Glory! Ricky Martin, Ben Vereen, and More Join Broadway’s Pippin on Opening Night
The Pippin principals are overjoyed as they take their curtain call.(© David Gordon)
Andrea Martin is triumphant as she takes her bow.(© David Gordon)
Patina Miller is overcome with emotion.(© David Gordon)
Matthew James Thomas is proud to return to Broadway.(© David Gordon)
The creative team takes a bow.(© David Gordon)
Matthew James Thomas (Pippin) snuggles up to his main squeeze, former Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark leading lady, Jennifer Damiano.(© David Gordon)
Leading Player Patina Miller is a dazzling lady in red.(© David Gordon)
Andrea Martin, whose showstopper “No Time At All” routinely receives mid-show standing ovations, is also rocking a red dress.(© David Gordon)
A married couple onstage and off, Terrence Mann and Charlotte d’Amboise get close for the cameras.(© David Gordon)
Rachel Bay Jones, who plays Pippin’s lady-love, Catherine, shows off her proud family, partner Benim Foster and their daughter, Miranda.(© David Gordon)
Grégory Arsenal, Philip Rosenberg, Molly Tynes, Orion Griffiths, Sabrina Harper, and Yannick Thomas are proud members of the Pippin ensemble.(© David Gordon)
Viktoria Grimmy, Andrew Fitch, Anthony Wayne, Stephanie Pope, Ashton Woerz, Andrew Cekala, and Bethany Moore are also featured in Pippin’s ensemble.(© David Gordon)
Ensemble members Colin Cunliffe, Olga Karmansky, and Erik Altemus smile for the cameras.(© David Gordon)
Ensemble member Viktoria Grimmy shows off one of her specialties.(© David Gordon)
Look at Diane Paulus’ awesome, trapeze-inspired dress!(© David Gordon)
Pippin’s circus coordinator Gypsy Snider, choreographer Chet Walker, and director Diane Paulus are ready to see their baby hit the stage.(© David Gordon)
It’s Pippin’s proud producers: Broadway legends Fran and Barry Weissler.(© David Gordon)
One of the spider men of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark even makes an appearance to deliver this bouquet of flowers to the show’s former comrade, Pippin star Matthew James Thomas.(© David Gordon)
Ben Vereen, who won a Tony Award for his performance in the original Broadway production of Pippin, is excited to cheer on the show’s first major revival.(© David Gordon)
Rocking a pair of sunglasses, recent Evita star Ricky Martin flashes us a thumbs up on his way into the Music Box Theatre.(© David Gordon)
Will Chase and Debra Messing spend date night at Pippin.(© David Gordon)
Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski is looking glamorous on opening night.(© David Gordon)
Pippin’s canine scene-stealer, Porridge, hams it up on the carpet.(© David Gordon)
The Broadway opening night of their pal Andrea Martin is the ideal father-son date for Henry and Martin Short.(© David Gordon)
Circus coordinator Gypsy Snider (right) is accompanied to her opening night by her brother, stage veteran Lorenzo Pisoni.(© David Gordon)
Even New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his wife, Veronica, get to have a date night at a Broadway show.(© David Gordon)
The legendary Tommy Tune wouldn’t miss a Broadway opening night for the world.(© David Gordon)
Tony Award winner Steve Kazee and his date for the evening, Sara Fitzpatrick, smile for the cameras.(© David Gordon)
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman take a break from writing London’s new musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to catch New York’s latest Broadway show. (© David Gordon)
Matthew James Thomas (Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark) leads the company in the title role, a young man who sets off on a death-defying journey to find his “corner of the sky” with the help (or hindrance) of a mysterious group of performers led by the Leading Player (Patina Miller). Pippin must decide between an “extraordinary” life with a singular moment of blazing glory or an ordinary one alongside his love, Catherine (Rachel Bay Jones). The cast also features Tony Award nominee Terrence Mann (The Addams Family) as Charlemagne, Tony Award nominee Charlotte d’Amboise (A Chorus Line) as Fastrada, Erik Altemus (The Fantasticks) as Lewis, Andrew Cekala (Ragtime) and Ashton Woerz (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) rotating as Theo, and Tony Award winner Andrea Martin (Young Frankenstein) as Berthe. Other members of the company include Grégory Arsenal, Lolita Costet, Colin Cunliffe, Andrew Fitch, Orion Griffiths, Viktoria Grimmy, Sabrina Harper, Olga Karmansky, Bethany Moore, Brad Musgrove, Stephanie Pope, Philip Rosenberg, Yannick Thomas, Molly Tynes, and Anthony Wayne.
Guests at the opening night included original Pippin star Ben Vereen, as well as Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Damiano, Lorenzo Pisoni, Ricky Martin, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Steve Kazee, Tommy Tune, Will Chase and Debra Messing, and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
