The 17th Annual Tribeca Film Festival has given festival-goers exciting opportunities to see some of their favorite stars. So far Highlights have included: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer and Brian DePalma reunited for a special 35th Anniversary screening of Scarface. During the talk after the film, Pacino talked about the gory cult classic and Pfeiffer reminisced about her role in front of a packed house.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker and Common attended the premiere of their buzzed-about new film Blue Night.

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace celebrated their film Stockholm that talks about the inspiration for “Stockholm Syndrome.”

Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood and James Marsden

Cast members Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton and James Marsden were  on hand to premiere the new season of Westworld. During the conversation after the film, Marsden had the crowd laughing, saying Evan Rachel Woods’ new character is “hot for a second, but then you have to figure out how to stay alive.” Following that, Newton made a not-so-subtle comparison of Westworld to our current political climate, and Wood discussed how she did not really know her character going into season two.

John Legend with Jesus Chris Superstar co-star Sara Bareilles

John Legend discussed his career with Jesus Chris Superstar co-star Sara Bareilles, and then changed his outfit and hit up the premiere of United Skates, a film about African-American roller-rink culture, which he’s an executive producer on. During his talk, Legend talked about how he met Kanye West before anyone knew who he was and shared that he’d already started to write songs for his unborn son.

Patti Smith with Bruce Springsteen

Legendary Patti Smith and her band were the subject of the Steven Sebring’s world premiere documentary film Horses: Patti Smith and her Band at the Beacon Theatre sponsored by Apple Music. Smith and her band performed after the screening a set list of favorites including “Dancing Barefoot,”  a rendition of “For What It’s Worth,” which she directed to the Parkland students, “Pissing in a River,” and “Land.”
Bruce Springsteen surprised the sold out house joining her on stage to perform “Because the Night,” a 1978 hit he wrote with Smith. Smith closed out her set saying: “We are moving to a new time and I look at young people to lead us…It is the people who make change. People, we have to make change now!”
She then surprised everyone again with Michael Stipe who joined Springsteen, Smith, and the band including her son Jackson Smith for “People Have the Power.” In the house for this revolutionary evening was festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal, Paula Weinstein, and music legend and executive producer of the doc Jimmy Iovine and Clive Davis.

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx invited select audience members on stage to dance with him as they posed questions during his Tribeca Talks: Storytellers panel. Throughout the session, Foxx kept the crowd on their toes as he peppered in spontaneous moments by bursting out into songs or doing impressions of other stars such as Puff Daddy, Wesley Snipes, Jim Carrey, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pharrell, Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, and Sidney Poitier.

Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott, and Robert Glasper featuring Common

At the Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes premiere, rapper Common surprised the audience by jumping on stage to freestyle during a jazz performance with Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott, and Robert Glasper following the screening. Common’s performance received a standing ovation from the full house. Also spotted in the audience were actresses Lupita Nyong’o and Patricia Clarkson.

Broadway legend Terrence McNally, along with pals Joe Mantello, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham and Tyne Daly, celebrated the premiere of Every Act of Life, a new documentary about McNally’s groundbreaking career in theater. Following the screening, moderator Frank Rich asked McNally about his sense of accomplishment since he’s been through so much and survived it all. McNally replied: “when you said I survived, I thought you were going to say [that I survived] reviews from the New York Times!”