''Best Friend'' was a 1976 Broadway play written by Michael Sawyer that premiered at the Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1976 and closed on October 23, 1976 after 8 performances.

Setting

In the present at an apartment on the

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. ;Act I - 5;30 p.m., late August ;Act II - Two hours later, the same evening

Plot

It's a character study of a neurotic woman disrupting her friend's romance by falsely claiming to have a lesbian relationship with her.

Original production

The show was directed by Marty Jacobs, scenery Andrew Greenhut, costumes

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, lighting Richard Winkler, production consultant Doug Tayler, production stage manager Michael Wieben, stage managers

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and Ingrid Sonnichsen, and press by Lewis Harmon and Sol Jacobson. The opening cast starred

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(Carolyn Parsky), Liz Sheridan (Mary Tagliavini),

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(Anita Fitzgerald), and Michael M. Ryan (John McGovern).

References

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* * {{ibdb title, 3867, Best Friend 1976 plays Broadway plays