Photo Coverage: ON THE TOWN Company Cuts the Ribbon at the New Lyric Theatre!

This fall, one of America's classic musical comedies is back on Broadway - On The Town, featuringTony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Clyde Alves. ON THE TOWN, the classic musical comedy love letter to New York City, will return to Broadway this fall in a critically acclaimed production directed by John Rando (Tony Award® for Urinetown) and choreographed byJoshua Bergasse. On The Town will begin previews on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and officially open on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Broadway's Lyric Theatre (213 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036).

The cast of ON THE TOWN just reopened the Lyric Theatre with a special ribbon cutting ceremony on this afternoon, September 19th, along with producers Howard and Janet Kagan, in advance of the show's first preview performance tomorrow, September 20th. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special event below!

The Bronx is up, the Battery's down, and three sailors are hoping to get just a little bit lucky on their one day of leave in the Big Apple. From the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Coney Island to Times Square and Carnegie Hall, On The Town zigzags through New York City as the sailors and the three high-spirited young women they meet chase love, dreams, and each other during an unforgettable day in the city that never sleeps. The classic score features the standards "New York, New York," "I Can Cook Too," "Lonely Town," and "Some Other Time" and will be played in this production with their original orchestrations, performed by what will be the largest orchestra on Broadway, with 28 musicians led by musical director James Moore (Follies, Ragtime).

The cast will be led by Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy, A Chorus Line), Jay Armstrong Johnson (The New York Philharmonic's Sweeney Todd, Hands On A Hardbody, Hair), and Clyde Alves (Bullets Over Broadway, Nice Work If You Can Get It) - as the sailors on 24-hour shore leave who take on the Big Apple - withMegan Fairchild (New York City Ballet Principal Dancer), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot) and Elizabeth Stanley(Company) as the women who steal their hearts. Fairchild, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, will make her Broadway debut playing 'Ivy Smith.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

On The Town at The Lyric Theatre

Erik Jungwirth (Chief Operating Officer of Lyric Theatre) joins Howard Kagan and Janet Kagan , Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson and the cast of On The Town at the opening of The Lyric Theatre

Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Erik Jungwirth (Chief Operating Officer of Lyric Theatre) joins Howard Kagan and Janet Kagan , Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson at the opening of The Lyric Theatre

Tony Yazbeck

Clyde Alves

Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Jackie Hoffman

Erik Jungwirth

Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Jay Armstrong Johnson and Elizabeth Stanley

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Howard Kagan and the cast of On The Town

Clyde Alves, Megan Fairchild, Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Elizabeth Stanley

Jackie Hoffman

Jackie Hoffman

Jackie Hoffman

Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson