Say Goodnight, Gracie Say Goodnight, Gracie Say Goodnight Gracie is a one-man play by Rupert Holmes. Adapted from the reminiscences of George Burns, the multimedia presentation traces the comedian-raconteur's life from his childhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to his early career in vaudeville to his momentous meeting and subsequent personal and professional relationships with wife Gracie Allen. After 27 previews, the Broadway production, directed by John Tillinger, opened on October 10, 2002, at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for 364 performances. It is the third-longest-running solo show in Broadway history. Frank Gorshin starred as Burns, and Didi Conn
Ralph Pape York Times", reviewed the 1992 New York production of "Soap Opera", directed by Elizabeth Franzen: In 1983, "Say Goodnight, Gracie" was adapted by the author for a 90-minute teleplay which was seen on Chicago's PBS affiliate WTTW with the original Steppenwolf cast of Joan Allen, Jeff Perry, Glenne Headly, Francis Guinan and John Malkovich. Pape received a 1994 Emmy for his TV adaptation of "Say Goodnight, Gracie". "Girls We Have Known" was a runner-up in Actors Theatre of Louisville's Great American Play Contest. As a result, the theatre commissioned "Warm and Tender Love" and "Soap Opera". "Hearts Beating Faster" prompted