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Production Photos First Look at the Los Angeles Premiere of Bright Star Starring Carmen Cusack Check out photos from the Tony-nominated musical’s first national tour.

By Hannah Vine

November 06, 2017

Carmen Cusack Craig Schwartz

The Los Angeles premiere of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Broadway musical Bright Star opened October 20 at the Ahmanson Theatre. The engagement marks the official launch of the show’s first national tour, which will play dates in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Houston, and Dallas.

Carmen Cusack, who earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in the production, reprises her performance in the central role of Alice Murphy.

Flip through photos of the production below:

First Look at the Los Angeles Premiere of Bright Star Starring Carmen Cusack

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_Carmen Cusack_Patrick Cummings_HR — First Look at the Los Angeles Premiere of Bright Star Starring Carmen Cusack

The national tour of the Tony-nominated Steve Martin-Edie Brickell musical is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre with members of the original Broadway cast.
19 PHOTOS

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_Carmen Cusack_Patrick Cummings_HR — A.J. Shively, Carmen Cusack, and Patrick Cummings

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_HR — Carmen Cusack

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_David Atkinson_A.J. Shively_HR — David Atkinson and A.J. Shively

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_HR — A.J. Shively

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_Patrick Cummings_HR — Carmen Cusack and Patrick Cummings

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Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_Carmen Cusack_HR — A.J. Shively and Carmen Cusack in Bright Star

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Allison Briner-Dardenne_Carmen Cusack_Stephen Lee Anderson_HR — Allison Briner-Dardenne, Carmen Cusack, and Stephen Lee Anderson with the cast

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_HR — Carmen Cusack

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_HR — A.J. Shively

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Maddie Shea Baldwin_HR — Maddie Shea Baldwin

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_A.J. Shively_Kaitlyn Davidson_Jeff Blumenkrantz _HR — A.J. Shively, Kaitlyn Davidson, and Jeff Blumenkrantz

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_George Guthrie_Wayne Fugate_Martha McDonnell_Skip Ward_Anthony De Angelis_Eric Davis_HR — George Guthrie, Wayne Fugate, Martha McDonnell, Skip Ward, Anthony De Angelis, and Eric Davis

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_HR — Carmen Cusack

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Patrick Cummings_Jeff Austin_HR — Patrick Cummings and Jeff Austin

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Jeff Blumenkrantz_A.J. Shively _Kaitlyn Davidson _HR — Jeff Blumenkrantz, A.J. Shively, and Kaitlyn Davidson with the cast

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_HR — Carmen Cusack

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Carmen Cusack_Patrick Cummings_HR — Carmen Cusack and Patrick Cummings

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Maddie Shea Baldwin_A.J. Shively_HR — Maddie Shea Baldwin and A.J. Shively

Bright_Star_Center_Theatre_Group_Production_Photo_2017_Maddie Shea Baldwin_Patrick Cummings_Kaitlyn Davidson_Jeff Blumenkrantz_A.J. Shively_Carmen Cusack_HR — Maddie Shea Baldwin, Patrick Cummings, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, A.J. Shively, and Carmen Cusack

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Cusack is joined by fellow Broadway company members Jeff Blumenkrantz, A.J. Shively, Allison Briner-Dardenne, Patrick Cummings, Stephen Lee Anderson, Maddie Shea Baldwin, Patrick Cummings, Max Chernin, and Richard Gatta.

For tickets, visit BrightStarMusical.com.

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