Men of Broadway Celebrate Liberation at Cocktail Party

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The event was hosted by Ryan J. Haddad, Zhailon Levingston, Michael Mayer, Sam Pinkleton, Stark Sands, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

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On Wednesday, May 27, Ryan J. Haddad , Zhailon Levingston , Michael Mayer , Sam Pinkleton , Stark Sands , and Jesse Tyler Ferguson hosted the “Men of Broadway Celebrate Liberation” cocktail party, which was held at Dear Irving. Check out photos below!

Co-hosted by Elisbeth Challener, Lori Fineman , Melissa Haizlip and Sheri Henriksen of Finewomen Productions, the event celebrated Liberation, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and recently nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Play.

Liberation is written by two-time Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Bess Wohl , and is directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White . Wohl and White are the only female playwright and director who have been Tony-nominated in their respective categories this season. Liberation also received Tony nominations for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play ( Susannah Flood ), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play ( Betsy Aidem ) and Best Costume Design of a Play (Qween Jean).

Liberation is also the winner of the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, and Drama Desk and NY Drama Critic’s Circle Awards for Best Ensemble Performance.

Following its Off-Broadway world premiere at Roundabout Theatre Company, Liberation opened on Broadway on October 28, 2025 at the James Earl Jones Theatre where it played an extended run through February 1, 2026.

1970s, Ohio. Lizzie gathers a group of women to talk about changing their lives, and the world. What follows is a necessary, messy, and bitingly funny exploration of what it means to be free, and to be a woman. In Liberation, Lizzie’s daughter steps into her mother’s memory—into the unfinished revolution she once helped ignite—and searches the past to find the answer for herself.

Photo Credit: Valerie Terranova

Bess Wohl , Zhailon Levingston and Whitney White

Zhailon Levingston and Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Betsy Aidem and Nick Mills

Melissa Haizlip and Irene Sofia Lucio

Oren Michaels and Lori Fineman

Bubba Weiler and Bess Wohl

Bess Kalb and Bess Wohl

Schele Williams and Leigh Silverman

Pam Hurst-Della Pietra and Elizabeth Salem

Susannah Flood

Olivier Sultan and Danielle Karliner Naish

Bess Wohl , Whitney White and Brad Heberlee

Bess Wohl and Jennifer Weiss Wolf

Betsy Aidem , Melissa Haizlip and Leonard Joseph

Sam Pinkleton

Rachel Sussman and Bess Wohl

Whitney White and Sam Pinkleton

Rachel Sussman , Whitney White , Betsy Aidem , Bess Wohl , Susannah Flood , Irene Sofia Lucio and Eva Price

Bess Wohl , Whitney White , Susannah Flood and Betsy Aidem

Sam Pinkleton

Irene Sofia Lucio , Susannah Flood , Betsy Aidem and Sam Pinkleton

Whitney White and Lakisha May

Stark Sands and LeeAnne Hutchinson

Brad Heberlee , Keith Bunin and Michael Chernus

Daniel Goldstein , Eva Price and Jamie Kaye -Phillips

Betsy Aidem and Irene Sofia Lucio

Susannah Flood , Michael Mayer and Betsy Aidem

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Men-of-Broadway-Celebrate-LIBERATION-at-Cocktail-Party-20260601)._