George Street Playhouse - Production History

Production History

• 1994: Swinging on a Star, a revue of the works of Johnny Burke, premieres at GSP, then moves to Broadway.
• 1996: And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank is commissioned by GSP for the Touring Theatre Company and is subsequently produced worldwide
• 2000: Down the Garden Paths by Anne Meara, directed by David Saint and starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway.
  • Syncopation by Alan Knee, which premiered at GSP in 1999, receives Best New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association and opens around the country.
  • The Spitfire Grill, a new musical by James Valcq and Fred Alley and directed by David Saint, premieres at GSP and moves to Off Broadway
  • Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney, directed by David Saint and starring among others Tim Daly, Amy Van Nostrand, Paul Rudd and Fred Savage
• 2001: All box office records in the history of GSP are broken with Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Suzzanne Douglas as Billie Holiday.
• 2004: Arthur Laurents updates and directs his Tony Award-winning musical Hallelujah, Baby! starring Ann Duquesnay and Suzzanne Douglas. Following an acclaimed run at George Street Playhouse, the co-production moved to Arena Stage in Washington DC. Miss Duquesney is awarded the Helen Hayes Award for her performance.
  • Academy Award nominee Amy Irving stars in the world premiere of Charles Evered’s period romp Celadine.
  • Wasted by OBIE Award-winner Kirsten Childs premieres. This play about substance abuse was funded with a major grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• 2005: Inspecting Carol, a comedy by Daniel Sullivan from the Seattle Repertory Theatre, starring Dan Lauria and Peter Scolari, becomes the highest grossing play at GSP.
  • The West Wing's Richard Schiff stars in Underneath the Lintel, a play by Glen Berger, sets a new record for per-performance attendance.
• 2006: Jack Klugman stars in The Value of Names by Jeffrey Sweet with Dan Lauria and Liz Larsen.
• 2007 Artistic Director, David Saint celebrates his 10th Anniversary Season with the opening of The Sunshine Boys starring Jack Klugman and Paul Dooley
  • Rosemary Harris stars in Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, directed by Frank Dunlop
• 2008: Tony Award Winner Idina Menzel performs a one night only solo concert as the opening of her I Stand Tour.
  • Roger is Dead, a new play written and directed by Elaine May with Marlo Thomas debuts.
• 2010: Kathleen Marshall directs the musical Calvin Berger.
• 2011: David Hyde Pierce directs the musical It Shoulda Been You written by Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi, starring Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Edward Hibbert, Richard Kline, and Howard McGillin