Photo Coverage: Translations Opening Night

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Brian Friel/>'s Translations opened January 25th at the Biltmore Theatre (261 W. 47th St.) after beginning previews on January 4th.

The co-production with McCarter Theatre Center is directed by Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes/> (Beauty Queen of Leenane).  "In 1981, MTC produced the American premiere of Brian Friel/>'s masterpiece Translations. Twenty-five years later, the themes of this play are as timely as ever. Clashing cultures and tragedies of miscommunication unfold in Friel's invented Irish townland of Ballybeg, a place he has explored in his plays Dancing at Lughnasa, Aristocrats and Molly Sweeney.  Poignant and moving, Translations depicts the power of language to unite and divide people in a time of cultural imperialism," state press materials.

The cast includes Niall Buggy, David Costabile/>, Alan Cox, Dermot Crowley, Michael FitzGerald, Morgan Hallett, Geraldine Hughes/>, Susan Lynch, Graeme Malcolm and Chandler Williams/>.

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Arrivals:

 
/>/>Patricia Clarkson/>

/>/>Garry Hynes/>

/>/>Peter Scanavino/>

Noel Fahey (Ambassador of Ireland) and />/>Tim O'Connor/> (Consul General of Ireland)

/>/>Tyne Daly/>

/>/>Walter Bobbie/>

The Pirate Queen co-stars />/>Hadley Fraser/> and />/>Stephanie J. Block/>

Ralph Howard (Radio News Anchor) and />/>Julie Halston/>

/>/>Marian Seldes/>

/>/>Catherine Kellner/> with boyfriend Jesse

/>/>Glenn Close/>

Michael Cerveris/>/>

/>/>Holland Taylor/>

/>/>Tommy Tune/>

/>/>Tommy Tune/> and Robert di Mauro

MTC's />/>Barry Grove/> and />/>Lynne Meadow/>

/>/>Malachy McCourt/>

Margaret Colin and />/>Beth Fowler/>

/>/>Maxwell Caulfield/>

/>/>Alison Pill

After-Party:

/>/>David Costabile/>

Alan Cox and />/>David Costabile/>

Alan Cox

Graeme Malcolm

Dermot Crowley

/>/>Chandler Williams/>

/>/>Garry Hynes/>

Niall Buggy and />/>Garry Hynes/>

Dermot Crowley, Morgan Hallett, Michael FitzGerald, Niall Buggy, />/>Geraldine Hughes/>, />/>Garry Hynes/>, />/>Chandler Williams/> and Susan Lynch

/>/>David Costabile/> and />/>Geraldine Hughes/>

Back: />/>David Costabile/>, />/>Geraldine Hughes/>, Dermot Crowley, Morgan Hallett, />/>Chandler Williams/>, Niall Buggy, and Susan Lynch; Front: Michael FitzGerald, Alan Cox, Graeme Malcolm

/>/>Geraldine Hughes/>

/>/>Geraldine Hughes/>

/>/>Geraldine Hughes/> and Morgan Hallett

/>/>Geraldine Hughes/>, Morgan Hallett and Susan Lynch