Hartford Stage
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Hartford Stage, located in Hartford, Connecticut
, is one of the leading resident theatres in the United States, known internationally for entertaining and enlightening audiences with a wide range of the best of world drama, from classics to provocative new plays and musicals and neglected works from the past. The theatre has earned many of the nation's most distinguished awards, including the Regional Theatre Tony Award
, the Margo Jones
Award for Development of New Works, OBIE awards
, a New York Critics Circle award, a Dramatists Guild/CBS Award and an Elliot Norton Award.
. Weidner continued the theatre's dedication to both classic and contemporary works, as well as representing diverse communities with productions of Ray Aranha's My Sister My Sister and Miguel Pinero's Short Eyes, with its original cast of ex-convicts. Mark Lamos
became Artistic Director in 1980, bringing international recognition to Hartford Stage during his seventeen seasons with explorations of the great works of dramatic literature, most notably the plays of Shakespeare, Molière, Ibsen and Schnitzler. In January 1998, Michael Wilson
became the fourth artist to lead Hartford Stage, launching the Tennessee Williams Marathon, the annual production of A Christmas Carol, the annual Brand:NEW festival, and SummerStage. Darko Tresnjak
will become the fifth Artistic Director in July 2011.
Among the plays produced at Hartford Stage are nine plays by Edward Albee
, nine by Molière
, 14 by Tennessee Williams
, 22 by Shakespeare, and 55 World or American premieres, including works by Edward Albee
, Horton Foote
, Eve Ensler
, Alfred Uhry
, Christopher Durang
, Beth Henley
, Vladimir Nabokov
, Kia Corthron
, Israel Horowitz, William Luce, Theresa Rebeck
, Allan Havis
, José Rivera
, Edwin Sànchez and Tennessee Williams
.
Most recently, Hartford Stage has sent productions of Enchanted April and The Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm to Broadway, Tiny Alice, Necessary Targets, The Carpetbaggers Children and Tea at Five off Broadway, and touring productions to Cleveland, Houston, Cambridge, Los Angeles, Montreal and Paris. In 1975, Hartford Stage's production of Edward Albee's All Over was aired nationally on the PBS series Theater in America, the first time one of the author's works was filmed for television. In 1988, in the first exchange between an American and a Soviet theatre, Mark Lamos staged Desire Under the Elms at Moscow's Pushkin Theater and the renowned Russian director Yuri Yeremin staged A Paper Gramophone in Hartford.
The Tennessee Williams Marathon, launched in 1999, has become a distinguished celebration of the author's range of work in productions, readings, film screenings, workshops and scholarly panels and discussions. In 2003, Hartford Stage draws national attention with the premieres of three neglected Williams' plays-Now the Cats with Jeweled Claws, The Palooka and The One Exception.
From its inception, Hartford Stage has maintained a strong commitment to community partnerships, educational programs and humanities initiatives. Reviving an old collaboration, in 2000 Hartford Stage joined with the Artists' Collective for the production Oedipus, set in modern-day Africa. Through a partnership with the City of Hartford, HUD, and Theater Communications Group, the theatre developed the Oral History Project, resulting in the piece My Hartford, developed and performed by teens from the Hartford area. The theatre continues its two highly successful education programs, InterACT and Connections, reaching Connecticut students from elementary through high school. Through an association with The President's College of the University of Hartford
, the theater presents provocative series of discussions and lectures. A collaboration with the Greater Hartford Arts Council's Neighborhood Studios program resulted in the Breakdancing Shakespeare project, in which local Greater Hartford high school students perform using three different forms of expression: breakdancing, rap, and Shakespeare’s language to help make the play immediately accessible to audiences of all ages. The youth troupe has currently performed Romeo and Juliet
(2006), A Midsummer Night's Dream
(2007), Antony and Cleopatra
(2010), The Comedy of Errors
"" (2009), and Macbeth
"".
Hartford Stage is an important institution in the life of Hartford and Connecticut, and serves as a vital home for artists from around the country.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
, is one of the leading resident theatres in the United States, known internationally for entertaining and enlightening audiences with a wide range of the best of world drama, from classics to provocative new plays and musicals and neglected works from the past. The theatre has earned many of the nation's most distinguished awards, including the Regional Theatre Tony Award
Regional Theatre Tony Award
The Regional Theatre Tony Award is a special non-competitive Tony Award given annually to a regional theatre company in the United States. Initially presented in 1948 to Robert Porterfield of the Virginia Barter Theatre for their Contribution To Development Of Regional Theatre, the Regional Theatre...
