Stereophonic officially opened at Broadway's Golden Theatre April 19, and the cast showed out with some ‘70s-inspired looks for the red carpet. The David Adjmi-penned play began previews April 2, transferring from a 2023 Off-Broadway world premiere via Playwrights Horizons.
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Featuring Will Brill, Andrew R. Butler, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack, the work invites audiences to be a fly on the wall in a 1976 music studio as an up-and-coming rock band records a new album that could catapult them to superstar status. See the cast and creative team celebrate the opening night above, which also included a special encore performance of one of the songs from the show.
Read the reviews for Stereophonic here. See the cast and creatives walk the red carpet in the gallery below.
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Cast and creatives of Stereophonic
Juliana Canfield, Will Brill, and Chris Stack
Eli Gelb
Eli Gelb
Enver Chakartash
Enver Chakartash
Sarah Pidgeon
Sarah Pidgeon
Sarah Pidgeon
Juliana Canfield and Will Brill
Will Brill and Juliana Canfield
Will Brill
Juliana Canfield
Juliana Canfield
Juliana Canfield
Chris Stack
Eli Gelb
Eli Gelb
Eli Gelb
Andrew R. Butler
Ashley Melone and Nick Mills
David Adjmi
David Adjmi
Will Butler
Tom Pecinka
Tom Pecinka
Will Brill
Will Brill
Will Brill
Will Brill
Justin Craig
Justin Craig
Chris Stack
Chris Stack
Daniel Aukin
Daniel Aukin
Will Butler
Will Butler
Robert Pickens and Katie Gell
Robert Pickens and Katie Gell
Andrew R. Butler
Andrew R. Butler
Justin Craig
Justin Craig
Tom Pecinka
Tom Pecinka
Tom Pecinka
The play, which features original songs by former Arcade Fire member Will Butler, will release its digital recording May 10, with a physical release available June 14. The album is available for preorder now.
As Adjmi told Playbill in a previous interview: “I definitely knew from the beginning that I wanted it to feel very granular. I wanted them to talk about very mundane things, because that is what a collaborative process is like. And even though people look really glamorous and really blown out on stage, I can channel this profound energy of when they're living their lives—doing laundry and frying an egg. I'm really interested in that duality. And I just didn't want to do a boilerplate depiction of rock stars.”
READ: How the Company Cast Recording Documentary Inspired Stereophonic
The full Off-Broadway cast reprises their performances from the premiere, including Brill as Reg, Butler as Charlie, Canfield as Holly, Gelb as Grover, Pecinka as Peter, Pidgeon as Diana, and Stack as Simon.
The production is supported by understudies Cornelius McMoyler, Benjamin Anthony Anderson, Sofia Deler, and Lily Ganser. Casting is by Alaine Alldaffer and Taylor Williams.
Also back from the Off-Broadway premiere: director Daniel Aukin and his entire creative team, including costume designer Enver Chakartash, lighting designer Jiyoun Chang, sound designer Ryan Rumery, and music director Justin Craig.
The Broadway run is produced by Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Seaview, Sonia Friedman Productions, Linden Productions, and Ashley Melone & Nick Mills.
See the company, Adjmi, Butler, Aukin, and Craig at the opening night curtain call—and special encore performance—in the gallery below.
David Adjmi and Will Butler
Company of Stereophonic
David Adjmi, Will Butler, and Justin Craig
Andrew R. Butler, Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield, and Will Brill
Company of Stereophonic
Tom Pecinka, Will Brill, and Sarah Pidgeon
Andrew R. Butler and Juliana Canfield
Company of Stereophonic
Daniel Aukin, David Adjmi, and the company of Stereophonic
David Adjmi and Will Butler
Company of Stereophonic
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