Photo Coverage: On Inauguration Eve, Broadway Unites to Take a Pledge for the Ghostlight Project
By: Walter McBride Jan. 20, 2017
Just last night, at sunset the eve of the Inauguration, more than 500 theaters, ensembles and companies, high school and university theater programs gathered across the country to light a light and make a pledge to stand for and protect the values of inclusion, participation, and compassion for everyone - regardless of race, class, religion, country of origin, immigration status, (dis)ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
THE GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT included over 500 participating organizations, with representation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. From Broadway to high school auditoriums, members of the theater community gathered from coast to coast in each time zone to light a light and make a pledge. Inspired by the theatrical tradition of keeping a "ghost light" on in a darkened theater, we create light for the challenging times ahead.
BroadwayWolrd brings you photos straight from Times Square below!
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Sam Pinkleton
The Ghostlight Project
The Ghostlight Project
Moises Kaufman
Moises Kaufman
The Ghostlight Project
Cate Blanchett & Family
Sally Field and Sam Gold
Sally Field and Sam Gold
Sally Field and Sam Gold
Kate Mulgrew and Brian d'Arcy James
Cate Blanchett & Family
Cate Blanchett & Family
Cate Blanchett & Family
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Mulgrew
Betty Buckley, Phillipa Soo, Oak, Andre De Shields, Francis Jue, Jessica Molaskey, Brian d'Arcy James and Steven Pasquale
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Betty Buckley
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kate Mulgrew and Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley and Andre De Shields
Cate Blanchett & Family
The Ghostlight Project
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Phillipa Soo and Andre De Shields
Crowds
Cate Blanchett & Family
The Ghostlight Project
Kate Mulgrew and Betty Buckley
The Ghostlight Project
Lorin Latarro and Lisa Goldberg
Sam Pinkleton
The Ghostlight Project
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Sam Gold
Phillipa Soo, Oak, Andre De Shields, Francis Jue, Jessica Molaskey, Brian d'Arcy James and Steven Pasquale
Denee Benton and Brian d'Arcy James
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Melissa Errico
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Judy Kuhn
Phillipa Soo, Denee Bentom, Adam Chandler Berat and Francis Jue
Kate Mulgrew, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Sam Gold, Betty Buckley and Okieriete Onaodowan
Steven Pasquale and Tony Yazbeck
Denee Benton, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Oak, Melissa Errico, Phillipa Soo, Andre De Shields, Tina Landau, Adam Chandler Berat, Francis Jue, Brian d'Arcy James, Steven Pasquale and Jessica Molaskey
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Cate Blanchett
The Ghostlight Project
Crowd
Stephen Savage, Marti Gould Cummings II and Clarice DuBois
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