Photo Coverage: CHASING MANET Opens at Primary Stages

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by Peter James Zielinski

Primary Stages concludes the 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of the comedy Chasing Manet by Tina Howe (March 24, 2009 - May 2, 2009), featuring Tony Award-Winner Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen. Also featured in the cast are Vanessa Aspillaga, Jack Gilpin, Julie Halston, David Margulies and Robert Christopher Riley.

BroadwayWorld's cameras joined the cast and company as they celebrated opening night!

The new comedy Chasing Manet by Tina Howe, is described as "a rebellious painter from a distinguished family in Boston and an ebullient Jewish woman with a huge adoring family form an unlikely bond. Inside the confining walls of Mount Airy Nursing Home, the two plot an escape to Paris aboard the QE2. But can they possibly pull it off amidst the chaos of their surroundings? The tension and comedy grow as they struggle to take wing for the last time," press notes say.

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Photos by Peter James Zielinski


The Cast: Vanessa Aspillaga, Robert Christopher Riley, Jack Gilpin, Jane Alexander, Lynn Cohen, Julie Halston and David Margulies


Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen


The Cast: Vanessa Aspillaga, Robert Christopher Riley, Jack Gilpin, Jane Alexander, Lynn Cohen, Julie Halston and David Margulies


Jane Alexander


Jane Alexander, Tina Howe, and Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander, Tina Howe, and Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander, Tina Howe, and Lynn Cohen


Lynn Cohen


Jane Alexander, Tina Howe, and Lynn Cohen


Robert Stanton


Marian Seldes


Barry Kleinbort and Penny Fuller


Hallie Foote and Penny Fuller


Pat Bowie, Hallie Foote and Penny Fuller


Robert Christopher Riley


James de Marse and Penny Fuller


Barbara and Alan Marks


Jack Gilpin


David Margulies


Liz Diamond and Mary Bacon


Matthew Modine and Michael Wilson


Matthew Modine, Vanessa Aspillaga and Michael Wilson


Jane Alexander


Matthew Modine and Jane Alexander


Jane Alexander and Lynn Cohen


Vanessa Aspillaga and David Margulies


Robert Christopher Riley, Vanessa Aspillaga and David Margulies


Julie Halston


The company: Jane Alexander, Robert Christopher Riley, Lynn Cohen, Jack Gilpin, playwright Tina Howe, Vanessa Aspillaga, director Michael Wilson, Julie Halston and David Margulies


The Company: Andrew Leynse, Primary Stages Artistic Director, Jane Alexander, Robert Christopher Riley, Lynn Cohen, Jack Gilpin, playwright Tina Howe, Vanessa Aspillaga, director Michael Wilson, Julie Halston, David Margulies and Elliot Fox, Primary Stages Managing Director