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About the Play
Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-winning play inspired by childhood memories.
Story:
Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph; his widowed sister, Beulah (Boo) Levy; and their also widowed sister-in-law, Reba. Boo is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo, believing it will be Lala's last chance to find a socially acceptable husband. Adolph brings his new assistant, Joe Farkas, home for dinner.
Playwright
Alfred Uhry
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Helen Hayes Theatre
- Opening Night
- Feb 27, 1997
- Total Performances
- 556
- Original Cast
- Arija Bareikis, Terry Beaver, Jessica Hecht, Dana Ivey, Stephen Largay, Paul Rudd, Celia Weston
- Director
- Ron Lagomarsino
- Producer
- Jane Harmon, Nina Keneally and Liz Oliver
- Scenic Design
- John Lee Beatty
- Costume Design
- Jane Greenwood
- Lighting Design
- Kenneth Posner
- Sound Design
- Tony Meola
Scripts, Videos, Merchandise and More
1997 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Terry Beaver
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Dana Ivey
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Celia Weston
1997 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Dana Ivey
Outstanding New Play
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Celia Weston
1997 Theatre World Award Nominations
Terry Beaver
1997 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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