Lincoln Center Theater Opens its World Premiere Production of Nikolai and the Others at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Last night, Tony Award-nominated playwright Richard Nelson celebrated the world premiere opening of his new play, Nikolai and the Others, at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Directed by David Cromer, the play follows a notable group of Russian émigrés, including choreographer George Balanchine (Michael Cerveris), composer Igor Stravinsky (John Glover), conductor Serge Koussevitsky (Dale Place), painter/set designer Sergey Sudeikin (Alvin Epstein), and composer Nikolai Nabokov (Stephen Kunken). The artists spend a spring weekend in Westport, CT during which the audience witnesses the creation of Orpheus, the historic Balanchine/Stravinsky ballet collaboration. The cast also features Betsy Aidem, Natalia Alonso, Blair Brown, Anthony Cochrane, Lauren Culpepper, Kathryn Erbe, Jennifer Grace, Katie Kreisler, Haviland Morris, John Procaccino, Michael Rosen, Gareth Saxe, and Alan Schmuckler.

In celebration of this world premiere event, TheaterMania snapped a few pictures of the cast and creative team after their opening-night performance. Take a look at Nikolai and the Others dressed in their Sunday best.

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Blair Brown, Haviland Morris, Betsy Aidem, Katie Kreisler, Natalia Alonso, and Kathryn Erbe celebrate opening night. <br />(© David Gordon)”/>
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Blair Brown, Haviland Morris, Betsy Aidem, Katie Kreisler, Natalia Alonso, and Kathryn Erbe celebrate opening night.
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Here is Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson with director David Cromer. <br />(© David Gordon)”/>
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Here is Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson with director David Cromer.
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Jennifer Grace and Gareth Saxe (a longtime Scar in Disney’s <I>The Lion King</I>) make their Lincoln Center debuts. <br />(© David Gordon)”/>
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Jennifer Grace and Gareth Saxe (a longtime Scar in Disney’s The Lion King) make their Lincoln Center debuts.
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Fresh off MCC’s <I>Really Really</I> and now making her Lincoln Center debut, Lauren Culpepper poses with John Procaccino, who has previously appeared at LCT in <I>Blood and Gifts</I> and <I>The Light in the Piazza</I>.<br />(© David Gordon)”/>
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Fresh off MCC’s Really Really and now making her Lincoln Center debut, Lauren Culpepper poses with John Procaccino, who has previously appeared at LCT in Blood and Gifts and The Light in the Piazza.
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Former artistic director of the Guthrie and an Obie Award winner, Alvin Epstein (center) holds hands with Lauren Culpepper and Michael Rosen. <br />(© David Gordon)”/>
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Former artistic director of the Guthrie and an Obie Award winner, Alvin Epstein (center) holds hands with Lauren Culpepper and Michael Rosen.
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Michael Rosen and Michael Cerveris pose with Natalia Alonso who is playing dancer Maria Tallchief. Alonso is a dancer in her own right, having appeared with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Ballet Hispanico.
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Here’s Dale Place (Serge Koussevitsky), Alan Schmuckler (Kolya Sudeikin), and Anthony Cochrane (Aleksi Karpov). <br />(© David Gordon) “/>
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Here’s Dale Place (Serge Koussevitsky), Alan Schmuckler (Kolya Sudeikin), and Anthony Cochrane (Aleksi Karpov).
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Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris plays legendary choreographer George Balanchine. He poses here with Tony Award nominee Stephen Kunken and Tony Award winner John Glover, who play composers Nikolai Nabokov and Igor Stravinsky, respectively.
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