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Conversations with My Father

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 9m, 2boy(s)

Herb Gardner

A 1992 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Herb Gardner's powerful and funny play presents three generations of a Jewish family on New York's Lower East Side.

Conversations with My Father

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 9m, 2boy(s)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Finalist! 1992 Pulitzer Prize in Drama

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Summary
From the award-winning author of I'm Not Rappaport and A Thousand Clowns comes a powerful and funny play about three generations of a Jewish family on the Lower East Side. Incorporating autobiographical elements, Eddie Goldberg's story dramatizes what it's like to melt as well as simmer in American society while it encompasses the universals of relations between fathers and sons.
History
Conversations with My Father premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on Mar 22, 1992. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, the production featured Judd Hirsch, David Margulies, Tony Shalhoub and Jason Biggs in his Broadway debut.

CHARLIE
JOSH
EDDIE
GUSTA
ZARETZKY
JOEY, Age 10
HANNA DI BLINDEH
NICK
FINNEY THE BOOK
JIMMY SCALSO
CHARLIE, Age 11-13
JOEY, Age 17

  • Setting Canal Street in New York City. 1936-1976.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“A sweeping and anguished epic with jolts of aching laughter.” – New York Magazine

"A brave, uncompromising feat." - The New York Times

“Funny and moving, poetic and tough... It's wonderful!” – WNYW-TV

“Best American play of the year.” – The Wall Street Journal

“Gardner cuts deeper and darker than he's done before without relinquishing his status as a comic writer.” – Newsweek

“Powerful, pungent and deeply felt. Gardner's best play!” – New York Post

“A distinguished play with a shattering emotional range.” – UPI

“Totally satisfying theatre.” – The New Yorker

“Splendid!” – Time

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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