Photo Coverage: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Meet & Greet

 

Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as "Lady Bracknell," will play the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.). The cast will also feature Dana Ivey as "Miss Prism," Paxton Whitehead as "Reverend Chausible," Santino Fontana as "Algernon Moncrieff," David Furr as "Jack Worthing,"Tim MacDonald as "Merriman," Paul O'Brien as "Lane," Charlotte Parry as "Cecily Cardew," and Sara Topham as "Gwendolyn."

Last week, BroadwayWorld.com was there at the show's official meet and greet to capture the first pictures of the show's top-notch cast!

The Importance of Being Earnest will begin previews on Friday, December 17th, 2010 and open officially on Thursday, January 13th, 2011. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6th, 2011.

The design team includes Desmond Heeley (Sets & Costumes),Duane Schuler (Lights) and Drew Levy (Sound).

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival presented an acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford, in 2009. The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Dashing men-about-town John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities - not to mention the disapproval of Gwendolen's mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell.

Wilde's classic production premiered in 1895 at the St. James Theatre in London offering a stinging critique of love, sex and social hypocrisy that remains relevant today.

 

Brian Bedford

Brian Bedford

Brian Bedford & Paxton Whitehead

Brian Bedford

Dana Ivey

Paxton Whitehead

Paxton Whitehead

Brian Bedford & Dana Ivey & Paxton Whitehead

Brian Bedford & Dana Ivey & Paxton Whitehead

Santino Fontana

David Furr, Charlotte Parry, Brian Bedford, Sara Topham and Santino Fontana

David Furr, Charlotte Parry, Brian Bedford, Sara Topham and Santino Fontana

First Row: Charlotte Parry, Brian Bedford, Dana Ivey, Sara Topham, 2nd Row: Paul O'Brien, David Furr, Sandra Shipley, Paxton Whitehead, Santino Fontana and Tim McDonald

First Row: Charlotte Parry, Brian Bedford, Dana Ivey, Sara Topham, 2nd Row: Paul O'Brien, David Furr, Sandra Shipley, Paxton Whitehead, Santino Fontana and Tim McDonald