The Colony Theatre Production History

1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Before the Beginning: 1974-75

• The Crucible, by Arthur Miller (at the Odyssey Theatre)
• Enter Laughing, by Joseph Stein (at the Cast Theatre)
• Mama***, by Pauline Myers

Premier Season: 1975-76

• The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, by Lorraine Hansberry
• Tarboosh!***, by Labiche & Michel, Music by Terrence Shank , Lyrics by Michael Wadler
• The Grass Harp, by Truman Capote
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun, by Peter Shaffer
  

2nd Season: 1976-77

• Look Homeward, Angel, by Ketti Frings
• Black Comedy and The White Liars, by Peter Shaffer
• The Martian Chronicles***, by Ray Bradbury (moved to the El Rey Theatre)

3rd Season: 1977-78

• Long Day's Journey into Night, by Eugene O'Neill
• The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
• Poor Murderer*, by Pavel Kohout
• A Company of Wayward Saints, by George Hermann

4th Season: 1978-79

• Seascape, by Edward Albee
• Berlin to Broadway, Music by Kurt Weil, Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
• Fahrenheit 451***, by Ray Bradbury
• The Recantation of Galileo Galilei+, by Eric Bentley

5th Season: 1979-80

• The Lady's Not for Burning, by Christopher Fry
  
• The Grapes of Wrath***, adapted by Terrence Shank 
• The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce (2nd stage) 
• And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie

6th Season: 1980-81

• Sunfire Man***, by Leslie Stevens 
• Dandelion Wine*, by Ray Bradbury, Music & Lyrics by Jeffrey Rockwell 
• Getting Out, by Marsha Norman (2nd stage, moved to the Cast Theatre) 
• Lenny, by Julian Barry

7th Season: 1981-82

• A Little Night Music, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler 
• The Notebook of Trigorin**, by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Tennessee Williams 
• Child's Play, by Robert Marasco 
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?, by Brian Clark (2nd stage)

8th Season: 1982-83

• Looking Glass*, by Michael Sutton & Cynthia Mandelberg
• The Curious Savage, by John Patrick 
• Watch on the Rhine, by Lillian Hellman 
• Strange Snow+, by Stephen Metcalfe (2nd stage, moved to the Odyssey Theatre)

9th Season: 1983-84

• The Suicide+, by Nikolai Erdman 
• The Diviners, by Jim Leonard, Jr. 
• Scenes and Revelations, by Elan Garonzik 
• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

10th Season: 1984-85

• The Desperate Hours, by Joseph Hayes 
• The Last Chance Cafe***, by Tom & Susan Taylor Chehak 
• Bearcat***, by Bob Wilson 
• Duck d'Amour***, by George Tibbles

11th Season: 1985-86

• The Robber Bridegroom, Book & Lyrics by Alfred Uhry. Music by Robert Waldmaan
• The Fox by Allan Miller (workshop production)
• The Rainmaker
• A Day Out of Time*, by Alan Foster Friedman 
• Hobson's Choice, by Harold Brighouse 
• Habeas Corpus, by Alan Bennett
  

12th Season: 1986-87

• Weekend Serenade***, by Robert Canning
• Duets (Stormless Vows, Intermission Feature, and Baby Talk)***
• Talk Radio***, by David Hall 
• Thataway Jack***, by John Rustan & Frank Semerano

13th Season: 1987-88

• A Circle on the Cross***, by Thomas Cadwaleder Jones
• Ring Round the Moon, by Jean Anouilh, Adapted by Christopher Fry 
• Execution of Justice+, by Emily Mann 
• Holy Ghosts, by Romulus Linney
  

14th Season: 1988-89

• Side by Side by Sondheim, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim 
• March of the Falsettos by William Finn (2nd Stage)
• Stendhal***, by Hoyt Hilsman 
• Women of Manhattan by John Patrick Shanley
• Generations***, by Dennis Clontz
• On the Verge, by Eric Overmyer 

15th Season: 1989-90

• Guys and Dolls, Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling 
• Vanities by Jack Heifner (2nd Stage)
• Naked Dancing***, by John Banach 
• Two Marriages: 2 One Act Plays, Visitors From London and The Problem 
• To Forgive, Divine+, by Jack Neary 
• Uncommon Women and Others by Wendy Wasserstein (2nd Stage)
• The Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder
• Triple Take: An Evening of Three One-Act Plays by Carol Mack, Peter Maloney and Hilary Freud
  

16th Season: 1990-91

• Mr. Roberts, by Tom Heggen & Joshua Logan 
• Dining Room by A.R. Gurney (2nd Stage)
• Bedroom Farce, by Alan Ayckbourn 
• Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley (2nd Stage)
• Could I Have This Dance?***, by Doug Haverty
• Roleplay by Doug Haverty & Adryan Russ (2nd Stage)
• The Last Metro***, Music & Lyrics by Jeffrey Rockwell, Book by Philip Gerson 
• Baby With the Bathwater by Christopher Durang (2nd Stage)
  

17th Season: 1991-92 

• The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery** by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr. 
• Good Evening by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore (2nd Stage)
• To Grandmother's House We Go, by Joanna M. Glass 
• True West by Sam Shepard (2nd Stage)
• Oxford's Will***, by Jerry Fey 
• The Lion in Winter by James Goldman (2nd Stage)
• Candide, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler 
• Waiting For the Parade by John Murrell (2nd Stage) 

