
Harrigan 'n Hart
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Max Showalter, Michael Stewart, and Peter Walker’s 'Harrigan 'n Hart' arrived at the Longacre Theatre in 1985 as a highly ambitious backstage musical drama celebrating the birth of early American musical comedy. The narrative chronicles the factual biographical lives, meteoric rise, and eventual tragic personal fractures of Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart—the legendary mid-19th century variety stars who conquered New York show business by staging working-class immigrant farces. Directed by Joe Layton, the production achieved permanent historical status by casting international screen favorite Mark Hamill in a tour-de-force lead performance as Tony Hart.