, the Margo Jones
Margo Jones
Margo Jones was an influential American stage director and producer best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas. In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre ’47 in...
Award for Development of New Works, OBIE awards
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
, a New York Critics Circle award, a Dramatists Guild/CBS Award and an Elliot Norton Award.
History
Founded in 1963 by Jacques Cartier, Hartford Stage began in a former grocery store warehouse on Kinsey Street. On April 1, 1964, Othello, directed by Cartier, opened the theatre, which quickly established itself as a major cultural resource for the region, producing seasons offering a range of works from Molière to Beckett to Genet. Paul Weidner, who assumed leadership of the theatre in 1968, oversaw its move to its present home-the 489-seat John W. Huntington Theatre, designed by renowned architect Robert VenturiRobert Venturi
Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. is an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major figures in the architecture of the twentieth century...
. Weidner continued the theatre's dedication to both classic and contemporary works, as well as representing diverse communities with productions of Ray Aranha's My Sister My Sister and Miguel Pinero's Short Eyes, with its original cast of ex-convicts. Mark Lamos
Mark Lamos
Mark Lamos is an American theatre and opera director, producer and actor. Under his direction, Hartford Stage won the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and he has been nominated for two other Tonys...
became Artistic Director in 1980, bringing international recognition to Hartford Stage during his seventeen seasons with explorations of the great works of dramatic literature, most notably the plays of Shakespeare, Molière, Ibsen and Schnitzler. In January 1998, Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson (director)
Michael Wilson , currently serving as artistic director at Hartford Stage, is an American stage director working extensively in regional theatre, Broadway, and Off-Broadway....
became the fourth artist to lead Hartford Stage, launching the Tennessee Williams Marathon, the annual production of A Christmas Carol, the annual Brand:NEW festival, and SummerStage. Darko Tresnjak
Darko Tresnjak
Darko Tresnjak is a prominent American theatre director. He has received the Alan Schneider Award for Directing Excellence, a T.C.G. National Theater Artist Residency Award, a Boris Sagal Directing Fellowship, an NEA New Forms Grant, two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist...
will become the fifth Artistic Director in July 2011.
Among the plays produced at Hartford Stage are nine plays by Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
, nine by Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, 14 by Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
, 22 by Shakespeare, and 55 World or American premieres, including works by Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
, Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
, Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.- Personal life :...
, Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry
Alfred Fox Uhry is an American playwright, screenwriter, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He is one of very few writers to receive an Academy Award, Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing....
, Christopher Durang
Christopher Durang
Christopher Ferdinand Durang is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s.- Life :...
, Beth Henley
Beth Henley
Elizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays...
, Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
, Kia Corthron
Kia Corthron
Kia Corthron is an American playwright, activist, and television writer. She wrote an episode of The Wire entitled, "Know Your Place", as well as an episode of The Jury called, "Lamentation on the Reservation".-Biography:...
, Israel Horowitz, William Luce, Theresa Rebeck
Theresa Rebeck
Theresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
, Allan Havis
Allan Havis
Allan Havis is a playwright with pronounced political themes and probes on colliding cultures. His works range from minimal language texts to ambiguous, ironic narratives that delineate the genesis, paradoxes, and seduction of evil. Several of his dramas involve Jewish identity, cultural...
, José Rivera
José Rivera (playwright)
José Rivera is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.-Early years:Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 4 years...
, Edwin Sànchez and Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
.
Most recently, Hartford Stage has sent productions of Enchanted April and The Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm to Broadway, Tiny Alice, Necessary Targets, The Carpetbaggers Children and Tea at Five off Broadway, and touring productions to Cleveland, Houston, Cambridge, Los Angeles, Montreal and Paris. In 1975, Hartford Stage's production of Edward Albee's All Over was aired nationally on the PBS series Theater in America, the first time one of the author's works was filmed for television. In 1988, in the first exchange between an American and a Soviet theatre, Mark Lamos staged Desire Under the Elms at Moscow's Pushkin Theater and the renowned Russian director Yuri Yeremin staged A Paper Gramophone in Hartford.
The Tennessee Williams Marathon, launched in 1999, has become a distinguished celebration of the author's range of work in productions, readings, film screenings, workshops and scholarly panels and discussions. In 2003, Hartford Stage draws national attention with the premieres of three neglected Williams' plays-Now the Cats with Jeweled Claws, The Palooka and The One Exception.
