Production Staff
John Guare
Bookwriter
(Adaptation)
(Adaptation)
Lyricist
John Guare is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation.
Galt MacDermot
Composer
William Shakespeare
Source Material
(Based on play)
(Based on play)
Mel Shapiro
Bookwriter
(Adaptation)
(Adaptation)
The Joseph Papp Public Theater
Producer
New York Shakespeare Festival
Producer
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Designer
Jean Erdman
Choreographer
Margaret Harris
Musical Director
Ming Cho Lee
Scenic Designer
He first worked on Broadway as a second assistant set designer to Jo Mielziner on The Most Happy Fella in 1956. Lee's first Broadway play as Scenic Designer was The Moon Besieged in 1962; he went on to design the sets for over 20 Broadway shows, including Mother Courage and Her Children, King Lear, The Glass Menagerie, The Shadow Box, and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design, a Helen Hayes Award, and in 1983 he received a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for ... read more
Lawrence Metzler
Lighting Designer
Joseph Papp
Producer
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a year-round producing home to focus on new plays and musicals.
Mel Shapiro
Director
Awards and Nominations
1972 Obie Awards
Direction: Mel Shaprio won.
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