Title |
Garson Kanin Credit |
Date(s) |
Writer(s) |
Additional Details |
Location |
Happy Ending |
Director, Writer |
November 1988 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Peter Donat, Marian Seldes
|
Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bristol PA |
Peccadillo |
Director, Writer |
February 1985 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Christopher Plummer, Glynis Johns, Kelly McGillis
|
- Royal Poinciana Theater, FL
- Parker Playhouse, FL
|
Ho! Ho! Ho! |
Director |
August 1976 |
Ruth Gordon |
|
Cape Playhouse, Dennis, MA |
Dreyfus in Rehearsal |
Director |
October 1974 |
Adapted by Mr Kanin from a play by Jean-Claude Grumberg |
- Notable Cast: Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene, Tovah Feldshuh, Allan Arbus, Avery Schreiber
|
Ethel Barrymore Theater, NY |
Idiot’s Delight |
Director |
March 1970 |
Robert E. Sherwood |
- Notable Cast: Jack Lemmon, Rosemary Harris
|
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles |
We Have Always Lived in the Castle |
Director |
October 1966 |
Adapted by Hugh Wheeler from a novel by Shirley Jackson |
- Notable Cast: Shirley Knight
|
Ethel Barrymore Theater, NY |
Remembering Mr Maugham |
Director, Writer, Actor |
November 1966, April 1967, March 1969, July 1969 |
Adapted by Mr Kanin from his memoir |
- Notable Cast: Garson Kanin and Dennis King
|
- Poetry Center, November 1966,
- The Players, April 1967,
- The Library of Congress, March 1969;
- The Mark Taper Forum,Los Angeles, July 1969
|
A Very Rich Woman |
Director |
September 1965 |
Adapted by Ruth Gordon from a play by Philippe Heriat |
- Notable Cast: Katharine Houghton, Diana Muldaur, Dick Van Patten, Carrie Nye
|
Belasco Theater, NY |
I Was Dancing |
Director |
November 1964 |
Edwin O’Connor |
- Notable Cast: Orson Bean, David Doyle, Barnard Hughes, Pert Kelton, Burgess Meredith
|
Lyceum Theater, NY |
Funny Girl |
Director |
March 1964 |
Isobel Lennart, Jules Styne & Bob Merrill |
- Notable Cast: Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Lainie Kazan
|
Winter Garden Theater, NY |
Come on Strong |
Director, Writer |
October 1962 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Van Johnson, Carroll Baker
|
Morosco Theater, NY |
A Gift of Time |
Director |
February 1962 |
Adapted by Mr Kanin from Death of a Man by Lael Tucker Wertenbaker |
- Notable Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia deHavilland, Joseph Campanella, Marian Seldes
|
Ethel Barrymore Theater, NY |
Sunday in New York |
Director |
November 1961 |
Norman Krasna |
- Notable Cast: Robert Redford, Sondra Lee
|
Cort Theater, NY |
The Good Soup |
Director |
March 1960 |
Adapted by Mr Kanin from La Bonne Soup by Félicien Marceau |
- Notable Cast: Ruth Gordon, Jules Munshin, Diane Cilento, Sam Levene
|
Plymouth Theater, NY |
Do Re Mi |
Director |
December 1960 (NY), 1961 (London) |
Garson Kanin |
- Music & lyrics by Jule Styne, Betty Comden
- NY cast included Phil Silvers, Nancy Walker, Nancy Dussault
|
- St. James Theater, NY (12/60)
- London (1961)
|
Hole in the Head |
Director |
February 1957 |
Arnold Schulman |
- Notable Cast: Paul Douglas, Lee Grant, Joyce Van Patten
|
Plymouth Theater, NY |
Small War on Murray Hill |
Director |
January, 1957 |
Robert E. Sherwood |
- Notable Cast: Daniel Massey, Jan Sterling
|
Ethel Barrymore Theater, NY |
Into Thin Air |
Director |
May 1955 |
Chester Erskine |
|
Prince of Wales Theater, London |
The Diary of Anne Frank |
Director |
May 1955 (London), October 1955 (NY) |
Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett |
- Notable Cast: Joseph Schildkraut, Gusti Huber, Susan Strasberg, Lou Jacobi
|
- London (5/55)
- Cort Theater, NY (10/55)
|
Fledermaus |
Director |
December 1950, December 1966 |
English version by Mr Kanin & Howard Dietz |
|
The Metropolitan Opera |
The Amazing Adele |
Director |
September 1950 |
Adapted by Mr Kanin from a play by Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Grédy |
- Notable Cast: Ruth Gordon
|
|
The Live Wire |
Director, Writer |
August 1950 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Heywood Hale Broun, Peggy Cass, Pat Harrington, Jack Gilford
|
Playhouse Theater, NY |
The Rat Race |
Director, Writer |
December 1949 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Betty Field, Barry Nelson, Ray Walston, Joe Bushkin, Georgie Auld, Pat Harrington
|
Ethel Barrymore Theater, NY |
A Month in the Country |
Director |
August 1949 |
Ivan Turgenev |
|
Westport Country Playhouse |
The Smile of the World |
Director, Writer |
January 1949 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis
|
Lyceum Theater, NY |
The Leading Lady |
Director |
October 1948 |
Ruth Gordon |
- Notable Cast: Ruth Gordon, Mildred Dunnock, Ossie Davis
|
National Theater, NY |
How I Wonder |
Director |
September 1947 |
Donald Ogden Stewart |
- Notable Cast: Raymond Massey
|
Hudson Theater, NY |
Years Ago |
Director |
December 1946 |
Ruth Gordon |
- Notable Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Patricia Kirkland
|
Mansfield Theater, NY |
Born Yesterday |
Director, Writer |
December 1946 |
Garson Kanin |
- Notable Cast: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Gary Merrill
|
Lyceum Theatre, NY |
The Rugged Path |
Director |
November 1945 |
Robert E. Sherwood |
- Notable Cast: Spencer Tracy
|
Plymouth Theater, NY |
Too Many Heroes |
Director |
November 1937 |
Dore Schary |
- Notable Cast: James Backus, Shirley Booth
|
Hudson Theater, NY |