Warwick Musical Theatre 2009

The history of the Warwick Musical Theatre is inseparable from the history of the Bonoff and Wasserman families. This version of those families’ histories, and of the theater, is as remembered by Larry Bonoff, who with his sister Betsy are the fourth generation of their family to be involved in theater production and promotion. Their father, Burton “Buster” Bonoff and their mother, Barbara Bonoff, nee Wasserman, both come from families with deep roots in American theater and movies. Some of the most unusual items in the Bonoff Archives come from Barbara’s father Samuel Wasserman, who worked in the production end of touring theater, during the vaudeville period. The production cast and crew traveled by train, presenting across the Northeast in cities and townships with existing theaters.