Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director JuliAnne Boyd and Managing Director TriStan Wilson, presents Gilbert & Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, starring Will Swenson as "The Pirate King." BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Joshua Bergasse, the team behind the acclaimed and Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of ON THE TOWN, Gilbert & Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE runs through August 13, 2016.
The cast features Jacqueline Petroccia (Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic) as "Kate," Lindsay O'Neil (The Phantom of the Opera National Tour) as "Edith," Alex Gibson(Bombshell in Concert) as "Sergeant," and Darius Barnes, Tommy Bracco, Michael Hartung, Samuel Ladd, Melanie Leinbach, Jeanette Minson, Drew Nellessen, Benjamin Rivera, Morgan Rose, ALanna Saunders, Claire Saunders, Eric Stretch, and Michael Williams.
They join Tony Award nominee Will Swenson (Broadway's HAIR) as "The Pirate King," Scarlett Strallen (Broadway's Mary Poppins) as "Mabel," Kyle Dean Massey(Broadway's Pippin, Next To Normal) as "Frederic," Tony Award nominee David Garrison(Broadway's Wicked) as "The Modern Major General," Jane Carr (Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder) as "Ruth," and Tony Award winner Phillip Boykin(Broadway's Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, On The Town) as "Samuel."
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
The Pirates of Penzance, Curtain Call
Scarlett Strallen
Will Swenson
Kyle Dean Massey
Curtain Call
Alex Gibson
Curtain Call
Jane Carr, Kyle Massey, Will Swenson
Curtain Call
Sheila Richman
Julianne Boyd, artistic director & Joshua Bergasse, choreograper
Scarlett Strallen & William Finn
Arthur Salvadore, William Finn, Norman Boyd
Julianne Boyd, Joshua Bergesse, Jane Carr
Debra Jo Rupp, Mark St. Germain, Jeff McCarthy
Mark H.Dold & Debra Jo Rupp
Mary Ann Quinson, Board Chair & Rosita Sarnoff, Board V.P.
Joe Iconis & Stephen Sorokoff
Jane Car, Will Swenson, and Claire Saunders & Alanna Saunders
Ron Abel, Reba Evenchik, Jane Carr, Stephen Sorokoff
Chuck Steffan, lyricist Hazel, Joshua Bergasse, Ron Abel, composer Hazel
Eda Sorokoff & Alex Gibson
Chuck Steffan, Reba Evenchik, Ron Abel
Bruno Quinson & Eda Sorokoff
Mark St. Germain & Debra Jo Rupp
After Party
Eda Sorokoff, Charlie Siedenburg, Jamie LaBrasca
Scarlett Strallen & Kyle Dean Massey
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Barrington Stage Company, Boyd-Quinson Mainstage
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