It's a Beautiful Opening Night Celebration for The Trip to Bountiful, Starring Cicely Tyson & Vanessa Williams

Horton Foote’s beloved 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful is back on the Great White Way for the first time in 60 years, and on April 23, the company celebrated the play's official opening night. Directed by Michael Wilson and starring Oscar nominee Cicely Tyson, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tony nominees Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful tells the story of Carrie Watts (Tyson), an elderly woman who longs to return to her hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time. After the starry opening night, the company headed to the New York hotspot Copacabana to celebrate. Click below to relive the big night, then see The Trip to Bountiful at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre!