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Artist Descending a Staircase   

 
Helen Hayes Theatre , (11/30/1989 - 12/31/1989)
First Preview:Nov 22, 1989 Total Previews:11
Opening Date:Nov 30, 1989   
Closing Date:Dec 31, 1989 Total Performances:36

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: Begins on a summer afternoon in 1972 and goes back in time to 1914, then reverses and comes back to 1972.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Markinson and Donald Tick
Produced by The Staircase Company; By arrangement with Bill Kenwright and Dan Crawford; Associate Producer: Michael Brandman
This production was originally performed at Duke University
Written by Tom Stoppard; Incidental music by Kevin Malpass
Directed by Tim Luscombe
Scenic Design by Tony Straiges; Costume Design by Joseph G. Aulisi; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Sound Design by Tom Morse; Projections by Brian Lynch; Hair Design by David Brown
General Manager: Leonard Soloway; Company Manager: Abby Evans
Production Manager: Peter Lawrence; Production Stage Manager: Peter Lawrence; Stage Manager: Don Judge; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc.
Sound Effects by Kevin Malpass
General Press Representative: Bill Evans & Associates; Casting: Meg Simon and Fran Kumin; Visual Consultant: Wendall Harrington; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Press Representative: Becky Flora and Jim Randolph
Originally commissioned and transmitted as a radio play by the British Broadcasting Corporation
Cast
Michael Cumpsty Young Beauchamp
Jim Fyfe Young Martello
Harold Gould Beauchamp
John McMartin Donner
Stephanie Roth Sophie
Paxton Whitehead Martello
Michael Winther Young Donner
1990 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
 Stephanie Roth [nominee]
1990 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
 Tharon Musser [nominee]