Off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre, running from March 6, 1993, to January 16, 1994. Frank Rich, in "The New York Times", called Rudnick "a born show-biz wit with perfect pitch for priceless one-liners". Stephen Holden, also in the "Times", said that "Jeffrey" was "Just the sort of play Oscar Wilde might have written had he lived in 1990s Manhattan." Rudnick won an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and the John Gassner Playwrighting Award. The original cast featured John Michael Higgins as Jeffrey, Edward Hibbert, Bryan Batt, and Harriet Harris and was directed by Christopher Ashley.