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Broadway

Inherit the Wind opened with actors Paul Muni, Ed Begley and Tony Randall under the direction of Margo Jones on January 10, 1955. It debuted at Broadway's National Theatre on April 21, 1955.^[3][4] It played on Broadway until June 22, 1957. It was revived on Broadway twice: Apr 4, 1996 - May 12, 1996 and Apr 12, 2007 - Jul 8, 2007.^[5] The 1996 revival starred George C. Scott as Drummond and Charles Durning as Brady. In April, Scott had to leave the show mid-performance due to ill health and was replaced by Tony Randall for that day.^[6] His illness finally led to the revival's closure.^[7] Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy starred in the 2007 revival.^[8] Kevin Spacey (Henry Drummond) and David Troughton (Matthew Harrison Brady) starred in a 2009 revival at The Old Vic in London.^[9]

In the 1990s Jason Miller and Malachy McCourt starred in the Philadelphia production which broke that city's long run records.