Photo Coverage: Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira & More Celebrate Opening Night of ECLIPSED!
By: Walter McBride Mar. 07, 2016
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The new American play Eclipsed by Danai Gurira, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, officially opened last night, March 6th, 2016 on Broadway at the Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th Street). The play also stars Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah and Saycon Sengbloh and is directed by Liesl Tommy. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos from the after party below!
ECLIPSED originally played a sold-out engagement at The Public Theater, which closed on November 29 after having been twice-extended during its celebrated run. The production marks the fastest-selling new play in recent Public history, with a bevy of starry audience members in attendance over the course of the run including luminariesOprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Stevie Wonder, Spike Lee, Sally Field,Chris Rock, Alfre Woodard, Harry Belafonte, and Common, among many others.
ECLIPSED is the story of five extraordinary women brought together by upheaval in their homeland of Liberia. They forge a close-knit community... one that inspires them to feats of increasingly greater strength. Directed by South African-born Liesl Tommy (The Good Negro, Appropriate), Eclipsed is a stirring tale of hope, humor and resilience-and the only new play by a woman on Broadway this season.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
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Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Adeola Role and Ayesha Jordan
Adeola Role, Joniece Abbott-Pratt and Ayesha Jordan
Director Liesl Tommy, producer Stephen Byrd, television personality La La Anthony
Alia Jones-Harvey, Liesl Tommy, Stephen Byrd, La La Anthony and Marvet Britto
Liesl Tommy, Zainab Jah, Akosua Busia, Lupita Nyong'o, Saycon Sengbloh, Pascale Armand and Danai Gurira
Lupita Nyong'o
Zainab Jah, Akosua Busia, Lupita Nyong'o, Saycon Sengbloh and Pascale Armand
Liesl Tommy, Zainab Jah, Akosua Busia, Lupita Nyong'o, Saycon Sengbloh, Pascale Armand and Danai Gurira
Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira
Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira
Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong'o
Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o and La La Anthony
Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o and La La Anthony
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
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