PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 28, 1988
Closing Date
Jun 26, 1988
1st Preview
Feb 10, 1988
1st Preview
Feb 10, 1988
Previews
21
Performances
137
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Booth Theatre
(Feb 28, 1988 - Jun 26, 1988)
Setting
A pleasant woods on the outskirts of Geneva.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Lucille Lortel; Produced in association with American Playhouse Theatre Productions and Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director)
First presented as a staged reading during the 1986 National Playwrights Conference at the The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center; Originally produced by Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director); Subsequently produced at LaJolla Playhouse (Des McAnuff, Artistic Director)
Written by Lee Blessing; Incidental music by Michael S. Roth
Directed by Des McAnuff; Assistant Director: Beverly Smith-Dawson
Scenic Design by Bill Clarke; Costume Design by Ellen V. McCartney; Lighting Design by Richard Riddell; Sound Design by G. Thomas Clark; Assistant Lighting Design: Susan A. White; Men's Hairstyles by Gerry Leddy
General Manager: Leonard Soloway; Company Liaison: Linda Wright
Production Stage Manager: Maureen F. Gibson; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc.; Stage Manager: Jim Woolley
Casting: Meg Simon and Fran Kumin; Dramaturg: Walter Bilderback; General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Photographer: Peter Cunningham; Dialect Consultant: Tim Monich; West Coast Casting: Richard Pagano and Sharon Bialy
Robert Prosky
Andrey Botvinnik
a Soviet diplomat
Sam Waterston
John Honeyman
an American negotiator
Standby: Eric Booth (John Honeyman) and Frederick Neumann (Andrey Botvinnik)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1988 Nominee
 

Best Actor in Play

1988 Nominee
Robert Prosky

Pulitzer Prize

 

for Drama

1987 Nominee
Written by Lee Blessing
Season:
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Week Ending Gross % Gross Pot. Attendance % Capacity # Previews # Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
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