From its inception, Hartford Stage has maintained a strong commitment to community partnerships, educational programs and humanities initiatives. Reviving an old collaboration, in 2000 Hartford Stage joined with the Artists' Collective for the production Oedipus, set in modern-day Africa. Through a partnership with the City of Hartford, HUD, and Theater Communications Group, the theatre developed the Oral History Project, resulting in the piece My Hartford, developed and performed by teens from the Hartford area. The theatre continues its two highly successful education programs, InterACT and Connections, reaching Connecticut students from elementary through high school. Through an association with The President's College of the University of Hartford
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest levels of accreditation available in the US, including the Engineering Accreditation Commission of...
, the theater presents provocative series of discussions and lectures. A collaboration with the Greater Hartford Arts Council's Neighborhood Studios program resulted in the Breakdancing Shakespeare project, in which local Greater Hartford high school students perform using three different forms of expression: breakdancing, rap, and Shakespeare’s language to help make the play immediately accessible to audiences of all ages. The youth troupe has currently performed Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
(2006), A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
(2007), Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony...
(2010), The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. The Comedy of Errors is one of only two of Shakespeare's...
"" (2009), and Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
"".
Hartford Stage is an important institution in the life of Hartford and Connecticut, and serves as a vital home for artists from around the country.
Directors
- JoAnne AkalaitisJoAnne AkalaitisJoAnne Akalaitis is an American theatre director and a writer and the winner of five Obie Awards for direction and founder of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York, from which she resigned after twenty years in June 1990.Akalaitis was pre-med and studied philosophy in college...
- Anne BogartAnne Bogart-Biography:She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College in 1974, followed by a Master of Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1977. She served as Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company for its 1989-90 season...
- Mark BrokawMark BrokawMark Brokaw is a stage director. He won the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Outstanding Director of a Play for How I Learned to Drive.Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois and graduated from the Yale Drama School...
- Graciela DanieleGraciela DanieleGraciela Daniele is an Argentine-American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director.-Biography:Born at Buenos Aires, Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven at Teatro Colón, Argentina's equivalent of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre...
- Michael EnglerMichael EnglerMichael Engler is an American theatre director, and television director and producer. His Broadway credits include Eastern Standard and I Hate Hamlet...
- Gerald FreedmanGerald FreedmanGerald Freedman is an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean.Born in Lorain, Ohio, Freedman was educated at Northwestern University, where he received both BA and MA degrees. He began his career as assistant director of such projects as Bells Are Ringing, West Side...
- Richard ForemanRichard ForemanRichard Foreman is an American playwright and avant-garde theater pioneer. He is the founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.-Life :...
- Doug HughesDoug HughesDouglas Hughes is an American theatre and film director. He is the son of acting couple Barnard Hughes and Helen Stenborg.-References:-External links:...
- Michael GreifMichael GreifMichael Greif is a stage director and producer, born in Brooklyn, New York. He has received three Tony Award nominations and won the Obie Award....
- Peter HuntPeter R. HuntPeter R. Hunt was an English film editor, television producer and director. Hunt was known for his work on the James Bond films with his innovative editing style.-Career:...
- Jon JoryJon JoryJon Jory is a theatrical director instrumental in the development of the Actors Theatre of Louisville; he is also widely rumored to be the writer behind the pseudonym Jane Martin....
- Michael LanghamMichael LanghamMichael Langham was an English actor and director, who spent much of his career living and working in Canada and the United States....
- Kenny LeonKenny LeonKenny Leon is an African-American director notable for his work on Broadway and in regional theater. His success on Broadway has made him one of its foremost African-American directors....
- Irene Lewis
- Marion McClintonMarion McClintonMarion McClinton is a theatre director and playwright. He was nominated for the Tony Award for King Hedley II. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production and the 1999–2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for Jitney, and was nominated for the Drama Desk...
- Emily MannEmily Mann (director)Emily Mann, born April 12, 1952, is the multi-award–winning Artistic Director and Resident Playwright of McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, where she has overseen over 85 productions....
- Marshall Mason
- Jack O'BrienJack O'Brien (director)Jack O'Brien is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He served as the Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from 1981 through the end of 2007....
- Lisa Peterson
- David Petrarca
- Bartlett SherBartlett SherBartlett Sher , is an American theatre director. He received both the 2008 Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of South Pacific. The New York Times has described him as "one of the most original and exciting directors, not only in the American theater but...
- Daniel SullivanDaniel J. SullivanDaniel J. Sullivan is an American theatre and film director and playwright.-Life and career:Sullivan was born in Wray, Colorado, the son of Mary Catherine and John Martin Sullivan. He was raised in San Francisco, where he graduated from San Francisco State University...
