Photo Coverage: SUPERIOR DONUTS Comes to Broadway - Opening Night Party 2009/10/03

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The Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf's new American play "Superior Donuts" at the Music Box Theatre celebrated its official opening night on Thursday, October 1, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there as the cast celebrated at the RedRye Grill Restaurant after the first night performance.

The Broadway cast includes Steppenwolf ensemble members Jon Michael Hill, Yasen Peyankov and James Vincent Meredith with Jane Alderman, Kate Buddeke, Cliff Chamberlain,Michael Garvey, Robert Maffia and Michael McKean. "Superior Donuts" is written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts and directed by ensemble member Tina Landau. The play enjoyed a sold-out, world-premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company last summer.

"Superior Donuts" follows Letts' Tony Award-winning play "August: Osage County" (which had also its sold-out, world-premiere at Steppenwolf) into The Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). Tickets for "Superior Donuts" are on sale through Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. "Superior Donuts" will perform Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. This provocative comedy, set in the heart of one of Chicago's most diverse communities, explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.

The Steppenwolf production of "Superior Donuts" is produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler and Jerry Frankel, the producing team behind Steppenwolf's "August: Osage County."

Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Steppenwolf Theatre Company's mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships and contributing new works to the national canon. The company, formed in 1976 by a collective of actors, is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect and the development of artists through on-going group work. Steppenwolf has grown into an internationally renowned company of 42 artists whose talents include acting, directing, playwriting, filmmaking and textual adaptation. For additional information, visit www.steppenwolf.org.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Michael Garvey and Robert Maffia

Cliff Chamberlain and Robyn Chamberlain

Milena Govich

Tina Landau

Tina Landau and Tracy Letts

Michael McKean, Tina Landau and Tracy Letts

Robert Maffia

Milena Govich, B.D. Wong, Bobby Flay, Stephanie March, Robyn Chamberlain and Cliff Chamberlain

Stephanie March

Bobby Flay, Kate Buddeke and Stephanie March

Frank DiLella and Irene Gandy

B.D. Wong

Milena Govich, B.D. Wong, Bobby Flay, and Stephanie March

Broadway Beat's Bradshaw, Richie Ridge with Irene Gandy

Michael Garvey, Yasen Peyankov,Jon Michael Hill, Kate Buddeke, Michael McKean, Tracy Letts, Robert Maffia, Jane Alderman, Cliff Chamberlain

Michael Garvey, Yasen Peyankov,Jon Michael Hill, Kate Buddeke, Michael McKean, Tracy Letts, Robert Maffia, Jane Alderman, Cliff Chamberlain and James Vincent Meredith

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