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On Tuesday night, the Public Theater officially opened Road Show, a new musical by the legendary composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
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Here are the show's director, John Doyle, and its librettist, John Weidman, both of whom have worked extensively with Sondheim.
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Alexander Gemignani and Michael Cerveris, both of whom have starred in other Sondheim shows, play brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner in the musical.
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Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce -- who will return to Broadway this spring in Accent on Youth -- was among the opening night guests.
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The amazing Elaine Stritch -- who starred in the original Broadway production of Sondheim's Company -- came out for the opening.
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Barbara Walsh -- who played Stritch's role of Joanne in Doyle's recent revival of Company -- is currently starring in the DC Studio Theatre production of Grey Gardens.
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Broadway and daytime television star Kevin Spirtas will be back on stage in the upcoming Bacharach to the Future benefit at New World Stage on December 1.
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Also on Tuesday night, Manhattan Theatre Club officially premiered the baseball drama Back Back Back. Here are actor James Martinez, playwright Itamar Moses, director Daniel Aukin, and Martinez's co-stars Michael Moseley and Jeremy Davidson.
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After the show, Davidson caught up with his beautiful and talented wife, actress Mary Stuart Masterson.
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On Wednesday, the fabulous Orfeh came to Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle for a performance and signing of her new CD What Do You Want From Me.
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On Thursday night, Early Stages honored Tony Award winner Zoe Caldwell (center) at a benefit, emceed by real-life couple Matt Cavenaugh -- soon to appear as Tony in Broadway's West Side Story -- and Jenny Powers.
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Finally, on Thursday night, Lincoln Center Theatre opened the play Dividing the Estate at Broadway's Booth Theatre. Here are playwright Horton Foote and his daughter, Hallie, who plays the scheming Mary Jo.
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The one-and-only Elizabeth Ashley makes a welcome return to Broadway as family matriarch Stella.
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Gerald McRaney gives an outstanding performance as Stella's black-sheep son, Lewis.
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Finally, here's the always wonderful Penny Fuller, who plays Lucille, with frequent companion Tony Roberts.
For TheaterMania's review of Road Show , click here.
For TheaterMania's review of Back Back Back, click here.
For TheaterMania's review of Dividing the Estate, click here.
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