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The Gin Game
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 06, 1977
Closing Date
Dec 31, 1978
1st Preview
Sep 27, 1977
1st Preview
Sep 27, 1977
Previews
11
Performances
517
Play
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Oct 06, 1977
Close Date: Dec 31, 1978
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
John Golden Theatre
(Oct 06, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
Setting
Time: Present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Icarus Productions
,
The Cronyn Company
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
; Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Icarus Productions
,
The Cronyn Company
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Scenic Design by
David Mitchell
; Costume Design by
Bill Walker
; Lighting Design by
Ronald Wallace
; Sound Consultant:
Erskine-Shapiro, Theatre Technology, Inc.
General Manager:
McCann & Nugent Productions, Inc.
; Company Manager:
James Mennen
Production Supervisor:
Nina Seely
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Chance
Press Representative:
David A. Powers
; Advertising:
The Blaine Thompson Company
; Photographer:
Zoë Dominic
; Playbill cover art by
Paul Davis
Originally presented by
The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Hume Cronyn
Weller Martin
Sep 27, 1977 - Jun 04, 1978
Jessica Tandy
Fonsia Dorsey
Sep 27, 1977 - Sep 03, 1978
John Golden Theatre
(Oct 06, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
Cast
E. G. Marshall
Weller Martin
Jun 06, 1978 - Dec 31, 1978
Maureen Stapleton
Fonsia Dorsey
Sep 05, 1978 - Dec 31, 1978
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Play
1978 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Best Actor in Play
1978 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Best Actress in a Play
1978 Winner
Jessica Tandy
Best Direction of a Play
1978 Nominee
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1978 Winner
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding New Play
1978 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Outstanding Actor in a Play
1978 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Outstanding Actress in a Play
1978 Winner
Jessica Tandy
Outstanding Director of a Play
1978 Nominee
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Outstanding Lighting Design
1978 Nominee
Lighting Design by
Ronald Wallace
Outstanding Set Design
1978 Nominee
Scenic Design by
David Mitchell
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Icarus Productions
,
The Cronyn Company
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
; Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Icarus Productions
,
The Cronyn Company
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Scenic Design by
David Mitchell
; Costume Design by
Bill Walker
; Lighting Design by
Ronald Wallace
; Sound Consultant:
Erskine-Shapiro, Theatre Technology, Inc.
General Manager:
McCann & Nugent Productions, Inc.
; Company Manager:
James Mennen
Production Supervisor:
Nina Seely
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Chance
Press Representative:
David A. Powers
; Advertising:
The Blaine Thompson Company
; Photographer:
Zoë Dominic
; Playbill cover art by
Paul Davis
Originally presented by
The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Hume Cronyn
Weller Martin
Sep 27, 1977 - Jun 04, 1978
Jessica Tandy
Fonsia Dorsey
Sep 27, 1977 - Sep 03, 1978
John Golden Theatre
(Oct 06, 1977 - Dec 31, 1978)
Cast
E. G. Marshall
Weller Martin
Jun 06, 1978 - Dec 31, 1978
Maureen Stapleton
Fonsia Dorsey
Sep 05, 1978 - Dec 31, 1978
Tony Award®
Best Play
1978 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Best Actor in Play
1978 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Best Actress in a Play
1978 Winner
Jessica Tandy
Best Direction of a Play
1978 Nominee
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1978 Winner
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding New Play
1978 Nominee
Produced by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
,
Hume Cronyn
and
Mike Nichols
Written by
D.L. Coburn
Outstanding Actor in a Play
1978 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Outstanding Actress in a Play
1978 Winner
Jessica Tandy
Outstanding Director of a Play
1978 Nominee
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Outstanding Lighting Design
1978 Nominee
Lighting Design by
Ronald Wallace
Outstanding Set Design
1978 Nominee
Scenic Design by
David Mitchell
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