Photo Flash: Opening Night at Ahmanson's END OF THE RAINBOW, Starring Tracie Bennett
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 21, 2013
Tracie Bennett stars in END OF THE RAINBOW by Peter Quilter, directed by Terry Johnson at CTG's Ahmanson Theatre in LA. The show just opened last night, March 20, also featuring Michael Cumpsty, Erik Heger and Miles Anderson. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!
In attendance for the opening celebrations were Maxwell Caulfield, Wilson Cruz, Loretta Devine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Davis Gaines, Peri Gilpin, Adam Godley, Grant Gustin, Ivan Hernandez, Siobhan Hewlett, Paulette Ivory, Lainie Kazan, Sid Krofft, Alec Mapa, Juliet Mills, Aubrey Plaza, Richard Sherman, Darren Star, Betty White, Alicia Witt, Playwright Peter Quilter, Director Terry Johnson and more.
It is December 1968, and Judy Garland is about to make her comeback . . . again. In a London hotel room preparing for a series of concerts, with both her new, young fiancé and her adoring accompanist, Garland struggles to get "beyond the rainbow" with her signature cocktail of talent, tenacity and razor-sharp wit. This savagely funny drama, which also features some of Garland's most memorable songs, offers unique insight into the inner conflict that inspired and consumed one of the most beloved figures in American popular culture. Tracie Bennett received the Outer Critics Circle Award, as well as Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League nominations for her performance as Garland.
The production plays Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave. Downtown Los Angeles. End of the Rainbow continues through April 21, 2013. Tickets are available in person at the CTG box office, by phone (213) 972-4400 or online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org.
Photo Credit: Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging
Cast members Miles Anderson, Erik Heger, Tracie Bennett and Michael Cumpsty
Cast members Miles Anderson, Erik Heger, Tracie Bennett and Michael Cumpsty
Cast members Michael Cumpsty, Erik Heger, Playwright Peter Quilter, cast member Tracie Bennett, Director Terry Johnson and cast member Miles Anderson
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Cast member Tracie Bennett, Playwright Peter Quilter and producers Joey Parnes and S.D. Wagner
Cast member Tracie Bennett and Playwright Peter Quilter
Cast member Tracie Bennett and sister Debra Birtwistle
Cast members Tracie Bennett and Michael Cumpsty
Cast members Tracie Bennett and Erik Heger
Cast members Tracie Bennett and Erik Heger
Cast members Miles Anderson and Tracie Bennett
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Director Terry Johnson, actress Juliet Mills and actor Maxwell Caulfield
Actress Juliet Mills, cast member Tracie Bennett and actor Maxwell Caulfield
Director Terry Johnson and cast member Michael Cumpsty
Actresses Peri Gilpin and Kate Burton
Cast member Michael Cumpsty and actress Kate Burton
Cast member Michael Cumpsty and actress Kate Burton
CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Playwright Peter Quilter
Cast member Erik Heger gives flowers to Tracie Bennett
Cast member Erik Heger gives flowers to Tracie Bennett
Cast members Tracie Bennett and Michael Cumpsty
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Cast member Tracie Bennett
Actress Lainie Kazan
Actress Lainie Kazan
Actor Ivan Hernandez
Actor Alec Mapa
Actor Alec Mapa
From left, actors Alec Mapa and Lainie Kazan
Actor Grant Gustin
Actor Adam Godley
Actress Betty White
From left, actress Loretta Devine and husband Glenn Marshall
Actress Peri Gilpin
Actress Paulette Ivory
Actress Paulette Ivory
Playwright Peter Quilter
Actors Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield
Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Actress Alicia Witt and Director Terry Johnson
Actress Alicia Witt, Director Terry Johnson and actress Siobhan Hewlett
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