The 

National Actors Theatre (NAT) was a theatre company founded in 1991 by Tony Randall,
whose dream it was to create such an organization. He was chairman until his death in 2004, when
the theatre also subsequently closed down. At first the company was housed at the Belasco Theatre,
New York, then at the nearby Lyceum Theatre, and in 2002 was based in the Michael Schimmel
Center for the Arts at Pace University in New York City. It was the only professional theatre company
housed in a university in New York City.
Productions included such stars as Al Pacino, Matthew Broderick, Lynn Redgrave, John
Goodman, Martin Sheen, Billy Crudup, Charles Durning, Jeff Goldblum, Earle Hyman, Len
Cariou, Roberta Maxwell, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Buscemi, Dominic Chianese, Paul Giamatti, Linda
Emond, George C. Scott, Julie Harris, Jack Klugman, Maximilian Schell, George Grizzard, Michael
Hayden, Robert Foxworth, Rob Lowe, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Michael O'Hare, Joseph
Wiseman, Brennan Brown, Michael York, and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Performances[edit]
 Right You Are - Nov 25, 2003 - Dec 21, 2003 (held at Michael Schimmel Center for the
Arts)
 The Persians - May 22, 2003 - Jun 22, 2003; directed by Ethan McSweeny (held at
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts)
 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Oct 2002 (held at Michael Schimmel Center for the
Arts)
 Judgment at Nuremberg - Feb 15, 2001 - May 13, 2001 (45 previews, 56 performances
held at Longacre Theatre)
 Night Must Fall - Feb 2, 1999 - Jun 27, 1999 (40 previews, 119 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre, 3/8-4/11/1999; Helen Hayes Theatre, 4/19-6/27/1999)
 The Sunshine Boys - Nov 29, 1997 - Jun 28, 1998 (12 previews, 230 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre)
 The Gin Game - Apr 4, 1997 - Aug 31, 1997 (19 previews, 145 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre)
 Inherit the Wind - Feb 27, 1996 - May 12, 1996 (42 previews, 45 performances held
at Royale Theatre)
 The School for Scandal - Nov 14, 1995 - Dec 17, 1995 (7 previews, 33 performances
held at Lyceum Theatre)
 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Mar 28, 1995 - Apr 30, 1995 (16 previews, 24 performances
held at Lyceum Theatre)
 The Flowering Peach - Mar 8, 1994 - Apr 24, 1994 (14 previews, 41 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre)
 The Government Inspector - Dec 23, 1993 - Feb 6, 1994 (16 previews, 37 performances
held at Lyceum Theatre)
 Timon of Athens - Oct 19, 1993 - Dec 5, 1993 (16 previews, 39 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre)
 Three Men on a Horse - Mar 23, 1993 - May 16, 1993 (24 previews, 39 performances
held at Lyceum Theatre)
 Saint Joan - Jan 19, 1993 - Mar 14, 1993 (15 previews, 48 performances held at Lyceum
Theatre)
 The Seagull - Nov 17, 1992 - Jan 10, 1993 (15 previews, 49 performances held
at Lyceum Theatre)
 The Master Builder - Mar 11, 1992 - Apr 26, 1992 (11 previews, 44 performances held
at Belasco Theatre)
 A Little Hotel on the Side - Jan 14, 1992 - Mar 1, 1992 (15 previews, 41 performances
held at Belasco Theatre)
 The Crucible - Nov 19, 1991 - Jan 5, 1992 (23 previews, 31 performances held
at Belasco Theatre)
 The Odd Couple - Jun 23, 1991 (1 benefit performance held at Belasco Theatre)