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Photo Coverage: DRIVING MISS DAISY Opening Night Party

By: Oct. 26, 2010
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Directed by David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?), Driving Miss Daisy began performances on October 7, 2010, at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), and officially opened Monday, October 25, 2010. The 16-week limited engagement runs through Saturday, January 29, 2011.

Mr. Uhry's classic play is a timeless, searing, funny, and ultimately hopeful meditation on race relations in America, told through the complex relationship between two of popular culture?s most enduring characters. When Daisy Werthan (Redgrave), a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in midcentury Atlanta, is deemed too old to drive, her son, Boolie (Gaines), hires Hoke Coleburn (Jones), an African American man, to serve as her chauffeur. What begins as a troubled and hostile pairing, soon blossoms into a profound, life-altering friendship that transcends all the societal boundaries placed between them.

From its landmark Off-Broadway production in 1987 to the remarkable success of the Oscar-winning film version (4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture), Driving Miss Daisy has become one of the most beloved American stories of the late twentieth century.

The creative team of Driving Miss Daisy includes John Lee Beatty (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Peter Kaczorowski (Lighting Design), Wendall K. Harrington(Projection Design), Christopher Cronin (Sound Design) and Mark Bennett (Music).

Driving Miss Daisy is produced on Broadway by Jed Bernstein, Adam Zotovich, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Roger Berlind, Beth Kloiber, Albert Nocciolino, Jon Platt, StylesFour Productions, Ruth Hendel/Shawn Emamjomeh, Larry Hirschhorn/Spring Sirkin, Carl Moellenberg/Wendy Federman, Daryl Roth/Jane Bergere, in association with Michael Filerman.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos

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"Driving Miss Daisy"

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"Driving Miss Daisy"

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"Driving Miss Daisy"

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"Driving Miss Daisy"

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David Esbjornson

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David Esbjornson & guest

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David Esbjornson

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Adam Zotovich

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Adam Zotovich & wife

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Tony Roberts

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Tony Roberts

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Tovah Feldshuh

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Tovah Feldshuh

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Tovah Feldshuh and her husband Andrew Harris-Levy

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Tovah Feldshuh and her husband Andrew Harris-Levy

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Brian Dennehy

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Brian Dennehy

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Brian Dennehy

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B.D. Wong

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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Alfred Uhry

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David Esbjornson, Alfred Uhry & Jed Bernstein

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David Esbjornson, Alfred Uhry & Jed Bernstein

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Alfred Uhry & Jed Bernstein

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Alfred Uhry & Jed Bernstein

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Jason Robert Brown and his wife Georgia Stitt Brown

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Morocco Coleman

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Morocco Coleman & guest

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Daryl Roth & Steven Roth

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Countess LuAnn de Lesseps

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Countess LuAnn de Lesseps

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Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Jacques Azoulay

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Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Jacques Azoulay

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Count Stovall

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Bebe Neuwirth & husband Chris Calkins

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Bebe Neuwirth & husband Chris Calkins

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Bebe Neuwirth

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Bebe Neuwirth

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Bebe Neuwirth

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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Boyd Gaines

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James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones & Cecilia Hart

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James Earl Jones & Cecilia Hart

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James Earl Jones & Cecilia Hart

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James Earl Jones & Cecilia Hart

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James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones & Cecilia Hart

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James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones

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James Earl Jones

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Vanessa Redgrave

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Vanessa Redgrave

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Vanessa Redgrave

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Vanessa Redgrave & son Carlo Nero

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"Driving Miss Daisy"

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