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Getting It White

Danny Burstein, Brian d'Arcy James, Blythe Danner, Christine Ebersole, Sutton Foster, Ana Gasteyer, Beth Leavel, Joan Rivers, Vanessa Williams, and more stars come out for the opening of Irving Berlin's White Christmas.

By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Brian Scott Lipton · Nov 24, 2008  · New York

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

On Sunday night, Irving Berlin's White Christmas officially opened its seasonal engagement at Broadway's Marquis Theatre. Here are the show's four stars, Stephen Bogardus, Kerry O'Malley, Meredith Patterson, and Jeffry Denman.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Paterson's equally talented husband, Shonn Wiley is currently starring in the York Theater Company's musical My Vaudeville Man!.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

White Christmas lead producer, Kevin McCollum (far right), caught up with the stars of his former show, The Drowsy Chaperone: Troy Britton-Johnson, Bob Martin, and Beth Leavel (on her night off from Young Frankenstein.)

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Here's another member of the Drowsy family, Danny Burstein, who's starring now as Luther Billis in the award-winning revival of South Pacific.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Sutton Foster, who played Janet in Drowsy, is back on the Great White Way as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The very talented Brian d'Arcy James has the title role in Shrek.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Here's one of Broadway's cutest couples: Sebastian Arcelus, who's currently starring in Jersey Boys, and Stephanie J. Block, who will call the Marquis home next year as Judy in the new musical 9 to 5.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Three members of the [title of show] gang, Susan Blackwell, Hunter Bell, and Heidi Blickenstaff, were among the opening night crowd.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole will be performing this week at Birdland with good pal Billy Stritch and will return to Broadway in 2009 in the revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.

(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

And here's another blithe soul, Tony and Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The fabulous Vanessa Williams now spends her days as the deliciously evil Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's Ugly Betty.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The ageless Sandy Duncan was another glamorous addition to the opening.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The always outrageous Joan Rivers is back in town and wowing audiences at the Cutting Room.

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(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Broadway veteran and former Saturday Night Live star Ana Gasteyer brought her daughter, Frances, to the show.

(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Here's real-life couple and One Life to Live stars David Fumero and Melissa Gallo.




For TheaterMania's review of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, click here.




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