Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals

Last night, January 12, The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, opened at the Richard Rodger's Theatre on Broadway.  Check out the starry theatre arrivals below! 

Joining these Broadway A-listers onstage were Phillip Boykin as Crown, Nikki Renée Daniels as Clara, Joshua Henry as Jake, Christopher Innvar as Detective, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena and NaTasha Yvette Williams as Mariah as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson.

The classic story by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward is set in Charleston's fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess' relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater's most exhilarating love stories.

Following its sold-out world premiere engagement at Boston's American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), the creative team, led by Tony-nominated director Diane Paulus (Hair), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog), and two-time Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray (Running Man), now brings George and Ira Gershwin's legendary masterwork to the Broadway stage for the first time in more than 35 years. The creative team also includes choreographer Ronald K. Brown, set designer Riccardo Hernandez, costume designer ESosa, lighting designer Christopher Akerlind and sound designer ACME Sound Partners.

Photos by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
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Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
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Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Will Swenson

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Will Swenson & Diane Paulus

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Mamie Gummer

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Mamie Gummer

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Benjamin Walker

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Mamie Gummer & Benjamin Walker

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Mario Cantone

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Matthew Broderick

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Nathan Lane

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Matthew Broderick & Mario Cantone

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane and Cheyenne Jackson

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Stephen Schwartz

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Liz Mikel

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Pia Lindstrom

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Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Tonya Lewis Lee & Spike Lee

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Judith Jamison

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Tommy Tune

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Sierra Boggess

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Sierra Boggess & Tam Mutu

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Piper Perabo & Luke Forbes

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Tamara Tunie

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Melissa van Der Schyff

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Diane Paulus

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Suzan-Lori Parks

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Diane Paulus & Suzan-Lori Parks

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Dale Badway

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Arlene Alda & Alan Alda

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Valerie Simpson

Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals
Valerie Simpson

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Kerry Butler

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Edie Falco

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Edie Falco

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Jefferson Mays

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Jefferson Mays & Wife

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Montana James Thomas and Richard Thomas

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Photo Coverage: THE GERSHWIN's PORGY & BESS Opening Night Theatre Arrivals



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