Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

by Edward Albee

Memorabilia Available

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider. Subsequent cast members included Henderson Forsythe, Eileen Fulton, Mercedes McCambridge, and Elaine Stritch.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won both the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1962-63 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. Its stars won the 1963 Tony Awards for Best Actor and Actress as well. It was also selected for the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by that award’s drama jury. However, the award’s advisory board—the trustees of Columbia University—objected to the play’s then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes, and overruled the award’s advisory committee, awarding no Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1963.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play on the title of the once popular song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” from Walt Disney’s The Three Little Pigs, but named after the famous English novelist.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Belasco Theatre on Broadway

First Preview 09, Apr 2020 – Never Officially Opened

Closed 03, March 2020 after 9 Previews due to Corona Virus

 

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Cast

Rupert Everett – George
Laurie Metcalf – Martha
Patsy Ferran – Broadway debut – Honey
Russell Tovey – Nick

Creative

Produced by Scott Rudin
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Joe Mantello
Scenic Design by Scott Pask
Costume Design by Ann Roth
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer

 

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The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan, New York City. Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade. Named in honour of famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the theatre’s 783-seat auditorium was intended to provide an intimate setting for dramatic and comedy plays. It opened on October 16, 1913, with Arnold Bennett’s play The Great Adventure.

 

 

 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf