Debbie Allen received a Tony nomination for her performance in the 1986 production, which won in the category of best reproduction. Mr. Brantley called it a “lukewarm” revival in which the “main course never seems to arrive.”The Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster starred in an Off Broadway revival in 2016. George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton starred in the original production, which ran a staggering 1,097 performances and was nominated for Tonys for best play, best actress in a play (Ms. Stapleton) and best direction of a play (Mike Nichols). Walter Matthau was cast in the three male leads; his female partners were this time played by three different actresses (Ms. Stapleton, Barbara Harris and Lee Grant). John J. O’Connor called it “a consistently amiable exercise.”The 1971 film is available for rental or purchase at Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and YouTube.

Source: New York Times August 26, 2018 16:48 UTC