Photo Coverage: 'The 24 Hour Musicals'
By: Kerry Long Jan. 22, 2008
On January 21, 2008, The 24 Hour Company presented The 24 Hour Musicals, rehearsed and performed at Joe's Pub in a single day, featuring an all-star line up of Broadway performers, great composers, writers, directors, choreographers and musical directors.
Stars involved with the event included Brooks Ashmanskas (The Ritz), Adam Bock (The Receptionist), Jonathan Butterell, John Ellison Conlee, Raul Esparza (The Homecoming), Joe Iconis, Steve Pasquale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("The Class"), Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza), Denis O'Hare (Take Me Out, Sweet Charity), Tracie Thoms (Rent,
"Cold Case"), Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu),
Mo Rocca (The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, "The Daily Show"), Nellie McKay (Three Penny Opera), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), Jonathan Butterell (Nine),
Warren Carlyle (The Producers, Oklahoma!), John Ellison Conlee (The Full Monty), Gavin Creel (Mary Poppins), Moisés Kaufman (The
Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife),
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Les Miserables),
Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde), and
David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
The creative process for The 24 Hour Musicals began at 10PM on Sunday, January 20 when a group of four writer-composer-lyricist teams, four directors, 16 performers, and a production staff gather at Joe's Pub. After casts and crews were briefed, each writer was tasked with composing a 15-minute play by 7AM the following morning, when the directors returned to read and select their piece. The casts met for the first time at 8AM and, over the next 12 hours, the plays were rehearsed and produced for a live presentation. At 7PM, ink barely dry, the six new plays – interspersed with six musical acts – were performed for a live audience.
Proceeds from The 24 Hour Musicals benefited the Exchange, a NYC not-for-profit that develops new theatre work through productions and its development center for innovative theatre companies and artists in the Catskills, the Orchard Project. For more information visit ExchangeNYC.org/24/
Photos by Kerry Long
REHEARSALS
Jonathan Butterell, Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, John Ellison Conlee and Claudia Shear
Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark and Jonathan Butterell
Todd Almond and Adam Bock
Victoria Clark and Cheyenne Jackson
Mo Rocca and Tracie Thoms
Mo Rocca, Tracie Thoms and Denis O'Hare
Moises Kaufman with Steven Pasquale and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Cheyenne Jackson and Claudia Shear
Kerry Butler and Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Director Peter Ellenstein
Moises Kaufman and Jonathan Butterell
Kerry Butler and Chase Brock
Moises Kaufman with Celia Keenan-Bolger and Steven Pasquale
Moises Kaufman at the first read-through
Ari Edelson
Jonathan Butterell reads through the scripts
Steven Pasquale and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Gavin Creel, Michael Longoria and Steven Pasquale
Gavin Creel, Steven Pasquale and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Denis O'Hare talks to the documentary cameras
Moises Kaufman with Steven Pasquale and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Jonathan Butterell, Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, Claudia Shear and John Ellison Conlee
John Ellison Conlee, Jonathan Bernstein, David Yazbek, Joe Iconis
Brooks Ashmanskas and Peter Ellenstein
Gavin Creel and Michael Longoria
Mo Rocca and Ari Edelson
Victoria Clark and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Ted Sperling and Ari Edelson
Mo Rocca with Ted Sperling and Brooks Ashmanskas
Jonathan Butterell and Moises Kaufman
Denis O'Hare greets David Yazbek
Jonathan Marc Sherman and Steve Pasquale
CURTAIN CALL
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cheyenne Jackson and Brooks Ashmanskas among the cast
Tracie Thoms, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson and Brooks Ashmanskas among the cast
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nellie McKay, Cheyenne Jackson and Brooks Ashmanskas
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
Tracie Thoms, Victoria Clark, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kerry Butler, Nellie McKay, Cheyenne Jackson and Brooks Ashmanskas
Tracie Thoms, Victoria Clark, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kerry Butler, Nellie McKay, Cheyenne Jackson and Brooks Ashmanskas
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kerry Butler, Nellie McKay, Gavin Creel, Cheyenne Jackson, Brooks Ashmanskas, Michael Longoria and Steven Pasquale
The cast of 24 Hour Musicals
AFTER PARTY
Joe Iconis, Ari Edelson and Moises Kaufman
Exchange/Orchard Project Artistic Director Ari Edelson and Moises Kaufman
Kerry Butler, Jonathan Marc Sherman and Peter Dinklage
Ted Sperling and Mo Rocca
Ted Sperling and Mo Rocca
Rosie Perez and Ramon Rodriguez
Brooks Ashmanskas, Rosie Perez and Ramon Rodriguez
Brooks Ashmanskas, Rosie Perez, Ramon Rodriguez and Producer Tina Fallon
Kerry Butler, Ari Edelson and Nellie McKay
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