The House of Blue Leaves

Theatre

Name:	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Address:	150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Production Information

Number of performances:	38
Opening date:	March 19, 1986
Closing date:	April 20, 1986

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Lincoln Center Theater	Producer
	Gregory Mosher	Artistic Director
	Bernard Gersten	Executive Producer

	John Guare	Playwright

	Jerry Zaks	Director

	Tony Walton	Set Designer
	Ann Roth	Costume Designer
	Paul Gallo	Lighting Designer
	Aural Fixation	Sound Designer

	Kate Stewart	Stage Manager

Cast

Actor	Role
Ian Blackman	M.P./El Dorado Bartender
Jane Cecil	2nd Nun
Jane Cecil	Head Nun
Stockard Channing	Bunny Flingus
Peter J. Dowling	White Man/El Dorado/Bartender
Patricia Falkenhain	Head Nun
Julie Hagerty	Corrinna Stroller
Swoosie Kurtz	Bananas Shaughnessy
John Mahoney	Artie Shaughnessy
Kathleen McKiernan	Bananas Shaughnessy/Little Nun
Ben Stiller	Ronnie Shaughnessy
Ann Talman	Little Nun
Christopher Walken	Billy Einhorn
Ian Blackman	Ronnie Shaughnessy	UNDERSTUDY
Brian Evers	Artie Shaughnessy/Billy Einhorn	UNDERSTUDY
Melodie Somers	Bunny Flingus/Corrinna Stroller	UNDERSTUDY

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	WON	1986 Clarence Derwent Award	John Mahoney	Actor
2	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play	John Guare	Playwright
			Lincoln Center Theater	Producer
3	NOMINATED	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Play	John Mahoney	Actor
4	NOMINATED	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play	Stockard Channing	Actor
5	NOMINATED	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actress in a Play	Swoosie Kurtz	Actor
6	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play	Jerry Zaks	Director
7	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design	Tony Walton	Set Designer
8	WON	1986 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design	Tony Walton	Set Designer
9	WON	1986 Obie Award, Best Performance	Swoosie Kurtz	Actor

Notes

Transferred to the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on April 29, 1986 and closed on October 5, 1986. It reopened at the Plymouth Theatre on October 14, 1986 and closed on March 15, 1987.