Photo Coverage: AMAZING GRACE Company Takes Opening Night Bows!
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 bows 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
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Stanley Bahorek and cast
Stanley Bahorek and cast
Elizabeth Ward Land and cast
Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey and Laiona Michelle
Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey and Laiona Michelle
Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey and Laiona Michelle
Chuck Cooper, Josh Young and Erin Mackey
Stanley Bahorek, Harriet D. Foy, Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey, Laiona Michelle, Chris Hoch, Rachael Ferrera, Elizabeth Ward Land and cast
Stanley Bahorek, Harriet D. Foy, Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey, Laiona Michelle, Chris Hoch, Rachael Ferrera, Elizabeth Ward Land and cast
Christopher Smith, Tom Hewitt, Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin MacKey and cast
Gabriel Barre and Christopher Smith
Chuck Cooper, Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Josh Young, Erin Mackey and cast
Chuck Cooper, Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Josh Young, Erin Mackey and cast
Producer Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Josh Young and Erin Mackey
Josh Young, Erin Mackey and cast
Josh Young, Erin Mackey and cast
Josh Young, Erin Mackey and director Gabriel Barre
Josh Young, Erin Mackey and director Gabriel Barre
Chuck Cooper, Josh Young and Erin Mackey
Chuck Cooper, Josh Young and Erin Mackey
The cast and creative team
Garbiel Barre, Laiona Michelle, Chris Hoch, Christopher Smith, Rachael Ferrera and cast
Garbiel Barre, Laiona Michelle, Chris Hoch, Christopher Smith, Rachael Ferrera and cast
The cast and creative team
The cast and creative
The cast and creative team
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