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While she danced and sang along with members of the cast, it must also have been a bittersweet moment for John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono as she attended the New York opening night of a new musical dedicated to her late husband.
Along with the couple's son Sean, the 72-year-old was on hand to see Lennon, which has been dogged by controversy, finally kick off on Broadway.
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The show, which professes to be "his words, his music, his story", has been on the receiving end of some hefty blows from the critics. Based largely on his solo works - as most of the Beatles' catalogue is owned by Michael Jackson - it focuses upon the latter stages of the musician's life, downplaying his Liverpool roots, including the importance of The Cavern.
While the critics seem less than enthusiastic about the results of the collaboration between Yoko and the show's producers, the former Beatle's widow is adamant that her late husband would have enjoyed the production. "John would love that people sing these songs," she said, adding that he appreciated the power of the medium to deliver a message to wider audiences.
"John had a theatrical flair. He had so many things to say, and he felt musicals spoke to the people."
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