Sardi's to Unveil Stephanie J. Block Caricature (VIDEO!!)

[Popular]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:49pm

"Stephanie J. Block, who received a 2006 Helen Hayes Award for her performance in the national tour of Wicked, will soon add another honor to her list of credits.

On June 14 Block will be feted at Sardi's when her caricature is unveiled at the famed restaurant. Block's caricature will join the illustrious walls of this favorite Broadway eatery at 5:30 PM.

Stephanie J. Block is currently starring in the new Broadway musical The Pirate Queen, which ends its run June 17. The singing actress created the role of Liza Minnelli in the Peter Allen biomusical The Boy From Oz. She portrayed Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked, earning a Helen Hayes Award for her performance. Block's regional credits include Funny Girl, Crazy for You (L.A. Ovation Award nomination), Oliver (Critics Award, Best Actress) and James Joyce's The Dead.

Block will next appear in the workshop of the new musical 9 to 5, based on the film of the same name.

Sardi's is located in New York City at 234 West 44th Street."




CONGRATS STEPHANIE! Updated On: 6/15/07 at 12:49 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 4:57pm

Her show may be closing, but she will be immortalized!!!

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 4:58pm

You get a Sardi's portrait for being in two broadway shows now?

[Popular]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 5:01pm

Dude!
Take it up with Sardi's.
This thread is for happy thoughts :)

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 5:05pm

:) Congrats to her.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 5:11pm

Go her! I can't wait to see it.

[WestVillage]

Posted: 6/11/07 at 5:16pm

"You get a Sardi's portrait for being in two broadway shows now?"

Suzanne Somers got one, and her show never even opened! The prestige of having a Sardi's portrait is gone gone gone ... They might as well do portraits of the ushers.

[Popular]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:01am

Melody - I don't know the answer to your question. Here's some interesting trivia from wikipdia in the meantime until someone can enlighten us:

According to actor Robert Cuccioli's spokesperson Judy Katz, in an interview with Playbill: "On the day Jimmy Cagney died, his caricature was stolen from the Sardi's wall. Since then, when drawings are done, the originals go into a vault, and two copies are made. One goes to the lucky subject of the caricature, the other up on the Sardi's wall. This way, potential thieves won't have their moment."

[Popular]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 12:03pm

Alright, I'm a dork and called to ask.

It's completely up to Max Klimavicious, the owner, to decide who gets the honor. It has nothing to do with how many credits or awards someone has. Once he feels a certain person has "made a name for themselves" (and they've eaten there) he can decide to send a letter inviting them to have thier caricature put up.

Sounds like a broadway actor's unofficial rite of passage or something.
Updated On: 6/12/07 at 12:03 PM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 12:25pm

Popular, thank you for calling. I'm glad we now have an accurate answer. Thanks!

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:17pm

****Bump***

[Popular]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:42pm

WAT - you're welcome!

Fachedaluna, hi!

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:46pm

Congragulations to Stephanie! She deserves it- though she hasn't done a whole lot on Broadway, she is a pretty up and coming star, so that's really awesome she's getting this!
It'll be a little bit of joy for her to get this in such a sad week for PIRATE QUEEN...

[misschung]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 3:39pm

I wonder what hers will look like. I was disappointed in Rauls, but maybe hers will be a bit more fun

[Popular]

Posted: 6/12/07 at 4:07pm

This picture used to be on her website. It's from the WICKED wall up in Petterino's in Chicago (I think).

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:20pm

Thanks for the photo Popular...Good Picture. Yes it is from Petterino's in "Chicago"

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:24pm

It'll be more like a portrait.

Congrats to her!

[Popular]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:22am

It's so nice her cast was there with her!


PICS UP ON HER WEBSITE Updated On: 6/15/07 at 11:22 AM

[kec]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:25am

Popular, your link did not work.

[Popular]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:30am

Oops, I put the link and the link title in the wrong places... it should work now.

There are a few of them, enjoy!

PS- good job to her webmaster, that was quick!

[Action2]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:34am

Not sure if all the links are bad on her website, but when I click on the small picture, it opens to a large one of SB in front of potrait of LIZA! Caption says "Stephanie Block in front of her portrait at Sardies."

Hope they fix this ASAP!

[Popular]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:35am

that's just the first picture.

Put your cursor on the picture (around the top right area) to go to the next one.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:38am

Now THAT is a caricature! Well done! They're getting 'em right again.

Suzanne Somers got one, and her show never even opened!

Suzanne's show did open. It got panned up the wazoo and closed in a few days, but it did open.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:41am

Oops -- the one I was referring to was the Petterino's one. The Sardi's one on her website is of Liza Minelli, though the caption says, "Stephanie with her caricature at Sardi's."

Edit: I see it now. It's after the Liza one. Since when does Stephanie have red hair?

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 11:41 AM

[raiosunshine]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:47am

I love it! Congrats to Stephanie!