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Big Fish, Little Fish   

 
ANTA Playhouse , (3/15/1961 - 6/10/1961)
First Preview:Mar 14, 1961 Total Previews:1
Opening Date:Mar 15, 1961   
Closing Date:Jun 10, 1961 Total Performances:101

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: William Baker's New York apartment in the East Thirties. The Present.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by ANTA (Alfred de Liagre Jr: executive producer; Jean Dalrymple: executive director); ANTA Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by Lewis Allen and Ben Edwards; Mr. Allen is producing for Allen-Hodgdon, Inc.; Produced in association with Joseph I. Levine
Written by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by John Gielgud
Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Costume Design by Mary Grant; Lighting Design by Ben Edwards; Assistant to Mr. Edwards: Robin Wagner; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company
General Manager: Oscar Olesen
General Stage Manager: John Maxtone-Graham; Stage Manager: Ben Morse
Casting: Terry Fay; General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson; Press Representative: David Powers, Ted Goldsmith and Lila Glaser; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner
Cast
Hume Cronyn Jimmie Luton
Jason Robards Jr. William Baker
Martin Gabel Basil Smythe
George Grizzard Ronnie Johnson
George Voskovec Paul Stumpfig
Ruth White Edith Maitland
Elizabeth Wilson Hilda Rose
Understudies: Stephen Bolster (Ronnie Johnson), Pirie MacDonald (Basil Smythe, Jimmie Luton, Paul Stumpfig), Addison Powell (William Baker) and Margot Stevenson (Edith Maitland, Hilda Rose)
1961 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Hume Cronyn [nominee]
1961 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
winnerMartin Gabel [winner]
 George Grizzard [nominee]
1961 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
winnerJohn Gielgud [winner]