The Levitt Pavilion tonight featured the Quebec-based Les Grands Hurleurs band and selections from its award-winning CD of traditional music along with classical, Manouche jazz, electronica, and folk. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Cast members of Theresa Rebeck’s celebrated comedy “The Understudy” will be guest speakers at the Westport Country Playhouse’s Sunday Symposium Sunday, Aug. 19, following the 3 p.m. show, Playhouse officials said today.

Cast members and director of Westport Country Playhouse’s “The Understudy”—(l-r)  Eric Bryant as Harry; Andrea Syglowski as Roxanne; David Kennedy, director; and Brett Dalton as Jake. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo by Stephen Emerick

The play by Theresa Rebeck, creator of NBC’s business drama “Smash,” offers a backstage comedy about a Hollywood action star making his Broadway debut amid tensions with his understudy. It opens Saturday, Aug. 18 with previews starting Tuesday, Aug. 14.

The cast includes Eric Bryant as Harry. Bryant won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his role in the Playhouse’s “The Invisible Hand.”

Also cast is Brett Dalton as Jake. Dalton plays Agent Grant Ward on the ABC series, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” for which he received a Teen Choice Award as Best Male Breakout Star. Andrea Syglowski plays Roxanne. Syglowski was the recipient of the Robin Williams Scholarship at The Juilliard School.

Stacie Morgain Lewis and Friends entertained tonight at the Levitt Pavilion’s Melissa & Doug children’s series. Lewis performed songs from her new children’s album, “Harmonize.” Dark skies threatened, but rain did not fall. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

At the end of tonight’s Levitt Pavilion performance by Stacie Morgain Lewis & Friends, she sang “In the Neighborhood” and invited youngsters on stage with letters on their shirts which spelled out “neighborhood.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

The second evening of the nonprofit Festival Edelio at Westport’s Temple Israel tonight featured masterpieces written by composers who fought, survived, and perished during the Holocaust and World War II. Pictured is violinist and festival organizer Igor Pikayzen, a 2005 Staples High School graduate. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet was the Sunday night attraction tonight at the Levitt Pavilion. Originally from Córdoba Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become a highly versatile bassist, composer and arranger, performing in a wide variety of musical projects. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

The Levitt Pavilion rocked tonight to the sounds of Ranky Tanky, a musical ensemble based in Charleston, South Carolina. It specializes in jazz-influenced arrangements of traditional Gullah music, a culture that originated among descendants of enslaved Africans in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. Southeast. Their debut album, “Ranky Tanky,” was released in October 2017 and by the week of Feb. 10, 2018 it was listed No. 1 in the Billboard jazz charts. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com

There were cocktails and conversation tonight at the Westport Arts Center with Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson, founders of New York’s Pierogi Gallery who spoke about the works they juried for the Center’s members’ exhibition, “Selects 2018.” The exhibition, on view through Saturday, Aug. 24th, includes a wide diversity of themes and media. Pictured: rear (l-r) Margaret Roleke, Susan Sharp, Susan Swenson, Joe Amrhein, and Bethany Brooke; front (l-r) Susan Lloyd, Alexandria Donovan, Mary Tooley Parker, and Charlotte Strick. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Audience members huddle under umbrellas tonight at the Levitt Pavilion to hear the Mill River Band. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) J.C. Martin for WestportNow.com