The Man Who Came to Dinner

Oct 7, 2000

2h 46m

★ 10.0

Overview

Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famously acid-tongued) theater critic who is forced to stay in a Midwestern couple's home and the havoc that ensues.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Sheridan Whiteside

Nathan Lane

Lorraine Sheldon

Jean Smart

Maggie Cutler

Harriet Sansom Harris

Mr. Stanley

Terry Beaver

Professor Metz

Stephen DeRosa

Dr. Bradley

William Duell

Beverly Carlton

Byron Jennings

Banjo

Lewis J. Stadlen

Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley

Linda Stephens

Bert Jefferson

Hank Stratton

June Stanley

Mary Catherine Garrison

Miss Preen

Mary Catherine Wright

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