The air on stage at the Lucille Lortel Theatre is thick with tension these days, as Jonathan Groff and Rutina Welsey rip into each other during Jeff Talbott’s racially charged play The Submission, but the mood on September 27 was nothing but festive as the company of this MCC Theater production celebrated opening night. After Groff, Wesley and co-stars Eddie Kaye Thomas and Will Rogers took their bows, first-nighters headed to nearby party spot 49 Grove to celebrate. And there were plenty of familiar faces in the crowd! Click on below to join in on the fun.