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Seven Guitars   

 
Walter Kerr Theatre , (3/28/1996 - 9/08/1996)
First Preview:Mar 17, 1996 Total Previews:13
Opening Date:Mar 28, 1996   
Closing Date:Sep 08, 1996 Total Performances:188

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Pittsburgh, the Hill District. Spring 1948.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director)
Produced by Sageworks (Benjamin Mordecai, Executive Producer; August Wilson), Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Gordon Davidson, Artistic/Producing Director), Herb Alpert, Margo Lion, Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director), American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer)
Originally presented at National Playwright's Conference of The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Written by August Wilson; Musical Director: Dwight Andrews
Directed by Lloyd Richards
Scenic Design by Scott Bradley; Costume Design by Constanza Romero; Lighting Design by Christopher Akerlind; Sound Design by Tom Clark
Executive Producer: Benjamin Mordecai; General Manager: Marshall B. Purdy
Production Stage Manager: Jane E. Neufeld; Technical Supervisor: Gene O'Donovan; Stage Manager: Narda Alcorn
Casting: Meg Simon; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Director of Marketing: Pamela Sheree Booker; Fight Coordinator: Anthony DeStefanis; Dialect Coach: Tom Todoroff; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Promotions: Boneau / Bryan-Brown Promotions, Scott Walton, Paula Mallino and Meredith Westgate-Moore; Chickens supervised and handled by Dawn Animal Agency, Inc.
Cast
Keith David Floyd Barton
Rosalyn Coleman Ruby
Viola Davis Vera
Tommy Hollis Red Carter
Roger Robinson Hedley
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Canewell
Michele Shay Louise
Understudies: Jerome Preston Bates (Canewell, Floyd Barton, Red Carter), Tracey Copeland (Ruby, Vera), Lou Ferguson (Hedley, Red Carter) and W. Allen Taylor (Canewell, Floyd Barton)
1996 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by August Wilson; Produced by Sageworks (Benjamin Mordecai, Executive Producer; August Wilson), Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Gordon Davidson, Artistic/Producing Director), Herb Alpert, Margo Lion, Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director), American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
winnerRuben Santiago-Hudson [winner]
 Roger Robinson [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Viola Davis [nominee]
 Michele Shay [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Scott Bradley [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design
 Christopher Akerlind [nominee]
1996 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Lloyd Richards [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Play
 Produced by Sageworks (Benjamin Mordecai, Executive Producer; August Wilson), Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Gordon Davidson, Artistic/Producing Director), Herb Alpert, Margo Lion, Scott Rudin, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company (Peter Altman, Producing Director; Michael Maso, Managing Director), American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer); Written by August Wilson [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 Ruben Santiago-Hudson [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
 Viola Davis [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play
 Directed by Lloyd Richards [nominee]
1996 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design for a Play
winnerScenic Design by Scott Bradley [winner]
1996 Theatre World Award
winnerViola Davis [winner]
1995 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
 Written by August Wilson [nominee]