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The Nerd
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 22, 1987
Closing Date
Apr 10, 1988
1st Preview
Mar 10, 1987
1st Preview
Mar 10, 1987
Previews
15
Performances
441
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Mar 22, 1987
Close Date: Apr 10, 1988
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Helen Hayes Theatre
(Mar 22, 1987 - Apr 10, 1988)
Setting
Terre Haute, Indiana. November 1981.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Donald Tick
and
Martin Markinson
Produced by
Kevin Dowling
,
Joan Stein
,
Melvyn J. Estrin
,
Susan Rose
,
Gail Berman
and
Lynn Dowling
; Produced in association with
F. Harlan Batrus
,
Gina Rogak
and
George A. Schapiro
; Produced by arrangement with
Bruce Hyman
and
André Ptaszynski
; Associate Producer:
Gintare Sileika Everett
,
Allan Matthews
and
Yentl Productions
Originally produced by
Milwaukee Repertory Company
Written by
Larry Shue
Directed by
Charles Nelson Reilly
Scenic Design by
John Lee Beatty
; Costume Design by
Deborah Shaw
; Lighting Design by
Dennis Parichy
; Sound Design by
Timothy Helgeson
; Monster costume designed by
Andrew Benepe
; Hair Design by
Vito Mastrogiovanni
General Manager:
Proscenium Services, Inc.
and
TheatrePop, Inc.
; Company Manager:
Susan Gustafson
Production Stage Manager:
Robert T. Bennett
; Stage Manager:
Daniel R. Bauer
Casting:
Deborah Brown
; General Press Representative:
Adrian Bryan-Brown
,
Reva Cooper
and
Josh Ellis
; Advertising:
Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner
; Photographer:
Gerry Goodstein
Mark Hamill
Willum Cubbert
Mar 10, 1987 - Sep 20, 1987
Robert Joy
Rick Steadman
Mar 10, 1987 - Nov 1987
Peter Riegert
Axel Hammond
Pamela Blair
Clelia Waldgrave
Patricia Kalember
Broadway debut
Tansy McGinnis
Wayne Tippit
Warnock Waldgrave
Timmy Geissler
Broadway debut
Thor Waldgrave
Standby:
Edward Edwards
(Willum Cubbert, Rick Steadman, Axel Hammond, Warnock Waldgrave)
Understudy:
Jeremy Cummins
(Thor Waldgrave)
Helen Hayes Theatre
(Mar 22, 1987 - Apr 10, 1988)
Cast
Jim Borrelli
Axel Hammond
Gary Burghoff
Broadway debut
Willum Cubbert
Sep 22, 1987 - Jan 09, 1988
Daniel Hagen
Broadway debut
Willum Cubbert
Robert Joy
Willum Cubbert
Jan 10, 1988 - ?
Rick Steadman
Peter MacNicol
Rick Steadman
Nov 1987 - ?
Peggy Cosgrave
Broadway debut
Clelia Waldgrave
Debra Engle
Tansy McGinnis
Susanna Frazer
Tansy McGinnis
Stephen Rowe
Axel Hammond
Zachariah Overton
Broadway debut
Thor Waldgrave
Understudies:
Daniel Hagen
(Willum Cubbert, Rick Steadman, Axel Hammond, Warnock Waldgrave),
Daren Edward Higgins
(Thor Waldgrave),
Sofia Landon
(Tansy McGinnis, Clelia Waldgrave) and
Josh Saviano
(Thor Waldgrave)
Statistics
Season:
1987-88
1986-87
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
The Nerd Statistics
1987-88 Season
1986-87 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
People
Statistics
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Donald Tick
and
Martin Markinson
Produced by
Kevin Dowling
,
Joan Stein
,
Melvyn J. Estrin
,
Susan Rose
,
Gail Berman
and
Lynn Dowling
; Produced in association with
F. Harlan Batrus
,
Gina Rogak
and
George A. Schapiro
; Produced by arrangement with
Bruce Hyman
and
André Ptaszynski
; Associate Producer:
Gintare Sileika Everett
,
Allan Matthews
and
Yentl Productions
Originally produced by
Milwaukee Repertory Company
Written by
Larry Shue
Directed by
Charles Nelson Reilly
Scenic Design by
John Lee Beatty
; Costume Design by
Deborah Shaw
; Lighting Design by
Dennis Parichy
; Sound Design by
Timothy Helgeson
; Monster costume designed by
Andrew Benepe
; Hair Design by
Vito Mastrogiovanni
General Manager:
Proscenium Services, Inc.
and
TheatrePop, Inc.
; Company Manager:
Susan Gustafson
Production Stage Manager:
Robert T. Bennett
; Stage Manager:
Daniel R. Bauer
Casting:
Deborah Brown
; General Press Representative:
Adrian Bryan-Brown
,
Reva Cooper
and
Josh Ellis
; Advertising:
Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner
; Photographer:
Gerry Goodstein
Mark Hamill
Willum Cubbert
Mar 10, 1987 - Sep 20, 1987
Robert Joy
Rick Steadman
Mar 10, 1987 - Nov 1987
Peter Riegert
Axel Hammond
Pamela Blair
Clelia Waldgrave
Patricia Kalember
Broadway debut
Tansy McGinnis
Wayne Tippit
Warnock Waldgrave
Timmy Geissler
Broadway debut
Thor Waldgrave
Standby:
Edward Edwards
(Willum Cubbert, Rick Steadman, Axel Hammond, Warnock Waldgrave)
Understudy:
Jeremy Cummins
(Thor Waldgrave)
Helen Hayes Theatre
(Mar 22, 1987 - Apr 10, 1988)
Cast
Jim Borrelli
Axel Hammond
Gary Burghoff
Broadway debut
Willum Cubbert
Sep 22, 1987 - Jan 09, 1988
Daniel Hagen
Broadway debut
Willum Cubbert
Robert Joy
Willum Cubbert
Jan 10, 1988 - ?
Rick Steadman
Peter MacNicol
Rick Steadman
Nov 1987 - ?
Peggy Cosgrave
Broadway debut
Clelia Waldgrave
Debra Engle
Tansy McGinnis
Susanna Frazer
Tansy McGinnis
Stephen Rowe
Axel Hammond
Zachariah Overton
Broadway debut
Thor Waldgrave
Understudies:
Daniel Hagen
(Willum Cubbert, Rick Steadman, Axel Hammond, Warnock Waldgrave),
Daren Edward Higgins
(Thor Waldgrave),
Sofia Landon
(Tansy McGinnis, Clelia Waldgrave) and
Josh Saviano
(Thor Waldgrave)
Season:
1987-88
1986-87
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
The Nerd Statistics
1987-88 Season
1986-87 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
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