Broadway dressing rooms
Broadway dressing rooms
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Broadway dressing rooms#1
Posted: 9/28/12 at 3:54am
Has anybody ever seen the size/ amenities in the dressing rooms of the Broadway stars? tt definitely has to depend on the theatre. But, how does Elphabas compare to Evas?If anybody has any inside info, I'm sort of fascinated.
Broadway dressing rooms#2
Posted: 9/28/12 at 8:28am
I remember when 42nd Street (the original) was playing at the Majestic, the chorus girls dressing room overlooked 44th Street and the windows did not have shades. NYPD cops on horseback would be across the street watching the chorus girls change costumes (lots of bare breasts to see). I have a feeling the chorus girls knew the cops were watching because some of the girls were a little too close to the windows while changing.
Updated On: 9/28/12 at 08:28 AM
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Broadway dressing rooms#2
Posted: 9/28/12 at 7:35pm
most dressing rooms in the theatres are pretty basic, and rather dull and unadorned. Dressing tables, mirrors, lights, bathroom, air conditioning, the Equity cot perhaps.
Star dressing rooms are not much better. But depending on the star and the things negotiated into the contract well...... Usually the room can be repainted in a chosen color,new carpet installed. Usually a couch and perhaps some chairs are brought in-sometimes of the actors choice. Cable television installed, wi-fi, and a telephone line. Fridge, microwave. It all depends what the actor wants, how impt they are,and if it can be put into the contract. At the Shubert during GYPSY Bernadette had a trunk of her own in the dressing room.It can basically be turned into a small studio apt, albiet with few or no windows.
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Broadway dressing rooms#3
Posted: 9/28/12 at 7:49pm
The Vivian Beaumont (Lincoln Center) has two "star" dressing rooms. They are the ones closest to the stage. Each has a dressing table, sofa, toilet, sink and shower. Then there are couple of "doubles" - the same, but with two dressing tables, then a couple of "quads", then "sixes".
Older theatres have much of their dressing room space in the basement, or up two or three flights of stairs.
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Broadway dressing rooms#4
Posted: 9/28/12 at 11:38pmI don't know if it's still there but it was as recently as TITANIC: The Star dressing room at the LUNT had a bathtub completely enclosed in mirrors installed for La Liz during PRIVATE LIVES.
Broadway dressing rooms#5
Posted: 9/28/12 at 11:43pm
There are tons of Broadway.com videos where stars take you into their dressing rooms (or someone else takes the camera into a star's dressing room.) Here's two recent ones from Evita and Wicked...
http://www.broadway.com/videos/154157/join-in-the-fun-at-evita-with-this-exclusive-backstage-tour-led-by-max-von-essen/
http://www.broadway.com/videos/154272/murals-makeup-and-magic-kyle-dean-massey-brings-fans-backstage-at-wicked/
Updated On: 9/28/12 at 11:43 PM
Broadway dressing rooms#6
Posted: 9/28/12 at 11:50pm
Having been in Bernadette's dressing room in both the Marquise and Shubert
there is very little difference in size or level of comfort. Stars certainly don't get huge suites to enjoy. The personal items which adorn the space are what make the "star" rooms unique!!
Broadway dressing rooms#7
Posted: 9/28/12 at 11:54pm^That still depends on the theatre. I would describe Nathan and Bebe's dressing rooms at the Lunt-Fontanne as suits compared to the dressing rooms of their co-stars.
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Broadway dressing rooms#8
Posted: 9/29/12 at 12:23am
The dressing rooms at the Vivian Beaumont Theater have bidets, too!
The "star" dressing room at the St. James Theater is right next to Angus McIndoo's and as a result, it always smells of beef. (It also has a secret exit through the restaurant, which is how Nathan Lane avoided the stage door mania during THE PRODUCERS)
Broadway dressing rooms#9
Posted: 9/29/12 at 12:26amDollypop, what was Hunter Parish's dressing room like?
Broadway dressing rooms#10
Posted: 9/29/12 at 1:29amDollypop. Nathan was one of Angus's backers so he probably had that exit installed!
Broadway dressing rooms#11
Posted: 9/29/12 at 1:55ami'm pretty sure the Lunt's dressing room for the star is as good as it gets for Broadway dressing rooms.
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Broadway dressing rooms#12
Posted: 9/29/12 at 11:23amWhen Boyd Gaines had that St. James dressing room during GYPSY, he burned scented candles in it to cover the intense aroma of beef.
Broadway dressing rooms#13
Posted: 9/29/12 at 12:10pmI saw a picture once of Angela Lansbury lounging on a sofa in her dressing room at the Uris (between matinee and evening performance) during the run of Sweeney Todd. The fabric on the sofa was bland and the walls were gray cinder block. Not exactly glamorous.
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Broadway dressing rooms#19
Posted: 12/30/12 at 9:43amCarrie Fisher's room is huge! I guess Jim parson got that room during HARVEY???
Broadway dressing rooms#20
Posted: 12/31/12 at 12:06pmIsn't the Nederlander known for small dressing rooms?
Broadway dressing rooms#21
Posted: 12/31/12 at 12:32pmFrom the looks of it I would guess that Carrie Fisher chose one of the rooms that would have been typically packed with multiple ensemble people for her run at Studio 54 as she obviously would have had her pick of any of the dressing rooms since there were no other actors to accommodate during Wishful Drinking.
Broadway dressing rooms#22
Posted: 12/31/12 at 12:35pm
I got to see Sarah Jessica Parker's dressing room when she was in Annie and I remember it being quite small. The walls were covered with black and white Annie comic strip fabric.
I also saw Faith Prince's dressing room when she was in the King and I, and it was directly off the wings (stage right).
Broadway dressing rooms#23
Posted: 12/31/12 at 12:36pmI imagine it was the same after John Stamos no longer used his. Wasn't there a picture going around at one time of Patti's "Gypsy" dressing room and it was over the top, all white? Or was that someone else?
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Broadway dressing rooms#24
Posted: 12/31/12 at 1:20pmI know for a fact that it's still tradition to pee in the sink on occasion in one's dressing room.
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