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Grease's Max and Laura take Manhattan; Nathan Lane, Edie Falco, Donna Murphy, and Doris Roberts celebrate the opening of Some Men; and Kate Mulgrew debuts as Charles Busch's Leading Lady.


(© Michael Portantiere)
(© Michael Portantiere)









They're the ones that you want! Newly crowned Grease stars Laura Osnes and Max Crumm came to New York City and posed in Times Square this morning, two days after winning NBC's much-hyped talent competition to find the show's Danny and Sandy. Look for them at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre, starting on July 24.










(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)







On Monday night, Pulitzer Prize winner Terrence McNally's new play Some Men opened at Second Stage. After the show, the playwright caught up with TV favorite and frequent theatergoer Doris Roberts.








(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)






Among the production's nine-member cast, all of whom play multiple roles, are Kelly AuCoin, Pedro Pascal, David Greenspan, and Don Amendolia...








(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)










...Frederick Weller, who starred on Broadway in Take Me Out, Seascape, and Glengarry Glen Ross...











(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)









...Romain Frugé who gets to show off his singing voice in Some Men, just as he did in The Full Monty (book by McNally, songs by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens)...










(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)










...and another amazing singer-actor, Michael McElroy (left), pictured here with pal Flotilla DeBarge.












(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)








Also celebrating after the show were director Trip Cullman and pal Alison Pill, who's currently starring Off-Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's Blackbird.










(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)









The opening brought out a slew of celebs, including Edie Falco, who starred in the Broadway revival of McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune...










(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)









...Nathan Lane, who has appeared in such McNally plays as Love! Valour! Compassion and The Lisbon Traviata...











(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)










...the fabulous Donna Murphy, set to return to Broadway next month as Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik...










(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)









...and the talented Keith Nobbs, now co-starring on the new NBC drama The Black Donnellys.












(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)







Last week, another new play by one of New York's favorite writers opened at Manhattan Theatre Club: Charles Busch's Our Leading Lady. Here's the author with the show's director, Lynne Meadow.







(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)









The show marks the return of Star Trek: Voyager's Kate Mulgrew, last seen on stage in Tea at Five. She is simply magnificent as actress Laura Keene, who was onstage at Ford's Theater the night that Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth.









(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)










Mulgrew's co-stars include Tony Award winner Ann Duquesnay and handsome newcomer Billy Wheelan...













(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)










...and stage and screen favorite Maxwell Caulfield, who clowned around after the performance with his wife, actress Juliet Mills.




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