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Requiem for a Heavyweight   

 
Martin Beck Theatre , (3/07/1985 - 3/09/1985)
First Preview:Feb 28, 1985 Total Previews:8
Opening Date:Mar 07, 1985   
Closing Date:Mar 09, 1985 Total Performances:3

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: New York City. 1956.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (under the direction of Richard G. Wolff, President)
Produced by Zev Bufman, Ken Butler, Walter Barnett and Ivan Bloch; Produced in association with Jujamcyn Theaters (under the direction of Richard G. Wolff, President); Associate Producer: Jay M. Coggan
Originally produced by The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Written by Rod Serling; Incidental music by Tom Fay
Directed by Arvin Brown
Scenic Design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg; Costume Design by Bill Walker; Lighting Design by Ron Wallace; Mr. Lithgow's Make-Up Prosthesis by Tom Burdman; Wig Design by Paul Huntley
General Manager: Theatre Now, Inc.; Company Manager: Rob Wallner and Helen V. Meyer
Production Stage Manager: James Harker; Stage Manager: Tracy B. Cohen; Production Supervisor: Jeremiah J. Harris
Special Effects by Brent Evans
Casting: Deborah Brown; Fight direction by B. H. Barry; General Press Representative: Susan L. Schulman; Press Representative: Ted Killmer; Photographer: Ray Fisher; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne / Fisher
Cast
John Lithgow Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
George Segal Maish Resnick
Maria Tucci Grace Miller
David Proval Army Hakes
Cosmo F. Allegretti Perelli
John Capodice Fighter
Kevin Carrigan Policeman
The Kid
Dominic Chianese Max Greeny
Joyce Ebert Golda
Kit Flanagan Fan
Daniel F. Keyes Doctor
John C. McGinley Packy the Counterman
Photographer
John C. Moskoff Charlie
Herbert Rubens Fighter
Mike Starr Morrell
Eugene Troobnick Leo "The Lion Hearted" Loomis
Ellis "Skeeter" Williams Fighter
Understudies: John Capodice (Charlie), Lanny Flaherty (Harlan "Mountain" McClintock), Kit Flanagan (Golda, Grace Miller), John C. McGinley (Morrell, The Kid), John C. Moskoff (Maish Resnick), Steven J. Parris (Doctor, Fighter, Packy the Counterman, Photographer), Herbert Rubens (Leo "The Lion Hearted" Loomis, Max Greeny, Perelli) and Ellis "Skeeter" Williams (Army Hakes)
1985 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: John Lithgow [nominee]
1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play
winnerJohn Lithgow [winner]
1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 David Proval [nominee]
1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
 Ron Wallace [nominee]
1985 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
 Scenic Design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg [nominee]