Old Acquaintance
Broadway Comedy Previews
June 1 2007
Opened June 28 2007
Limited run to August 19 2007 Run
31 previews & 61 performances Producers
Roundabout Theatre Company
Creative
John Van Druten author
Michael Wilson director
David C Woolard costume design
Rui Rita lighting design
Alexander Dodge scenic design
John Gromada sound design
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Opening Night Cast |
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Margaret Colin |
Katherine 'Kit' Markham |
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Harriet Harris |
Mildred 'Milly' Watson Drake |
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Stephen Bogardus |
Preston Drake |
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Diane Davis |
Diedre Drake |
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Corey Stoll |
Rudd Kendall |
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Cynthia Darlow |
Susan |
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Gordana Rashovich |
Karina |
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Synopsis
Childhood friends who both grow to be
successful writers, Kit and Milly at times are at mannerly
loggerheads with one another. Complications in their relationship
include Milly's daughter Diedre, ex-husband Preston and Kit's
relationship with a younger lover
Broadway Show History
Old Acquaintance first opened
on Broadway December 23, 1940 at the Morosco Theater. It split its
170-performance run between the Morosco and the
Broadhurst
Theater before closing at the latter on May 17, 1941. Jane Cowl
played Kit opposite Peggy Wood as Milly
In the Movies
Playwright Van Druten had a hand in
the screenplay for the 1943 screen version that starred Bette Davis
as Kit and Miriam Hopkins as Millie
In 1981, Jacqueline Bisset and
Candice Bergen starred as "Liz" and "Merry" in the George Cukor-directed
Rich and Famous with an adapted screenplay by Gerald Ayres.
Twenty-year-old Meg Ryan, in her first major film appearance, played
"Debby Blake" (Diedre Drake)
Currently in development is the 2011
remake to star Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz |
