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PHOTO CALL: The Little Flower of East Orange Opens Off-Broadway
By Ernio Hernandez
April 7, 2008
LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater produce the latest Stephen Adly Guirgis play, The Little Flower of East Orange, which opened Off-Broadway April 6.
Longtime collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman directs the new work that plays the Public's Martinson Hall. Ellen Burstyn stars.
Little Flower centers on the tale of an ailing woman who unknowingly ends up at a Bronx charity hospital while her son and daughter struggle to deal with her condition.
Joining Burstyn in the cast are Elizabeth Canavan, Liza Colón-Zayas, Arthur French, Gillian Jacobs, Ajay Naidu, Howie Seago, Michael Shannon, Sidney Williams and David Zayas.
The cast and friends celebrated opening night at New York City's B Bar & Grill. Here are some shots from the evening:
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| Ellen Burstyn | |
Philip Seymour Hoffman |
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| Michael Shannon | |
Stephen Adly Guirgis |
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| David Zayas | |
Liza Colón-Zayas and Elizabeth Canavan |
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| Gillian Jacobs | |
Ajay Naidu |
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| Arthur French | |
Sidney Williams |
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| John Patrick Shanley and Eric Bogosian |
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| John Ortiz | |
Daphne Rubin-Vega |
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| Stephen Belber | |
Kevin Geer |
All photos by Aubrey Reuben.
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