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Co-stars Tracie Thoms and Dule Hill Nelle Nugent and Alicia Secrets Lydia R. Gem, Phylicia Rashad and Kenny Leon party at Copacabana. This Broadway season, Kenny Leon went from helming two-hander "The Mountaintop," with Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, for the new Broadway play "Stick Fly," which opened up up Thursday. Within the latter show's opening evening party at Copacabana, he reminisced in regards to the ensemble-building exercises he did along with his bigger "Fly" cast -- including some bootcamp-style discipline. "When the actor missed an indication, that's 10 push-ups," he mentioned.It absolutely was a large change, he added, going from helming Jackson and Bassett with a bigger cast. "It absolutely was like, now I have six kids as opposed to just two!" he cracked.On her behalf part, scribe Lydia R. Gem, making her Rialto debut while using play, remains surprised about how funny your family tale switched out. Much less she's worrying. "I'm a playwright. I'm a whore for laughter," mentioned Gem. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com