 It opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in New York on November 15, 1989, in a production directed by Don Scardino, with Tom Hulce as LTJG Kaffee, Megan Gallagher as LCDR Joanne Galloway, and Stephen Lang as Col. Jessep.Michael O'Hare replaced Lang as Jessep later in the run.Sorkin adapted his work into a screenplay for the 1992 film of the same name.