Photo Coverage: Gladys Knight, Natalie Cole & More Celebrate Patti LaBelle's First Performance in AFTER MIDNIGHT
By: Walter McBride Jun. 11, 2014
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The cast and creative team of the Tony Award-nominated smash hit Broadway musical After Midnight, just welcomed Grammy Award-winning legend Patti LaBelle as "Special Guest Star." BroadwayWorld was there for her big night and you can check out photos from the backstage, post-show celebration below!
Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, the evocative new musical After Midnight takes the sexy, smoky glamour of the original Jazz Age and catapults it into a whole new era of heart-pounding, mind-blowing entertainment for modern Broadway audiences. Refracted through a contemporary lens,After Midnight celebrates Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club using his original arrangements and performed by a world-class big band of 17 musicians hand-picked by living jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis. The timeless tunes set against a narrative of Langston Hughes poetry provide an authentic backdrop for an array of cutting-edge performances by 25 sensational vocalists and dancers, including special guest stars, whose interpretations shatter everything you think you know about music, nightlife and Broadway.
In its heyday, the Cotton Club featured a cavalcade of guest stars each week, known then as "Celebrity Nights." After Midnightreintroduces this exciting tradition by presenting stars of today in limited engagement appearances throughout the musical's run. Currently staring Grammy Award-winning recording artist Fantasia, who began the tradition (10/18/13 - 2/9/14), followed by four-time Grammy Award-winning icon k.d. lang(2/11/14 - 3/9/14), Grammy Award-winners Toni Braxton & Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (3/17/14 - 3/30/14) and multi-platinum recording artist and actressVanessa Williams (4/1/14 - 5/11/14). Patti joins After Midnight for a three-week engagement (6/10/14 - 6/29/14).
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
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Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Patti LaBelle and Dule Hill
Patti LaBelle and Dule Hill
Scott Sanders and Patti LaBelle
Carol Fineman, Scott Sanders, Patti LaBelle, Dule Hill and Candy Spelling
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle
Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Scott Sanders, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole and Dule Hill
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole and Dule Hill
Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole, Nona Hendrix and Phylicia Rashad
Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole, Nona Hendrix and Phylicia Rashad
Lee Daniels, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole, Nona Hendrix and Phylicia Rashad
Dule Hill, Lee Daniels, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole, Nona Hendrix and Phylicia Rashad
Lee Daniels and Dule Hill
Phylicia Rashad and Carmen Ruby Floyd
Patti LaBelle and Isabel Toledo
Phylicia Rashad and Nona Hendrix
Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lee Daniels and Karine Plantadit
Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lee Daniels and Karine Plantadit
Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lee Daniels and Karine Plantadit
Carmen Ruby Floyd, Lee Daniels and Karine Plantadit
Carmen Ruby Floyd and Tommy Tune
Carmen Ruby Floyd and Tommy Tune
Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Patti LaBelle and Andre Leon Talley
Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis and Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendrix and Patti LaBelle
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