Photo Coverage: Inside VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE's Opening Night After Party

Opening was last night for the Lincoln Center Theater production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a new play by Christopher Durang, directed by Nicholas Martin at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 West 65th Street). Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike features Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the big opening below!

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE is produced by Lincoln Center Theater in association with the McCarter Theatre, where it was commissioned and ran prior to beginning performances in New York.

In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike playwright Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up; the result is his latest play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vanya (David Hyde Pierce) and his stepsister Sonia (Kristine Nielsen) have lived their entire lives in their family’s farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha (Sigourney Weaver) has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra (Shalita Grant) keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike (Billy Magnussen).

The performance schedule for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets, priced at $75 (before Nov. 12) and $85 (after Nov. 12), are available at the Lincoln Center Theater box office (150 West 65 Street) or by visiting telecharge.com or www.lct.org.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Theatre Marquee

Marquee Poster

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson

Genevieve Angelson

Billy Magnussen & Shalita Grant

Billy Magnussen & Genevieve Angelson

Billy Magnussen & David Hyde Pierce

Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce & Shalita Grant

Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce & Sigourney Weaver

Christopher Durang & Sigourney Weaver

Billy Magnussen, Genevieve Angelson, Kristine Nielsen, Nicholas Martin, Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Shalita Grant & Christopher Durang

'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'

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As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of 'GREASE'. His Journey to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Walter moved to Manhattan and for a leading role as a Photographer & Photo Researcher. Currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and family members Dali (Jack Russell) & Gala (Schnoodle). Recently he made his Broadway debut sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman in 'Hugh Jackman on Broadway' as well as receiving the Actors' Equity Association Gypsy Spirit Award. Walter McBride Photography is syndicated worldwide by Corbis/AP.

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