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chronology

Choose the Years: 1928 - 1939 1940 - 1949 1950 - 1959 1960 - 1969 1970 - 1979 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 2000 - present

1970-1979

1970

The Christmas Dinner, William Devane
The Enemy is Dead, Don Peterson (world premiere)
The Fable of the Sun People, Ernest L. West, Jr.
Other People, Thomas Berger
A Passage to India, E.M. Forster, arranged By William Roerick and Thomas Coley
Postscript, Merritt Abrash

1971

Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been Blue?, Leslie Weiner
The Goodbye People, Herb Gardner
Promenade, All!, David V. Robinson and Richard Backus
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Terrence McNally (world premiere)

1972

And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Paul Zindel
Clark and Myrna, Elliott Baker
The Contrast, Royall Tyler, adapted by Antony Stimas, Music by Don Pippin, Lyrics by Steven Brown
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel

1973

Crystal, Crystal Chandeliers, Lawrence Roman
The Gershwin Years
The Gingerbread Lady, Neil Simon
Summer Brave, William Inge

1974

Cages, John Lewis Carline
Colette, adapted by Elinor Jones from Colette, Music by Harvey Schmidt, Lyrics by Tom Jones
Desire Under the Elms, Eugene O’Neill
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder, Mark Medoff

1975

The Butterfingers Angel, William Gibson
Come and Be Killed, Lionel Wilson
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury, adapted by Peter John Bailey
Godspell, conceived by John-Michael Tebelak, Music by Stephen Schwartz

1976

George Washington Slept Here, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Ho, Ho, Ho, Ruth Gordon
The Lion in Winter, James Goldman
Of Thee I Sing, Book by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind, Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin

1977

Broadway, Philip Dunning and George Abbott
Come Back, Little Sheba, William Inge
I Married an Angel, Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
The Last Analysis, Saul Bellow

1978

The Children’s Hour, Lillian Hellman
Dodsworth, Sinclair Lewis, dramatized by Sidney Howard
Disciple of Discontent, John L. Lewis
Let ‘Em Eat Cake, Book by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind, Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Vagabond Stars, Nahma Sandrow and Sllan Albert

1979

The Butter and Egg Man, George S. Kaufman
Carnival, Book By Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics By Bob Merrill
The Petrified Forest, Robert Sherwood
The Rose Tattoo, Tennessee Williams