Editing June Havoc (section)

==Legacy==
The June Havoc Theatre, housed at the Abingdon Theatre in New York City, was named for her in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abingdon Theatre Company, June Havoc Theatre|work=NYC Music Spaces|url=http://www.nycmusicplaces.org/space_detail.php?id=782&term=&type=nl|access-date=May 9, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124504/http://www.nycmusicplaces.org/space_detail.php?id=782&term=&type=nl|archive-date=September 29, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_3/ai_109577811|title=Actress-Director-Playwright June Havoc Honored by Abingdon Theatre Company with Naming of Theatre Tonight|work=Business Wire|date=November 3, 2003|access-date=May 9, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224002121/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Nov_3/ai_109577811|archive-date=December 24, 2007}}</ref>

Havoc was the first American woman nominated for a Tony Award for direction of a play.<ref>Tony Award nominees for direction: [http://tonyawards.com Tony Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407163029/http://tonyawards.com/ |date=April 7, 2022 }}. Retrieved March 22, 2020.</ref> 

In his autobiography ''Original Story'', [[Arthur Laurents]] reports that June Havoc refused to sign a release for any claim regarding the content of the musical ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]''. Havoc demanded that his script state that she was age 13 when she left the vaudeville act and eloped with one of the dancers. Laurents explains that he objected to Havoc's demand because the audience would lose any sympathy for the character of her mother Rose. He indicates that, while the musical was in tryouts out of town, he altered the script, changing the name of Havoc's character from Dainty June to Dainty Claire. He states that as a result, Havoc signed the release, and her character's name was restored to Dainty June.<ref>Laurents, Arthur (2000). ''Original Story'', Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 388–390.</ref>

In her one-woman show, ''[[Elaine Stritch at Liberty]]'', [[Elaine Stritch]] recalled that after the closing of the play ''Time of the Barracudas'' on the West Coast, she returned to New York and landed a leading role in the play ''Oh Glorious Tintinnabulation''. Stritch recounted that the play was written and directed by June Havoc and scheduled for performance at the [[Lincoln Center Theater]]. According to Stritch, during dress rehearsal, Havoc told Stritch that "it just wasn't working out." Stritch added that she went home and that Havoc assumed the role she had been playing. She noted that this incident resulted in an article by [[Lee Israel]], in which Stritch criticized directors, published in ''The New York Times'', which led to her casting in the musical ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]''.<ref>''Elaine Stritch at Liberty'' (2002). Act II. 2 CDs recorded live DRG Records 12994.</ref>

Havoc's papers are held in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University, and a 28-page inventory is accessible online.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_329821.pdf |title=Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center » BU Libraries &#124; Boston University |access-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226214320/http://archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_329821.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>