- John TillingerJohn TillingerJohn Tillinger is a theatre director and actor.Born in Tabriz, Iran, Tillinger was raised in England, where he first was exposed to the theatre...
- David WarrenDavid Warren (director)David Warren is an American theatre and television director.-Theatre:Warren has a number of Broadway production directing credits to his name, including Holiday, Summer and Smoke and Misalliance...
- Jonathan WilsonJonathan WilsonJonathan Wilson is the name of:* Jonathan Wilson , American Psychedelic Folk musician* Jonathan Wilson, former member of the band Eisley* Jonathan Wilson , British sports journalist and author...
- Yuri Yeremin
Actors
- Ellen BurstynEllen BurstynEllen Burstyn is a leading American actress of film, stage, and television. Burstyn's career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next ten years she appeared in several films and television series before joining the Actors Studio in 1967...
- Jean Stapleton
- Richard ThomasRichard Thomas (actor)Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor, best known for his role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons.- Early life :Thomas was born Richard Earl Thomas in New York,...
- Elizabeth AshleyElizabeth AshleyElizabeth Ashley is an American actress who first came to prominence as the ingenue in the Broadway play Take Her, She's Mine, which earned her a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play.-Early life:...
- Phylicia RashadPhylicia RashadPhylicia Rashād is an American Tony Award winning actress and singer, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show....
- Andrew McCarthyAndrew McCarthyAndrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the 1980s films St. Elmo's Fire, Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie's, Pretty in Pink, and Less Than Zero, and more recently for his role in the television shows Lipstick Jungle, White Collar and Royal Pains.-Career:McCarthy...
- Dana IveyDana IveyDana Robins Ivey is an American character actress, who has performed on Broadway and other stage roles, in film and on television.-Early life and family:Ivey was born in Atlanta, Georgia...
- Campbell ScottCampbell ScottCampbell Scott is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist.-Life and career:Scott was born in New York City, the son of George C. Scott, an actor, director, and producer, and Colleen Dewhurst, a Canadian-born actress. He graduated from Lawrence University in 1983. His brother is...
- John Michael HigginsJohn Michael HigginsJohn Michael Higgins is an American actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift, and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim....
- Betty BuckleyBetty BuckleyBetty Lynn Buckley is an American theater, film and television actress and singer. She is a Tony Award winner and Grammy Award nominee.-Early life:...
- Rip TornRip TornElmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...
- Calista FlockhartCalista FlockhartCalista Kay Flockhart is an American actress who is primarily recognized for her work in television. She is best known for playing the title character in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal for which she won a Golden Globe Award...
- David Patrick KellyDavid Patrick KellyDavid Patrick Kelly is an American actor and musician who has appeared in numerous films, including some major roles.-Career:...
- Amanda Plummer
- Bradley WhitfordBradley WhitfordBradley Whitford is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, as...
- Mercedes RuehlMercedes RuehlMercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actor.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Mercedes J., a school teacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. She was raised Catholic. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her...
- Rue McClanahanRue McClanahanRue McClanahan was an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude, Fran Crowley on Mama's Family, and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.-Early life:McClanahan was born Eddie Rue...
- Angela LansburyAngela LansburyAngela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...
- Marlo ThomasMarlo ThomasMargaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas is an American actress, producer, and social activist known for her starring role on the TV series That Girl . She also serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
- Olympia DukakisOlympia DukakisOlympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
- Estelle ParsonsEstelle ParsonsEstelle Margaret Parsons is an American theatre, film and television actress and occasional theatrical director.After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program Today and made her stage debut in 1961...
- Lynn RedgraveLynn RedgraveLynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
- David SelbyDavid SelbyDavid Lynn Selby is an American character and stage actor. He has worked in movies, soap operas and television. The naturally black-headed Selby is best known for playing the roles of Quentin Collins on the ABC-TV serial, Dark Shadows , and as the evil and compassionate...
- Kate MulgrewKate MulgrewKatherine Kiernan Maria "Kate" Mulgrew is an American actress, most noted for her roles on Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Kathryn Janeway and Ryan's Hope as Mary Ryan...
- Ed O'NeillEd O'NeillEdward Phillip "Ed" O'Neill, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children, for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes...
