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Nosing Around

Ben Affleck, Glenn Close, and Kathie Lee Gifford help Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner celebrate Cyrano de Bergerac's opening night. Plus: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andie MacDowell, and George Wendt play Celebrity Charades.

By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Dan Bacalzo · Nov 2, 2007  · New York

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Cyrano de Bergerac opened on Broadway last night, with Kevin Kline in the role of the large-nosed poet and swashbuckler. Here he is taking a well deserved bow for a fantastic performance.











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Jennifer Garner, who plays the lovely Roxane, catches up after the show with the revival's director, David Leveaux.













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Among the celebrities that came out for the opening were Garner's Oscar-winning husband, actor Ben Affleck, who recently made his film directing debut with Gone Baby Gone...











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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)










...Tony Award winner Glenn Close, who co-starred with Kline in the film The Big Chill...












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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)









...former talk-show host and musical composer Kathie Lee Gifford...













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...and another musical composer, Frank Wildhorn, seen here with his fiancée, actress Brandi Burkhardt.












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Tony winner Joanna Gleason came out to support husband Christopher Sarandon, who portrays the Comte de Guiche in the show.











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Also celebrating Cyrano's opening night is Daniel Sunjata, who portrays Christian, the handsome soldier with whom Roxane falls in love.












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On Monday, October 29, LAByrinth Theatre Company held the benefit Celebrity Charades: The Battle of Good vs. Evil at St. Paul's Church. Here are LAB co-artistic director John Ortiz, company member John Gould Rubin, and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, who is LAB's other co-artistic director.






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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)









Among the event's participants were company member Craig "Mums" Grant, who is currently starring in LAByrinth's production of A View from 151st Street...












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...Saturday Night Live alum and 30 Rock co-star Rachel Dratch and actor-playwright Eric Bogosian...













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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)









...the lovely Andie MacDowell...











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...George Wendt, who is currently playing Edna in the Broadway production of Hairspray...











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...Daily Show correspondent and frequent stage star Aasif Mandvi...












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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)









...and Law and Order star Jeremy Sisto, who bowed on Broadway last year in Festen.













For TheaterMania's review of Cyrano de Bergerac, click here.







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