The Impossible Years

After two previews, the Broadway production, directed by Arthur Storch, opened on October 13, 1965, at the Playhouse Theatre, where it ran for 670 performances.

[1] The original cast included Alan King, Sudie Bond, Bert Convy, Neva Small, and Scott Glenn.

[2] On August 22, 1966, Sam Levene replaced Alan King in the starring role of Dr. Jack Kingsley, a psychiatrist, in the Broadway production of The Impossible Years, performing the role for 322 performances until the show closed May 27, 1967 at the Playhouse Theatre.

The comedy revolves around Jonathan Kingsley, a teaching psychiatrist at the local university, his wife, and their two teenage daughters.

Complications arise when the older one develops an active interest in the opposite sex, and her younger, impressionable sister begins to emulate her .