Broadway
Free to the Public Conversations on Broadway With Richard Ridge, Lauren Ambrose and Victor Garber
Lauren Ambrose, Dame Diana Rigg photo by Joan Marcus
SAG-AFTRA Foundation and BroadwayWorld have partnered for a filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen.
First up on Thursday, May 10 (1pm) at the Robin Williams Center (247 West 54th Street) for a Career Conversations Q&A with Tony nominee Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) currently starring in My Fair Lady, moderated by BroadwayWorld’s Richard Ridge of “Backstage with Richard Ridge!”Click here to RSVP. This event is free and open to non-members. Please direct any questions to nyrsvp@sagfoundation.org and write “Ambrose” in the subject line.
Lauren Ambrose can currently be seen starring as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater’s My Fair Lady now playing at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. For her role as Eliza, she has been nominated for a 2018 Tony Award in the category Best Actress in a Musical, 2018 Drama League Award in the category of Distinguished Performance, and a 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award in the category of Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Her past theater credit’s include Broadway’s Exit the King, Lincoln Center Theater’s Awake and Sing!, Juliet in The Public’s Romeo and Juliet, and Ophelia in The Public’s Hamlet. She is known for her role as Claire Fisher in Six Feet Under, which she was a two-time Emmy Award nominee, Torchwood, Law & Order, and The X-Files. Her film credits include Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, Wanderlust, Sleepwalk with Me, Starting Out in the Evening, I’m Coming Over, and The River.?
Victor Garber
On April 19th at noon Career Conversations Q&A with Victor Garber, current star of Hello Dolly!, moderated by BroadwayWorld’s Richard Ridge of “Backstage with Richard Ridge!”
RSVP HERE This event is free and open to non-members. Please direct any questions to nyrsvp@sagfoundation.org and write “Garber” in the subject line.
Here is the amazing cast of Spamalot. Christopher Fitzgerald as Patsy, James Monroe Iglehart as King Arthur, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as The Lady of the Lake, Ethan Slater as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Jimmy Smagula as Sir Bedevere, Michael Urie as Sir Robin, Nik Walker as Sir Galahad andTaran Killam as Lancelot.
I was so inspired I drew the whole cast.
To read T2C’s review click here.
Art
Ahead of the Broadway Opening of Lempicka The Longacre Theatre Is Showcasing Art Work By Tamara de Lempicka
The Longacre Theatre (220 W 48th St.), soon-to-be home of the sweeping new musical, Lempicka, is showcasing a curated selection of renowned artist Tamara de Lempicka’s most famous works. Eschewing traditional theatrical front-of-house advertising, the Longacre’s façade now boasts prints, creating a museum-quality exhibition right in the heart of Times Square. The musical opens on Broadway on April 14, 2024 at the same venue.
The Longacre’s outdoor exhibition includes works of Self Portrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti) (1929), Young Girl in Green (1927), Nu Adossé I (1925), The Red Tunic (1927), The Blue Scarf (1930), The Green Turban (1930), Portrait of Marjorie Ferry (1932), Portrait of Ira P. (1930), Portrait of Romana de la Salle (1928), and Adam and Eve (1932).
Starring Eden Espinosa and directed by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin, Lempicka features book, lyrics, and original concept by Carson Kreitzer, book and music by Matt Gould, and choreography by Raja Feather Kelly.
Spanning decades of political and personal turmoil and told through a thrilling, pop-infused score, Lempicka boldly explores the contradictions of a world in crisis, a woman ahead of her era, and an artist whose time has finally come.
Young Girl in Green painted by Tamara de Lempicka (1927). Oil on plywood.