The play was presented Off-Broadway by the Signature Theatre Company in October 1997. The cast featured Laura Esterman as Rose, Lewis J. Stadlen as Moe and Jason Fisher as Lee. This version of the play had "twenty-eight well-known American songs", including those written by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern George and Ira Gershwin, which were performed by four musicians.Sommer, Elyse. "A CurtainUp Review . The American Clock " CurtainUp.com, October 25, 1997" 'The American Clock' Off-Broadway, 1997" lortel.org, accessed December 18, 2016
