year by revivals of the plays A Streetcar Named Desire, Juno and the Paycock, and The Night of the Iguana, as well as An Evening with Robert Klein, another comedy series by Klein. The original English production of Yehoshua Sobol's play Ghetto ran for only 33 performances in early 1989, It was followed that September by an adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd with Bob Gunton and Beth Fowler, which lasted for 189 performances. 1990s Early 1990s Libin stepped down as the theater's managing director in 1990. The Circle hosted two plays that year: the American premiere of the Russian play Zoya's Apartment, as well as a revival of The Miser. This was followed in 1991 by Taking Steps, Getting Married, and On Borrowed Time. By the 1991–1992 season, the theater faced an increasingly severe financial crisis. In the first half of 1992, the theater hosted the play Search and Destroy, followed by two plays that concurrently starred Al Pacino: a revival of Salome and the original production of Ira Lewis's Chinese Coffee. Pacino had to scale back his appearances in Salome and Chinese Coffee after straining his vocal cords; as a result, these productions only broke even. The musical Anna Karenina, originally planned for the 1991–1992 season, was generally negatively reviewed when it opened at the beginning of the next season. By then, the theater was running at a significant loss; after Anna Karenina closed, Mann tried to save money by keeping the set of Anna Karenina in place. Many of the theater's productions in the 1990s had been commercially unsuccessful. By November 1992, the theater had a $1.3 million deficit, prompting managing director Robert A. Buckley to fire 10 of the 25 staff members and postpone the start of the 1992–1993 season by four months. Buckley resigned shortly afterward, and George A. Elmer was hired as the new managing director. The theater had only about 8,500 subscribers at the time. The Circle operated at a loss of $1.5 million, in large part because of its overdependence on box-office revenue. That March, the theater canceled two plays by Molière due to a lack of funds. Libin, who remained involved with the Circle's operation, advised Mann to separate the finances of the theater and its associated school; an unnamed former employee told The New York Times that the theater was "living off the school". As a result, the school was