And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little Author:Paul Zindel Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights Paul Zindel in the late 1960s. And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little was first produced in 1967 in Los Angeles, but it was not published until 1971 when the Dramatists Play Service in New York picked it up. On February 2nd, 1971, the play made its Broadway debut. It ran for a total of 108 performances and... more » was directed by Melvin Bernhardt. While not widely known outside of theater aficionados, it has been produced across the country at least once a year since its Broadway debut. It is a dark comedy which explores the relationship between three very different sisters after the death of their mother in the early 1960s.« less