NewsBefore the Final D'Ysquith Death, We Look Back at a Killer Day With Gent's Guide Tony Nominee Lauren WorshamLauren Worsham, a Tony Award nominee for her performance in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, documented a two-show day spent with the loving, murder-obsessed company of actors early in the run. We take this chance to look back before the show closes Jan. 17.
January 15, 2016
0
of
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Killer Two-Show Day at A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder with Tony Nominee Lauren Worsham
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Killer Two-Show Day at A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder with Tony Nominee Lauren Worsham
Lauren Worsham, a recent Tony Award nominee for her performance in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, documented a two-show day spent with the loving, murder-obsessed company of actors this winter. We take this chance to look back.
41 PHOTOS
Yet another morning where I awake bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to take on the day.
Lauren Worsham
We're hosting a holiday party in a week so I spend my mornings baking and freezing, stockpiling pound cakes. This one is an eggnog pound cake with bourbon glaze. Yum!
Lauren Worsham
A little more presentable and heading into work with a few yummy snacks for the theater.
Lauren Worsham
It is really cold out!
Lauren Worsham
Upon arriving at the theater I first run into Eddie Korbich who may or may not be allergic to my wreath. Jury is still out.
Jane Carr (Miss Shingle) and Bryce Pinkham (Monty Navarro) stop by my dressing room for a brief chat.
Lauren Worsham
First step, putting my hair into pin curls.
Lauren Worsham
Second step, arty photo-taking.
Lauren Worsham
Wig caps make everyone look really sexy.
Lauren Worsham
The lovely Monica helps me into my Phoebe wig while training swing Emilia. Lots of pins!
Lauren Worsham
Fully made-up, wigged and mic-ed and still taking arty photos.
Lauren Worsham
Compare and contrast? My face with the beautiful makeup plot done by our designer Brian Strumwasser.
Lauren Worsham
Scandalous, uncomfortable, I-love-you and I-hate-you, devil corset shot. Getting ready to go on stage! Do the show and then lunch!
Lauren Worsham
One show down, the beautiful Lisa O'Hare and I meet for lunch at Ippudo. Here she is standing in line outside on 50th street.
Lauren Worsham
The line is long but we really wanted ramen!
Lauren Worsham
Lisa was so hungry she almost ate her own nose.
Lauren Worsham
Bryce Pinkham joins us for lunch. He's incognito.
Lauren Worsham
Bryce and I having a very intense discussion about pork buns.
Lauren Worsham
The ramen arrives piping hot and absolutely delicious.
Lauren Worsham
Lisa tests the ramen. It is good.
Lauren Worsham
We shared a pork bun and left a little show lipstick on the edge.
Lauren Worsham
I was ravenous.
Lauren Worsham
After lunch Lisa and I did a little shopping. Stopping by Domus for gifts, Schmackery's for cookies and finally Delphinium Home for a little wrapping paper.
Lauren Worsham
Two show days really bring out the love and murder in our group. Here, dance captain Mark Ledbetter schools Joanna Glushak while also threatening to kill her. That's how he keeps us on our toes.
Lauren Worsham
We are a very lovingly lethal cast. Eddie Korbich fondly embraces Price Waldman…with a garrote.
Lauren Worsham
The sublime Catherine Walker and I looking like precogs from "Minority Report."
Lauren Worsham
The mischievous Jeff Kready threatens to poke Lisa O'Hare with a hairpin.
Lauren Worsham
After her harrowing encounter, Catherine Walker comforts Lisa with some cake.
Lauren Worsham
Sometimes you drop 25-pound weights on your stage managers. Brian Rardin seems unwitting.
Lauren Worsham
Our amazing dresser Tree Lonon calms me down with a choke-hold.
Lauren Worsham
Meanwhile, Jane Carr and Jefferson Mays are trading stories way up on the fourth floor, above the fray.
Lauren Worsham
Uh oh, stage manager Rachel Zack found Tree's scissors. This may not end well.
Lauren Worsham
You would never know that Lady Eugenia was such a minx under all those dead foxes. Here the kittenish Joanna Glushak seduces the steamer.
Lauren Worsham
Unfortunately, Aimee has decided to try to kill Joanna via death-by-corset.
Lauren Worsham
Ms. Texas herself, Jennifer Smith is friendly with everyone, even the stuffed animals.
Lauren Worsham
However, sometimes even the animals are obsessed with murder.
Lauren Worsham
Jefferson dies eight times per show. All that dying makes him want to kill someone… namely me. Death by anti-dust spray?
Lauren Worsham
There is a lot going on here. We are clearly ready to start the second show but we can't seem to quit giggling and dying.
Lauren Worsham
Bryce Pinkham and Jeff Kready share a naughty secret that I cannot tell you, but it's good.
Lauren Worsham
Finally, our stage manager Susie Cordon calls us to order! It's time to start the show!
Lauren Worsham
Two shows done, makeup off, train ride back to Brooklyn and I am out like a light.
At that time the production will have played 30 previews and 905 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre, and its Tony Award-winning star, Jefferson Mays, will have died more than 6,000 deaths as various members of the ill-fated D’Ysquith family.
In April, Gentleman’s Guide announced the recoupment of its entire Broadway production capitalization. The hit musical received ten 2014 Tony Award nominations, winning four awards: Best Musical, Direction of a Musical, Book of a Musical, and Best Costume Design.
Gentleman’s Guide, according to press notes, "tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he’s got to juggle his mistress (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (she’s his cousin but who’s keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance… and be done in time for tea."
Tickets, priced $42-$147, are on sale via telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. Tickets are also available for purchase in person at the Walter Kerr Box Office (219 W. 48th Street).
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
