Photos: See Broadway's Suffs Musical Celebrate 19th Amendment Ratification and Women's Equality Day

Broadway's award-winning Suffs commemorated the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, as well as Women's Equality Day, with several celebrations held August 18-26, and Playbill has the pics to prove it.

“It is incredible that we get to celebrate this ratification anniversary with our audiences at the Music Box Theatre,” Suffs producers Jill Furman and Rachel Sussman said in a previous statement, “and it is even more powerful to be doing it during the same week that the first woman of color is going to officially become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. The suffragists, some of whom are depicted in our show, paved the way for Kamala Harris, for Hillary Clinton, for Sonia Sotomayor, and for all the powerful women in government that get to hold office today. It’s an honor to share their stories and encourage audience members who are inspired by their achievements to get out there and vote this fall.”

The week of festivities kicked off at the August 18 matinee, which marked the 104th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. The audience for that performance were invited to wear white in celebration of the suffragists; the moment of ratification is dramatized in a pivotal moment in the new musical, with the song "A Letter From Harry's Mother" underlining the emotional center of the moment.

On August 20, the evening performance's audience participated in a sing-along of "The March," led by the Suffs company. The celebration was part of The Broadway League's Kids Night on Broadway initiative.

At the August 21 evening performance, female-founded brewery Talea Beer Co. hosted a pre-show giveaway. At the August 22 performance, Starbright Floral Design hosted a post-show giveaway, and 19 audience members were selected before the show to receive yellow roses at their seat. For the August 23 performance, Haswell Green's hosted a pre-show drink ticket giveaway.

Shaina Taub, Kate Baldwin, and Chris Sieber Rebecca J. Michelson

The August 24 evening performance was presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters, and featured a roll call of representatives from all 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment. The evening also include a post-show talkback hosted by the League of Women Voters, featuring CEO Celina Stewart, historian Kimberly Hamlin, and journalist Erin Geiger Smith.

Additional celebrations throughout the week included a suffrage reading section at The Drama Book Shop, with select patrons to receive surprise bookmarks signed by the Suffs cast; specialty cocktails at P.S. Kitchen and Haswell Green's accompanied by ticket giveaways for select patrons who ordered the respective Suffs drinks; and a 19% discount at Gone to the Dogs for all customers who showed a Suffs ticket stub or enter the code SUFFS19 online, as well as ticket giveaways for select customers who purchased merchandise from the in-store Suffs display.

Annie Wu Henry and Reverend Nicole Duncan Smith Rebecca J. Michelson

Set in the years leading up to the 19th amendment, Suffs explores the Women's Suffrage movement's victories and failures with a 2024 Tony-winning book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub.

Taub stars in her own musical as Alice Paul, alongside Tony winner Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon) as Ida B. Wells, Tony nominee Colella (Come From Away) as Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812) as President Woodrow Wilson, Hannah Cruz as Inez Milholland, Kim Blanck as Ruza Wenclawska, Anastacia McCleskey (Waitress) as Mary Church Terrell, Ally Bonino as Lucy Burns, Tsilala Brock as Dudley Malone, Nadia Dandashi as Doris Stevens, and Tony nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show) as Alva Belmont/Phoebe Burn.

Director Leigh Silverman is at the helm, leading a creative team that includes music supervisor and music director Andrea Grody, choreographer Mayte Natalio, scenic designer Riccardo Hernández, costume designer Paul Tazewell, lighting designer Lap Chi Chu, sound designer Jason Crystal, and orchestrator Michael Starobin. 101 Productions is the general manager.

Visit SuffsMusical.com.