On Wednesday evening, Sept. 18, Tony Award-winning playwright and director Mary Zimmerman’s new stage adaptation of The Jungle Book celebrated its second opening night at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company. This production at the Huntington comes on the heels of The Jungle Book‘s successful world premiere run at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
Take a look here at the cast and crew in high spirits as they celebrate their official arrival in Beantown.
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Composer Richard Sherman poses with Akash Chopra, who leads the production as Mowgli.(© Lia Chang)
The children of the cast smile together (L to R): Glory Curda (Little Girl), Roni Akurati (Mowgli), and Akash Chopra (Mowgli).(© Lia Chang)
Orchestra members (L to R): Saraswathi Ranganathan (veena), Juli Wood (tenor and baritone saxophones), and Anuradha Sridhar (Carnatic violin).(© Lia Chang)
The Huntington Theatre Company Artistic Director Peter DuBois speaks to attendees at opening night of The Jungle Book. (© Janna Giocoppo)
L to R: Nebi Berhane (Wolf, others), Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Peacock, others), Andre De Shields (Akela, King Louie), and Govind Kumar.(© Lia Chang)
L to R: Doug Peck (orchestrator/arranger/conductor), Andre De Shields (Akela/King Louie), and Kevin Carolan (Baloo) with a guest.(© Lia Chang)
Director and playwright Mary Zimmerman addressing the crowd. (© Janna Giocoppo)
