Gwen Landis  
Joyce Reehling June Talley  
Danton Stone Weston Hurley  
Amy Wright Shirley Talley  

Understudies: Tanya Berezin (Gwen Landis, June Talley), Jane Fleiss (Shirley Talley), Lindsey Ginter (John Landis, Weston Hurley), Edith Larkin (Sally Friedman), Timothy Shelton (Jed Jenkins, Kenneth Talley, Jr.).