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Photo Coverage: Inside HIT THE WALL's Opening Curtain Call!

By: Mar. 11, 2013
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Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter present the New York premiere of the new play, Hit The Wall by Ike Holter, a theatrical exploration of the first night of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, at the Barrow Street Theatre. Directed by Eric Hoff, with original music & music supervision by Dan Lipton. The show began previews at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street) on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 and opened last night, March 10.

BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the curtain call below!

In Hit The Wall, it's the early hours of June 28, 1969 when a routine police raid on The Stonewall Inn, a popular underground gay bar in Greenwich Village, sparks a full-scale riot. Violent protests and street demonstrations continued for the next several days in what became known as The Stonewall Riots, thrusting a group of unlikely revolutionaries onto the frontlines of history and igniting one of the most influential social and political movements of the 20th Century. Hit The Wall focuses on that wild and enigmatic first night of the riots, placing the audience just on the periphery of the conflict. With an imaginative and theatrical blend of history and mythology, Hit The Wall shines a contemporary light on the legacy of Stonewall.

The Barrow Street Theatre is located in the heart of the Greenwich Village and mere steps away from the site of the riots. For over 40 years, millions have gathered annually in that iconic New York neighborhood on the last Sunday in June to honor The Stonewall Riots. In June 2011, thousands gathered at The Stonewall Inn, still in operation, to celebrate the passage of the right to Same-Sex Marriage in the State of New York under the Marriage Equality Act.

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Arturo Soria, Nick Bailey & Gregory Haney

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Nick Bailey & Company

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Scott Morfee, Nick Bailey & Company

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Scott Morfee & Company

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Scott Morfee & Cast

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Scott Morfee & Company

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Sean Allan Krill, Rania Salem Manganaro, Jessica Dickey, Ben Diskant & Nathan Lee Graham with Scott Morfee

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Sean Allan Krill, Rania Salem Manganaro, Jessica Dickey, Ben Diskant & Nathan Lee Graham

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Eriv Hoff, Scott Morfee & Company

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Scott Morfee, Arturo Soria, Nick Bailey & Eric Hoff

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Nathan Lee Graham

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Sean Allan Krill

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Carolyn Michelle Smith

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Sean Allan Krill

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Jessica Dickey, Ben Diskant, Nathan Lee Graham & Tom Wirtshafter

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Ben Diskant & Nathan Lee Graham

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Sean Allan Krill

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Matthew Greer & Gregory Haney

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Flowers thrown from the audience

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Indigo Street & Jonathan Mastro

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