Photo Coverage: Coast of Utopia: Voyage Opening Night

Lincoln Center Theater's production of Voyage, the first part of Tom Stoppard's three-part play The Coast of Utopia, opened Monday, November 27th at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.  The after-party took place at Tavern on the Green.

This American premiere, which is performed by a company of over 44 actors lead by />/>/>/>/>Billy Crudup/>, />/>/>/>/>Richard Easton/>, />/>/>/>/>Jennifer Ehle/>, />/>/>/>/>Josh Hamilton/>, />/>/>/>/>David Harbour/>, />/>/>/>/>Jason Butler Harner/>, />/>/>/>/>Ethan Hawke/>, />/>/>/>/>Amy Irving/>, Brían F. O'Byrne and />/>/>/>/>Martha Plimpton/>, is directed by />/>/>/>/>Jack O'Brien/>.

"Beginning in mid-19th century Russia during the repressive reign of Tsar Nicholas I, Tom Stoppard's sweeping epic spans a period of thirty years as it tells the panoramic story of a group of Russian intellectuals, headed by the radical theorist and editor Alexander Herzen, the novelist Ivan Turgenev, the literary critic Vissarion Belinsky, the poet Nicholas Ogarev, and the aristocrat-turned-anarchist Michael Bakunin, who lead a band of like-minded countrymen in a revolutionary movement in which they strive to change and fix a political system by using their minds as their only weapon."

The action of The Coast of Utopia, which premiered at London's National Theatre in 2002, begins in 1833 with Part One – Voyage, set in the Russian countryside as well as in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Part Two - Shipwreck, begins thirteen years later outside Moscow and follows the characters' exile to Paris, Dresden, and Nice. Part Three - Salvage, takes place over a period of twelve years in London and Geneva.  The other two parts will be presented in 2007.

For further information and a complete performance schedule, please visit www.coastofutopia.com.

Martha Plimpton/>

Vaclav Havel

Swoosie Kurtz/>

Stockard Channing/>

Vanessa Aspillaga/>

Kate Burton/> and Mamie Gummer

Jill Clayburgh/> and daughter Lily Rabe/>

Kate Burton/>, Mamie Gummer, Jill Clayburgh/> and Lily Rabe/>

Lily Rabe/>

Katie Finneran/> and guest

Ethan Hawke/>

Ethan Hawke/>

David Harbour/>

Jack O'Brien/>

Josh Hamilton/>

Billy Crudup/>, Jack O'Brien/> and Josh Hamilton/>

Jennifer Ehle/>

Jennifer Ehle/>

Amy Irving/>

Amy Irving/>

Amy Irving/> and Jennifer Ehle/>

Brian F. O'Byrne/>

Brian F. O'Byrne/>

Jason Butler Harner/> and Bianca Amato

Richard Easton/>

Richard Easton/>, Ethan Hawke/>, Tom Stoppard, Jennifer Ehle/>, Amy Irving/>, Josh Hamilton/> and Billy Crudup/>