Photo FeaturesGo Inside Opening Night at Lincoln Center Theater's The Skin of Our Teeth
Obie winner Lileana Blain-Cruz makes her Broadway directorial debut helming the Thornton Wilder revival
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Michael Wiltbank
April 27, 2022
Roslyn Ruff, Julian Robertson, James Vincent Meredith, and Paige Gilbert
Julieta Cervantes
Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning The Skin of Our Teeth officially opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater April 25. Obie winner and LCT Resident Director Lileana Blain-Cruz makes her Broadway directorial debut helming the production, which coincides with the 125th anniversary of the Our Town playwright's birth. The production began performances April 1.
Leading the cast are James Vincent Meredith, Roslyn Ruff, Paige Gilbert, Julian Robertson, Gabby Beans, and Priscilla Lopez, appearing alongside Eunice Bae, Terry Bell, Ritisha Chakraborty, William DeMeritt, Jeremy Gallardo, Avery Glymph, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Noor Hamdi, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Maya Jackson, Anaseini Katoa, Cameron Keitt, Megan Moax, Kathimarice Lopez, Lindsay Rico, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Julyana Soelistyo, Phillip Taratula, Beau Thom, Alphonso Walker, Jr., Arienne Wells, and Sarin Monae West in the ensemble.
See photos from the production's starry opening night below:
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Lileana Blain-Cruz
Daniel Rader
Lileana Blain-Cruz and Gabby Beans
Daniel Rader
Beau Thom, Alphonso Walker Jr., Jeremy Gallardo, and Sarin Monae West
Daniel Rader
Gabby Beans
Daniel Rader
Sarin Monae West, Terry Bell, Maya Jackson, and Kathiamarice Lopez
The production, which includes new material by Gloria and Everybody playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also features sets by Adam Rigg, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting by Yi Zhao, sound by Palmer Hefferan, and projections by Hannah Wasileski. Charles M. Turner III is the stage manager, and casting is by Daniel Swee.
Following the Antrobus family through an Ice Age, a biblical flood, and war, The Skin of Our Teeth looks closely at what it means to survive and to live. The work premiered on Broadway in 1942 with a production starring Tallulah Bankhead, Frederic March, Florence Eldridge, and Montgomery Clift. The piece would go on to win the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In the years since, the work has been revived on Broadway two times before this current production, which is the Main Stem's first since 1975.
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See Inside Lincoln Center Theater's The Skin of Our Teeth
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Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
Julieta Cervantes
Roslyn Ruff, Julian Robertson, Paige Gilbert, and James Vincent Meredith
Julieta Cervantes
James Vincent Meredith and Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
Julieta Cervantes
James Vincent Meredith and Roslyn Ruff
Julieta Cervantes
Priscilla Lopez and Company of The Skin of Our Teeth
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