The Sisters Rosensweig

The Sisters Rosensweig
Written by	Wendy Wasserstein
Characters	Sara Goode Gorgeous Teitelbaum Mervyn Kant Pfeni Duncan Nicholas Pym Tess Goode Tom Valinus Geoffrey Duncan
Setting	London, England; August 1991

The Sisters Rosensweig is a play by Wendy Wasserstein. The play focuses on three Jewish-American sisters and their lives. It "broke theatrical ground by concentrating on a non-traditional cast of three middle-aged women." Wasserstein received the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in American Theatre for this play.

The play first opened in April 1992 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

It premiered Off-Broadway in a Lincoln Center Theater production at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater on October 22, 1992, and closed on February 28, 1993, after 149 performances. Directed by Daniel J. Sullivan, the cast included Jane Alexander and Madeline Kahn.

It transferred to Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 18, 1993, and closed on July 16, 1994, after 556 performances. Again directed by Sullivan, the Broadway cast remained the same as off-Broadway, except that Christine Estabrook took the role of "Pfeni" for Frances McDormand. Notable replacements include Linda Lavin as Gorgeous Teitelbaum and Michael Learned as Sara Goode.

Original Broadway Cast

It premiered at the Greenwich Theatre in 1994, where it was directed by Michael Blakemore and the sisters were played by Janet Suzman, Maureen Lipman and Lynda Bellingham. The play transferred to the Old Vic in September 1994

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