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16-749: The play first opened in April 1992 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre . It premiered off-Broadway in a Lincoln Center Theater production at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater on October 22, 1992, and closed on February 28, 1993, after 149 performances. Directed by Daniel J. Sullivan , the cast included Jane Alexander and Madeline Kahn . It transferred to Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 18, 1993, and closed on July 16, 1994, after 556 performances. Again directed by Sullivan,

32-498: A US$ 2 million gift from The Kreielsheimer Foundation, a US$ 1 million gift from then board chair Marsha S. Glazer, and the leadership of Capital Campaign chairs Ann Ramsay-Jenkins and Stanley Savage. There are 282 seats total: 192 on the orchestra level (including loge ), plus 90 balcony and box seats. It is approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) from the stage to the rear wall. There are 5 wheelchair locations. The orchestra seating consists of 139 seats in 9 rows, with 8–20 seats per row;

48-630: A gig on a campus of today, what would happen? He is described as writing with insight and objectivity about characters who came of age in the time of the war in Vietnam, and he has also written plays that are more personal and deal with matters of the heart. Weller has been active in the Dramatists Guild of America , battling for the rights of playwrights. He has served as President of the Writers Guild Initiative from 2011 to 2018. Weller

64-630: Is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screen writer . His plays include Moonchildren , Loose Ends , Spoils of War and Fifty Words . His screenplays include Ragtime , for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and Hair , both directed by Miloš Forman . Weller was born in New York City, and has lived in Nevada, Massachusetts, London and New York. He attended Stockbridge School and studied music composition at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. In

80-426: Is a representative for a major Hong Kong bank and is about to turn 54. Her sisters, Gorgeous Teitelbaum and Pfeni Rosensweig, arrive to help celebrate the birthday. Gorgeous is Dr. Gorgeous with a radio-advice program; Pfeni is a world traveler. Various friends and boyfriends also arrive for the party. In particular, Mervyn, a friend of Pfeni's boyfriend Geoffrey, falls instantly in love with Sara. Wasserstein said that

96-882: The Old Vic in September 1994 Released on May 20, 2021, there was a livestreamed production of the play to benefit the Actors' Fund , the Theater Development Fund's Wendy Wasserstein Project, and the Steppenwolf Theater Company . Directed by Anna D. Shapiro , the company's artistic director, it featured Lisa Edelstein , Kathryn Hahn , and Tracee Chimo Pallero as the three sisters. It also featured Jason Alexander , Kathryn Newton and James Urbaniak . Sara, who lives in London,

112-729: The Arena Stage in Washington then to Broadway. Moonchildren subsequently had an acclaimed run off-Broadway at the Theatre de Lys in 1973 and 1974. Schneider also staged Weller's play Loose Ends at the Arena Stage then on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre . His play Spoils of War was adapted as a screenplay and became the TV film In Spite of Love. Kate Nelligan played the part of Elise in both. In 2017 Brandeis University honored Weller with

128-584: The Broadway cast remained the same as off-Broadway, except that Christine Estabrook took the role of "Pfeni" for Frances McDormand . Notable replacements include Linda Lavin as Gorgeous Teitelbaum and Michael Learned as Sara Goode. Original Broadway Cast It premiered at the Greenwich Theatre in 1994, where it was directed by Michael Blakemore and the sisters were played by Janet Suzman , Maureen Lipman , and Lynda Bellingham . The play transferred to

144-503: The cast were Kevin Tighe and Kate Mulgrew . The Bagley Wright Theater is a city-owned facility. The theater has a proscenium stage and a seating capacity of 678 seats. The stage is approximately 65 feet (20 m) to the last row of the house. The Leo Kreielsheimer Theater ("Leo K.") opened in December 1996 as Seattle Rep's "second stage." The Leo K. was made possible in great part to

160-563: The characters and for the prospects of women today. At the same time, the play has its imperfections. There are gratuitous remarks and irrelevancies." Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle Rep (Seattle Repertory Theatre) is a major regional theater located in Seattle , Washington, at the Seattle Center . Founded in 1963, it is led by Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. Seattle Rep's first home

176-483: The late 1960s at Manchester University , he studied playwriting with Stephen Joseph (the child of actress Hermione Gingold and the publisher Michael Joseph ) and received a Diploma in Drama. He then moved to London to write plays. The director Alan Schneider , who was an early collaborator with the playwrights Samuel Beckett and Edward Albee , saw a London run-through of Weller's play Moonchildren , and brought it to

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192-526: The loge adds 51 seats, in 2 rows of 27 and 24 seats, respectively. The balcony provides an additional 88 seats, in 3 rows, with 29–30 seats per row; additionally, there are 4 box seats at balcony level. The PONCHO Forum has a capacity of 133 seats and is set up for general admission, with stadium seating . 47°37′26.6″N 122°21′13.11″W  /  47.624056°N 122.3536417°W  / 47.624056; -122.3536417 Michael Weller word altered Michael Weller (born September 26, 1942)

208-425: The play is "about being Jewish." She "wanted to write a play that celebrated the possibilities of a middle-aged woman who, unlike her other protagonists, does not end up alone." The New York Times review of the original production wrote that the play is: "...[a] captivating look at three uncommon women and their quest for love, self-definition and fulfillment. But underlying the comedy is an empathetic concern for

224-501: The university's Brandeis Creative Arts Award. The university invited him to write a new play and suggested it might explore issues regarding freedom of speech. The university had recently received the papers of the social-satirist and stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce . Weller researched the library's collection of the Bruce papers, and began to write his play Buyer Beware , a play that poses the question: If Lenny Bruce were to come back, and book

240-769: Was the Seattle Playhouse, built as part of the fair grounds for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition , Seattle's 1962 World's Fair . The building, extant as of 2009, was renovated in 1987 as a home for the Intiman Theatre . Actor Hal Holbrook had appeared at the Playhouse during the fair, and is believed to be the person who suggested it as a home for a repertory theater company. Seattle businessman and arts patron Bagley Wright and others raised money and recruited artistic leadership to found what became Seattle Repertory Theater ("Seattle Rep" or formerly "The Rep"). Stuart Vaughan

256-581: Was the founding artistic director It received the 1990 Regional Theatre Tony Award . The Bagley Wright Theater , named in honor of the president of Seattle Rep's first board of trustees, opened on October 13, 1983 with the world premiere of Michael Weller 's The Ballad of Soapy Smith , directed by Robert Egan, and featuring a cast of Seattle actors including Dennis Arndt (in the title role), John Aylward , Frank Corrado, Paul Hostetler, Richard Riehle , Michael Santo, Marjorie Nelson , Ted D'Arms, Kurt Beattie, Clayton Corzatte, and William Ontiveros. Also in

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