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
