Gene Saks
Year Title Playwright Venue
1963-64 Enter Laughing Joseph Stein Henry Miller 's Theatre
1963-64 Nobody Loves an Albatross Ronald Alexander Lyceum Theatre
1965-66 Half a Sixpence David Heneker Broadhurst Theatre
1965-55 Generation William Goodhart Morosco Theatre
1966-70 Mame Jerry Herman Winter Garden Theatre Broadway Theatre
1970 Sheep on the Runway Art Buchwald Helen Hayes Theatre
1971 How the Other Half Loves Alan Ayckbourn Royale Theatre
1975-78 Same Time , Next Year Bernard Slade Brooks Atkinson Theatre Ambassador Theatre
1976-77 California Suite Neil Simon Eugene O'Neill Theatre
1977-79 I Love My Wife Michael Stewart Ethel Barrymore Theatre
1981 The Supporting Cast George Furth Biltmore Theatre
1982 Special Occasions Bernard Slade Music Box Theatre
1983-86 Brighton Beach Memoirs Neil Simon Alvin Theatre Neil Simon Theatre 46th Street Theatre
1985-86 Biloxi Blues Neil Simon Neil Simon Theatre
1985-86 The Odd Couple Neil Simon Broadhurst Theatre
1986 Rags Joseph Stein Mark Hellinger Theatre
1986-88 Broadway Bound Neil Simon Broadhurst Theatre
1987 A Month of Sundays Bob Larbey Ritz Theatre
1988-90 Rumors Neil Simon Broadhurst Theatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre
1990 Lost in Yonkers Neil Simon Richard Rogers Theatre
Theatre
As an Actor Year Title Role Venue 1949 South Pacific Professor Majestic Theatre , Broadway 1950 All You Need is a Good Break Performer Mansfield Theatre , Broadway 1955 South Pacific Professor New York City Center , New York 1956-57 The Good Woman of Setzuan First God Phoenix Theatre , Broadway 1958 The Infernal Machine Capt . of the Patrol 1958 Howie Professor 46th Street Theatre , Broadway 1959-61 The Tenth Man Rabbi Booth Theatre Ambassador Theatre 1960 Love and Libel Norman Yarrow Martin Beck Theatre , Broadway 1961-62 A Shot in the Dark Morestan Booth Theatre , Broadway 1962-63 A Thousand Clowns Leo Herman Eugene O'Neill Theatre , Broadway As a Director
Gene Saks (November 8, 1921 - March 28, 2015) was an American stage, film director, and actor. An inductee of the American Theater Hall of Fame, his acting career beginning with a debut on Broadway in 1949. As a director, he was nominated for seven Tony Awards, winning three for his direction of I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. He also directed a number of films during his career. He was married to Bea Arthur from 1950 until 1978, and subsequently to Keren Saks, from 1980 to his death in 2015.