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Jake’s Women(opened March 24, 1992) 245 perfor-
mances

Conversations with My Father (opened March 29,
1992) 402 performances
1992 Tony Award: Best Actor in a Play, Judd
Hirsch

Five Guys Named Moe(opened April 8, 1992) 445 per-
formances

Two Trains Running(opened April 13, 1992) 160
performances
1992 Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play,
Larry Fishburne
1992 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
American Play, August Wilson (playwright)

Guys and Dolls(opened April 14, 1992) 1,143 perfor-
mances (revival)
1992 Tony Awards: Best Revival, Dodger Produc-
tions, Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters/TV
Asahi, Kardana Productions, and the John F. Ken-
nedy Center for the Performing Arts (produc-
ers); Best Actress in a Musical, Faith Prince; Best
Director of a Musical, Jerry Zaks

Jelly’s Last Jam(opened April 26, 1992) 569 perfor-
mance
1992 Tony Awards: Best Actor in a Musical, Greg-
ory Hines; Best Featured Actress in a Musical,
Tonya Pinkins

Falsettos(opened April 29, 1992) 487 performances
1992 Tony Awards: Best Book of a Musical, Wil-
liam Finn and James Lapine; Best Original Musi-
cal Score, William Finn (music and lyrics)

Someone Who’ll Watch over Me(opened November 23,
1992) 232 performances
1993 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Foreign Play, Frank McGuiness (playwright)

My Favorite Year(opened December 10, 1992) 37
performances
1993 Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Musi-
cal, Andrea Martin

Plays Opening in 1993

Fool Moon(opened February 25, 1993) 207 perfor-

mances

The Sisters Rosensweig(opened March 18, 1993) 556

performances

1993 Tony Award: Best Actress in a Play, Madeline

Kahn

Redwood Curtain(opened March 30, 1993) 40 per-

formances

1993 Tony Award: Best Featured Actress in a Play,

Debra Monk

The Who’s Tommy(opened April 22, 1993) 899 per-

formances

1993 Tony Awards: Best Director of Musical, Des

McAnuff; Best Choreographer, Wayne Cilento;

Best Original Musical Score, Pete Townshend

(music and lyrics)

Blood Brothers(opened April 25, 1993) 839 perfor-

mances

Shakespeare for My Father(opened April 26, 1993) 266

performances

Kiss of the Spider Woman(opened May 3, 1993) 906

performances

1993 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Live Entertain-

ment Corpopration of Canada/Garth Drabinsky

(producers); Best Book of a Musical, Terrence

McNally*; Best Original Musical Score, John

Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics); Best Actor

in a Musical, Brent Carver; Best Actress in a Musi-

cal, Chita Rivera; Best Featured Actor in a Musi-

cal, Anthony Crivello

1993 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best

Musical, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence

McNally*

Angels in America*: Millennium Approaches(opened

May 4, 1993) 367 performances

1993 Tony Awards: Best Play, Tony Kushner (play-

wright) and Jujamcyn Theaters, Mark Taper Fo-

rum/Gordon Davidson, Margo Lion, Susan

Quint Gallin, Jon B. Platt, the Baruch-Frankel-

Viertel Group, Frederick Zollo, and Herb Alpert

(producers); Best Actor in a Play, Ron Leibman;

Best Featured Actor in a Play, Stephen Spinella;

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