18th Season: 1992-93

• The Front Page, by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur 
• Tomfoolery by Tom Lehrer (2nd Stage)
• When the Bough Breaks*, by Robert Clyman 
• The Fantasticks by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt (2nd Stage)
• Rags+, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Joseph Stein 
• I Can Fit My Fist In My Mouth by Carissa Channing (2nd Stage)
• 17 Days***, by Rick Garman
• A Moon For The Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill (2nd Stage)
  

19th Season: 1993-94

• You Can't Take It With You, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman 
• The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (2nd Stage)
• To Culebra*, by Jonathan Bolt 
• The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn (2nd Stage)
• Working, from the book by Studs Terkel, adapted by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso 
• Fool For Love by Sam Shepard (2nd Stage)
• Stars at the Cinegrill
• Aftershocks***, by Doug Haverty
• The Only Game In Town by Frank D. Gilroy (2nd Stage)

20th Season: 1994-95

• Peccadillo*, by Garson Kanin 
• Desire! by Paul Coates (2nd Stage)
• Kathy Goode***, by Paul Coates 
• Daughters by John Morgan Evans (2nd Stage)
• King of Hearts, Music by Peter Link, Lyrics by Jacob Brackman, Book by Steve Tesich 
• Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre (2nd Stage)
• The World of Ray Bradbury***, by Ray Bradbury 
• Grotesque Love Songs by Don Nigro (2nd Stage)
  

21st Season: 1995-96

• Incident at Vichy, by Arthur Miller
• Pizza Man by Darlene Craviotto (2nd Stage)
• Morning's at Seven, by Paul Osborn 
• Picnic by William Inge (2nd Stage)
• City of Angels, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by David Zippel, Book by Larry Gelbart 
• Short Tracks by Fred Perry (2nd Stage)
• Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw 
• Starry Night by Monte Merrick (2nd Stage) 
  

22nd Season: 1996-1997

• Putting It Together*, Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim 
• The Odd Couple (Female Version), by Neil Simon (2nd stage) 
• Our Country's Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker
• Mountains***, by Rick Garman (2nd stage) 
• The Matchmaker, by Thornton Wilder
• Suddenly Last Summer, by Tennessee Willliams (2nd stage)
  

23rd Season: 1997-98

• Morning Star, by Sylvia Regan
• Done to Death, by Fred Carmichael (2nd Stage) 
• On the Twentieth Century, Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Music by Cy Coleman 
• Eleemosynary, by Lee Blessing (2nd Stage) 
• An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde 
• Lost in Yonkers, by Neil Simon (2nd Stage)
  

24th Season: 1998-99

• The Living+, by Anthony Clarvoe
  
• Shadow of a Gunman, by Sean O'Casey (2nd Stage) 
• How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, & Willie Gilbert, Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser 
• Other's People's Money by Jerry Sterner (2nd Stage)
• June Moon, by Ring Lardner & George S. Kaufman 
• The Country Girl, by Clifford Odets (2nd Stage) 

25th Season 2000-01

• A Shayna Maidel, by Barbara LeBow
• David's Mother, by Bob Randall (2nd Stage)
• Dandelion Wine, Book Ray Bradbury, Music & Lyrics by Jeffrey Rockwell
• Eastern Standard, by Richard Greenberg (2nd Stage)
• The Man Who Came To Dinner, by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
• The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney (2nd Stage)
  

26th Season 2001-02

• The Last Night of Ballyhoo, by Alfred Uhry
• Einstein and the Polar Bear. by Tom Griffin (2nd Stage) 
• The Clearing, by Helen Edmundson
• Incorruptible, by Michael Hollinger 
• Side Show, Book & Lyrics by Bill Russell, Music by Henry Krieger
• A . . . My Name is Alice Conceived By Joan Micklin Silver & Julianne Boyd

27th Season 2002-03

• The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman
• You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, by Clark Gesner &  Michael Mayer
• Beautiful in the Extreme, by Leon Martell 
• Fuddy Meers, by David Lindsay-Abaire 
• Donna McKechnie: Inside the Music
  

28th Season 2003-04

• The Nerd, by Larry Shue
• Toys in the Attic, by Lillian Hellman
• Gunmetal Blues, Book by Scott Wentworth, Music and Lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler
• Clutter: The True Story of the Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out by Mark Saltzman
• The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey

29th Season 2004-05

• Around the World in 80 Days, by Mark Brown
  
• Ladies of the Camellias, by Lillian Groag
  
• Grand Hotel, The Musical, by Luther Davis
  
• Accomplice, by Rupert Holmes
  
• Climbing Everest
  

30th Season 2005-06

• Sherlock's Last Case, by Charles Marowitz
  
• Indoor/Outdoor, by Kenny Finkle
  
• The Grand Tour, by Luther Davis
  
• The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
  
• Jay Johnson, The Two and Only! by Jay Johnson
  

31st Season 2006-07

• Billy Bishop Goes to War, by John Gray
• I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me By a Young Lady from Rwanda by Sonja Linden
• Musical of Musicals: The Musical A musical by Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart
• Stage Struck By Simon Grey
• Rounding Third by Richard Dresser

32nd Season 2007-08

• The Thousandth Night by Carol Wolf
• Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass
• "Master Harold" ... and the boys by Athol Fugard
• Almost, Maine by John Cariani
• The Immigrant, book by Mark Harelik, Lyrics by Sarah Knapp, Music by Steven M. Alper