Westport Country Playhouse notable performers include[1][2]
- 1933: Kitty Carlisle in Champagne Sec
- 1934: Burgess Meredith in Hide and Seek
- 1935: Ruth Gordon in The Country Wife
- 1936:
- 1937: Henry Fonda in The Virginian
- 1938: Ethel Barrymore in The Constant Wife
- 1939:
- Gene Kelly, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green in Magazine Page
- Ruth Gordon in Here Today
- 1940: Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones
- 1941: Tyrone Power in Liliom directed by Lee Strasberg.
- 1942–1945:The Westport Country Playhouse closed because of World War II
- 1946:
- 1947: Tallulah Bankhead in Private Lives
- 1948: Thornton Wilder in The Skin of Our Teeth
- 1949:
- 1950:
- 1951:
- 1952: John Forsythe in Dangerous Corner and The Hasty Heart
- 1953:
- 1954:
- 1955:
- 1956:
- 1957:
- 1958:
- 1959:
- 1960:
- 1961:
- 1962:
- 1963:
- 1964:
- 1965:
- Michael Allinson, Dina Merrill, Lois Nettleton, and Bramwell Fletcher in the George Bernard Shaw Repertory Festival
- Tammy Grimes in The Private Ear and the Public Eye
- Joan Fontaine in The Unexpected Guest
- 1966:
- 1967:
- 1968:
- 1969: Keir Dullea and Maureen O'Sullivan in Butterflies Are Free
- 1970:
- 1971:
- 1972:
- 1973:
- 1974: Jack Gilford and Lou Jacobi in The Sunshine Boys
- 1975:
- 1976: Eva Marie Saint in Fatal Weakness
- 1977: Jane Alexander and Richard Kiley in The Master Builder
- 1978:
- 1979: Vincent Price in Diversions & Delights
- 1980:
- 1981: Eva Le Gallienne in To Grandmother's House We Go
- 1982: Eileen Heckart in What I Did Last Summer
- 1983: Shelley Winters in 84, Charing Cross Road
- 1984: Betsy Palmer in Breakfast with Les and Bess
- 1985: Christopher Walken and Katharine Houghton in A Bill of Development
- 1986: Colleen Dewhurst in Real Estate
- 1987: George Grizzard in The Perfect Party
- 1988: Arlene Francis and David Birney in Social Security
- 1989: Elizabeth Ashley in All the Queen's Men
- 1990: Fritz Weaver and Elizabeth Wilson in The Cocktail Hour
- 1991: Juliet Mills in Dangerous Obsession
- 1992: Tony Roberts in The Fourth Wall
- 1993: Charles Cioffi in The Substance of Fire
- 1994: Elaine May and Gene Saks in Intimate Exchanges
- 1996: Charles Durning, James Handy, and Dan Lauria in Men in Suits
- 1997: Jean Powell[verification needed], Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Paul Benedict in After-Play
- 1998: Jean Stapleton in Eleanor - Her Secret Journey
- 1999:
- 2000:
- 2001:
- Gene Wilder in Don't Make Me Laugh
- Leslie Uggams and Bruce Weitz in Heaven Can Wait
- Karen Allen and Chad Allen in Temporary Help
- 2002: Paul Newman, Jayne Atkinson, Frank Converse, Jane Curtin and Jeffrey DeMunn in Our Town
- 2006: James Earl Jones in Thurgood
Notes
edit- ^ Timeline of Significant Events and Selected Appearances by Notable Artists. Westport, Connecticut: Westport Country Playhouse. July 19, 2002.
- ^ Somerset-Ward, Richard. An American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse. Yale University Press. (2005)
- ^ Hodges, Graham Russell, Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend, p 180, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 0-312-29319-4, this footnote and information taken from Anna May Wong article