PHOTO CALL: Cast Members from Chitty Provide Some Bang at Box Office Opening

By Morgan Allen
February 14, 2005

In addition to the presence of several cast members, the box office opening of the the new Broadway musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was celebrated by a visit from the famous car of the movie version of Ian Fleming's novel. Ellen Marlow, who portrays Jemina, and Henry Hodges, who plays Jeremy, climbed into the car with ensemble member Bret Shuford at the Hilton Theatre on West 42nd Street for the box office opening on Feb. 14.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, already a box office sensation in London's West End, opens on Broadway with Kevin Cahoon, Philip Bosco, Erin Dilly, Raul Esparza, Marc Kudisch, Jan Maxwell, Robert Sella and Chip Zien on April 28. Previews begin March 29.

Photo by Aubrey Reuben

From Left: Bret Shuford, Ellen Marlow and Henry Hodges

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