Photo Coverage: They Are On Their Way... to Broadway! Inside VIOLET'S Sneak Peek Concert
By: Walter McBride Mar. 08, 2014
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Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will soon present two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster in a Broadway production of Violet, directed by Leigh Silverman. Based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, Violet features music by Jeanine Tesori and book & lyrics by Brian Crawley. Violet will be produced in association with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, David Mirvish, Barry and Fran Weissler, Elizabeth Armstrong, and Mary Jo and Ted Shen.
The company met the press last night and you can check out photos from the concert sneak peek below!
VIOLET will play a 20-week limited engagement beginning previews on March 28, 2014 and opening officially on April 20, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street).
VIOLET tells the story of a young woman's quest for beauty amidst the image-obsessed landscape of the 1960s. Facially disfigured in a childhood accident, Violet (Foster) dreams of a miraculous transformation through the power of faith. Convinced that a televangelist in Oklahoma can heal her, she hops a Greyhound bus and starts the journey of a lifetime. Along the way, Violet forms unlikely friendships with her fellow riders, who teach her about beauty, love, courage and what it means to be an outsider.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
'Violet'
The band
Director Leigh Silverman
Director Leigh Silverman
Austin Lesch, Charlie Pollock and Ben Davis
Austin Lesch and Charlie Pollock
Emerson Steele and Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry
Director Leigh Silverman
Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry
Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry
Alexander Gemignani, Emerson Steele, Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry
Alexander Germignani and Emerson Steele
Joshua Henry and Colin Donnell
Sutton Foster and Colin Donnell
Sutton Foster and Colin Donnell
Emerson Steele and Sutton Foster
Emerson Steele and Sutton Foster
Alexander Gemignani, Emerson Steele, Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell and Joshua Henry
Sutton Foster and cast
Sutton Foster and cast
Sutton Foster and cast
Sutton Foster and cast
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