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Opening Night Inside the Opening Night of Susan Miller’s 20th Century Blues The new play, about four women bound together by a tradition, officially opened Off-Broadway November 26.

By Hannah Vine

November 27, 2017

Charles Socarides, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Ellen Parker, Polly Draper, Kathryn Grody, and Beth Dixon Joseph Marzullo/WENN

The New York premiere of 20th Century Blues, a new play by Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning playwright Susan Miller, officially opened November 26 at The Pershing Square Signature Center. The play looks at the lives of four women—from the mundane and the familial, to the deeply personal—who have known one another for over 40 years.

Flip through photos of the opening below:

Inside the Opening Night of Susan Miller’s 20th Century Blues

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Lida Orzeck_Susan Miller_HR — Inside the Opening Night of Susan Miller’s 20th Century Blues

The new play, about four women bound together by tradition, officially opened November 26.
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20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Lida Orzeck_Susan Miller_HR — Lida Orzeck and Susan Miller

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Gretchen Cryer_HR — Gretchen Cryer

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_T.D. Mitchell_HR. — T.D. Mitchell

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Joyce Carol Oates_HR — Joyce Carol Oates

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Emily Mann_Joyce Carol Oates_HR — Emily Mann and Joyce Carol Oates

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Emily Mann_HR — Emily Mann

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Susan Miller_Emily Mann_HR — Susan Miller and Emily Mann

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Mandy Patinkin_HR — Mandy Patinkin

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Susan Miller_Scott Cameron_Rosemarie Tischler_Mandy Patinkin_Ellen March Feinstein_Bill Gerber_HR — Susan Miller, Scott Cameron, Rosemarie Tischler, Mandy Patinkin, Ellen March Feinstein, and Bill Gerber

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Deborah Kass_Patricia Cronin_HR — Deborah Kass and Patricia Cronin

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Anna Louizos_Mark Brokaw_Robyn Goodman_HR — Anna Louizos, Mark Brokaw, and Robyn Goodman

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Brooke Adams_Tony Shalhoub_HR — Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Nat Wolff_Grace Van Patten_HR — Nat Wolff and Grace Van Patten

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Mary McCann_Catherine Curtin_HR. — Mary McCann and Catherine Curtin

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Wendy Whelan_HR — Wendy Whelan

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Lida Orzeck_Wendy Whelan_HR — Lida Orzeck and Wendy Whelan

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Gail Papp_Susan Miller _HR — Gail Papp and Susan Miller

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Franchelle Stewart Dorn_Charles Socarides_Ellen Parker_Polly Draper_Kathryn Grody_Beth Dixon_HR — Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Charles Socarides, Ellen Parker, Polly Draper, Kathryn Grody, and Beth Dixon

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Polly Draper_Kathryn Grody_HR — Polly Draper and Kathryn Grody

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20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Charles Socarides_Franchelle Stewart Dorn_Ellen Parker_Polly Draper_Kathryn Grody_Beth Dixon_HR — Charles Socarides, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Ellen Parker, Polly Draper, Kathryn Grody, and Beth Dixon

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Polly Draper_Kathryn Grody_HR. — Polly Draper and Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Kathryn Grody_HR — Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Polly Draper_HR — Polly Draper

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Polly Draper_Kathryn Grody_HR — Polly Draper and Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Kathryn Grody_Polly Draper_Beth Dixon_HR — Kathryn Grody, Polly Draper, and Beth Dixon

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Kathryn Grody_HR. — Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Kathryn Grody_HR — Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Charles Socarides_HR — Charles Socarides

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Ellen Parker_HR — Ellen Parker

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Beth Dixon_HR — Beth Dixon

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Franchelle Stewart Dorn_HR. — Franchelle Stewart Dorn

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Emily Mann_HR — Emily Mann

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Polly Draper_HR — Polly Draper

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Franchelle Stewart Dorn_Polly Draper_Beth Dixon_Charles Socarides_Ellen Parker_Kathryn Grody_HR — Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Polly Draper, Beth Dixon, Charles Socarides, Ellen Parker, and Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Franchelle Stewart Dorn_Susan Miller_Beth Dixon_Polly Draper_Emily Mann_Charles Socarides_Lida Orzeck_Ellen Parker_Kathryn Grody_HR — Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Susan Miller, Beth Dixon, Polly Draper, Emily Mann, Charles Socarides, Lida Orzeck, Ellen Parker, and Kathryn Grody

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Michael Wolff_Polly Draper_Nat Wolff_HR — Michael Wolff, Polly Draper, and Nat Wolff

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Nat Wolff_HR — Nat Wolff

20th_Century_Blues_Signature_Theater_Opening_Night_2017_Mandy Patinkin_Kathryn Grody_HR — Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody

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The cast is made up of Beth Dixon (The Good Wife), three-time Helen Hayes Award winner Franchelle Stewart Dorn (‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore), Emmy Award nominee Polly Draper (thirtysomething), two-time Obie Award winner Kathryn Grody (Top Girls), Obie Award winner Ellen Parker (The Heidi Chronicles), and Charles Socarides.

For tickets and more information visit 20thcenturyblues.com.

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