STAGE PORTRAIT: The 2011-12 Broadway Season (Can You Identify All the Stars?)

By Playbill Staff
June 9, 2012

Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.

In honor of the June 10 Tony Awards and to celebrate the 2011-12 Broadway season, this week Fallin presents an overview of the season that recently came to a close. How many stars can you identify?

Answers can be found on the second page.

1 Tracie Bennett in End of the Rainbow
2 Hugh Jackman in Back On Broadway
3 Ricky Martin in Evita
4 Elena Roger in Evita
5 Blair Underwood in A Streetcar Named Desire
6 Philip Seymour Hoffman in Death of a Salesman
7 Christian Borle in Peter and the Starcatcher
8 Harry Connick, Jr. in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
9 Jessie Mueller in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
10 Samuel L. Jackson in The Mountaintop
11 Laura Osnes in Bonnie & Clyde
12 Jeremy Jordan in Bonnie & Clyde
13 Jonathan Pryce in The Caretaker (at BAM)
14 Ron Raines in Follies
15 Jan Maxwell in Follies
16 Audra McDonald in Porgy and Bess
17 Norm Lewis in Porgy and Bess
18 Phillip Boykin in Porgy and Bess
19 Linda Lavin in The Lyons
20 Jeremy Jordan in Newsies
21 Frank Langella in Man and Boy
22 Nicole Ari Parker in A Streetcar Named Desire
23 James Earl Jones in The Best Man
24 Angela Lansbury in The Best Man
25 Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur
26 Hugh Dancy in Venus In Fur
27 James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors

To purchase prints or original art, e-mail haroldsgallery@gmail.com.

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Ken Fallin began his career as an illustrator by lovingly mimicking the style of the late, legendary Al Hirschfeld for the poster art for Forbidden Broadway. Since that time he has been a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal as well as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune and The New Yorker.

His work has illustrated major ad campaigns for American Express, Showtime and Belvedere Vodka. Most recently, he was nominated for a 2010 Emmy for his animated commercial for CNBC.