Picnic (Broadway, Music Box Theatre, 1953) | Playbill

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Picnic

Broadway
Play
Original

Picnic Playbill - June 1953
Picnic Playbill - June 1953


SYNOPSIS: A sexy drifter shakes up a Kansas town, particularly its female inhabitants, including a beautiful young girl who yearns for a more exciting life, her plain and bookish sister, and a moralistic but sexually frustrated schoolteacher.
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Pro Info

  • Opening Date
    Feb 19 1953
  • Closing Date
    Apr 10 1954
  • Performances
    477 as of Nov 21, 2024

Awards

New York Drama Critics' Circle
1953 Best American Play Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner
Theatre World Awards
1953 Theatre World Award Winner
1953 Theatre World Award Winner
Tony Award
1954 Stage Technician Winner
1953 Direction (pre-1960) Winner

Other Broadway Productions

  • Picnic Playbill - Opening Night, May 1995
    Picnic - Apr 21, 1994
    Criterion Center Stage Right (Revival)
  • Picnic Playbill - Opening Night
    Picnic - Jan 13, 2013
    American Airlines Theatre (Revival)

Shows That Opened That Season: 1952–1953

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