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The Suicide

The Suicide

ClosedPlayBroadway

Oct 9, 1980 – Nov 30, 1980

Awards

Tony Award®

1981 · 1 nominated

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Best Scenic Design
Santo Loquasto→

Drama Desk Award

1981 · 1 nominated

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Outstanding Actor in a Play
Derek Jacobi→

Cast

27 members

Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov Senya, the would-be suicideDerek Jacobi
Serafima Ilyinishna Senya's mother-in-lawGrayson Hall
Aristarkh Dominikovich Grand-Skubik an intellectualJohn Heffernan
Maria Lukyanovna Masha, Senya's wifeAngela Pietropinto
Vtoraya a gypsy woman (violin)Susan Edwards
Cleopatra Maximovna a beauty who has seen better daysLaura Esterman
Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin the upstairs neighborClarence Felder
Tretya a gypsy woman (tambourine)Cheryl Giannini
Margarita Ivanovna Senya's close and dear friendCarol Mayo Jenkins
Yegor Timofeevich a MarxistJohn Christopher Jones
Pervy a gypsy man (mandolin)David Patrick Kelly
A Young BoyDavid Patrick Kelly

Creative Team

Creative

PlaywrightNikolai Erdman
ComposerRichard Weinstock
LyricistBill Dyer
DirectorJonas Jurasas

Design

Set DesignerSanto Loquasto
Costume DesignerSanto Loquasto
Lighting DesignerF. Mitchell Dana
Sound DesignerJack Shearing