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A Story to Tell: Go Behind the Scenes with These Exclusive Backstage Photos at The Inheritance

Matthew Lopez's play is a two-part, seven-hour extravaganza. In these photos from Broadway.com's Emilio Madrid, see how the cast pull off such an acting feat.

Jan 27, 2020

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Samuel H. Levine and Andrew Burnap rehearse during fight call.

Kyle Harris, Jonathan Burke and Carson McCalley stretch and warm up.

Kyle Harris, Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr, Carson McCalley, Kyle Soller and Jonathan Burke share a laugh before the show.

Kyle Soller gets ready to play Eric Glass, the play's protagonist and moral center.

Kyle Harris and Carson McCalley put the finishing touches on their hair.

Paul Hilton gets dressed.

Andrew Burnap, who plays Eric Glass' boyfriend Toby Darling, gets ready.

Andrew Burnap get the hair just so.

Dressing room memorabilia (if you look closely, you can see the business card that Toby Darling gives out during the show. It says "Child of Privilege").

Dylan Frederick brushes his teeth before the show.

Kyler Soller gets a quick yoga session in before the show.

Samuel H. Levine and Andrew Burnap get dressed while Kyle Soller does a handstand.

Kyle Soller does some pre-show pull-ups.

Samuel H. Levine embraces Kyle Soller before they take the stage.

The first scene of The Inheritance, shot from the wings of the stage.

Andrew Burnap in character as Toby Darling.

Paul Hilton plays two roles in The Inheritance: E.M. Forster, the writer of Howards End, on which the play is based, and Walter, a mentor to Kyle Soller's Eric Glass.

Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr, Carson McCalley and Arturo Luís Soria make sure their friendship is as strong backstage as it is on stage.

Samuel H. Levine performs his stirring Part One monologue.

Tony Goldwyn waits in the wings to make his entrance as Henry Wilcox, Walter's husband; the two characters are survivors of the AIDS epidemic.

Kyle Harris onstage, as shot from the wings. He plays Jasper, Eric Glass' friend and boss.

Paul Hilton as Walter hands over a very important piece of paper, which will not be spoiled here.

In one of the scenes in The Inheritance, Toby arrives soaking wet, so Andrew Burnap takes a quick shower right before.

Backstage at the Barrymore Theatre, there is a wall that contains faces of various artists (actors, painters, dancers) that have died of AIDS. Among them is a photo of composer Michael Friedman.

Between Part One and Part Two, the actors have a three-hour dinner break. Andrew Burnap stretches before the start of Part Two.

The cast warms up on stage before Part Two. They don't wear shoes when they're on stage for the show, so they walk around in slippers backstage.

The Inheritance is known to make audiences cry but in between the dramatic moments, Carson McCalley, Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller and Kyle Harris take time to have a laugh.

A seven-hour play can make for a long day but that doesn't stop Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr and Jonathan Burke from finding moments of rest.

The cast share a quiet moment before the top of Part Two.

Tony Goldwyn, Arturo Luís Soria and the cast.

Dylan Frederick and Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr. share a quick hug before the show.

Andrew Burnap takes a moment for himself before the intensity that will await Toby Darling in Part Two.

Tony Goldwyn gets into costume again with the help of his dresser Bryen Shannon.

Jordan Barbour and Kyle Harris get ready to make their stage entrance.

A crucial part of The Inheritance is Walter's house, which is represented on stage as a dollhouse including this tiny bedroom.

Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr, Dylan Frederick, Samuel H. Levine, Arturo Luís Soria and Jonathan Burke play Fire Island revelers in one scene.

Samuel H. Levine plays two parts in the show: Adam and Leo, a penniless gigolo who falls in love with Toby Darling.

Samuel H. Levine puts Leo's clothes back on with the help of dressers Priscilla Mullins and Meghan Calhoun.

Andrew Burnap on stage during a pivotal moment in Part Two.

Dylan Frederick waits for his next scene backstage; he plays young Walter in The Inheritance.

Dylan Frederick and Jonathan Burke hang out backstage.

Carson McCalley, Tony Goldwyn, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap run lines for a rapid-fire scene coming up.

Lois Smith checks the back of her hair. She plays Margaret, the caretaker of Walter's house and has a dramatic monologue during Part Two.

Lois Smith's fan mail.

Lois Smith wrote a kind (and funny) note for all of the backstage crew when The Inheritance opened on Broadway.

Andrew Burnap keeps his energy up by eating candy that's provided for the cast backstage.

A seven-hour play can make for a long day but that doesn't stop Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr and Jonathan Burke from finding moments of rest.

The cast takes their curtain call after another triumphant performance.

Lois Smith and Kyle Soller congratulate each other backstage on a job well done.

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