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“Lempicka,” a new musical about an artistically and sexually adventurous painter, announced Thursday evening that it would close on May 19, just a month after opening. This is the first show to fall after this year’s Tony nominations were announced on Tuesday. “Lempicka” scored three nods — for the actresses Eden Espinosa and Amber Iman, as well as for scenic design — but was shut out of the best musical category. It really needed a boost, because its grosses have been anemic — last week it grossed $288,102, which is unsustainably low for a Broadway musical. The show, which explores the life of the 20th-century painter Tamara de Lempicka, was written by Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould and directed by Rachel Chavkin.
Persons: , Tony, “ Lempicka ”, , Eden Espinosa, Amber Iman, Tamara de Lempicka, Carson Kreitzer, Matt Gould, Rachel Chavkin Organizations: Williamstown Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Broadway Locations: San Diego
Madonna and Barbra Are Fans. Broadway, Meet Lempicka.
  + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The playwright Carson Kreitzer specializes in difficult women, disparaged women, women who should be better known. But 14 years ago, when a friend suggested the painter Tamara de Lempicka as a potential subject, Kreitzer wasn’t initially enthusiastic. Flipping through the monograph, image after glossy image, Kreitzer realized that she already knew Lempicka’s brash, gleaming work. “Tamara made me a musical writer,” Kreitzer, who had never written a musical before, said in a recent phone interview. “She demanded it.”After years of development, “Lempicka,” a biomusical by Kreitzer (book and lyrics) and Matt Gould (book and music), opens on April 14 at Broadway’s Longacre Theater.
Persons: Carson Kreitzer, Tamara de Lempicka, Kreitzer wasn’t, Kreitzer, Van Cleef, “ Tamara, ” Kreitzer, , , Matt Gould Organizations: Broadway’s Longacre Locations: Van
“Lempicka,” a new musical about the painter Tamara de Lempicka, will open on Broadway next spring after a decade in development. An Art Deco portraitist who was married and had female lovers, Lempicka was born in Poland in 1898 and lived in Russia, which she fled because of the Russian Revolution; France, which she fled because of World War II; and then the United States and Mexico. Though her art and her social life glittered for a period, she later faded from prominence, and died in 1980. In recent years, her art has sold strongly; contemporary collectors of her work include Madonna. The director is Rachel Chavkin, the Tony Award-winning director of “Hadestown,” and choreography is by Raja Feather Kelly.
Persons: , Tamara de Lempicka, Lempicka, glittered, Madonna, Matt Gould, Carson Kreitzer, Rachel Chavkin, Raja Feather Kelly Organizations: Broadway, Art, Longacre Locations: Poland, Russia, Russian, France, United States, Mexico
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