In The Spotlight Series: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

By: Mar. 17, 2013
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The Broadway premiere of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which comes on the heels of its sold-out run at Lincoln Center, is currently playing at the Golden Theatre, directed by Nicholas Martin. The production opened on March 14, 2013.

Scroll below for photos of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike's Nicholas Martin, Genevieve Angelson, Billy Magnussen, Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride below!

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike's director Nicholas Martin has appeared on Broadway in Alice in Wonderland, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Pantagleize, Exit the King, You Can't Take It With You, The Wild Duck, Right You Are If You Think You Are and The School for Sandal. His directing credits also include Broadway's Present Laughter, Butley, Match, Hedda Gabler and The Rehearsal, and off-Broadway's Saturn Returns.

Genevieve Angelson makes her Broadway debut in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Billy Magnussen debuted on Broadway in 2007's The Ritz. His TV credits include The Beautiful Life, As the World Turns, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Boardwalk Empire and more. On the big screen, he has appeared in Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet, Choose, Twelve, Damsels in Distress, Surviving Family, The Brass Teapot, 2nd Serve and The East.

Sigourney Weaver's Broadway credits include Sex and Longing, Hurlyburly and The Constant Wife, as well as a university production of The Frogs. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her work in Hurlyburly. Weaver is well known for her portrayal of 'Ellen Ripley' in the Alien films. Her film credits also include Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Working Girl, The Ice Storm, Galaxy Quest, Prayers for Bobby, Avatar and more. She has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTAs, two Emmys and seven Golden Globes, of which she has won two. On TV, Weaver recently led USA's Political Animals.

David Hyde Pierce has appeared on the Great White Way in La Bete (and in the West End), Accent On Youth, Cutains, A Wonderful Life, Children And Art, Monty Python's Spamalot, Beyond Therapy, as well as off-Broadway's Close Up Space, an oak tree, Waiting for Godot, Much Ado About Nothing, Zero Positive, The Maderati, Hamlet and Summer. He won the 2007 Tony Award for his performance in Curtains. Pierce is perhaps best known for playing 'Dr. Niles Crane' on the Emmy-winning Frasier.


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