| The House of Blue Leaves | |
|---|---|
 Poster by James McMullan | |
| Written by | John Guare |
| Date premiered | 1966 |
| Place premiered | Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Waterford, Connecticut |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | A zookeeper longs to write songs for the movies as his AWOL son and the Pope arrive in New York City. |
| Genre | Black comedy |
| Setting | A bar and an apartment in Queens, New York, 1965. |
The House of Blue Leaves is a play by American playwright John Guare which premiered Off-Broadway in 1971, and was revived in 1986, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and was again revived on Broadway in 2011. The play won the Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play and the Obie Award for Best American Play in 1971. The play is set in 1965, when Pope Paul VI visited New York City.