Hartford Stage premieres
- 1964 Putting on the Agony (Joel Oliansky)
- 1969 The Waltz Invention (Vladimir Nabokov)
- 1970 The Trial of A. Lincoln (James Damico)
- 1971 A Gun Play (Yale M. Udoff)
- 1972 Rooted (Alexander Buzo)
- 1973 My Sister, My Sister (Ray Aranha), Nighlight (Kenneth H. Brown)
- 1975 Afternoon Tea (Harvey Perr)
- 1976 The Estate (Ray Aranha)
- 1977 Eve (Larry Fineberg), Past Tense (Jack Zeman), Counting the Ways and Listening (Edward Albee), A History of the American Film (Christopher Durang)
- 1978 Catchpenny Twist (Stewart Parker), They'd Come to See Charlie (James Borrelli), Mackerel (Israel Horowitz)
- 1980 Einstein and the Polar Bear (Tom Griffin)
- 1981 Is there life after high school?Is there life after high school?Is there life after high school? is a musical with a book by Jeffrey Kindley and music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia. It is loosely inspired by Ralph Keyes' best-selling book of the same name....
(Jeffrey Kindley and Craig Carnelia), I, James McNeill Whistler (Lawrence and Maggie Williams) - 1982 The Wake of Jamie Foster (Beth Henley), The Greeks (adapted by John Barton and Kenneth Cavander), The Isle is Full of Noises (Derek Walcott)
- 1983 Dog Eat Dog (Mary Gallagher)
- 1984 The Mystery Plays (John Russell Brown), The Value of Names (Jeffrey Sweet)
- 1985 No Mercy (Constance Congdon), America's Sweetheart (Alfred Uhry, Robert Waldman & John Weidman)
- 1986 Mark Twain and C.D. Warner's The Gilded Age (adapted. By Constance Congdon), Distant Fires (Kevin Heelan)
- 1989 Stand-Up Tragedy (Bill Cain), The Illusion (adapted by Tony Kushner), The Paper Gramophone (Alexander Chervinsky)
- 1991 The Snow Ball (A.R. Gurney)
- 1992 Hidden Laughter (Simon Gray)
- 1993 Martin Guerre (Laura Harrington and Roger Ames)
- 1994 Bailey's Café (Gloria Naylor)
- 1995 Clean (Edwin Sanchez), A Dybukk (adapted by Tony Kushner)
- 1997 The Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm (Mel Marvin and Mark Lamos), Pearls for Pigs (Richard Foreman)
- 1998 Digging Eleven (Kia Corthron), Sueño (adapted. by José Rivera)
- 2000 Baptiste (William Luce), DollHouse (adapted by Theresa Reebek), Enchanted April (Matthew Barber)
- 2001 The Carpetbagger's Children (Horton Foote), Necessary Targets (Eve Ensler),
- 2002 Tea at Five (Matthew Lombardo)
- 2003 The Palooka, The One Exception, Now The Cats With Jeweled Claws (Tennessee Williams), Diosa (Edwin Sánchez), Edgardo Mine (Alfred Uhry)
- 2004 Peter and Jerry: Act I-Home Life, Act II-The Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
- 2005 The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue (David GrimmDavid GrimmDavid Ivanovich Grimm was a Russian architect, educator and historian of art of Byzantine Empire, Georgia and Armenia. Grimm belonged to the second generation of Russian neo-Byzantine architects and was the author of orthodox cathedrals in Tbilisi, Chersonesos and smaller churches in Russia and...
) - 2007 Nightingale (Lynn Redgrave)
Broadway
- 1974 My Sister My Sister
- 1978 A History of American Film
- 1981 Einstein and the Polar Bear
- 1982 Is there life after high school?, The Wake of Jamey Foster
- 1991 Our County's Good (Drama Critic Circle and Tony nomination), Stand-Up Tragedy
- 1997 The Three Sisters
- 1999 The Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm (originally produced at Hartford Stage)
- 2003 Enchanted April (Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, Best New American Play)
Off Broadway
- 1974 My Sister My Sister
- 1989 Other People's Money (Outer Critics Circle, Best Play)
- 1991 From the Mississippi Delta, Marvin's Room (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Best Play)
- 1997 Pearls for Pigs
- 1999 The Clearing
- 2000 Sueño
- 2001 Tiny Alice (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Revival)
- 2002 Necessary Targets
- 2002 The Carpetbagger's Children (American Theater Critics Award, Best Play)
- 2003 Tea at Five
- 2007 Nightingale
On tour
- 1997 Pearls for Pigs, The Trial of A Lincoln
- 2001 The Glass Menagerie (Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Visiting Production)
- 2002 Tea at Five