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The Sisters Rosensweig   

 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (3/18/1993 - 7/16/1994)
First Preview:Mar 03, 1993 Total Previews:18
Opening Date:Mar 18, 1993   
Closing Date:Jul 16, 1994 Total Performances:556

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: A sitting room in Queen Anne's Gate, London. A weekend in late August, 1991.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
First performed in workshop in association with Lincoln Center by Seattle Repertory Theatre
Written by Wendy Wasserstein; "Scarlet Pimpernel" song by William Finn
Directed by Daniel Sullivan; Assistant Director: Susan Kee-Young Park
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Sound Design by Guy Sherman and Aural Fixation; Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Hair Design by Antonio Soddu
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Florie Seery
Production Stage Manager: Roy Harris; Stage Manager: Elise-Ann Konstantin; LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin
LCT Casting: Daniel Swee; LCT General Press Agent: Merle Debuskey; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT Director of Marketing: Thomas Cott; LCT Dramaturg: Anne Cattaneo; Dance sequence staged by Christopher Chadman; Advertising: Russek Advertising; Poster Art by Jim McMullan; Dialect Coach: Lilene Mansell
Cast
Jane Alexander Sara Goode
Madeline Kahn Gorgeous Teitelbaum
Robert Klein Mervyn Kant
Christine Estabrook Pfeni Rosensweig
John Vickery Geoffrey Duncan
John Cunningham Nicholas Pym
Julie Dretzin Tess Goode
Patrick Fitzgerald Tom Valiunus
Understudies: Jonathan Friedman (Tom Valiunus), Stan Lachow (Mervyn Kant, Nicholas Pym), Lucy Martin (Gorgeous Teitelbaum, Sara Goode), Robin Moseley (Pfeni Rosensweig, Sara Goode), Chiara Peacock (Tess Goode) and Stephen Stout (Geoffrey Duncan)
1993 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Wendy Wasserstein; Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer) [nominee]
1993 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
winnerMadeline Kahn [winner]
 Jane Alexander [nominee]
1993 Tony Award® Best Costume Design
 Jane Greenwood [nominee]
1993 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Daniel Sullivan [nominee]
1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Artistic Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer); Written by Wendy Wasserstein [nominee]
1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Play
winnerJane Alexander [winner]
1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 Robert Klein [nominee]
1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
winnerMadeline Kahn [winner]
1993 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play
 Directed by Daniel Sullivan [nominee]