Sarah Snook Celebrates Broadway Debut with Husband, Succession Costars

Sarah Snook had one picture-perfect Broadway debut.

The Emmy-winning actress, 37, on Thursday, March 27 was the toast of the city, as The Image of Dorian Grey — author Kip Williams’ stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel — opened to nice acclaim on the Music Field Theatre in New York Metropolis.

Photographers captured a grinning Snook as she took her celebratory bow after her tour-de-force efficiency alongside a crew of stagehands who assist her deliver to life the story of a younger man who trades his soul for everlasting youth.

Snook, 37, is the one one appearing in The Image of Dorian Grey — although she’s not alone within the manufacturing.

She performs 26 characters all through the 2-hour play, utilizing a mix of fast costume adjustments and sharp appearing selections to tell apart between all of them. They’re then offered via unbelievable dwell and projected performances, captured by an intricately choreographed assortment of on-stage cameras skillfully navigating the motion.

The result’s nothing in need of magical, as PEOPLE skilled whereas sitting within the viewers on opening evening alongside stars like Ariana DeBose, Constance Wu, Chris Perfetti, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Ben McKenzie, Morena Baccarin, Christine Lahti, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Dorinda Medley.

A number of instances all through the play, the gang broke out into applause and gasps of “How’d they do this?” over the imaginative staging, every second extra fantastical than the final.

Snook herself recieved a stirring standing ovation following the present, as did visionary director Kip Williams, who joined the star on the pink carpet pre-opening (and on stage after the efficiency).

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Afterwards, all made their technique to a gap evening afterparty at Gotham Corridor to dine and dance the night away.

Supporting Snook have been lots of her Succession costars, incluidng Juliana Canfield, Fisher Stevens, David Rasche, Natalie Gold, Zoe Winters, Peter Friedman, Arian Moayed and Sydney Lemmon. The group all of whom posed collectively for a candy reunion photograph.

Kieran Culkin stopped by, too. He missed the efficiency, as he is presently on Broadway in his personal manufacturing of Glengarry Glen Ross, however swung by the bash afterward.

Previous to the present, Culkin additionally gave the solid a shock shoutout from his automobile as he dropped off his spouse, Jazz Charton, at Snook’s premiere whereas he was on the best way to his theater.

Comic Dave Lawson, Snook’s husband, was on the present as properly. The 2 longtime associates secretly bought married throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, after falling in love whereas quarantined collectively in early 2020. The pair share a daughter collectively, who they welcomed in 2023.

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The Image of Dorian Grey options scenic design by Marg Horwell, costume design by Marg Horwell, lighting design by Nick Schlieper, sound design by Clemence Williams and video design by David Bergman. Mary Hamrick (affiliate scenic design), Karen Spahn (affiliate lighting design), Daniel Vatsky (affiliate video design), Alex Brock (assistant sound design), Jaechelle Johnson (assistant sound design) and Alyssa Eilbott (transferring mild programmer) spherical out the artistic group.

Developed by the Sydney Theatre Firm, the play premiered in Australia again in 2020, extending twice in Sydney earlier than touring the content material. Snook beforehand starred within the present on the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, profitable an Olivier Award for her work in it.

There is a good likelihood she’ll discover comparable success on the 2025 Tony Awards. Nominaitons come out Could 1.

Tickets for The Image of Dorian Grey are on sale now. The manufacturing wraps its run on June 15.