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A Small Family Business   

 
Music Box Theatre , (4/27/1992 - 6/07/1992)
First Preview:Mar 31, 1992 Total Previews:30
Opening Date:Apr 27, 1992   
Closing Date:Jun 07, 1992 Total Performances:48

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: Sitting room, kitchen, hall, landing, bathroom and bedroom in the houses of various member of the family over 1 week.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Estate of Irving Berlin and The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Weissman Productions, Inc. and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Managing Director); Associate Producer: Roger Alan Gindi
Written by Alan Ayckbourn; Incidental music by Jake Holmes
Directed by Lynne Meadow
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Peter Kaczorowski; Sound Design by Tom Sorce; Hair Design by John Quaglia
Executive Producer: Barry Grove; MTC General Manager: Victoria Bailey; General Manager: Gindi Theatrical Management; Company Manager: Peter Bogyo
Production Stage Manager: James Harker; Stage Manager: John M. Atherlay; Production Manager: Michael R. Moody; Technical Supervisor: Fred J. Gallo, Jr.
Fight direction by J. Allen Suddeth; Casting: Donna Isaacson and Randy Carrig; General Press Representative: Helene Davis; MTC Associate Artistic Director: Michael Bush; Dialect Consultant: Elizabeth Smith; Italian Consultant: Emma Marciano and Joseph Siravo; Advertising: Grey Entertainment & Media
Cast
Brian Murray Jack McCracken
a businessman
Mark Arnott Cliff
Jack's brother
J. Weak Beer Lotario Rivetti
an Italian businessman
Amelia Campbell Samantha
Jack's younger daughter
Jane Carr Poppy
Jack's wife
Patricia Conolly Harriet
Desmond's wife
John Curless Desmond
Jack's brother-in-law
Barbara Garrick Tina
Jack's elder daughter
Anthony Heald Benedict Hough
a private investigator
Thomas Hill Ken Ayres
Jack's father-in-law
Abe Jerkew Giorgio Rivetti
an Italian businessman
Patricia Kilgarriff Yvonne Doggett
Harriet's sister
Jeré Kwabé Orlando Rivetti
an Italian businessman
Caroline Lagerfelt Anita
Cliff's wife
Robert Stanton Roy Ruston
Tina's husband
Jeb E. Waker Vincenzo Rivetti
an Italian businessman
Jake Weber Umberto Rivetti
an Italian businessman
Understudies: John Curless (Jack McCracken), Edmund C. Davys (Benedict Hough, Cliff, Giorgio Rivetti, Lotario Rivetti, Orlando Rivetti, Roy Ruston, Umberto Rivetti, Vincenzo Rivetti), Philip LeStrange (Desmond, Jack McCracken, Ken Ayres), Kari McGee (Samantha, Tina) and Robin Moseley (Anita, Harriet, Poppy, Yvonne Doggett)
1992 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 John Lee Beatty [nominee]
1992 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play
 Produced by Weissman Productions, Inc. and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Managing Director); Written by Alan Ayckbourn [nominee]
1992 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play
 Brian Murray [nominee]