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1989
Brilliant Traces
by Cindy Lou Johnson
directed by Terry Kinney
with Joan Cusack and Kevin Anderson
produced by the Circle Repertory Company
(photo by Bob Marshak)
The Sum of Us
by David Stevens
directed by Kevin Dowling
Closer Than Ever
music by David Shire
book by Richard Maltby, Jr.
with Brent Barrett, Sally Mayes, Ruchard Muenz and Lynne Winterstellar
directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Steven Scott Smith
musical direction by Patrick S. Brady
S.J. Perelman in Person
by Bob Shanks
1987
The No-Frills Revue
sketches, music and lyrics mostly by (in alphabetical order) Michael Abbott, Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell, Craig Carnelia, Martin Charnin, David Finkle and Sally Fay, Ronny Graham, Marvin Hamlisch, Brian Lasser, Michael Leeds, Thomas Meeham, Bill Weeden, Sarah Weeks.
dialogue and segues by Martin Charnin, Douglas Bernstein and Denis Markell.
entire production conceived and originally directed by Martin Charnin
English Mint
by Marguerite Duras
1986
Sweethearts
music by Victor Herbert
lyrics by Robert B. Smith
original book by Harry R. Smith and Fred de Gresac
produced by New York City Light Opera
with Mary Setrakian, Sally Jo Ries, Andrea Calarco, Theresa Hudson, Cindy Lee Fairfield
1985
Nunsense
written and directed by Dan Goggin
produced by The Nunsense Theatrical Company, Joseph Hoesl and Bill Crowder
with Christine Anderson, Vicki Belmonte, Semina DeLaurentis, Marilyn Farina and Suzi Winson
Nunsense was revived by Cherry Lane Theatre in 2010 as part of our Heritage Series.
1984
Endgame
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Alvin Epstein
with King Donovan, Alice Drummond, Alvin Epstein, Peter Evans
Avigdor Arikha, setting and costumes / Jennifer Tipton
Jack Garfein and Byron Lasky, producers
(photos below by Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
1982
True West
by Sam Shepard
directed by Gary Sinise
with Gary Sinise & John Malkovich
then later with Randy and Dennis Quaid
John Malkovich won an Obie and the Clarence Derwent Award from most promising male actor in New York City.
1981
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
by Joe Orton
directed by John Tillinger
with Maxwell Caulfield, Joe Maher, Barbara Bryne, and Gwyllum Evans
1980
Album
by David Rimmer
directed by Joan Micklin Silver
produced by Gene Persson, Richard S. Bright and John Loesser, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Productions (and by special arrangement with WPA Theatre)
with Kevin Bacon, Jenny Wright, Jan Leslie Harding, and Keith Gordon
