PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 07, 1983
Closing Date
Apr 17, 1983
1st Preview
Feb 18, 1983
1st Preview
Feb 18, 1983
Previews
19
Performances
48
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Playhouse Theatre
(Mar 07, 1983 - Apr 17, 1983)
Setting
The Slab Room...a small, paint bespattered hold adjacent to the Design Studio at A.F. Stobo and Co. Carpet Manufacturers of Elderslie, near Paisley, Scotland. A Friday in the Winter of 1957.
Produced by Paramount Theatre Productions, Laura Shapiro Kramer and Roberta Weissman; Produced in association with Jay D. Kramer
Written by John Byrne
Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
Scenic Design by Ray Recht; After designs by John Byrne; Lighting Design by Arden Fingerhut; Costume Design by Robert Wojewodski; Sound Creation: William Dreisbach; Wig Design by Charles LoPresto; Hair Design by Thomas Bracconeri
General Manager: Paul B. Berkowsky; Company Manager: Malcolm Allen
Production Stage Manager: Thomas Kelly; Stage Manager: Barrie Moss
General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman; Language Consultant: Kristin Linklater; Casting: Lois Planco and Ellen Chenoweth
Kevin Bacon
Phil McCann
slab boy
Brian Benben
Jack Hogg
designer
Merwin Goldsmith
Willie Currie
the gaffer
Jackie Earle Haley
Broadway debut
Hector McKenzie
slab boy
Val Kilmer
Alan Downie
the new boy
Beverly May
Sadie
the tea lady
Sean Penn
George "Spanky" Farrell
slab boy
Madeleine Potter
Lucille Bentley
a sketcher
Understudies: Ron Fassler (George "Spanky" Farrell, Hector McKenzie, Phil McCann, Jack Hogg, Alan Downie), Joel Kramer (Willie Currie) and Barrie Moss (Sadie, Lucille Bentley)
Season:
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Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
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