Ed Amatrudo and Melissa Hade perform a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in honor of Sean and Bob O'Connell Photo

From: Photo Coverage: First Night Nashville Theatre Honors, THE SHOW

A cast of more than 125 performers took to the stage of the Troutt Theatre at Belmont University to fete the eight members of the 2010 Class of First Night Honorees in a production that featured the best of the best of Nashville theater and included a surprise appearance by Joseph Mahowald, winner of a 1989 First Night Award, now playing the role of Franklin Hart Jr. in the national tour of 9 to 5: The Musical, which opened in Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, September 21.