Deuce Coup

Victor Garber, John Glover, Harriet Harris, Nathan Lane, Billie Jean King, David Hyde Pierce, Elaine Stritch, and other notables join Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes for the opening of Deuce.

New York City

May 07, 2007

Broadway history was made last night with the opening of Deuce. The show marks the first teaming of Tony Award winners Marian Seldes and Angela Lansbury, who play a pair of retired tennis pros in the midst of an uneasy reunion.

The show's director, Michael Blakemore, knows something about making history; he's the only person ever to win Tony Awards for Best Director of a Play and Best Director of a Musical (for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate) in the same year.

Deuce author Terrence McNally already has four Tonys on his mantle, and recently earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for his play Some Men.

The opening's many luminaries included McNally's great pal, Nathan Lane, who has starred in the playwright's Love! Valour! Compassion! and The Lisbon Traviata, among other works...

...Victor Garber, who opens this week in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Present Laughter, and Tony winner Andrea Martin...

...John Glover, now on Broadway as Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, who won a Tony for Love! Valour! Compassion! and starred in the Philadelphia premiere of Some Men...

...the multi-talented David Hyde Pierce, who has already earned a slew of award nominations for his performance as the show business-loving detective in Curtains...

...and his equally brilliant co-star, Debra Monk, who plays brassy producer Carmen Bernstein in the hit musical.

Among the other notables who attended the opening were Harriet Harris, soon to return to Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Old Acquaintance...

...the legendary Elaine Stritch...

...Emmy Award winner and theater veteran Doris Roberts...

...Tony winner Dick Latessa with Mary Louise Wilson, a sure Tony nominee this year for her amazing work in Grey Gardens...

...Mary Poppins co-stars Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee, who are both up for Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards...

...Outer Critics hopeful Charlotte d'Amboise, nominated for her role of Cassie in the revival of A Chorus Line, with her husband, actor Terrence Mann...

... and the evening's most special guest, tennis legend Billie Jean King, who is prominently mentioned in the script of Deuce.

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Deuce Coup

Victor Garber, John Glover, Harriet Harris, Nathan Lane, Billie Jean King, David Hyde Pierce, Elaine Stritch, and other notables join Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes for the opening of Deuce.

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