Photo Flash: Cheyenne Jackson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and More in ONE NIGHT STAND!
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 06, 2013
Giving audiences an unbridled and candid look behind the scenes of the Broadway curtain, NCM(R) Fathom Events, Overnight Musicals and The Broadway League just presented "One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day," a unique one-night event broadcast to movie theaters nationwide on Jan. 30.
This fast-paced, hilarious and entertaining film follows some of New York's top actors, including Cheyenne Jackson (30 Rock, Glee), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) and Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), as well as teams of writers, composers and directors as they are given 24 hours to write, cast, compose, rehearse and perform four short musicals. At the end of the 24 hours, the musicals made their opening, and closing, night at New York City's Gramercy Theatre. The event also presented exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the stars of "One Night Stand" as they shared intimate stories of life on Broadway.
Check out stills from One Night Stand below!
Likened to "'A Chorus Line' meets 'Project Runway'", "One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day," directed by Elisabeth Sperling and Trish Dalton, captures the excitement, anxiety, camaraderie and sheer panic that leads to the final thrill of the finished performance. From the blank page to the live stage, "One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day" unveils the magic as these talented artists take the dare to create something from nothing.
Four teams consisting of composers, writers, directors and actors use props to inspire the musicals: a zoot suit worn by Richard Kind (Argo, Spin City, Mad About You) on a children's show in the 1970s inspires the "Islands" musical; a phobia pop-up book is the premise for "Multiphobia" and an 80s prom dress prop is used in "Dr. Williams" featuring Jackson, Ferguson and Roger Bart (Revenge, Desperate Housewives). Dratch brings her comedic timing to the fourth musical, "Rachel said Sorry."
Actors featured in the musicals include the aforementioned Bart, Dratch, Ferguson, Jackson and Kind as well as Mandy Gonzalez (Wicked, In the Heights); Capathia Jenkins (Newsies, Chicago, Nine); Theresa McCarthy (Queen of the Mist, Saturn Returns, Titanic); Nellie McKay (Home Sweet Mobile Home, Rumor Has It); Marnie Schulenburg (As the World Turns); Scarlet Strallen (Mary Poppins, The Witches of Eastwick); Tracie Thoms (Cold Case, Rent); Tamara Tunie (Law and Order SVU, Flight) and Alicia Witt (Two Weeks Notice, Urban Legend).
For more, visit www.onenightstandthemovie.com.
Photo Credit: Kerry Long
Cheyenne Jackson and the Cast of ONE NIGHT STAND
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tracie Thoms and Rachel Dratch
Capathia Jenkins, Alicia Witt and Company
The Cast of ONE NIGHT STAND
Rachel Dratch and Tracie Thoms
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cheyenne Jackson
Richard Kind with Capathia Jenkins, Tamara Tunie and Alicia Witt
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Cheyenne Jackson and Company
Rachel Dratch and Company
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cheyenne Jackson
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