Go inside Lempicka on Broadway with first-look production photos of the new biomusical following the life of the titular artist. The show began performances at the Longacre Theatre March 19 ahead of an April 14 opening night at the Longacre Theatre. See photos in the gallery below.
Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer's Lempicka, directed by Tony winner Rachel Chavkin, follows the true story of Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, a young aristocrat-turned-artist who flees with her husband from the turmoil of the Russian Revolution for exile in Paris. Once there, Tamara meets her new muse, Rafaela, and claws her way to success. The book, lyrics, and original concept are by Kreitzer, with Gould co-writing the book and penning the music.
Eden Espinosa stars as Tamara de Lempicka. Opposite Espinosa in the titular role, Amber Iman, Beth Leavel, and Andrew Samonsky star as Rafaela, The Baroness, and Tadeusz Lempicki, respectively. They are joined by George Abud as Marinetti, Natalie Joy Johnson as Suzy Solidor, Zoe Glick as Kizette, Nathaniel Stampley as the Baron, and Beth Leavel as the Baroness.
The cast also includes Mariand Torres, Alex Aquilino, Lauren Blackman, Stephen Brower, Kyle Brown, Holli’ Conway, Abby Matsusaka, Jimin Moon, Khori Michelle Petinaud, Ximone Rose, Nicholas Ward, Veronica Fiaoni, Michael Milkanin, Mary Page Nance, and Julio Rey.
Raja Feather Kelly (A Strange Loop) is choreographing. The production features scenic design by Riccardo Hernández, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Bradley King, sound design by Peter Hylenski and Justin Stasiw, projection design by Peter Nigrini, hair and wig design by Mia Neal, music supervision by Remy Kurs, music direction by Charity Wicks, orchestrations by Cian McCarthy, and casting by The Telsey Office. Peter Duchan is serving as creative consultant, and Cody Renard Richard will be production stage manager.
The musical has played two earlier runs, in 2019 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and in 2022 at La Jolla Playhouse. Espinosa starred in both earlier productions, both also directed by Chavkin. The work was also developed at the National Alliance for Musical Theater's Festival of New Musicals in 2016.
Seaview and Jenny Niederhoffer are producing, with Wagner Johnson Productions serving as executive producers.
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