Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for BANDSTAND!

The brand new musical Bandstand, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton) with music by Richard Oberacker and a book and lyrics byRobert Taylor and Richard Oberacker, opened last at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there at opening night and we're taking you to the red carpet below!

Set in the smoke filled, swing fueled night clubs of 1945, Bandstand brings the against-all-odds story of singer/songwriter Donny Novitski (Cott) and his band of mismatched fellow WWII veterans to the stage. When a national radio contest to find America's next big swing band offers a chance at instant fame and Hollywood fortune, Donny must whip his wise-cracking gang of jazzers (Bender, Carroll, Ellis, Hopkins, Packard) into fighting shape. Teaming up with the beautiful young war widow Julia (Osnes) as their singer, they struggle to confront the lingering effects and secrets of the battlefield that threaten to tear them apart.

Playing for every voiceless underdog in a world that has left them behind, they risk everything in the final live broadcast to redefine the meaning of victory. With an explosive original score and choreography inspired by the high energy swing rhythms of the era,Bandstand is a truly American story of love, loss, triumph and the everyday men and women whose personal bravery defined a nation.

Bandstand stars Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes (Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella) and Corey Cott (Gigi) featuring Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone),Alex Bender (Broadway debut), Joe Carroll (Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella),Brandon J. Ellis (Once), James Nathan Hopkins (What's It All About: Bacharach Reimagined), and Geoff Packard (Matilda).

Elly Blankenbuehler, Andy Blankenbuehler, Luca Blankenbuehler and Sofia Blankenbuehler
Elly Blankenbuehler, Andy Blankenbuehler, Luca Blankenbuehler and Sofia Blankenbuehler
David Korins
Janine DiVita
Janine DiVita
Brandon Uranowitz
Stephanie Styles
Stephanie Styles
Casey Cott and Stephanie Styles
Casey Cott
Casey Cott
Terrence McNally
Tom Kirdahy and Terrence McNally
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Gideon Glick
Gideon Glick
Kara Lindsay
Kara Lindsay
Kara Lindsay
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Kate Wetherhead
Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Bernadette Peters
Richard Oberacker, Bernadette Peters and Robert Taylor
Tommy Tune and Bernadette Peters
Tommy Tune and Bernadette Peters
Joel Perez
Joel Perez
Raul Esparza
Raul Esparza
JW Cortes
JW Cortes
Santino Fontana
Santino Fontana