"Naughty and sublimely silly.... An A-list design team and cast...pile on the comic chaos!"
Don’t Dress for Dinner, the wildly funny comedy by Marc Camoletti (Boeing-Boeing), was nominated for two Tony® Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards: Spencer Kayden, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play; William Ivey Long, Best Costume Design of a Play and Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical).
Bernard’s plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a gourmet caterer and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own… setting the stage for a collision course of assumed identities and outrageous infidelities.
The cook is Suzette, the lover is Suzanne, the friend is bewildered, the wife is suspicious, the husband is losing his mind and everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp through the French countryside. Tony Award nominee John Tillinger directs.
"Gut-busting! Hilarious!"
![A dog pile of dinner party guest on the floor.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner103r.jpg)
Jennifer Tilly, Spencer Kayden, Patricia Kalember, and David Aron Damane
Photo by Joan Marcus![A man sitting on a couch with two women trying to seduce him.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner063r.jpg)
Spencer Kayden, Ben Daniels, and Patricia Kalember
Photo by Joan Marcus![A man and a woman bent of a coffe table as he tries to grab her purse while a woman is astonished standing in the in the door way.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner030r.jpg)
Ben Daniels, Spencer Kayden, and Patricia Kalember
Photo by Joan Marcus![Two men wrapped together with a telephone cord.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner392r.jpg)
Adam James and Ben Daniels
Photo by Joan Marcus![A woman in an apron is drinking a martini on a couch with two other men.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner056r.jpg)
Adam James, Jennifer Tilly, and Ben Daniels
Photo by Joan Marcus![A woman in an apron hold a pot and spoon is threatening a man in a suit and a woman standing next to him antagonizing,](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_450,q_auto:eco,w_800/v1/placeholders/Production-Photos/Dont-Dress-for-Dinner/Dinner068r.jpg)
Jennifer Tilly, Ben Daniels, and Spencer Kayden
Photo by Joan MarcusDon't Dress For Dinner Cast
- Robert
- Ben Daniels
- Jacqueline
- Patricia Kalember
- Bernard
- Adam James
- Suzanne
- Jennifer Tilly
- Suzette
- Spencer Kayden
- George
- David Aron Damane
The Tony Award nominations have been announced, and Don't Dress for Dinner has received two: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play: Spencer Kayden; and Best Costume Design of a Play, William Ivey Long.
At this year's Outer Critics Circle Awards, William Ivey Long was nominated for Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical), and Spencer Kayden took home the award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play!
Don't Dress For Dinner Creative
- Playwright
- Marc Camoletti
- Adaptor
- Robin Hawdon
- Director
- John Tillinger
- Set Designer
- John Lee Beatty
- Costume Designer
- William Ivey Long
- Lighting Designer
- Ken Billington
- Sound Designer
- David Van Tieghem
- Hair & Wigs
- Paul Huntley
- Fight Director
- Thomas Schall
Roundabout gratefully acknowledges partial underwriting from Douglas and Karen McKeel Calby.
![The empty house of the Todd Haimes Theatre with a wash of purple light over the seats, and a chandelier hangs at the top of the theatre.](https://res.cloudinary.com/roundabout-theatre-company/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_340,q_auto:eco,w_440/e_grayscale/e_tint:100:391f55:0p:ea5297:100p/v1/Venues/AA_Venue.jpg)
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues