The House of Blue Leaves

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Vivian Beaumont Theatre , (4/29/1986 - 10/05/1986)

Plymouth Theatre , (10/14/1986 - 3/15/1987)

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: A cold apartment in Sunnyside Queens, New York City. October 4, 1965.

Comments: Transferred from the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre where it played 38 performances.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Originally presented in NYC at the Truck and Warehouse Theater (1971, 377 performances); Originally produced in NYC by Warren Lyons and Betty Ann Besch
Written by John Guare; Featuring songs by John Guare; Featuring songs with lyrics by John Guare; Piano music arranged and recorded by Rusty Magee
Directed by Jerry Zaks
Scenic Design by Tony Walton; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Sound Design by Aural Fixation; Hair Design by J. Roy Helland
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Lynn Landis
LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: Kate Stewart; Assistant Stage Mgr: Peter J. Downing
LCT General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; LCT Director of Development: Barbara M. Groves; Casting: Billy Hopkins; Poster Design by James McMullan; Marketing: Ziff Marketing; Advertising: Russek Advertising

Cast

Understudies: Ian Blackman (Ronnie Shaughnessy), Jane Cecil (Head Nun), Peter J. Downing (M.P.), Brian Evers (Artie Shaughnessy, Billy Einhorn, White Man), Kathleen McKiernan (Bananas Shaughnessy, Little Nun, Second Nun) and Melodie Somers (Bunny Flingus, Corrinna Stroller)

1986 Tony Award^® Best Play
	Written by John Guare; Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer) [nominee]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Featured Actor in a Play
	John Mahoney [winner]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Featured Actress in a Play
	Swoosie Kurtz [winner]
	Stockard Channing [nominee]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Tony Walton [winner]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Costume Design
	Ann Roth [nominee]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Lighting Design
	Paul Gallo [nominee]
1986 Tony Award^® Best Direction of a Play
	Jerry Zaks [winner]
1986 Theatre World Award
	Julie Hagerty [winner]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play
	John Mahoney [nominee]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
	Stockard Channing [nominee]
	Swoosie Kurtz [nominee]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play
	Directed by Jerry Zaks [winner]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
	Scenic Design by Tony Walton [winner]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival
	Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer) [winner]