THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: June 15-21
By: BWW Special Coverage Jun. 21, 2013
Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to The West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more!
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: Equity Celebrates 100 years, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Opens at the Delacorte, WICKED celebrates 4000, and so much more!
Anna Gilligan, Condola Rashad, Laura Osnes, Michael Urie and Christie Brinkley. Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Earlier this week Inside Broadway honored 2013 Tony Award nominees Laura Osnes (Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella) and Condola Rashad (The Trip to the Bountiful) as well as Alan L. Bain, Chairman of The American-Scottish Foundation, at their Broadway Beacon Awards at Joe's Pub. BroadwayWorld brings you more photos from inside the ceremony here!
Jackie Hoffman, John "Lypsinka" Epperson. Photo Credit: Brian Gustaveson
Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and OBIE award-winning theatre company, just presented a one-night-only, all-star concert of the acclaimed 1959 Broadway classic musical Once Upon A Mattress at the The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in The Pershing Square Signature Center. Leading the company were Jackie Hoffman as Princess Winnifred and John "Lypsinka" Epperson as Queen Aggravain with Danny Burstein (Follies) as King Sextimus and more. Click here for more photos from the concert.
Norm Lewis; Harriet Harris. Photo Credit: Walter McBride
On June 17, stars of Broadway, TV and Film in celebrated the 100th anniversary of Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the oldest performing arts union representing 49,000 professional stage actors and stage managers working on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally across the US. The evening was hosted by Broadway veterans Norm Lewis and Harriet Harris. Click here for full coverage from the celebration!
Jane Lynch, Lilla Crawford. Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Shout! Broadway released the new 2012 Cast Recording for Annie CD on Tuesday, June 18. To celebrate the release of the CD cast members Jane Lynch, Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Brynn O'Malley, Clarke Thorell, creators Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Tom Meehan and more signed copies of the album at Barnes & Noble (160 East 54th Street at 3rd Avenue). BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check more photos here!
The company of The Comedy of Errors. Photo Credit: Simon Luethi
The Public Theater officially opened THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, the first show of The Public's 2013 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte on June 18. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS features Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater as Dromio and Antipholus respectively and runs through Sunday, June 30. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night here!
Lindsay Mendez; Derek Klena; Katie Rose Clarke with the ensemble cast. Photo Credit: Walter McBride
On June 18, Wicked's current cast members, including Lindsay Mendez (Elphaba) and Derek Klena (Fiyero) gathered at the Gershwin theatre to commemorate the show's the 4,000th performance. BroadwayWorld was there for the special celebration and you can check out full photo coverage here!
Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick
Richard LaGravanese's upcoming film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's, THE LAST FIVE YEARS explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hyatt, a struggling actress. The story uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy's story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the marriage), and Jamie's is told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met). For more photos of Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick on set, click here.
Brad Dourif and Amanda Plummer. Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play, uniting the talents of Tony Award winner Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God, Pulp Fiction) and Academy Award nominee Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), directed by Gene David Kirk, opened Wednesday night at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out more photos here!
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