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4 unusual facts about Robert Falls


Paul Galloway

The columns became the source for a book published under the same name that was also turned into a stage musical directed by Robert Falls at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre and a television pilot shot for the Fox Broadcasting Company by Bruce Helford.

Robert Falls

His career as a theater director was launched with his 1985 production of Hamlet at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre, where he served as Artistic Director from 1977 to 1985.

His Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, starring Brian Dennehy, Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robert Sean Leonard, received three 2003 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play, and three 2003 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Director of a Play.

He directed the American premiere of Conor McPherson's Shining City on Broadway, starring Oliver Platt; both the production and Platt's performance were nominated for 2006 Tony Awards.



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Finishing the Picture

The Goodman Theatre production was directed by Robert Falls, and starred Matthew Modine, Harris Yulin, Frances Fisher,

Inconstant Star

While trying to retrieve the Rover, Robert falls into a pit filled with buckyballs, named after R. Buckminster Fuller.