PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 16, 1978
Closing Date
Apr 23, 1978
1st Preview
Apr 12, 1978
1st Preview
Apr 12, 1978
Previews
7
Performances
9
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ambassador Theatre
(Apr 16, 1978 - Apr 23, 1978)
Setting
The apartment of Frankie and Rita and on the streets of Newark, New Jersey.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by James Lipton Productions; Produced in association with The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President) and Ron Dante
Written by Richard Wesley; Incidental music by Peter Link
Directed by Harold Scott
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Judy Dearing; Lighting Design by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.
General Manager: Emanuel Azenberg and Jose Véga; Company Manager: Maurice Schaded
Production Stage Manager: David Taylor; Stage Manager: Joseph DePauw
Press Representative: Howard Atlee; Advertising: J. Walter Thompson; Photographer: Martha Swope; Casting: T.N.I. Casting, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss; Special Movement Consultant: John Parks
Dorian Harewood
Frankie
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Braxton
Morgan Freeman
Zeke
Frank Adu
Father
Starletta DuPois
Rita
Richard Gant
Eldridge
Brent Jennings
Tiny
Mansoor Najee-Ullah
Lucky
Standby: Charles Brown (Frankie, Father, Braxton), Loretta Greene (Rita) and J. Herbert Kerr, Jr. (Lucky, Tiny, Eldridge)
Understudy: Frank Adu (Zeke)

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1978 Nominee
Morgan Freeman
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1978 Nominee
Starletta DuPois

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

1978 Winner
Morgan Freeman
 

Outstanding Lighting Design

1978 Nominee
Lighting Design by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.
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