On Monday night, JoAnne Akailitis' production of The Bacchae opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Among the many celebrities on hand were two Shakespeare in the Park veterans, Will Swenson, who plays Berger in the Broadway revival of Hair, and his gal pal, four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, who played Olivia earlier this season in the Park in Twelfth Night.

David Pittu, who won raves for his portrayal of Feste in the Public Theater's Twelfth Night this summer, was on hand for The Bacchae's opening night.

Tony winner Phylicia Rashad came to the opening of The Bacchae with her daughter Condola Rashad, a Theatre World Award winner for her work in MTC's production of Ruined.

Lynn Redgrave, another Bacchae first-nighter, will bring her semi-autobiographical solo show Nightingale to MTC next month.

Kate Baldwin and Cheyenne Jackson, who came to The Bacchae opening, will co-star in the upcoming Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow.

Bacchae first-nighter John Ortiz will star in the title role of the Public Theater's much-anticipated production of Othello, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Karen Olivo, who won the 2009 Tony Award for her work in West Side Story, was a welcome presence at the opening of The Bacchae.

Tony winner Laura Benanti, who attended The Bacchae's opening, will return to Broadway this season in Sarah Ruhl's new play In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play.

Bacchae first-nighter Kathleen Turner will be seen this fall on the Showtime series Californication.

Tony winner Blair Brown, who attended the opening of The Bacchae, is part of the hit TV series Fringe.

The always hilarious Joan Rivers, who came to the opening of The Bacchae, will return next month to the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe.

Playwright Craig Lucas, another Bacchae first-nighter, is the winner of the 2010 Greenfield Prize for Drama.

On Tuesday morning, the cast of MTC's upcoming Broadway revival of The Royal Family met the press. Here are Tony Roberts, John Glover, Kelli Barrett, Ana Gasteyer, Jan Maxwell, Rosemary Harris, Reg Rogers, and Larry Pine.

On Wednesday, the new Broadway musical Memphis held a special public event in Shubert Alley, featuring composer David Bryan, stars Montego Glover and Chad Kimball, and librettist Joe DiPietro.

Finally, on Wednesday, the Tony Award-winning stars of Billy Elliot, Kiril Kulish, Trent Kowalik, and David Alvarez, had their handprints made at NYC's Planet Hollywood.