The original Broadway production of "The Heidi Chronicles" by Wendy Wasserstein opened at the Plymouth Theater in New York on March 9, 1989, ran for 622 performances and won the 1989 Tony Award for the Best Play. Peter Friedman recreated his stage role in the movie version. Wendy Wasserstein also wrote the teleplay for this filmed production.
The play "The Heidi Chronicles" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1989.
When Scoop and Heidi pull up to the motel when they first get together, Heidi references the film Psycho when she says "Norman Bates killed his mother here." Jamie Lee Curtis' mother starred in Psycho.
Boyd Gaines won the 1989 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "The Heidi Chronicles" as Peter Patrone.
Kim Cattrall played the role of Susan in the film version, while her Sex and the City (1998)'s partner Cynthia Nixon played three different roles in the original Broadway cast.