The New York critics were dismissive of the show, although it had been a success during its earlier pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia.
Producers are saying this is a pre-Broadway run.
However, on the pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, Mostel fell ill and died after only one performance.
The show will begin a pre-Broadway run at the Cleveland Playhouse in the spring of 1990.
Washington was selected for the pre-Broadway run because it has a sophisticated audience, he said, and both reviews and audience reaction have "proved useful."
When the pre-Broadway run opened in Boston, the show was derided by the critics, and it underwent major changes before moving to Philadelphia.
The play opened in Boston, Massachusetts in the fall of 1943, in a pre-Broadway run, and was a huge success.
The next show was a pre-broadway run of "The Devine Cook" starring Florence Reed.
After a pre-Broadway run in Philadelphia, the show closed after a week and only nine performances.
"It's not quite old enough to have the distance and definition of a period piece," The Washington Post said in its review of the pre-Broadway run.