Ed Asner, Chris Colfer, Scarlett Johansson, and Liza Minnelli Star in November’s Best Broadway Photos

November was busiest month of the entire fall season, with a whopping seven Broadway productions officially opening their doors between the 1st and the 30th. There were also countless off-Broadway shows taking their first night bows, dozens of Rialto visits from TV and Hollywood stars, and a few photo ops (Happy Birthday, Ed Asner!) that were just too good to miss. Here are our choices for the best photos of the month, from Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain’s Broadway debut in The Heiress to the glittering holiday tree lighting in Bryant Park.

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Dan Stevens, Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, and Judith Ivey take their opening night curtain call in Broadway’s The Heiress on November 1.
(© David Gordon)

Jessica Chastain gives us her best “Oscar nominee” over-the-shoulder look on the red carpet at The Heiress’ after party.
(© David Gordon)

David Strathairn (seen here with his The Heiress director Moisés Kaufman and co-star Dan Stevens) shoots back at the red carpet photographers.
(© David Gordon)

Amy Spanger and Amra-Faye Wright welcome new co-star Billy Ray Cyrus to the cast of Broadway’s Chicago on November 5.
(© Tristan Fuge)

Stunning supermodel Petra Nemcova, honored for her philanthropy work on November 5 at the Only Make Believe Gala, gives us a Zoolander moment.
(© David Gordon)

Tony Award winner and current The Whale star Shuler Hensley gets close with his recent Elephant Man co-star, Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson, at his new show’s opening at Playwrights Horizons.
(© Tristan Fuge)

Lilla Crawford gets giddy on stage at the Palace Theatre when presented with flowers during her opening night curtain call in Annie on November 8.
(© David Gordon)

The cast of Annie concludes their opening night performance on November 8 with a sing-a-long of “Tomorrow.”
(© David Gordon)

The young orphans of Annie take their opening night curtain call at the Palace Theatre.
(© David Gordon)

Comedian Jim Gaffigan and wife Jeannie bring two of Annie’s biggest fans (and the best dressed red carpet walkers of the month), daughters Marre and Katie, to the musical’s opening on November 8.
(© David Gordon)

Dog trainer Bill Berloni smiles for the camera with canines Sunny and Casey at the opening of Broadway’s Annie on November 8.
(© David Gordon)

A host of Broadway favorites, including Tony-winners Joel Grey, Victoria Clark, Walter Bobbie, and Tony Award nominees Rebecca Luker, Kelli O’Hara, and Raúl Esparza, celebrate New York City Center Encores! at its 20th anniversary gala on November 12.
(© Stephanie Berger)

Joel Grey pulls out his famous jazz hands during his rendition of “Mr. Cellophane” at the Encores! gala.
© (© Stephanie Berger)

Raúl Esparza ditches his cell phone at the Encores! gala on November 12.
(© Stephanie Shuman)

Co-stars Billy Magnussen and Shalita Grant feel the love at the opening of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater on November 12.
(© David Gordon)

Emotional Creature cast members Joaquina Kalukango, Olivia Oguma, Sade Namei, Ashley Bryant, Molly Carden, Emily S. Grosland smile for the cameras in costume prior to the show’s opening on November 12.
(© Tristan Fuge)

Gloria Steinem celebrates opening night of her friend Eve Ensler’s play, Emotional Creature, on November 12.
(© Tristan Fuge)

The cast members of The Mystery of Edwin Drood take their opening curtain call on November 13 at Studio 54.
(© David Gordon)

Is it Mr. Clive Padgett, or is it Drood’s Will Chase?
(© David Gordon)

Andy Karl bows down to our camera at the opening of The Mystery of Edwin Drood on November 13.
(© David Gordon)

The lovely ladies of Drood can’t keep their hands off dashing cast member Peter Benson.
(© David Gordon)

Henry Winkler photo bombs cast members Cheyenne Jackson, Alicia Silverstone, and Daniel Breaker during The Performers’ opening night after party.
(© David Gordon)

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(© David Gordon)

In The Performers, which officially opened at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on November 14, Ari Graynor and Cheyenne Jackson played (the show closed November 18) porn star couple Peeps and Mandrew.
(© David Gordon)

Chippendale dancers and Amazing Race contestants James and Jaymes Facebook themselves at the November 14 opening of The Performers.
(© David Gordon)

Humorist Amy Sedaris and talk show host Andy Cohen get friendly on The Performers red carpet on November 14.
(© David Gordon)

Don’t you lecture us on the red carpet at a Broadway opening night, Professor Justin Long!
(© David Gordon)

Anne Hathaway and Eve Ensler celebrate girl power at a post-opening performance of Ensler’s Emotional Creature off-Broadway.
(© Valentina Berger)

The adorable young ladies of Matilda the Musical, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, Sophia Gennusa, and Milly Shapiro, strike a pose in front of their show’s new marquee on November 15.
(© David Gordon)

Paul Rudd can’t contain his enthusiasm as he celebrates co-star Ed Asner’s 83rd birthday on November 15 after a performance of Grace at the Cort Theatre.
(© Tristan Fuge)

Lovable curmudgeon Ed Asner doesn’t like surprises.
(© Tristan Fuge)

Leading lady Carolee Carmello brings along her trusty video camera to document the opening of Broadway’s Scandalous on November 15.
(© David Gordon)

Kathie Lee Gifford, Liza Minnelli, Hoda Kotb, and Kris Jenner at the opening of Scandalous. Amazing. Period.
(© David Gordon)

