Fifth of July

New Apollo Theatre, (11/05/1980 - 1/24/1982)

First Preview:	Oct 28, 1980	Total Previews:	9
Opening Date:	Nov 05, 1980
Closing Date:	Jan 24, 1982	Total Performances:	511

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: The Talley Place, a farm near Lebanon, Missouri. Early evening, Independence Day, 1977, and the following morning.

Comments: Transferred from Off-Broadway

Opening Night Credits
Awards

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Midtown Theatre Corporation
Produced by Jerry Arrow, Robert Lussier and Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. (Claire Nichtern: President)
Originally presented at The Circle Repertory Company
Written by Lanford Wilson; Song, "Your Loving Eyes," by Jonathan Hogan
Directed by Marshall W. Mason
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Laura Crow; Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy; Sound Design by Chuck London; Assistant to Mr. Beatty: Ron Placzek; Assistant to Mr. Parichy: Stephen Ross; Personal Asst. to Ms. Crow: Fran Rosenthal; Assistant to Ms. Crow: JuliAnne De Chaine; Assistant to Mr. London: Rick Santiago
General Manager: Belbrook Management; Company Manager: Thomas Shovestull
Production Stage Manager: Fred Reinglas; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jody Boese; Technical Consultant: Michael Sulsona
General Press Representative: Max Eisen and Barbara Glenn; Press Associate: Lenny Traube; Advertising: Great Scott Advertising; Photographer: Martha Swope and Albert Bray; Assistant to Mr. Mason: Bruce McCarty; Production Assistant: Liz Rothberg; Press Representative: Francine L. Trevens

Cast

Christopher Reeve	Kenneth Talley, Jr.
Mary Carver	Sally Friedman
Jeff Daniels	Jed Jenkins
Jonathan Hogan	John Landis
Swoosie Kurtz	Gwen Landis
Joyce Reehling	June Talley
Danton Stone	Weston Hurley
Amy Wright	Shirley Talley

Understudies: Tanya Berezin (Gwen Landis, June Talley), Jane Fleiss (Shirley Talley), Lindsey Ginter (John Landis, Weston Hurley), Edith Larkin (Sally Friedman) and Timothy Shelton (Jed Jenkins, Kenneth Talley, Jr.)

Tony Award^®
1981 Best Play [nominee]
Written by Lanford Wilson; Produced by Jerry Arrow, Robert Lussier and Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. (Claire Nichtern: President)
1981 Best Featured Actress in a Play [winner]
Swoosie Kurtz
1981 Best Scenic Design [nominee]
John Lee Beatty
1981 Best Lighting Design [nominee]
Dennis Parichy
1981 Best Direction of a Play [nominee]
Marshall W. Mason
Drama Desk Award
1981 Outstanding New Play [nominee]
Produced by Jerry Arrow, Robert Lussier and Warner Theatre Productions, Inc. (Claire Nichtern: President); Written by Lanford Wilson
1981 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play [nominee]
Jeff Daniels
1981 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play [winner]
Swoosie Kurtz
1981 Outstanding Lighting Design [nominee]
Dennis Parichy
1981 Outstanding Set Design [winner]
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty
1978 Outstanding New Play [nominee]
Originally presented at The Circle Repertory Company; Written by Lanford Wilson