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Girl Power!

Julia Roberts, Steve Martin, Ellen Barkin, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, David Hyde Pierce, and Diane Sawyer join Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, and Mike Nichols for the opening of The Country Girl.

By: Joseph Marzullo; text by Brian Scott Lipton · Apr 28, 2008  · New York

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

On Sunday night, Mike Nichols' revival of Clifford Odets' The Country Girl opened on Broadway. Celebrating at the show's after-party at Tavern on the Green were stars Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, and Peter Gallagher.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Oscar winner Julia Roberts, who starred in Nichols' film version of Closer, was among the star-studded crowd.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Steve Martin, who starred in Nichols' Off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot, was joined by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The gorgeous Ellen Barkin worked with Freeman in three movies, including Harry & Son.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Amy Adams can be seen on the big screen opposite McDormand in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Natalie Portman starred in both Nichols' Closer and his Shakespeare in the Park production of The Seagull.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Here's one of New York's most powerful couples, media mogul Barry Diller and fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Playwright Jon Robin Baitz made some revisions to The Country Girl's script.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Rescue Me star Denis Leary and wife Ann were among the famous first-nighters.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien was accompanied by four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

David Hyde Pierce, currently starring in Curtains, played Sir Robin in Nichols' production of Monty Python's Spamalot.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Daytime drama favorite Marj Dusay was in the house.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The lovely Lily Rabe recently starred Off-Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre's revival of Crimes of the Heart.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Here's Rachel Dratch, one of the recurring stars of the hilarious Celebrity Autobiography.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Finally, here's the man of the hour -- Mike Nichols -- with his equally celebrated wife, television anchor Diane Sawyer.




For TheaterMania's review of The Country Girl, click here.






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