PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day at Baby It's You! With Kyra Da CostaEver wonder about the routine of a Broadway actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Kyra Da Costa, currently appearing as Beverly in the new musical Baby It's You!, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive look behind the scenes at a recent day at the theatre.
By
Matthew Blank
July 27, 2011
With digital camera in hand, Da Costa snapped everything from wakeup to post-show autographs and everything in between.
Enjoy a day at Baby It's You! with Kyra Da Costa and company:
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day at Baby It's You! With Kyra Da Costa
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day at Baby It's You! With Kyra Da Costa
Kyra Da Costa, currently starring as Shirelles member Beverly in the new musical Baby It's You!, offers Playbill.com readers an exclusive look at a recent two-show day, from morning wakeup to final bow.
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I start my morning by playing with my two dogs, Jericho and Charity. One of my prior Broadway shows was Sweet Charity. That’s where I got one of their names from.
Kyra Da Costa
I arrive at the Broadhurst Theatre by bus, train or automobile.
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Signing in with plenty of time to spare!
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Thank you for the bagels, Beth Leavel!
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Look Ma, no hands!
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Linda hookin' me up.
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Wigs anyone? I have 10 wig changes in the show. WOW!
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Hi, dressers!
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It's Janet from Sound.
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Anybody thirsty?
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"Oh where oh where have my biceps gone?" says Joshua Halperin the PSM!
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Awwwwwww, the Shirelles love each other!
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In costume, just playing with my balls.
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Crystal Starr and Thumbalina taking a nap.
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I bet ya didn't know Tickle-Me Elmo was in our show.
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Barry Pearl keeps us laughing.
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Who uses payphones anymore??!!
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Dave the Doorman.
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Kelli Barrett gets prepped for her wig.
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Actin' a fool in the wings and having some fun.
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That’s not nice Erica… he’s BLIND!
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Me and Pimp-er-Pan... I mean Geno Henderson.
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Our band kicks butt!
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Li'l Ol' Church Ladies.
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Hey Matt Stern, what ya doin? Calling the show?
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The band setting up before the show.
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I spiked Brandon Uranowitz's water.
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Hola Mommy! Habla Espanol... NOT!!
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Crystal and I catching a quick nap before our next cue.
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Halfway through the show. NO time for catching some ZZZZZZ's, Brandon!
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Signs of encouragement we see on our hike up to the dressing rooms.
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We're getting there...
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Are we there yet? My dressing room is on the 1,000,000th floor.
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Our Flyer Girls working hard in Times Square!
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The stage door.
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Brandon looks like he is about to play a little game of soccer.
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Now Brandon looks like he's a little creeper! LOL
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Kelli and Brandon. Get it y’all!
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A little fun backstage with Christina Sajous and Allan Louis.
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Zachary Prince's birthday... woohoo! Cheers! I don’t drink, so I have the ENTIRE bag of chips instead.
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Party backstage!!! We love cupcakes... I mean birthdays. Yaaay Zachary, you’re 16 again. = )
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Ken Robinson and Christina crack up in the stairwell.
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Getting ready in my dressing room.
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Putting on wig #9 of the show.
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Our killer drummer Ray Pounds!
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Nobody should wear a bow in their hair after the age of 12.
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Barry doubles as our low-budget, bootleg physical therapist. Thanks Bare!
Da Costa has previously appeared on Broadway in Sweet Charity and Aida. Other credits include Golden Boy at Encores and the 2001 Actors Fund performance of Dreamgirls. Visit www.kyradacosta.com.
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Here's how the show is characterized by the producers: "Before Motown and the British Invasion, Florence Greenberg took the male-dominated music industry by storm, revolutionizing pop music and becoming the most influential and successful female record company president ever. After discovering one of the greatest girl-groups of all time, The Shirelles, at her daughter's high school, Greenberg packed the girls in her car, drove across the George Washington Bridge to New York City, and embarked on a trailblazing journey from New Jersey housewife to record mogul, creating the independent house of hits that was Scepter Records." Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) plays Greenberg, a rare female blossom in the male-dominated record industry of the 1950s and '60s, in the musical conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Tony Award-nominated book writers Mutrux and Colin Escott (Million Dollar Quartet).
Baby It's You! features a cast of 19 that includes Allan Louis, Geno Henderson, Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra DaCosta, Crystal Starr Knighton, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Brandon Uranowitz, Alison Cimmet, Erica Dorfler, Berlando Drake, Adam Heller, Jahi A. Kearse, Annette Moore, Zachary Prince, Ken Robinson and Chelsea Morgan Stock.
The score includes the pop and rock classics "Dedicated to the One I Love," "Duke of Earl," "Soldier Boy," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Shout" and more.
The playing schedule for Broadway's Baby It's You! is Tuesdays at 7 PM, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, with matinees Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 3 PM.
Tickets range from $48.50-$126.50, and available at the Broadhurst Theatre box office (235 W. 44th Street) or at Telecharge.com (212) 239-6200.
