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Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of THE HARDER THEY COME At The Public Theater

The Harder They Come, an adaptation of the classic Jamaican film, is now playing through April 9 at The Public Theater. 

By: Mar. 16, 2023
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The world premiere musical The Harder They Come, an adaptation of the classic Jamaican film, is now playing through April 9 at The Public Theater.

Check out photos from opening night below!

Fifty years after the film premiered in New York City, the musical features a book and additional new songs by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, songs by legendary musician Jimmy Cliff, music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Kenny Seymour, choreography by Edgar Godineaux, co-direction by Tony Award winner Sergio Trujillo, and direction by Tony Award nominee Tony Taccone. The production began performances in the Newman Theater on Thursday, February 16 and officially opens on Wednesday, March 15.

The complete cast of THE HARDER THEY COME includes Jeannette Bayardelle (Daisy), Shawn Bowers (Ensemble), J. Bernard Calloway (Preacher), Andrew Clarke (Lyle), Eean Sherrod Cochran (Understudy), Tyla Collier (Understudy), Jamal Christopher Douglas (Ensemble), Tiffany Francès (Understudy), Garfield Hammonds (Understudy), Dana Marie Ingraham (Ensemble), Dominique Johnson (Jose), Chelsea-Ann Jones (Ensemble), Natey Jones (Ivan), Dudney Joseph Jr (Ray), Dwight Xaveir Leslie (Understudy), Morgan McGhee (Ensemble), Meecah (Elsa), Jacob Ming-Trent (Pedro), Alysha Morgan (Ensemble), Ken Robinson (Hilton), Housso Semon (Ensemble), Denver Andre Taylor (Understudy), Sir Brock Warren (Ensemble), Carla Woods (Understudy), and Christopher Henry Young (Ensemble).

The breakthrough film, produced and directed by Perry Henzell and co-written with Trevor Rhone, tells the story of Ivan, a young singer who arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, eager to become a star. After falling in love and cutting a record deal with a powerful music mogul, Ivan soon learns that the game is rigged, and as he becomes increasingly defiant, he finds himself in a battle that threatens not only his life, but the very fabric of Jamaican society.

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The Henzell family

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Marielle Heller, Jorma Taccone

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Sergio Trujillo, Jack Noseworthy, Luis Salgado

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Sergio Trujillo, Jack Noseworthy, Luis Salgado

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Sergio Trujillo, Tony Taccone

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Sergio Trujillo, Tony Taccone

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Kenny Seymour

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Daniel J. Watts

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Tony Taccone, Sergio Trujillo, Suzan-Lori Parks, Kenny Seymour

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Tony Taccone, Sergio Trujillo, Justine Henzell, Suzan-Lori Parks, Kenny Seymour

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Suzan-Lori Parks, Sterling K. Brown

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Aisha Jackson

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Patricia McGregor, Freedome Bradley-Ballentine

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Suzan-Lori Parks, Freedome Bradley-Ballentine, Amrita Ramanan, Garlia Cornelia Jones, Kwame Dawes, Justine Henzell

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Christina Sajous

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Eean Sherrod Cochran

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Carla Woods

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Carla Woods

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Jamal Christopher Douglas

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Shawn Bowers

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Christopher Henry Young

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Heather Alicia Simms

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Dudney Joseph, Jr.

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Brenda Braxton

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Denver Andre Taylor

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Garfield Hammonds

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Tyla Collier

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Tyla Collier

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Tiffany Frances

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Andrew Clarke

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Dominique Johnson

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Dana Marie Ingraham

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Lizzie Mason

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Jeannette Bayardelle

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John Bronston

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Erika R. Gamez

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Sir Brock Warren

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Meecah

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Emilia Lirman

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Edgar Godineaux

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Housso Semon

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Alysha Morgan

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Lizzie Mason, Edgar Godineaux

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