46th Street Theatre, (3/26/1987 - 6/26/1988)

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Backyard of the Maxson house in an urban neighborhood of a North American industrial city. 1957 - 1965.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization (James M. Nederlander: Chairman; Robert E. Nederlander: President; Arthur Rubin: Vice-President)

Produced by Carole Shorenstein Hays; Produced in association with Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director)

World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director); Second Production at The Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Managing Director)

Written by August Wilson

Directed by Lloyd Richards

Scenic Design by James D. Sandefur; Costume Design by Candice Donnelly; Lighting Design by Danianne Mizzy

General Manager: Robert Kamlot; Company Manager: Lisa M. Poyer

Production Stage Manager: Martin Gold; Stage Manager: Terrence J. Witter; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc.

Casting: Simon & Kumin Casting, Inc.; General Press Representative: Joshua Ellis, Reva Cooper and Adrian Bryan-Brown; Production Photographer: Ron Scherl; Advertising: Spier / BBDO; Logo Design by G²

James Earl Jones	Troy Maxson
Mary Alice	Rose Troy's wife
Ray Aranha	Jim Bono Troy's friend
Charles Brown	Lyons Troy's oldest son by a previous marriage
Frankie R. Faison	Gabriel Troy's brother
Karima Miller	Raynell Troy's daughter
Courtney B. Vance	Cory Troy and Rose's son

Understudies: Tatyana Ali (Raynell), Ethel Ayler (Rose), Mike Hodge (Gabriel, Jim Bono), Gilbert Lewis (Troy Maxson), Byron Keith Minns (Cory), Vince Williams (Lyons).