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The 1980s

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1989

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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)


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The Sum of Us

by David Stevens
directed by Kevin Dowling

 
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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


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S.J. Perelman in Person

by Bob Shanks


1987

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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

 

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English Mint

by Marguerite Duras


1986

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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

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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

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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)

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1982

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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

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Entertaining Mr. Sloane

by Joe Orton
directed by John Tillinger


with Maxwell Caulfield, Joe Maher, Barbara Bryne, and Gwyllum Evans


1980

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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


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