Thursday, Oct. 13 saw a bevy of red carpet arrivals for the much-anticipated revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. Celebrity guests included Eric Benet, Karamo Brown, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Nick Cannon, Rachel Chavkin, Edie Falco, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Whoopi Goldberg, Danai Gurira, Ethan Hawke, Sunny Hostin, Ruben Santiago Hudson, Oscar Isaac, LL Cool J, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, EJ Johnson, Woodie King Jr., Cherry Jones, Star Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, JaQuel Knight, Richard Lawson, Tina Lawson, Spike Lee, Nia Long, Patti LuPone, Richard Maltby, Camryn Manheim, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Joe Morton, Donna Murphy, Nicole Ari Parker, Phylicia Rashad, David Rockwell, Al Roker, Kelly Rowland, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Sherri Shepherd, Bevy Smith, Tasha Smith, Jurnee Smollet, Uma Thurman, Lorraine Toussaint, Danielle Monet Truitt, Tamara Tunie, Amirah Vann, Lynn Whitfield, Vanessa Williams, Dave Winfield, George C. Wolfe, Jeffrey Wright, and the cast of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” including Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks, Trai Byers, Ray Fisher, April Matthis, Michael Potts, Nadia Daniel, Jurnee Swan, Shirine Babb, Charles Browning, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sharina Martin, Warner Miller, Doron JePaul Mitchell, Kim Sullivan and show director LaTanya Richardson Jackson.
