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The House of Blue Leaves   

 
Vivian Beaumont Theatre , (4/29/1986 - 10/05/1986)
Plymouth Theatre , (10/14/1986 - 3/15/1987)
First Preview: Total Previews:0
Opening Date:Apr 29, 1986   
Closing Date:Mar 15, 1987 Total Performances:398

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
Danny Aiello Billy Einhorn
Ian Blackman El Dorado Bartender
M.P.
Jane Cecil Second Nun
Stockard Channing Bunny Flingus
Peter J. Downing El Dorado Bartender
White Man
Patricia Falkenhain Head Nun
Julie Hagerty Corrinna Stroller
Swoosie Kurtz Bananas Shaughnessy
John Mahoney
Broadway debut		 Artie Shaughnessy
Ben Stiller Ronnie Shaughnessy
Ann Talman Little Nun
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
winnerJohn Mahoney [winner]
1986 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
winnerSwoosie Kurtz [winner]
 Stockard Channing [nominee]
1986 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
winnerTony 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
winnerJerry Zaks [winner]
1986 Theatre World Award
winnerJulie 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
winnerDirected by Jerry Zaks [winner]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
winnerScenic Design by Tony Walton [winner]
1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival
winnerProduced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer) [winner]