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The Last Night of Ballyhoo   

 
Helen Hayes Theatre , (2/27/1997 - 6/28/1998)
First Preview:Feb 07, 1997 Total Previews:24
Opening Date:Feb 27, 1997   
Closing Date:Jun 28, 1998 Total Performances:556

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Adolph Freitag's house, at the Standard Club and aboard the Crescent Limited. Atlanta, Georgia. December, 1939.


Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Markinson and Donald Tick
Produced by Jane Harmon, Nina Keneally and Liz Oliver; Associate Producer: Valentina Fratti
Written by Alfred Uhry; Incidental music by Robert Waldman
Directed by Ron Lagomarsino; Assistant Director: Christopher Wigle
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Associate Costume Design: Ilona Somogyi; Assistant Lighting Design: Kenneth L. Schutz; Associate Sound Design: Marie Renee Foucher
General Manager: Albert Poland; Company Manager: Peter Boygo; Assistant Co. Mgr: Cheryl Rizzo
Technical Supervisor: Unitech II, Corp; Production Stage Manager: Franklin Keysar; Stage Manager: Bob E. Gasper
Casting: Jay Binder; General Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Advertising: Grey Entertainment, Inc. and Jon Bierman
This play was commissioned for the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival by The Alliance Theatre Company
Cast
Arija Bareikis Sunny Freitag
Terry Beaver Adolph Freitag
Jessica Hecht Lala Levy
Dana Ivey Boo Levy
Stephen Largay Peachy Weil
Paul Rudd Joe Farkas (Jan 05, 1998)
Celia Weston Reba Freitag
Standbys: Mandy Fox (Lala Levy, Sunny Freitag), Robert Gomes (Joe Farkas, Peachy Weil), Philip LeStrange (Adolph Freitag) and Peggity Price (Boo Levy, Reba Freitag)
1997 Tony Award® Best Play
winnerWritten by Alfred Uhry; Produced by Jane Harmon, Nina Keneally and Liz Oliver [winner]
1997 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Terry Beaver [nominee]
1997 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Dana Ivey [nominee]
 Celia Weston [nominee]
1997 Theatre World Award
winnerTerry Beaver [winner]
1997 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 Produced by Jane Harmon, Nina Keneally and Liz Oliver; Written by Alfred Uhry [nominee]
1997 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
winnerDana Ivey [winner]
 Celia Weston [nominee]
1997 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
 Written by Alfred Uhry [nominee]