Photo Coverage: Opening Night at Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking opened on March 29 at Broadway's Booth Theatre. The one-woman production, written by acclaimed author Joan Didion and based on her best-selling memoir, stars Vanessa Redgrave (Oscar-winner for Julia) and will run for a limited engagement of 24 weeks. David Hare directs.

The Year of Magical Thinking follows Didion, author of Democracy and Slouching Towards Bethlehem, reflecting on the sudden death of her husband of 40 years as her only child lay in a coma. "Capturing the compassion, humor, and bewilderment of a fiercely intelligent woman whose world lurches suddenly from the ordinary to the unimaginable, The Year of Magical Thinking is a love letter to a child and a tribute to an extraordinary, unconventional marriage told with raw candor and a storyteller's gift for the absurd," state press materials.

The Booth Theatre is located in Manhattan at 222 West 45th Street. Tickets are $76.25-$96.25, and are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com. For more information visit www.MagicalThinkingonBroadway.com.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Arrivals

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski and Matthew Cowles

Matthew Cowles and Christine Baranski

Mike Wallace

Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne and Dominick Dunne

Joan Didion

David Hare

David Hare and Nicole Farhi

Anna Deavere Smith

George C. Wolfe

Karen Akers

Karen Akers

Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave and Joseph Hardy

Joely Richardson

Carlo Gabriel Nero, Daisy Bevan and Joely Richardson

Paul Rudnick

Cynthia Nixon

Linda Dano

Rosie O'Donnell and Linda Dano

Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli O'Donnell

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan and wife

Claire Danes

Mamie Gummer

Mamie Gummer and Claire Danes

Paul Haggis and Dana Delany

Eve Ensler

Eve Ensler and guest

Joan Rivers

Jenna Elfman

Marisa Tomei

Stockard Channing

Jack O'Brien and Stockard Channing

Jane Fonda

Costume Designer Ann Roth and Jane Fonda

Ann Roth and Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda and boyfriend

Curtain call

Vanessa Redgrave

David Hare, Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave

Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave and Joan Didion

David Hare, Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave

The Redgrave Family heads to the after-party

Daisy Bevan, her mom Joely Richardson, Carlo Gabriel Nero, Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave

Daisy Bevan, Joely Richardson, Carlo Gabriel Nero (Vanessa Redgrave's son), Lynn Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave with her son

Vanessa Redgrave

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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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