One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1963) is a play based on Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the same name. Dale Wasserman’s stage adaptation with music by Teiji Ito made its Broadway preview on November 12 1963 its premiere on November 13 and ran until January 25 1964 for a total of one preview and 82 performances. Since then the play has had two revivals: first off-Broadway in 1971 with Danny DeVito as Martini then as a Broadway production in 2001 with Gary Sinise as McMurphy.