First performance 3 March 1978 | Original language English | |
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Date premiered March 3, 1978 (1978-March-03) Characters Emily Stilson; Amy; Doctors; Nurses; Billy; Mr. Brownstein; Mrs. Timmins Similar Oh Dad - Poor Dad - Mamma's, Chamber Music, Phantom, High Society, Nine | ||
Wings performed by dana krueger
Wings is a 1978 play by American playwright Arthur Kopit. Originating as a radio play, it was later adapted for stage and screen.
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In 1976, Kopit was commissioned to write an original radio play by the NPR drama project Earplay. Just prior, his father suffered a debilitating stroke, which inspired Kopit to write the play about the language disorder and psychological perspective of a stroke victim. The female character of the play is an amalgam of two women who were both patients at the rehab center that cared for his father.
Production history
The first professional stage performance of Wings took place at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on March 3, 1978, with Constance Cummings as Emily Stilson, and Marianne Owen as Amy.
The YRT cast and crew was as follows:
On January 28, 1979, the show opened at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City.
The cast and crew was as follows:
It was filmed for U.S. television in 1983, starring Constance Cummings and Mary-Joan Negro.
Awards and recognition
Songs
1The New Daredevils of the Air / Catastrophe
2The Hospital / Globbidge
3Wait-Stop-Hold-Cut