PHOTO FLASH: Andre Braugher, Jonathan Groff, Judith Light, Zachary Quinto, Lily Rabe at As You Like It Opening

The Public Theater celebrated the opening of its Shakespeare in the Park production of As You Like It on Thursday, June 21. Daniel Sullivan directs William Shakespeare’s comedy, which is performed in Central Park at the Delacorte Theater.

Opening night guests included Susan Blackwell, Marsha Stephanie Blake, John Cullum, Colman Domingo, Sean Dugan, Jonathan Groff, John Benjamin Hickey, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Judith Light, Denis O’Hare, Kerry O’Malley, , Lorenzo Pisoni, Maryann Plunkett, Zachary Quinto, Theresa Rebeck, Jay O. Sanders, and Kristen Sieh.

The cast features Brendan Averett (Charles), Andre Braugher (Duke Senior/Duke Frederick), Donna Lynne Champlin (Audrey), Jon DeVries (Corin), MacIntyre Dixon (Adam), Susannah Flood (Phoebe), David Furr (Orlando), Renee Elise Goldsberry (Celia), Robert Joy (Le Beau/Lord), Jesse Lenat (Amiens), Omar Metwally (Oliver), Oliver Platt (Touchstone), Lily Rabe (Rosalind), Will Rogers (Silvius), Michael Rudko (First Lord), Stephen Spinella (Jaques), and Brendan Titley (William), along with Grantham Coleman, Andrew Hovelson, Erik Mathew, Justine Salata, Paul Saylor, and Anna Phyllis Smith.

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