Photo Coverage: Inside Theatre Arrivals at 700 SUNDAYS Opening with Jimmy Fallon, Bette Midler & More!
By: Walter McBride Nov. 14, 2013
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Billy Crystal returned to Broadway last night to kick off a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 Sundays. The final performance will be Sunday, January 5, 2014 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the star-studded theatre arrivals below!
700 SUNDAYS, an autobiographical journey, is an original two-act play in which Billy plays numerous characters that have influenced who he is today. It deals with his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. It is about family and fate, loving and loss.
Billy Crystal was pronounced "The King of Broadway" by The New York Post for the Broadway debut of 700 Sundays which, in its opening week on Broadway, broke the house record for highest weekly gross at the Broadhurst Theatre and then continued to top its own record every week. With a cumulative gross of over $21 million, 700 Sundays set a record for the highest weekly grossing non-musical in Broadway history at that time ($1,061,689 for the week ending 5/22/05) and was one of the top ten grossing shows every single week of its run, despite playing only six performances per week. The show won the 2005 Tony Award for Special Theatrical Experience and both the 2005 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Solo Performance.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Billy Crystal - 700 Sundays' at the Imperial Theatre in New York City on November 13, 2013.
Diana Krall and Elvis Costello
Diana Krall and Elvis Costello
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Helen Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Des McAnuff and Bryna McCann
Helen Zweibel, Alan Zweibel, Des McAnuff and Bryna McCann
Lisa Lampanelli and Alan Zweibel
Brooke Shields and Chris Henchy
Chris Henchy and Brooke Shields
Chris Henchy and Brooke Shields
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Luann de Lesseps with son Noel de Lesseps
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