Scandalous bookwriter/lyricist Kathie Lee Gifford gets cozy with the legendary Regis Philbin (her former co-host on the talk show Live!) at the show’s opening.
(© David Gordon)

Alfredo Narciso, Eric Nelson, Gretchen Mol, Darren Goldstein, Mark Blum celebrate the November 15 opening of The New Group’s The Good Mother.
(© Tracy Ketcher)

Chaplin star Rob McClure is speechless as managing partner Max Klimavicius reveals the actor’s Sardi’s caricature on November 15.
(© David Gordon)

Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James tips his hat next to leading lady (and fellow Tony nominee) Kate Baldwin at the opening of Giant at the Public Theater on November 15.
(© Simon Luethi)

Tony Award nominee John Dossett and his wife, Tony Award winner Michele Pawk, both appear in Giant, but only share the stage for a few fleeting moments!
(© Simon Luethi)

PJ Griffith, Kate Baldwin, and Brian d’Arcy James pose for a quick photo on their way into the Giant opening night after party.
(© Simon Luethi)

Aaron Roman Weiner, Kohl Sudduth, Ana Reeder, and Kelly AuCoin share a moment at the November 16 opening of their play Radiance.
(© Monica Simoes)

Backstage at Cotton Club Parade at New York City Center on November 17, star Amber Riley smiles with her Glee co-star (and Golden Globe winner) Chris Colfer and her mom Tiny.
(© David Gordon)

Award-winning composer Lebo M celebrates the 15th anniversary of Broadway’s The Lion King with a post-show celebration on November 18 at the Minskoff Theatre.
(© David Gordon)

It’s a family affair after The Piano Lesson’s November 18 opening at the Signature Theatre as cast member Chuck Cooper (center) is joined by his children, Eddie and Lilli (the latter of whom appeared on Broadway in Spring Awakening).
(© David Gordon)

Roslyn Ruff and her on-stage daughter, Alexis Holt, flash us a smile at the opening of Signature Theatre Company’s The Piano Lesson on November 18.
(© David Gordon)

Stage and screen veteran S. Epatha Merkerson received a Tony nomination for her performance in the original Broadway production of The Piano Lesson in 1990.
(© David Gordon)

Both fully clothed, Lauren Molina adjusts her Skivvies’ band mate Nick Cearley’s tie at the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s November 18 annual gala.
(© David Gordon)

Old pals Kate Burton and Patricia Clarkson share a laugh at the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s annual gala on November 18.
(© David Gordon)

The girls of Flashdance the Musical, Emily Padgett, DeQuina Moore, Rachelle Rak, and Kelly Felthaus, showed off their layers (and layers) of costumes at a meet and greet for the production at New 42nd Street Studios on November 19.
(© David Gordon)

In celebration of the 58th anniversary of sweets shop Serendipity, and the 85th anniversary of the Rockettes performing in New York City, the leggy dancers dig into Anniversary Salted Caramel Frrrozen Hot Chocolate 3D at the snack’s unveiling on November 20.
(© Amanda Schwab/Starpix)

Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters rocks a pair of ‘Ralphie glasses’ at the opening of Broadway’s A Christmas Story on November 19.
(© David Gordon)

Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole gets all philosophical while donning a pair of ‘Ralphie glasses’ during the November 19 opening of Broadway’s A Christmas Story.
(© David Gordon)

The stylish Krysta Rodriguez, soon to star on NBC’s Smash can even make a pair of ridiculously over-sized glasses look adorable.
(© David Gordon)

“You’ll shoot your eye out!” James Barbour shouts at his former Rebecca costar Jill Paice before the opening of A Christmas Story.
(© David Gordon)

Costars and good friends Laurie Metcalf and Daniel Stern are all smiles at the meet and greet for Broadway’s The Other Place on November 26.
(© David Gordon)

Dodger Properties president Michael David (rear center), seen here with the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, is honored by the UJA-Federation of New York at the 2013 Excellence in Theater Award Dinner on Monday, November 26.
(© Michael Priest Photography)

Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters and stage favorites Kathleen Chalfant and Chris Sarandon join the cast of off-Broadway’s The Exonerated on November 27.
(© Walter McBride)

Singer Grace Potter helps ring in the holiday season on November 27 at the Bryant Park tree lighting.
(Courtesy of O&M Co.)

Tony Vincent of The Voice and American Idiot performs with the Broadway Dreams Foundation at the Bryant Park tree lighting on November 27.
(Courtesy of O&M Co.)

Music legend Dolly Parton visits the Broadway production of Newsies on November 28 and poses for a quick photo with director Jeff Calhoun and cast members Jacob Guzman, David Guzman, and Thayne Jasperson.
(© Dave Allocca/Starpix)

Tony Award winner Scarlett Johansson and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson alum Benjamin Walker get ready to team up for Tennessee Williams’Cat on a Hot Tin Roof later this month on Broadway.
(© David Gordon)

Mare Winningham, Maggie Grace, and Madeleine Martin meet the press at the meet-and-greet for the Roundabout Theater Company’s Picnic on November 29.
(© David Gordon)

Cast members Ben Rappaport, Elizabeth Marvel, Tony Award winner Ellen Burstyn and Drama Desk winner Reed Birney get together for Roundabout Theater Company’s November 29 Picnic meet-and-greet.
(© David Gordon)

Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider (who’s working on a Broadway-themed Christmas show) gives Theresa Rebeck’s Dead Accounts his rock approval at the production’s November 29 opening night at the Music Box Theatre.
(© David Gordon)

Dead Accounts star Katie Holmes is all smiles as she celebrates opening night’s curtain call at the Music Box Theatre on November 29.
(© David Gordon)