NewsPHOTO CALL: Catch Me If You Can Opens on Broadway; Arrivals, Curtain Call and PartyCatch Me If You Can, the new musical by Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and playwright Terrence McNally, officially opened April 10 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Matthew Blank
April 11, 2011
Based on the DreamWorks film of the same name (and the autobiography by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding), Catch Me If You Can has a score by Tony winners Shaiman (music/lyrics) and Wittman (lyrics) and a book by Tony winner McNally (Master Class, Ragtime).
Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal, Wicked) stars as suave, young con artist Frank Abagnale, who finagles his way to becoming an airline pilot, lawyer and doctor, and journeys across the world in search of fortune and adventure, all while eluding the FBI. Even the Feds ultimately fall for his charms.
Here is a look at the cast and guests on opening night:
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Photo Archive: Catch Me If You Can Opens on Broadway
Photo Archive: Catch Me If You Can Opens on Broadway
Catch Me If You Can, the musical by Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and playwright Terrence McNally, officially opened April 10, 2011 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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The cast of Catch Me If You Can
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Tom Wopat
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Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit
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Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit
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Kerry Butler, Norbert Leo Butz and Aaron Tveit
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Nick Wyman and Linda Hart
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Rachelle Rak and Nick Wyman
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Linda Hart, Kerry Butler and Norbert Leo Butz
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Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz and Rachel de Benedet
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Kerry Butler, Jerry Mitchell and Jack O'Brien
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Rachel de Benedet and Tom Wopat
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Jack O'Brien and Aaron Tveit
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Rachel de Benedet and Tom Wopat
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Frank Abagnale, Jr. and Aaron Tveit
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Frank Abagnale, Jr., Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz and Rachel de Benedet
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Aaron Tveit
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Deana Martin
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Sarah Glendening and Brandon Wardell
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Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
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John Waters
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Jamie deRoy and Tony Roberts
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Chester Gregory
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Summer Strallen
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Andrea Martin and Martin Short
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Marilyn Maye
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Lainie Kazan
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Robin Williams
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Shirley MacLaine
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Tina Fey
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Jenifer Lewis
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Andy Cohen
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Jerry Mitchell
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Sarah Jessica Parker
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Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and James Wilkie Broderick
Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Is He Dead?) also stars as FBI Fraud Agent Carl Hanratty who pursues Abagnale, Jr. and ultimately becomes a sort of father figure to the young fugitive.
The cast also features Tom Wopat (Sondheim on Sondheim, Annie Get Your Gun) as Frank Sr., Kerry Butler (Xanadu, Hairspray) as Brenda, Rachel De Benedet (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Paula Abagnale, Linda Hart (Hairspray) as Carol Strong and Nick Wyman (Tale of Two Cities) as Roger Strong.
The Catch Me If You Can ensemble includes Joe Cassidy, Timothy McCuen Piggee, Brandon Wardell, Sara Andreas, Alex Ellis, Will Erat, Jennifer Frankel, Lisa Gajda, Bob Gaynor, Kearran Giovanni, Nick Kenkel, Grasan Kingsberry, Michael X. Martin, Aleks Pevec, Kristin Piro, Rachelle Rak, Joe Aaron Reid, Angie Schworer, Sabrina Sloan, Sarrah Strimel, Charlie Sutton, Katie Webber and Candice Marie Woods.
Catch Me If You Can, according to the producers, "captures the astonishing true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a world-class con artist who passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer, and a jet pilot — all before the age of 21. With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty on Frank's trail, we're off on a jet-setting, cat-and-mouse chase, as a jazzy, swinging-sixties score keeps this adventure in constant motion. In the end, Agent Hanratty learns he and Frank aren't so very different after all, and Frank finds out what happens when love catches up to a man on the run."
For tickets phone (877) 250-2929 or visit Ticketmaster.
The Neil Simon Theatre is located at 250 W. 52nd Street.
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