PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: A Two-Show Day at Broadway's Follies With Christian DelcroixEver wonder about the routine of a Broadway actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Christian Delcroix, currently appearing as Young Buddy in the revival of Follies, offers Playbill.com readers an extensive look at a recent two-show day, from morning wakeup to final journey home.
By
Matthew Blank
October 19, 2011
Armed with a digital camera, he provides a close-up look at the daily routines, stunning costumes and backstage antics of the tight-knit company.
See Elaine Paige and Terri White killing time offstage, Jan Maxwell getting into character, Danny Burstein enjoying a healthy meal, Leah Horowitz prepping for "One Last Kiss" and Rosie the resident Ghost haunting the premises.
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PHOTO RECAP: A Two-Show Day at Broadway's Follies With Christian Delcroix
PHOTO RECAP: A Two-Show Day at Broadway's Follies With Christian Delcroix
The recent Broadway revival of Follies closed on this date in 2012. Christian Delcroix, who appeared as Young Buddy in the Broadway revival of Follies, offered Playbill.com readers an extensive look at a two-show day, from morning wakeup to final journey home.
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Walking out of our apartment on a beautiful Saturday morning. 0.3 seconds after taking this picture, I tripped down the stairs.
Christian Delcroix
Getting my coffee and breakfast sandwich at the local deli.
Christian Delcroix
Sitting on our favorite bench enjoying breakfast!
Christian Delcroix
9 AM: Beginning my yoga regimen.
Christian Delcroix
9:01 AM: Ending my yoga regimen and looking for worms in the dirt instead.
Christian Delcroix
Opening baby presents for our little girl. Apparently I’m Little Bo Peep!
Christian Delcroix
And there she is, among some loot we got this morning... sleeping of course!
Christian Delcroix
After riding the subway in whilst reading "Game of Thrones," this is my view coming up at 47th Street. Our marquee is in the middle... always a thrilling sight.
Christian Delcroix
Ray, one of our incredible doormen, is always quick to greet the cast with a smile and some words of encouragement.
Christian Delcroix
Our director Eric and stage manager Artie going over some quick changes before our show.
Christian Delcroix
Signing in at our callboard while Jan Maxwell inexplicably smells a wristwatch.
Christian Delcroix
Rosie, our ghost swing, signs in too.
Christian Delcroix
Ron Raines' dresser, Danny, getting ready to eat a delicious cookie!
Christian Delcroix
The dry erase board on the front of our dressing room. We change our names every day. Some are (clearly) better than others.
Christian Delcroix
Getting ready to head up to the third floor where our dressing room is located.
Christian Delcroix
On the second landing and feeling a little winded.
Christian Delcroix
Utterly exhausted upon reaching the top floor. The ascent’s final tally: two pulled hamstrings, a torn achilles and a strained glute.
Christian Delcroix
Our two amazing dance captains conferring over some dance notes.
Christian Delcroix
All the ghosts hanging out in our green room.
Christian Delcroix
My dressing roommate, Nick Verina, takes a cat nap before the show..
Christian Delcroix
I wanted to take a nap too. So this was our compromise.
Christian Delcroix
The incomparable Danny Burstein and I play a game of “Buddy Mirror.”
Christian Delcroix
The fearsome Terrible Towel hangs from my dressing room wall (next to a workout band that I haven’t used in three years).
Christian Delcroix
Chumming it up with Fred Strother backstage.
Christian Delcroix
The top floor dressing crew playing a spirited game of basketball.
Christian Delcroix
Completely bewildered as to what Lora Lee Gayer is doing for this picture.
Christian Delcroix
Clifton “Legs” Samuels stretches before the show in the guys' makeshift studio... their bathroom. This picture is brought to you by Hugo Boss.
Christian Delcroix
Two of our “ponies,” Leslie Flesner and Kiira Schmidt, trotting out for a picture.
Christian Delcroix
Kirsten Scott had a little hair mishap during the show.
Christian Delcroix
Fixing my hair at our five minutes call. And yes, I usually stand like a rigid statue when I do this.
Christian Delcroix
Just a little light reading during the show.
Christian Delcroix
Michael Hayes (Roscoe) rests his powerful voice in his dressing room, while...
Delcroix has previously appeared on Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater's revival of South Pacific. He has appeared regionally with Goodspeed Opera, Actors Theatre of Louisville, North Shore, Trinity Rep, Houston TUTS, Atlanta TOTS, Cleveland Play House, KC Starlight and Pittsburgh Music Theatre. *
The cast is again headed by two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, four-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, two-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, three-time Emmy Award nominee Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone and Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion.
The production also stars Don Correia as Theodore Whitman, Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West, Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally, Michael Hayes as Roscoe, Leah Horowitz as Young Heidi, Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie Walker, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil as Solange LaFitte, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis, Frederick Strother as Max Deems, Nick Verina as Young Ben, Tony Award nominee Susan Watson as Emily Whitman and Terri White, who was recently married on the stage of the St. James Theatre, as Stella Deems.
Rounding out the ensemble are Lawrence Alexander, Brandon Bieber, John Carroll, Mathew deGuzman, Sara Edwards, Leslie Donna Flesner, Jenifer Foote, Suzanne Hylenski, Danielle Jordan, Amanda Kloots-Larsen, Joseph Kolinski, Brittany Marcin, Erin N. Moore, Pamela Otterson, Clifton Samuels, Kiira Schmidt, Brian Shepard, Jessica Sheridan, Amos Wolff, Ashley Yeater.
Signature Theatre artistic director Eric Schaeffer directs the classic musical with choreography by Warren Carlyle (Finian's Rainbow). James Moore serves as music director and conducts the 28-piece orchestra.
The production also features scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Natasha Katz and sound design by Kai Harada. The musical utilizes Jonathan Tunick's original orchestrations.
Follies concerns a group of former "Follies" stars who return to the site of their former glory, the Weismann Theatre, which is about to be demolished. Old wounds resurface as two Follies stars (Phyllis and Sally) and their husbands (Benjamin and Buddy) reassess their lives and what could have been.
Follies, with songs by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Goldman, was originally directed by Harold Prince on Broadway in 1971. Since then, it has received a legendary star-filled concert at Lincoln Center in 1985, a Roundabout revival on Broadway directed by Matthew Warchus in 2001, a City Center Encores! production in 2007 and numerous regional mountings, including a Paper Mill Playhouse engagement that featured Donna McKechnie and the late Ann Miller.
Among the show's many song titles are "Beautiful Girls," "Don't Look at Me," "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Rain on the Roof," "Ah, Paris!," "Broadway Baby," "The Road You Didn't Take," "Bolero d'Amour," "In Buddy's Eyes," "Who's That Woman?," "I'm Still Here," "Too Many Mornings," "The Right Girl," "One More Kiss," "Could I Leave You?," "Loveland," "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow," "Love Will See Us Through," "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues," "Losing My Mind," "The Story of Lucie and Jessie" and "Live, Laugh, Love."
Follies is produced on Broadway by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (David M. Rubenstein, Chairman; Michael M. Kaiser, President; Max Woodward, Vice President).
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