PlayRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 21, 1978
Closing Date
Nov 19, 1978
1st Preview
Sep 01, 1978
1st Preview
Sep 01, 1978
Previews
23
Performances
69
PlayRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Circle in the Square Theatre
(Sep 21, 1978 - Nov 19, 1978)
Description
A play in four acts
Setting
The Mayor's House and a room at the Inn.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Written by Nikolai Gogol; Translated by Betsy Hulick
Directed by Liviu Ciulei
Scenic Design by Karen Schulz; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Lighting Design by F. Mitchell Dana; Hair Design by Michael Wasula
Company Manager: William Conn
Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Rick Ralston
Circle in the Square Public Relations Director: Merle Debuskey; Circle in the Square Press Representative: David Roggensack; Casting Consultant: Lynn Kressel; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne
Bob Balaban
Óssip (Khlestakóv's servant)
Jean Barker
Sergeant's widow
 
Chief of Police's wife
Theodore Bikel
Antón Antónovich Skvozník-Dmukhanóvsky (the mayor)
Helen Burns
Anna Andréyevna (the mayor's wife)
Lynne Charnay
Rastakóvsky's wife
Jon DeVries
Svistunóv (policeman)
 
Waiter
William Duell
Pytor Ivánovich Bóbchinsky (local landowner)
Christine Estabrook
Marya Antónovna (the mayor's daughter)
Timothy Farmer
Koróbkin (retired civil servant)
 
Míshka (Mayor's servant)
 
Merchant
Bob Harper
Iván Lázarevich Rastakóvsky (retired civil servant)
 
Dyershimórda (a policeman)
 
Merchant
Renee Lippin
Avdotya
Bill McIntyre
Pytor Ivánovich Dóbchinsky (local landowner)
Bill Nunnery
Artémii Filípovich Zemlyaníka (Commissioner of Charities)
Keith Perry
Fydor Andréyevich Lyulykóv (retired civil servant)
 
Priest
 
Merchant
Warren Pincus
Christian Ivánovich Giebner (local doctor)
 
Merchant
Mary Lou Rosato
Pevrónya Petróvna Poshlyópkina (locksmith's wife)
 
Khlopov's wife
Arnold Soboloff
Luká Lukítch Khlopov (Superintendent of Schools)
Thomas Toner
Amós Fyódorovich Lyápkin-Tyápkin (the Judge)
Peter Van Norden
Stepán Illyích Ukhovyórtov (Chief of Police)
 
Merchant
Kenneth Welsh
Iván Kusmích Shpyókin (the Postmaster)
Max Wright
Iván Alexándrovich Khlestakóv (a civil servant from Petersburg)
Understudies: Lynne Charnay (Anna Andréyevna), Jon DeVries (Antón Antónovich Skvozník-Dmukhanóvsky), Timothy Farmer (Óssip, Christian Ivánovich Giebner), Bob Harper (Amós Fyódorovich Lyápkin-Tyápkin, Stepán Illyích Ukhovyórtov), Keith Perry (Luká Lukítch Khlopov, Iván Kusmích Shpyókin), Warren Pincus (Pytor Ivánovich Dóbchinsky, Pytor Ivánovich Bóbchinsky), Peter Van Norden (Artémii Filípovich Zemlyaníka) and Kenneth Welsh (Iván Alexándrovich Khlestakóv)

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1979 Nominee
Bob Balaban
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