Photo Coverage: Julian Ovenden at the Metropolitan Room

/>Julian Ovenden/>, currently starring opposite />/>Nathan Lane/> on Broadway in Butley, performed at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) on Monday, January 8th.  He was accompanied by Paul Ford. 

Among the friends and supporters who turned out to catch the show were Butley co-stars Lane and />Dana Ivey/>, as well as Jane Krakowski, />Marc Shaiman/> and />Scott Wittman/>.

Ovenden trained in London first as a singer and then as an actor. In London's West End, he has starred in both plays and musicals including Grand Hotel and Merrily We Roll Along, both at The Donmar Warehouse. He has been a leading actor on three hit TV shows in the UK: Foyle's War, The Royal and The Forsyte Saga. Ovenden has sung and recorded with both the BBC Symphony and Concert orchestras, the Ulster Symphony orchestra, and at London's prestigious Wigmore Hall.

Butley plays at The Booth Theatre. Its limited run ends on January 14 2007.  Visit www.butleyonbroadway.com for more information.  Visit www.metropolitanroom.com for more on the Metropolitan Room.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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/>Julian Ovenden/>

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/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

Paul Ford and />Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/>

/>Marc Shaiman/>

/>Marc Shaiman/>

Julian Ovenden and pianist Paul Ford

Julian Ovenden and Paul Ford

Julian Ovenden/> and Jane Krakowski/>

Julian Ovenden/> and Jane Krakowski/>

/>Dana Ivey/> and />Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Roderick Hill/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Roderick Hill/>

/>Scott Wittman/> and />Julian Ovenden/>

/>Scott Wittman/> and />Julian Ovenden/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Lennie Watts/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Lennie Watts/>

/>Nathan Lane/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Nathan Lane/>

/>Julian Ovenden/> and />Nathan Lane/>