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American Buffalo - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

David Mamet Playwright
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Joseph Beruh Producer
Jules Fisher Lighting Designer
In a celebrated career spanning almost 40 years, Jules Fisher has lit over 200 Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as film, ballet, opera, television, and rock-and-roll concert tours. He has received 18 Tony nominations and won 8 Tony awards for Lighting Design, a record in this category. His most recent project, "Assassins", (2004 Tony award) also won him the Drama Desk and Outer Critic's Circle awards. His previous Tony awards were for "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," 1996; "Jelly's Last Jam," 1992; "The Will Rogers Follies," 1991; "Grand Hotel," 1990; "Dancin'," 1978; "Ulysses in Nighttown," 1973; ... read more
Roger Greenawalt Production Photographer
Ulu Grosbard Director
Al J. Isaac Company Manager
Marvin A. Krauss General Manager
Edgar Lansbury Producer
Edgar Lansbury (born 12 January 1930) is a retired British-American theatre, film, and television producer. Lansbury's first Broadway production, the 1964 Frank D. Gilroy play The Subject Was Roses, won him the Tony Award for Best Play. Other Broadway credits include Promenade (1969, co-produced with Joseph Beruh), The Only Game in Town, Look to the Lilies, The Magic Show, the 1974 revival of Gypsy starring his sister, Godspell, American Buffalo (which earned him a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play), and Lennon. Off-Broadway Lansbury has produced, among other productions, revivals of Arms and the Man, Waiting for Godot, and ... read more
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Santo Loquasto Scenic Designer
Broadway: Carousel; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award for costume design); Cafe Crown (Tony for set design); The Cherry Orchard (Tony for costume design); Grand Hotel (Tony for costume design). Seventeen additional Tony nominations. Film credits include Radio Days (Academy Award nomination for production design), Bullets Over Broadway (Academy Award nomination for production design), and Zelig (Academy Award nomination for costume design). He received the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for ... read more
Nan Pearlman Associate Producer
Joel Tropper Stage Manager
Herb Vogler Production Stage Manager

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Awards and Nominations

1977 Drama Desk Awards
Best New American Play: David Mamet was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director - Play: Ulu Grosbard was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design: Santo Loquasto won.

1977 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best American Play: David Mamet won.

1977 The Hewes Awards
Scenic Design: Santo Loquasto won.

1977 Tony Awards
Best Direction of a Play: Ulu Grosbard was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Santo Loquasto was nominated but did not win.

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