Sunday in New York (play)

To afford a plane ticket to New York to audition for Sunday in New York, Robert Redford sold a plot of land he owned in California. The show closed in May 1962 after 189 performances. The play was estimated to have lost $35,000 on its $125,000 investment, even including sale of the film rights. However subsidiary presentations may have helped push the production into the black. The play ran for two years in Paris, and had a successful run in Los Angeles in a production starring Marlo Thomas. == Cast ==

• Pat Harrington Sr. as Man • Conrad Janis as Adam Taylor • Sondra Lee as Woman • Ron Nicholas as Russell Wilson • Robert Redford as Mike Mitchell • Pat Stanley as Eileen Taylor == Critical reception ==

The New York Times called it "inventive and chic. Only the substance is familiar and thin." Walter Kerr called it a "sentimentalised farce... precisely the kind of echo chamber exercise that drives intelligent young theatregoers to complete despair." Variety wrote "the show has ribtickling lines and farcical situations." Another review in the same magazine called it "a synthetic, frivolous, amusing comedy." Redford later said he liked the jokes but felt the play was "not up to the standard of a Kanin-Gordon script". However the New York Times review was positive enough to ensure a semi-decent run and give Redford his first significant stage success. He was given a Theatre World Award for his performance. ==See also==