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
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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 ; Produced in association with American Playhouse Theatre Productions and Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards: Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai: Managing Director)
Written by Lee Blessing
Produced by Lucille Lortel
 

Best Actor in Play

1988 Nominee
Robert Prosky

Pulitzer Prize

 

for Drama

1987 Nominee
Written by Lee Blessing
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