''Best Friend'' was a 1976
Broadway play
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written by Michael Sawyer that premiered at the
Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1976 and closed on October 23, 1976 after 8 performances.
Setting
In the present at an apartment on the
Upper West Side
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;Act I – 5;30 p.m., late August
;Act II – Two hours later, the same evening
Plot
It's a character study of a neurotic woman disrupting her friend's romance by falsely claiming to have a lesbian relationship with her.
Original production
The show was directed by Marty Jacobs, scenery Andrew Greenhut, costumes
Miles White, lighting Richard Winkler, production consultant Doug Tayler, production stage manager Michael Wieben, stage managers
Victor Raider-Wexler
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and Ingrid Sonnichsen, and press by Lewis Harmon and Sol Jacobson.
The opening cast starred
Barbara Baxley (Carolyn Parsky),
Liz Sheridan
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(Mary Tagliavini),
Mary Doyle (Anita Fitzgerald), and
Michael M. Ryan (John McGovern).
References
External links
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* {{ibdb title, 3867, Best Friend
1976 plays
Broadway plays