Photo Coverage: ON THE TOWN Cast Takes a Trip to the Bowery on Opening Night!
By: Walter McBride Oct. 20, 2014
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The new Broadway revival of On The Town, directed by John Rando and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse opened last week on Broadway to rave reviews at the Lyric (formerly Foxwoods) Theatre on Broadway. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the cast's trip downtown to the after party at the historic Capitale!
The Bronx is up, the Battery's down, and three sailors are hoping to get just a little bit lucky on their one day of leave in the Big Apple. From the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Coney Island to Times Square and Carnegie Hall, On The Townzigzags through New York City as the sailors and the three high-spirited young women they meet chase love, dreams, and each other during an unforgettable day in the city that never sleeps. The classic score features the standards "New York, New York," "I Can Cook Too," "Lonely Town," and "Some Other Time" and is played in this production with their original orchestrations, performed by the largest orchestra on Broadway, with 28 musicians led by musical director James Moore (Follies, Ragtime).
The cast is led by Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy, A Chorus Line), Jay Armstrong Johnson (The New York Philharmonic's Sweeney Todd, Hands On A Hardbody, Hair), and Clyde Alves (Bullets Over Broadway, Nice Work If You Can Get It) as the sailors on 24-hour shore leave who take on the Big Apple; Megan Fairchild (New York City Ballet Principal Dancer), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot) and Elizabeth Stanley (Company) as the women who steal their hearts; and Jackie Hoffman(Hairspray, Xanadu) in the role of "Madame Dilly". Tony Award winner Michael Rupert(Legally Blonde: The Musical, Ragtime, Falsettos, Sweet Charity) plays "Judge Pitkin" alongsideAllison Guinn (Hair) as "Lucy Schmeeler", Tony Award nominee Phillip Boykin (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) and Stephen DeRosa(Hairspray, The Nance, Into The Woods).
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Jackie Hoffman and husband Steve Smith
Jackie Hoffman and husband Steve Smith
Megan Fairchild and parents
Megan Fairchild and parents
Megan Fairchild and parents
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