Sunday was the Broadway opening of Claire Van Kampen’s Farinelli And The King at the Belasco Theatre.
Among the attendees was Keri Russell, who had arrived with her hunky beau – and TV husband on The Americans – Matthew Rhys.
Keri, 41, accented her otherwise black ensemble with an extravagant fur hat, though whether the fur was real or faux was unclear.
What a pair: TV spouses and real life paramours Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys were photographed at Sunday’s Broadway opening of Farinelli And The King at the Belasco Theatre
Beneath her fuzzy coat, Keri wore a sleeveless top that featured a neat charcoal collar above a slit that plunged nearly to her midriff.
The Felicity actress, who appeared Off-Broadway in Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig in 2004, teamed a form-fitted pair of black trousers with raven-toned heels.
Matthew, 43, cut a stylish figure in a navy blazer over a black top, accessorizing with a festively red and green scarf, as well as a brown pageboy cap.
His glinting grey jeans were folded neatly up at the hems, and he completed the look with rust-colored footwear, draping an arm about his girlfriend.
Dripping chic: Keri, 41, accented her otherwise black ensemble with an extravagant fur hat, though whether the fur was real or faux was unclear
Stateside, Matthew’s stage career boils down to a 2012 Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the 1956 John Osborne play Look Back In Anger.
However, the Cardiff-born hunk has done rather more stage work in Britain, including at Vics Old and Young and at the National Theatre.
Back in Blighty, he has also played multiple roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company – Romeo and MacDuff among them – and starred opposite Kathleen Turner in a stage adaptation of The Graduate at the West End’s Gielgud Theatre.
Beneath her fuzzy coat, Keri wore a sleeveless top that featured a neat charcoal collar above a slit that plunged nearly to her midriff
But neither he nor Keri is in Farinelli And The King, which stars Oscar-winner Mark Rylance – who had also led the show when it started life in London in 2015.
Farinelli And The King’s original run was at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse – itself part of Shakespeare’s Globe on Bankside – but by the end of 2015 it was playing the Duke Of York’s Theatre in the West End.
As at the Wanamaker and the Duke Of York’s, Sam Crane features as the castrato soprano Farinelli, with Mark playing his fan King Philippe V Of Spain.
Coordinated: The Felicity actress, who appeared Off-Broadway in Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig in 2004, teamed a form-fitted pair of black trousers with raven-toned heels
British countertenor Iestyn Davies provides Farinelli’s singing voice, and is another holdover from the two 2015 London productions.
Philippe V’s consort Isabella is being played by Melody Grove, who like Mark earned an Olivier nomination for work in the play’s West End stretch.
According to the website for the play’s Broadway production, it is scheduled to run at the Belasco until March 25 next year.
Dapper Dan: Matthew, 43, cut a stylish figure in a navy blazer over a black top, accessorizing with a festively red and green scarf, as well as a brown pageboy cap