William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold (Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar). Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn stars alongside theatre veterans Reed Birney (The Dream of the Burning Boy) and Elizabeth Marvel (Other Desert Cities), rising stars Maggie Grace ("Lost") and Sebastian Stan ("Gossip Girl"), Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham (recently seen in Tribes), Madeleine Martin (August: Osage County) and Ben Rappaport (Hope Springs).
BroadwayWorld was there last night for all of the opening night festivities and you can check out full coverage from the first curtain call below!
It's a balmy Labor Day in the American Heartland, and a group of women are preparing for a
Picnic... but they'll have to lay a lot on the line before they can lay out the checkered cloths. When a handsome young drifter named Hal (Stan) arrives, his combination of uncouth manners and titillating charm sends the women reeling, especially the beautiful Madge (Grace). When Hal is forced out of town, Madge must decide whether their fleeting encounter is worth changing the course of her life.
PICNIC will run through February 24, 2013 at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street).
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Cast Board
Maggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel
Sebastian Stan
Chris Perfetti, Ben Rappaport & Madeleine Martin
Reed Birney
Reed Birney & Maddie Corman
Ben Rappaport & Madeleine Martin
Elizabeth Marvel
Madeleine Martin
Mare Winningham
Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan
Maggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel
Maggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel
Ben Rappaport & Madeleine Martin
Mare Winningham & Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn & Elizabeth Marvel
Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel
Maggie Grace & Sebastian Stan
Ellen Burstyn & Elizabeth Marvel
Ben Rappaport
Madeleine Martin
Sebastian Stan
Maggie Grace, Sebastian Stan
Maggie Grace
Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel
Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan
Ellen Burstyn
Madeleine Martin & Maggie Grace
Sebastian Stan & Mare Winningham
Elizabeth Marvel
Maggie Grace
Sebastian Stan
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
Ben Rappaport, Madeleine Martin, Maggie Grace, Sebastian Stan, Mare Winningham, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Marvel, Reed Birney & Maddie Corman
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