Photo Flash: BRIGHT STAR Celebrates Opening Night at The Old Globe
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 02, 2014
The Old Globe presents World Premiere of Bright Star, a new American musical featuring music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, lyrics by Brickell, and book by Martin, based on an original story by Martin and Brickell. Directed by Walter Bobbie, Bright Star runs now through November 2, 2014 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Scroll down for photos from the opening festivities!
From award-winning screenwriter and playwright Steve Martin (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Roxanne) and chart-topping singer-songwriter Edie Brickell comes a world premiere American musical inspired by their Grammy Award-winning collaboration "Love Has Come For You." Bright Star features 25 new songs-Americana with a touch of rock-and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives. Tony Award-winning director Walter Bobbie (Broadway's Chicago) makes his Globe debut with this entertaining musical of enduring love, family ties, and the light of forgiveness that shines from a bright star.
The creative team includes Broadway powerhouses Josh Rhodes (Choreographer), Peter Asher (Musical Supervisor), Rob Berman (Musical Director, Vocal Arrangements), August Eriksmoen (Orchestrator), Eugene Lee(Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design), Japhy Weideman (Lighting Design), Nevin Steinberg (Sound Design),Lee Wilkins (Associate Choreographer), Howie Cherpakov CSA (Casting), and Anjee Nero (Stage Manager).
Tickets to Bright Star were initially available only as part of a Season Package. Subscription prices for the 2014-2015 Season range from $99 to $615. Subscription packages may be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Single tickets start at $39.
Photo Credit: Douglas Gates
Cast Members Lulu Lloyd, Greg Roderick, and Paige Herschell
Cast Members Joe Jung, Max Chernin, A.J. Shively, and Stephen Lee Anderson
(clockwise, from far left) Makha Mthembu, Amy Blackman, Jake Millgard, Lindsay Brill, Tyler Kent, Ally Carey, Jamal Douglas, Patrick Zeller, Maxx Brawer, and Lowell Byers
The cast of BRIGHT STAR
The cast and creative team of BRIGHT STAR
Director Walter Bobbie, Cast Members A.J. Shively and Carmen Cusack, and show creators Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Cast Members Wayne Duvall and Stephen Lee Anderson, director Walter Bobbie, co-creator Steve Martin, and cast member Stephen Bogardus
Cast member Carmen Cusack
Cast Members A.J. Shively, Carmen Cusack, and Wayne Alan Wilcox
MusicIan Bennett Sullivan, musical supervisor Peter Asher, and musical director and vocal arranger Rob Berman
Co-creator Steve Martin and cast member Libby Winters
The stage management team of BRIGHT STAR
Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Walter Bobbie, and Managing Director Michael G. Murphy
Assistant stage manager Jess Slocum, Steve Martin, stage manager Anjee Nero, Edie Brickell, Walter Bobbie, and assistant stage manager Kendra Stockton
Steve Martin, Peter Asher, Edie Brickell, Walter Bobbie, and Rob Berman
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