NewsFedoras, Funny Faces and Fight Call! Spend a Two-Show Day at Amazing Grace With Stanley BahorekAmazing Grace, the new musical about John Newton — the man who wrote one of the world's most beloved songs — is now playing on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Spend a two-show day with Stanley Bahorek, who plays Robert Haweis in the show, as he takes us from an important morning phone call to the exciting life backstage.
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David Gewirtzman
July 28, 2015
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Fedoras, Funny Faces and Fight Call! Spend a Two-Show Day at Amazing Grace With Stanley Bahorek
Fedoras, Funny Faces and Fight Call! Spend a Two-Show Day at Amazing Grace With Stanley Bahorek
Spend a day at Broadway's Amazing Grace! Stanley Bahorek, who plays Robert Haweis in the new musical, takes us through his day, from FaceTime with mom to the exciting life backstage at the Nederlander Theatre.
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First thing’s first: call your mom. No seriously, go call your mom before you click to see another photo in this series. #mom
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On the subway read a great article about @AmySchumer in @NYMag. (Hey… follow me on twitter! @stanleybahorek)
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Arrive at the Nederlander Theatre – built in 1921 as The National Theatre. Past home to Rent and the original production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? #ontheseboards
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Pause and think, “What is Erin Mackey thinking?” #ingenue
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Erin Mackey got another puzzle to do backstage. So when she’s not changing in to one of 9 dresses she pops puzzle pieces in to place. #pollyspuzzles
Greet Stage Manager Beverly Jenkins. She loves me… I swear.
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Stage Manager Michael Rico Cohen checks in everyone for FIGHT CALL before the show. #wheresjosh?
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Wear a fedora to fight call –with Oneika Phillips.
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Stretching. #dancers
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Lighting designer Ken Billington still hard at work 15 previews in to our run. This is his 99th Broadway show. The last time he worked with our set designer, Eugene Lee, was the original production of Sweeney Todd. #legends
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Associate Music Director Julie McBride and “Bosun Extraordinaire” Evan A. Smith know the secret to getting through 13 performances without a day off. #drink
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The stage management-company management-production management office. #crowded
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Chuck Cooper receiving his first piece of fan mail backstage at the Nederlander. #fanmail
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Chuck Cooper receiving notes backstage at the Nederlander from Associate Director Kim Weild. #notes
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It takes a village. AKA Rick Caroto and Marissa Marlborough. #anactressprepares
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Music Director Joseph Church has some notes…FOR EVERYONE. #getthosecutoffstogether
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Tom Hewitt catching up on current events. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Pins in your head. Ow. #wig
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This is called a “dip wave”… that is historically accurate. Look it up. 17th Century “dip wave” hairstyle. #dipwave
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Evan A. Smith stops by to make faces. #funnyfaces
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In between shows, I run into ol’ pal Josh Lamon #ninthavenue
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…and Ben Thompson and Chris Jackson! #ninthavenue
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Back at the theatre in between shows “Pakuteh” aka Chuck Cooper is napping. #nap
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Tea drinking & teeth brushing begins for the second show. – with Toni Elizabeth White, Miquel Edson, Rachael Ferrera.
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… and Oneika Phillips and Broadway Producer/Actor Mike Evariste.
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A quick Facetime with my love, Ethan Heard, who is up at Berkshire Theatre Festival directing Bells Are Ringing starring Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat! July 9-26! #love
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Sometimes this happens. #wtf
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At the end of a long two-show day here at The Nederlander, it’s time to pull off that wig cap and head home… or to the bar. – with Chris Hoch. For more fun pics and videos follow me on twitter @stanleybahorek Come see Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street. #bye
Amazing Grace is described as a "new original musical based on the awe-inspiring true story behind the world’s most beloved song. A captivating tale of romance, rebellion and redemption, this radiant production follows one man whose incredible journey ignited a historic wave of change. John Newton (Tony Award nominee Josh Young), a willful and musically talented young Englishman, faces a future as uncertain as the turning tide. Coming of age as Britain sits atop an international empire of slavery, he finds himself torn between following in the footsteps of his father – a slave trader – or embracing the more compassionate views of his childhood sweetheart (Erin Mackey). Accompanied by his slave, Thomas (Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper), John embarks on a perilous voyage on the high seas. When that journey finds John in his darkest hour, a transformative moment of self-reckoning inspires a blazing anthem of hope that will finally guide him home." The creative team also includes Eugene Lee and Edward Pierce (scenic design), Toni-Leslie James (costume design), Ken Billington and Paul Miller (lighting design), Jon Weston (sound design), Robert–Charles Vallance (hair design), David Leong (fight and military movement), Gillian Lane-Plescia (dialect coach), Kenny Seymour (orchestrations), Michael Keller (music coordinator), Joseph Church (music director, arranger, incidental music) and McCorkle Casting LTD (casting).
Amazing Grace is produced by Carolyn Rossi Copeland and Alexander Rankin.
Tickets for Amazing Grace are on sale via Ticketmaster.com or by calling (877) 250-2929. Ticket prices range from $65-$139 (all prices include a $2.00 facility fee).
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