ROMAN NIGHTS, New York premiere - September 2002
Photography by Jef Betz

Roy Miller as Tennessee Williams in the New York Off-Broadway premiere production of ROMAN NIGHTS.
(The poster in the background is an original Italian one sheet from the film "The Fugitive Kind" / "Pelle di Serpente".
In Italy Magnani fought and won to have her name appear first, ahead of Marlon Brando.)

Franca Barchiesi as Anna Magnani and Roy Miller as Tennessee Williams sharing the moment
when Anna first reads Tennessee's words written just for her ~"The Rose Tattoo".

Producer Suzanne Corso, General Manager Helena Webb and playwright Franco D'Alessandro
enjoy the opening night.

Playwright and Producer share the excitement of their first Off-Broadway
production and look forward to many more.

Playwright Franco D'Alessandro with the one and only Isabella Rossellini.
(Read Franco's cover story interview with Isabella for Progress International - Infinitely Isabella.)

The brilliant author and director Peter Bogdanovich, Franco, and Isabella Rossellini
engaged in an animated conversation after the play's premiere.

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