Theatre Register

Orpheus Descending, 1989

Shows · Neil Simon Theatre, 1989

Revival BroadwayNeil Simon Theatre 97 performances

The run closed December 17, 1989

Opened
September 24, 1989
Closed
December 17, 1989
Performances
97
Previews
13
Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre

Of the 465 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and record a performance count, this is the 146th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Orpheus Descending 1 more that season

1957 Martin Beck Theatre Original · Harold Clurman 68 perf.

Who was in it20 named

Vanessa Redgrave
Anne Twomey
Patti Allison
Lewis Arlt
Lynn Cohen
Constance Crawford
Bette Henritze
Thomas Kopache
Pat Mcnamara
Richard Mcwilliams
Stephen Mendillo
Manning Redwood
Doyle Richmond
Sloane Shelton
Peg Small
Brad Sullivan
Mitch Webb

3 of these 20 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 17 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Peter Hall
Producer
James M. Nederlander

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • No recording is held for Orpheus Descending at all.
  • No show page for Orpheus Descending. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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