Photo Flash: Daniel Beaty, Moises Kaufman and More Celebrate CTG's THE TALLEST TREE IN THE FOREST Opening
"The Tallest Tree in the Forest", A Play with Music written and performed by Daniel Beaty, is being directed by Moisés Kaufman in its World Premiere production at Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum at the Music Center in Los Angeles. The show opened on Saturday, April 19, and below, BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities!
In attendance at the performance were Sam Anderson, Obba Babatundé, Starletta DuPois, Edwina Findlay, Darrin Henson, Dominic Hofman, Dawnn Lewis, Trina Parks, Roger Guenveur Smith, Harold Wheeler, Hattie Winston Wheeler, Deborah Wilson and more.
Obie Award-winning writer and performer Daniel Beaty chronicles Paul Robeson's remarkable life as an artist and political activist in an unforgettable theatrical biography, "The Tallest Tree in the Forest." Beaty embodies not only Robeson but also dozens of the international personalities who crossed Robeson's path. Beaty fills the theatre with the words, songs and dreams of a man who achieved so much as an All-American linebacker, valedictorian, Columbia Law School graduate and finally an internationally renowned star of stage and screen, and then he risked it all as a civil rights activist.
The Mark Taper Forum at the Music Center is located at 135 N. Grand Ave. Downtown Los Angeles, 90012. "The Tallest Tree in the Forest" continues through March 25, 2014. Tickets are available in person at the CTG box office, by phone (213) 628-2772 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org.
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging
Actress Starletta DuPois
Actress Trina Parks and Dr. Siri Singh
Musician Harold Wheeler and actress Hattie Winston Wheeler
Actor Darrin Henson and Rachelle Henson
Actor Darrin Henson and Rachelle Henson
Actor Obba Babatunde
Actor Obba Babatunde
Actress Edwina Findley
Actress Edwina Findley
Actor Sam Anderson
Actress Deborah Wilson
Actress Deborah Wilson
Actress Dawnn Lewis and Nolan V. Rollins, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League
Actress Dawnn Lewis and Nolan V. Rollins, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League
Director Moises Kaufman and actor Will Taylor
Actor Carl Weathers
Actor Carl Weathers
Actor Carl Weathers
Actors Carl Weathers and Dominic Hoffman
Actors Carl Weathers and Dominic Hoffman
Actors Carl Weathers, Roger Guenveur Smith and Dominic Hoffman
Actors Carl Weathers, Roger Guenveur Smith and Dominic Hoffman
Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty and CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie talk backstage after the opening night performance of THE TALLEST TREE IN THE FOREST
Music Director Kenny J. Seymour and musician Harold Wheeler congratulate Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty backstage
Actress Hattie Winston Wheeler, Music Director Kenny J. Seymour and actress Dawnn Lewis
Dawnn Lewis congratulates Music Director Kenny J. Seymour backstage
Director Moises Kaufman is congratulated by CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie
Actress Dawnn Lewis and Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty
Actress Dawnn Lewis congratulates Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty backstage
Director Moises Kaufman congratulates Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty
Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty and Director Moises Kaufman pose backstage
Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty and Director Moises Kaufman
Music Director Kenny J. Seymour, Writer/Performer Daniel Beaty and Director Moises Kaufman
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