Last night, January 12, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, opened at the Richard Rodger's Theatre on Broadway. Check out the starry theatre arrivals below!
Joining these Broadway A-listers onstage were Phillip Boykin as Crown, Nikki Renée Daniels as Clara, Joshua Henry as Jake, Christopher Innvar as Detective, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena and NaTasha Yvette Williams as Mariah as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson.
The classic story by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward is set in Charleston's fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess' relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater's most exhilarating love stories.
Following its sold-out world premiere engagement at Boston's American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), the creative team, led by Tony-nominated director Diane Paulus (Hair), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog), and two-time Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray (Running Man), now brings George and Ira Gershwin's legendary masterwork to the Broadway stage for the first time in more than 35 years. The creative team also includes choreographer Ronald K. Brown, set designer Riccardo Hernandez, costume designer ESosa, lighting designer Christopher Akerlind and sound designer ACME Sound Partners.
Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.
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Will Swenson
Will Swenson & Diane Paulus
Mamie Gummer
Mamie Gummer
Benjamin Walker
Mamie Gummer & Benjamin Walker
Mario Cantone
Matthew Broderick
Nathan Lane
Matthew Broderick & Mario Cantone
Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane
Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane and Cheyenne Jackson
Stephen Schwartz
Liz Mikel
Pia Lindstrom
Casey Nicholaw
Bill Irwin & John Cullum
Bill Irwin
Tonya Lewis Lee & Spike Lee
Tonya Lewis Lee & Spike Lee
Judith Jamison
Tommy Tune
Sierra Boggess
Sierra Boggess & Tam Mutu
Piper Perabo & Luke Forbes
Tamara Tunie
Melissa van Der Schyff
Diane Paulus
Suzan-Lori Parks
Diane Paulus & Suzan-Lori Parks
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Dale Badway
Arlene Alda & Alan Alda
Valerie Simpson
Valerie Simpson
Kerry Butler
Edie Falco
Edie Falco
Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays & Wife
David Henry Hwang
Montana James Thomas and Richard Thomas
Estelle Parsons
Laine Kazan
Barbara Cook
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