Photo Coverage: THE VIEW UPSTAIRS Celebrates Opening Night!
Invisible Wall Productions presents The View UpStairs - the provocative new musical written by Max Vernon and directed by Scott Ebersold - at Culture Project - The Lynn Redgrave (45 Bleecker Street). Choreography is by Al Blackstone with James Dobinson serving as Music Supervisor and Orchestrator.
The View UpStairs pulls you inside the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant '70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This forgotten community comes to life in all its gritty, glam rock glory when a young fashion designer from 2017 buys the abandoned space, setting off an exhilarating journey of seduction and self-exploration that spans two generations of queer history. Inspired by one of the most significant yet all-but-ignored attacks against the LGBTQ community, The View UpStairs examines what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future.
The cast of The View UpStairs features Jeremy Pope (Invisible Thread, Choir Boy) as Wes, Taylor Frey (How to Succeed..., South Pacific) as Patrick, Nathan Lee Graham (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Zoolander) as Willie, Frenchie Davis (Rent, "The Voice") as Henri, Benjamin Howes (Scandalous, Mary Poppins) as Richard, Michael Longoria (Jersey Boys, Hairspray) as Freddy, Ben Mayne as Dale, April Ortiz, Nancy Ticotin, Randy Redd (Million Dollar Quartet, Ring of Fire) as Buddy, in addition to Richard E. Waits and Anthony Alfaro.
BroadwayWorld was on hand for opening night and you can check out photos from the after party below!
Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi


Jeremy Pope

Jeremy Pope

Frenchie Davis

Frenchie Davis

Michael Longoria

Michael Longoria

Randy Redd

Randy Redd

Nancy Ticotin

Nancy Ticotin

Benjamin Howes

Ben Mayne

Ben Mayne

Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham

Nathan Lee Graham

Taylor Frey

Taylor Frey

Richard E. Waits

Randy Redd and Benjamin Howes

Randy Redd and Benjamin Howes

Michael Longoria and Daniel Reichard

Michael Longoria and Daniel Reichard

Annie Golden and Randy Redd

Jessica Naimy and Ben Mayne

Nathan Lee Graham and Jeremy Pope

Nathan Lee Graham and Jeremy Pope

Nathan Lee Graham and Frenchie Davis

Nathan Lee Graham and Frenchie Davis

Frenchie Davis and Michael Longoria

Jeremy Pope, Frenchie Davis and Michael Longoria

Jeremy Pope and Taylor Frey

Jeremy Pope and Taylor Frey

Anthony Alfaro, April Ortiz, Nancy Ticotin and Michael Longoria

Max Vernon and Christopher Peak

Adam Honore, Brian Tovar, Anita Yavich and Scott Ebersold

Max Vernon and Michael Vernon

Al Blackstone, Scott Ebersold, Max Vernon and James Dobinson

Michael Longoria and Taylor James

Michael Longoria and Taylor James

Max Vernon and Stephen Flaherty

Richard E. Waits and Stephen Flaherty

Michael Longoria and Jennifer Webb

The View Upstairs Band

The View Upstairs Cast