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Vivian Beaumont Theatre, (11/23/1986 - 1/11/1987)

First Preview:	Oct 31, 1986	Total Previews:	28
Opening Date:	Nov 23, 1986
Closing Date:	Jan 11, 1987	Total Performances:	57

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway

Description: A play in three acts

Setting: The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. 1928.

Opening Night Credits
Awards

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Written by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht
Directed by Jerry Zaks
Scenic Design by Tony Walton; Costume Design by Willa Kim; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Sound Design by Otts Munderloh; Set Decoration by Vaughan Edwards
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Lynn Landis
LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: George Darveris; Deck Stage Manager: Chet Leaming; Production Supervisor: Joseph Busheme
Special Effects by Zeller International, Ltd.
LCT General Press Agent: Merle Debuskey; LCT Director of Development: Barbara M. Groves; LCT Director of Marketing: Thomas Cott; Casting: Risa Bramon and Billy Hopkins; Marketing: Ziff Marketing; Advertising: Russek Advertising; Poster Design by James McMullan

Cast

Amanda Carlin	A Woman
Ronn Carroll	Kruger Journal of Commerce
Jerome Dempsey	The Mayor
Patrick Garner	Tony
	A Policeman
Julie Hagerty	Peggy Grant
Ed Lauter	Murphy Journal
Philip LeStrange	Frank a Deputy
John Lithgow	Walter Burns
Beverly May	Mrs. Grant
Bill McCutcheon	Mr. Pincus
Bernie McInerney	Endicott Post
Deirdre O'Connell	Mollie Malloy
Richard Peterson	A Policeman
Michael Rothhaar	Carl a Deputy
Raymond Serra	Diamond Louis
Richard B. Shull	Sheriff Hartman
Paul Stolarsky	Earl Williams
Charles Stransky	Wilson American
Richard Thomas	Hildy Johnson Herald Examiner
Jack Wallace	Woodenshoes Eichorn
Jeff Weiss	Bensinger Tribune
Lee Wilkof	Schwartz Daily News
Trey Wilson	McCue City Press
Mary Catherine Wright	Jennie

Understudies: Amanda Carlin (Mollie Malloy, Peggy Grant), Anita Dangler (Jennie, Mrs. Grant), Patrick Garner (Carl, Earl Williams, Frank, Mr. Pincus), Philip LeStrange (Endicott, McCue, Murphy, Wilson), Richard Peterson (Bensinger, Kruger, Schwartz, Tony) and Michael Rothhaar (A Policeman, Diamond Louis, Hildy Johnson, Woodenshoes Eichorn)

Tony Award^®
1987 Best Scenic Design [nominee]
Tony Walton
1987 Best Revival [nominee]
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
Drama Desk Award
1987 Outstanding Set Design [nominee]
Scenic Design by Tony Walton