Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of The New Group's STEVE, Directed by Cynthia Nixon
By: Walter McBride Nov. 19, 2015
The New Group presents the world premiere of STEVE, a new play by Mark Gerrard. Directed by Cynthia Nixon, this production features Ashlie Atkinson and Francisco Pryor Garat, and as announced, Mario Cantone, Jerry Dixon,Malcolm Gets and Matt McGrath. A limited Off-Broadway engagement plays now through December 27 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street). The production just opened last night, November 18, and BroadwayWorld was on hand. Check out photos below!
As Steven, a failed Broadway chorus boy turned stay-at-home dad, celebrates yet another birthday, he finds himself filled with fear and uncertainty. Is Stephen, his partner of 14 years, cheating on him? Why is one of his best friends dying of cancer? And what, exactly, has he done with his life? A portrait of a group of longtime, theater-loving friends as they navigate the many facets of midlife and mortality, Mark Gerrard's STEVE is a biting and bittersweet comedy about relationships and the unavoidable consequences of aging and the passage of time.
STEVE features Matt McGrath as Steven, Malcolm Gets as his partner Stephen, Mario Cantone as Steven's best friend Matt, Jerry Dixon as Matt's partner Brian, Ashlie Atkinson as Steven's best friend Carrie, and Francisco Pryor Garat as Esteban.
STEVE, Mark Gerrard's New York debut as a playwright, was developed through The New Group's New Group/New Works reading series. With this production, director Cynthia Nixon returns to The New Group, where she made her directorial debut last season with the hit production of Joel Drake Johnson's Rasheeda Speaking, which received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. In 2006, she starred in The New Groupproduction The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Photos by Walter McBride
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Erin Darke and Annapurna Sriram
Emily Cass McDonnell
Emily Cass McDonnell
Francisco Pryor Garat
Francisco Pryor Garat
Francisco Pryor Garat
Cynthia Nixon and Mark Gerrard
Cynthia Nixon and Mark Gerrard
Cynthia Nixon, Scott Elliott and Mark Gerrard
Adam Bernstein, Matt McGrath, Ashlie Atkinson, Jerry Dixon, Mario Cantone, Malcolm Gets, Francisco Pryor Grant, Mark Gerrard and Scott Elliot
Matt McGrath, Ashlie Atkinson, Jerry Dixon, Mario Cantone, Malcolm Gets, Francisco Pryor Grant and Mark Gerrard
Matt McGrath, Ashlie Atkinson, Jerry Dixon, Mario Cantone, Malcolm Gets and Francisco Pryor Grant
Matt McGrath, Ashlie Atkinson, Jerry Dixon, Mario Cantone, Malcolm Gets and Francisco Pryor Grant
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