The Nineties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Entertainment: Major Broadway Plays and Awards

This list contains all Broadway plays that ran for at least one full month between January 1, 1990, and Decem-
ber 31, 1999, and that had total runs of at least two hundred performances. It also includes plays with shorter
runs that received major awards. An asterisk (*) next to a title or personage indicates that a full essay exists on
the topic withinThe Nineties in America.

Plays Opening in 1989
Meet Me in St. Louis(opened November 2, 1989) 253
performances

Grand Hotel(opened November 12, 1989) 1,018 per-
formances
1990 Tony Awards: Best Featured Actor in a Musi-
cal, Michael Jeter; Best Director of a Musical,
Tommy Tune; Best Choreographer, Tommy Tune

A Few Good Men(opened November 15, 1989) 497
performances

Gypsy(opened November 16, 1989) 476 perfor-
mances (revival)
1990 Tony Award: Best Actress in a Musical, Tyne
Daly

The Circle(opened November 20, 1989) 208 perfor-
mances (revival)

City of Angels(opened December 12, 1989) 878 per-
formances
1990 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Nick Vanoff,
Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters, Suntory Inter-
national Corporation, and the Shubert Organiza-
tion (producers); Best Book of a Musical, Larry
Gelbart; Best Original Musical Score, Cy Cole-
man (music) and David Zippel (lyrics); Best Actor
in a Musical, James Naughton; Best Featured
Actress in a Musical, Randy Graff
1990 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best
Musical, Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry
Gelbart

Tr u (opened December 19, 1989) 295 perfor-
mances (revival)
1990 Tony Award: Best Actor in a Play, Robert
Morse

Plays Opening in 1990

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(opened March 21, 1990) 149

performances (revival)

1990 Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play,

Charles Durning

The Grapes of Wrath(opened March 22, 1990) 188

performances

1990 Tony Awards: Best Play, Frank Galati

(adapter) and the Shubert Organization, Step-

penwolf Theater Company, Suntory Interna-

tional Corporation, and Jujamcyn Theaters (pro-

ducers); Best Director of a Play, Frank Galati

1990 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best

Play Runner-Up, Frank Galati

Lettice and Lovage(opened March 25, 1990) 284 per-

formances

1990 Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play, Maggie

Smith; Best Featured Actress in a Play, Margaret

Tyzack

Aspects of Love(opened April 8, 1990) 377 perfor-

mances

The Piano Lesson(opened April 16, 1990) 320 perfor-

mances

1990 Pulitzer Prize: August Wilson (playwright)

1990 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best

Play, August Wilson

Prelude to a Kiss(opened May 1, 1990) 440 perfor-

mances

1990 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award: Best

Play Runner-Up, Craig Lucas (playwright)

Jackie Mason: Brand New(opened October 17, 1990)

237 performances

Once on This Island(opened October 18, 1990) 469

performances

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Stor y(opened November 4,

1990) 225 performances