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With a cast of 125 performers, a seven-member band, the show's running crew and a smattering of other people holding forth, the backstage scene at last Sunday night's First Night Nashville Theatre Honors was a virtual stage show in itself with all the hustle and bustle amid the hushed tones associated with the backstage area of a huge theatrical production.
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The cast of Rent backstage at First Night, prior to the show's opening number. Pictured are Benjamin Van Diepen, Karrah Tines, Laura Thomas-Sonn, Laura Matula, Christina Candilora, Jay Rudolph, Ciaran McCarthy, Mike Baum, Jeffrey Williams, Alan Smith, Valerie Navarre, Michael Holder, Heather Trabucco and Ryan Leyhue
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First Night's all-star chorus rehearses the show's finale - "Sunday" - backstage prior to the show's curtain.
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Alan Smith, Tyson Laemmel, Darin Richardson and Joshua Waldrep
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Corbin and Neely Green, director and producer of both Nine and Rent
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Cori Laemmel and Kate Adams-Johnson
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ASMs Eric Ventress and Lila Tuck
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Jamey Green of Boiler Room Theatre
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Jane Kelley Watt and Tyson Laemmel
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First Night founder/executive producer Jeffrey Ellis
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Red Carpet hostess Jennifer Richmond
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9 to 5 star Joe Mahowald and Jane Kelley Watt
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Nine stars Kay Ayers and Corrie Miller
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First Night announcer Kim Leslie
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First Night honoree Paul Gatrell (center), with Luke Hatmaker, Zack McCann, Ben Stonick and Kyla Lowder, Belmont University students who were among the 2010 Most Promising Actors.
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Music director Jane Kelley Watt and some of her musicians.
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Taylor, Corbin and Jamey Green
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