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Photo Coverage: AMAZING GRACE Company Celebrates Opening Night!
By: Walter McBride Jul. 17, 2015
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Broadway's new musical Amazing Grace officially opened last night, July 16, at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). The cast features Tony Award nominee Josh Young, Erin Mackey, Tony Award winnerChuck Cooper, Tom Hewitt, Chris Hoch,Stanley Bahorek, Harriett D. Foy, Laiona Michelle, Rachael Ferrera and Elizabeth Ward Land. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night after party below!
The new musical features music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Christopher SmithandArthur Giron, directed by Gabriel Barre (Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party) and choreographed by Tony Award winnerChristopher Gattelli (Newsies).
Amazing Grace is a new original musical based on the awe-inspiring true story behind the world's most beloved song. A captivating tale of romance, rebellion and redemption, this radiant production follows one man whose incredible journey ignited a historic wave of change.
John Newton (Tony Award nominee Josh Young), a willful and musically talented young Englishman, faces a future as uncertain as the turning tide. Coming of age as Britain sits atop an international empire of slavery, he finds himself torn between following in the footsteps of his father - a slave trader - or embracing the more compassionate views of his childhood sweetheart (Erin Mackey). Accompanied by his slave, Thomas (Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper), John embarks on a perilous voyage on the high seas. When that journey finds John in his darkest hour, a transformative moment of self-reckoning inspires a blazing anthem of hope that will finally guide him home.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Deborah Brevoort and Chuck Cooper
Deborah Brevoort and Chuck Cooper
Alex Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Chuck Cooper and Eddie Cooper
Alex Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Chuck Cooper and Eddie Cooper
Josh Young and Stanley Bahorek
Josh Young and Stanley Bahorek
Cast members
Elizabeth Ward Land and Stanley Bahorek
Sarah Brophy
Sarah Brophy
Christopher Gattelli and Shanna VanDerwerker
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