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

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by Walter McBride

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 GrantBilly MagnussenKristine NielsenDavid 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

 


Sigourney Weaver


David Hyde Pierce


Christopher Durang


Genevieve Angelson


Billy Magnussen


Kristine Nielsen


Shalita Grant


Genevieve Angelson


Genevieve Angelson


Sigourney Weaver


Sigourney Weaver


Nicholas Martin


Billy Magnussen


Shalita Grant


Genevieve Angelson


Billy Magnussen


Sigourney Weaver


Kristine Nielsen


Genevieve Angelson


Shalita Grant


Shalita Grant


Billy Magnussen & Shalita Grant


Billy Magnussen & Shalita Grant


Billy Magnussen & Shalita Grant


Billy Magnussen & Genevieve Angelson


Billy Magnussen & David Hyde Pierce


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'