The day prior to the 78th annual Tony Awards, Gracie Lawrence left her ultimate becoming with a message for her lovers: “Wait until you see my look. Fit is fitting.” At that time, we have been seated—excitedly watching for what the Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominee and her stylist Jules Wettreich cooked up for the purple carpet. Lawrence didn’t disappoint when she grew to become up in a customized polka-dot tulle robe via New York–based totally dressmaker Twiggy Moore. The noticed get dressed, fitted during the bodice and that includes a fluted skirt with a black bow, was once equivalent portions whimsy and Old Hollywood glam, making it absolute best for the instance.
You may just say the singer and actress has been in the middle of a career-defining 12 months. It kicked off with Lawrence becoming a member of the 3rd and ultimate season of The Sex Lives of College Girls as Kacey Baker, the group’s new roomie and liked theater nerd. Then in April, she made her Broadway musical debut enjoying Connie Francis along Jonathan Groff in Just in Time, a efficiency that has earned her prime essential reward and landed her the aforementioned Tony nomination. This fall, she and her brother, the duo in the back of the band Lawrence, are heading out at the U.S. leg in their Family Business Tour. Basically, if Lawrence wasn’t already to your radar, she will have to be now.
We despatched photographer Andy Henderson to seize Lawrence as she were given in a position for Broadway’s largest night time following a matinee efficiency of Just in Time. The display should all the time pass on! Keep studying for Lawrence’s unique photograph diary.
“I did my own makeup for the Tonys, and I started it in the middle of our matinee on Sunday so that we’d make it to the carpet in time. People don’t realize how quick of a turnaround it is! So if you saw [the] Just in Time Sunday matinee, Connie Francis may have had a particularly glam eyeliner…”
“And then my hairstylist, Netty Jordan, popped into my dressing room and got to work!”
“The dressmaker of my get dressed Twiggy Moore! The vibe of the night time was once polka dots, in fact.”
“Details! I’ve been wearing a lot of rings that have clocks on them as a nod to Just in Time. Shout-out to my stylist Jules for thinking of that. We love a theme.”
“Putting on the dress! Twiggy made this dress so quickly. From conception to execution, it was around two weeks. I sent her and my stylist Jules a bunch of references, all of which lived in this 1950s style. Twiggy created something inspired by those silhouettes but also entirely her own. I wanted fun but still beautiful and to feel like I wasn’t taking myself too seriously but also definitely not being goofy—which is a hard balance! In this moment, it was so satisfying and thrilling to put it on with the full hair and makeup and feel like we totally achieved what we wanted tonally. I felt like me the whole night!”
“Final touches. Try as I may, I cannot not do ‘mascara face.'”
“And then my brother Clyde, who I share our band Lawrence with and who was my plus-one for the evening, showed up!”
“We all took some pics on the incredible Just in Time set. It was so fun getting ready at the theater. I’ll remember it forever!”
“And then it was time to goooooo!”
Catch Gracie Lawrence within the Broadway musical in Just In Time, now enjoying at Circle within the Square Theatre.