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Medea   

 
Cort Theatre , (5/02/1982 - 6/27/1982)
First Preview:Apr 27, 1982 Total Previews:8
Opening Date:May 02, 1982   
Closing Date:Jun 27, 1982 Total Performances:65

Category: Play, Drama, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Corinth.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Barry & Fran Weissler; Produced by arrangement with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bunny Austin and Warren Austin
Written by Euripides; Freely adapted by Robinson Jeffers; Incidental music by David Amram
Directed by Robert Whitehead
Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein; Sound Design by David Amram; Make-Up Advisor: Margaret Sunshine
General Manager: Max Allentuck; Assistant Gen. Mgr: Alecia Parker
Production Stage Manager: Mitchell Erickson; Stage Manager: Stephen Nasuta
General Press Representative: David Powers; Casting: Terry Fay; Press Representative: Barbara Carroll and Tom Trenkle; Production Photographer: Jack Buxbaum
Cast
Zoe Caldwell Medea
Judith Anderson Nurse
Mitchell Ryan Jason
chief of the Argonauts
Peter Brandon Aegeus
king of Athens
Wayne Carson Attendant to Jason
Lucien Douglas Jason's Slave
Pauline Flanagan First Woman of Corinth
Christopher Garvin Child
Jason Kimmell Child
Emily King Handmaiden
Amy Lovell Handmaiden
Don McHenry Tutor
Harriet Nichols Second Woman of Corinth
Giulia Pagano Third Woman of Corinth
Ralph Roberts Attendant to Jason
Paul Sparer Creon
ruler of Corinth
Standbys: Peter Brandon (Jason), Wayne Carson (Aegeus, Creon, Jason's Slave), Stephen Garvin (Child), Emily King (Third Woman of Corinth), Barbara Lester (First Woman of Corinth, Nurse), Amy Lovell (Second Woman of Corinth), Giulia Pagano (Medea) and Ralph Roberts (Tutor)
1982 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
winnerZoe Caldwell [winner]
1982 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Judith Anderson [nominee]
1982 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Ben Edwards [nominee]
1982 Tony Award® Best Costume Design
 Jane Greenwood [nominee]
1982 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design
 Martin Aronstein [nominee]
1982 Tony Award® Reproduction (Play or Musical)
 Produced by Barry & Fran Weissler; Produced by arrangement with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bunny Austin and Warren Austin [nominee]
1982 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
winnerZoe Caldwell [winner]
1982 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
 Pauline Flanagan [nominee]