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Photo Coverage: Opening Night Curtain Call for FOOL FOR LOVE

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Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Fool for Love by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin, stars Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell,Tom Pelphrey and Gordon Joseph Weiss. The limited engagement of Fool for Love opened Thursday, October 8 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Holed up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, two former lovers unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart. Beaten down by ill-fated love and a ruthless struggle for identity, can they ultimately live with, or without, each other? Led by director Daniel Aukin (Back Back Back at MTC; 4,000 Miles), Tony Award winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur at MTC, Born Yesterday) and Sam Rockwell (A Behanding in Spokane, The Way Way Back) bring an explosive intensity to Sam Shepard's (Buried Child, True West) landmark myth of the new Wild West.

Photos by Walter McBride

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Gordon Joseph Weiss, Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda and Tom Pelphrey

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Gordon Joseph Weiss, Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda and Tom Pelphrey

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Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda and Tom Pelphrey

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Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda and Tom Pelphrey

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Sam Rockwell

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Sam Rockwell, Nina Arianda and Tom Pelphrey

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Sam Rockwell

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Nina Arianda

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Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda

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Sam Rockwell

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Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda

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Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda

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Sam Rockwell

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Nina Arianda

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Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda

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