Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale, and Playwrights Horizons Celebrate Opening of Off-Broadway’s Far From Heaven
Kelli O’Hara takes her curtain call on the opening night of Far From Heaven at Playwrights Horizons.(© David Gordon)
Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Nancy Anderson share a bow.(© David Gordon)
The pleased leads, Steven Pasquale, Kelli O’Hara, and Isaiah Johnson, drink in the audience’s appreciation.(© David Gordon)
Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara takes on the central role of Connecticut housewife Cathy Whitaker.(© David Gordon)
Isaiah Johnson (who plays gardener Raymond Deagan) and Steven Pasquale (who plays Cathy’s husband, Frank) flank their on stage scene partner, Kelli O’Hara.(© David Gordon)
J.B. Adams, who played Morris Farnsworth in both the film and stage musical version of Far From Heaven, gets close with his stage costar Alma Cuervo and veteran actress Celia Weston, who in the film played Cuervo’s role, busybody Mona Lauder.(© David Gordon)
Nancy Anderson (right), who appears as Cathy’s friend Eleanor, snuggles up to her significant other, theater director Ethan McSweeny.(© David Gordon)
Broadway veteran Mary Stout plays a number of roles, including newspaper reporter Mrs. Leacock.(© David Gordon)
Tess Soltau costars as Cathy’s pal Nancy.(© David Gordon)
James Moye and Justin Scott Brown appear as Frank Whitaker’s various cohorts.(© David Gordon)
Sarah Jane Shanks appears in a variety of roles, including Frank’s secretary.(© David Gordon)
Korey Jackson and Marinda Anderson costar in a number of roles.(© David Gordon)
The production’s children, Julianna Rigoglioso, Jake Lucas, and Elaine Bass, smile for the cameras.(© David Gordon)
Victor Wallace completes the company as Dick.(© David Gordon)
The proud Far From Heaven creative team: director Michael Greif, writers Michael Korie, Scott Frankel, and Richard Greenberg, and Playwrights Horizons Artistic Director Tim Sanford.(© David Gordon)
Guests included former Merrily We Roll Along costars Lin-Manuel Miranda and Celia Keenan-Bolger, who were on hand to support their pal, Steven Pasquale.(© David Gordon)
Laura Benanti, who is married to Far From Heaven star Steven Pasquale, smiles alongside her pal and date for the evening, Sarah Saltzberg.(© David Gordon)
Hunter Foster is ready to cheer on his friend and former fellow Million Dollar Quartet cast member, James Moye.(© David Gordon)
Kelli O’Hara (right) smiles alongside her husband, Greg Naughton. (© David Gordon)
Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara leads the company as Cathy Whitaker, a suburban wife and mother in 1957 whose life begins to unravel as she discovers that her husband (Steven Pasquale) has been hiding a big secret, and that she herself may have feelings for her African-American gardener (Isaiah Johnson). The cast also includes Nancy Anderson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Alma Cuervo, J.B. Adams, Mary Stout, Justin Scott Brown, James Moye, Sarah Jane Shanks, Tess Soltau, Marinda Anderson, Korey Jackson, Victor Wallace, Elainey Bass, Jake Lucas, and Julianna Rigoglioso.
Guests at the opening night included Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tony nominees Hunter Foster and Celia Keenan-Bolger, writer/performer Sarah Saltzberg, and Celia Weston, who appeared in the film version of Far From Heaven.
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