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I’m Not Rappaport
by Herb Gardner
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About the Play
The Tony Award-winning play featuring two elderly men who spend their days sitting on a bench.
Story:
I’m Not Rappaport takes place under a bridge in Central Park, where two octogenarians – one white, one black – meet regularly, determined to fight off all attempts to put them out to pasture. Nat is a cantankerous Communist whose daughter is urging him into the old folks’ home. Midge, an apartment superintendent spends his days in the park hiding in the past, and hiding from his disgruntled tenants.
Fun Fact
The show's title comes from an old vaudeville joke, a variation of which evolved into dialogue between the two protagonists.
Playwright
Herb Gardner
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Booth Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 19, 1985
- Total Performances
- 891
- Original Cast
- Judd Hirsch, Cleavon Little, Jace Alexander, Gregg Almquist, Liann Pattison, Mercedes Ruehl, Steve Ryan
- Director
- Daniel Sullivan
- Producer
- James Walsh, Lewis Allen and Martin Heinfling
- Scenic Design
- Tony Walton
- Costume Design
- Robert Morgan
- Lighting Design
- Pat Collins
2002 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Booth Theatre
- Opening Night
- Jul 25, 2002
- Total Performances
- 53
- Original Cast
- Judd Hirsch, Ben Vereen, Anthony Arkin, Steven Boyer, Jeb Brown, Tanya Clarke, Mimi Lieber
- Director
- Daniel Sullivan
- Producer
- Elliot Martin, Lewis Allen, Ronald Shapiro, Bud Yorkin, James Cushing, Roy Miller, Mari Nakachi, Tommy DeMaio and Zandu Productions
- Scenic Design
- Tony Walton
- Costume Design
- Teresa Snider-Stein
- Lighting Design
- Pat Collins
- Sound Design
- Peter Fitzgerald
1996 Film Version
- Movie Name
- I'm Not Rappaport
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Herb Gardner
- Screenplay
- Herb Gardner
- Starring
- Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving
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1986 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Actor in Play – Judd Hirsch
Best Lighting Design – Pat Collins
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