Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils

By: Jan. 12, 2010
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On Thursday, January 7th, to kick of the New Year, The Broadway League and Mark Aldrich of The Happy Hour Guys hosted the first Broadway Happy Hour at Virgil's in Times Square (152 W. 44th Street). Cast members from RAGTIME and MEMPHIS joined producers, industry staff, and Broadway fans for pre and post-show drinks and appetizers, and Mark taped an episode of The Happy Hour Guys web show. This event was an experiment to enhance the power of social networking and digital marketing and engage existing and new audiences, as the event was only posted on Facebook pages, Twitter feeds and websites of the League, Happy Hour Guys, RAGTIME and MEMPHIS, and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the good times had by all.

On the first Thursday of each month, The Broadway League and The Happy Hour Guys will choose a theatre district bar/restaurant and current Broadway show(s) to participate in the Broadway Happy Hour, both pre and post-show, to allow members of the Broadway community to mingle with each other and their fans. 

Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Mark Aldrich, Dan Manning

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Mark Aldrich, Dan Manning

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Aaron Galligan-Stierle, Mark Aldrich, Dan Manning

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Ragtime on Broadway

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Mark Aldrich and Aaron Galligan-Stierle

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
The crowd starts to pour in...

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Mark Aldrich with Memphis Producer Kenny Alhadeff

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Mark Aldrich and Kenny Alhadeff

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Kenny Alhadeff and Jennifer Evans

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Ephraim Sykes, Mark Aldrich, and Daniel J. Watts

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Ephraim Sykes and Daniel J. Watts

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Ephraim Sykes, Mark Aldrich, and Daniel J. Watts

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Ephraim Sykes, Mark Aldrich, Daniel J. Watts, and Quentin Earl Darrington

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Quentin Earl Darrington and Mark Aldrich

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Quentin Earl Darrington, with Bryan Friedman, Alison H. Friedman (winner of Sirius XM "Live on Broadway" Showtune Showdown contest), Michael Rosenblum and Alison M. Friedman (sister of Bryan)

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Bryan Friedman, Alison H. Friedman, Alison M. Friedman, and Michael Rosenblum

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Chad Kimball

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Chad Kimball (MEMPHIS) with "Hockadoo" contest winners Bryan Friedman, Alison H. Friedman, Alison M. Friedman and Michael Rosenblum

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Memphis Producer Marleen Alhadeff and Chad Kimball

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Marleen Alhadeff, Chad Kimball, and Kenny Alhadeff

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
"Hockadoo" contest winners brother and sister duo Bryan and Alison M. Friedman

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Back Row - L to R: Britt Marden (The Broadway League), Mark Aldrich (RAGTIME and The Happy Hour Guys), Amy Steinhaus (The Broadway League), Elisa Shevitz, (The Broadway League), Front Row - L to R: Erica Ryan (The Broadway League), Erin Rech (The Broadway League)

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Chad Kimball

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Chad Kimball

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Chad Kimball and Alison H. Friedman

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Alison M. Friedman and Chad Kimball

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Dan Manning with "Hockadoo" contest winner Alison M. Friedman

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Mark Aldrich with Alison M. Friedman and Michael Rosenblum

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Mark Aldrich with Bryan Friedman, Alison H. Friedman, Michael Rosenblum and Alison M. Friedman

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Dan Manning with Jennifer Evans

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils
Quentin Earl Darrington

Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS & RAGTIME Casts Enjoy Happy Hour at Virgils



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