The American Plan

Jack Noseworthy, Emily Osment, Tommy Tune, Tamara Tunie, and Kathleen Turner join Haley Joel Osment, John Leguizamo, and Cedric the Entertainer for the opening of American Buffalo.

By Joseph Marzullo,Tristan Fuge,Brian Scott Lipton • Nov 18, 2008 • New York

On Monday night, a Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo opened at the Belasco Theatre, starring Haley Joel Osment as Bobby, John Leguizamo as Teach, and Cedric the Entertainer as Donny.

Two-time Tony Award winner Robert Falls directed the production.

Emily Osment, who stars on the popular Hannah Montana series, was on hand to support her brother.

The great Tommy Tune, who recently directed the musical Turn of the Century at the Goodman Theatre, was among the first-night guests.

Here's actor Jack Noseworthy, who starred on Broadway in Sweet Smell of Success.

The Reverend Al Sharpton was on hand for the big event.

Kathleen Turner, who will return to the New York stage next month in Charles Busch's The Third Story, was part of the opening night crowd.

Tamara Tunie, who stars on NBC's Law & Order: SVU, came out for the show.

Uptown on Monday night, the York Theatre Company officially opened the two-person musical My Vaudeville Man! starring Karen Murphy and Shonn Wiley.

White Christmas star Meredith Patterson -- aka Mrs. Wiley -- was justifiably proud of her talented husband.

Jeffrey Correia and mom Sandy Duncan caught up with the show's director Lynne Taylor-Corbett and her talented son, In the Heights cast member Shaun Taylor-Corbett.

Former Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard was among the first-night crowd.

The multi-talented Tony Roberts showed off his singing and dancing skills in the recent Broadway production of Xanadu.

Ballet legend Jock Soto was on hand for the opening.

Finally, here are good friends and Broadway greats Lee Roy Reams and Donna McKechnie.

For TheaterMania's review of American Buffalo, click here.
For TheaterMania's review of My Vaudeville Man!, click here.