Some 170 outfit changes, 70 pairs of shoes, 30 wigs and a total of 60 people who work so that every day ends with a thunderous applause that floods Calderon Theater, The numbers that hide behind the scenes kinky Boots Winner of six Tony Awards, shows the work behind one of the most successful musicals of the season.
It’s Wednesday and though there’s still two hours left before the cast – composed of 24 artists– Step on the boards, the movement in the dressing room is constant and adrenaline already runs through the corridors. Jose Monteiro, one of the artists who make drug queen, is one of those processes in which it requires more concentration. For her, this is the hardest part of all her makeup: she has to cover half of her browbones to lift her eyelid. Fortunately, he says, they have already picked up the pace. Earlier he could spend two and a half hours in front of the mirror, now it takes less than an hour.
the laugh of Daniel Dieges (Charlie) resonates between the four walls. bill .
Head of characterization Jose Sedano laughs without taking his eyes off the actor’s wavy blonde hair; And take the opportunity to give the first snip. To his right is Annabel Ramiro, second in characterization, delicately donning one of the wigs used on the show. You should follow the same procedure with more than twenty other people. A job that takes him more than an hour and a half every day.
Dani, as her classmates call her, looks in the mirror for a few seconds and approves of the haircut. As he walks into his dressing room, he compares theater to gastronomy, to explain why he doesn’t get bored of becoming Charlie Every night, one of the “most beautiful” roles she has to explain. “It’s like a food that you love very much, but you can give it your own little touch. One day the joke is try it the other way or internally every day you have different moments to explain.” -Think about different things. And in the end I don’t ‘don’t get bored of that, because I’m not an actor who does the same thing every day,’ he admits.
– A special function?
– The tasks that my parents attend. I have a sick mom who has Alzheimer’s, and she recently came to see it with my dad.
On his dresser, the 41-year-old actor keeps a box of tea, as well as candy and incense, which he burns as part of his behind-the-scenes look. “Before I start I meditate to feel enlightened and understand my energy; my arms, my hands, my feet…”, he says.
in the adjoining dressing room tiago barbosa (Lola) inspects her armpits with a razor in her hand; Not a hair left. Now he entrusts himself to Jose, who needs an hour to do his hair and makeup. “I need to be very focused because when he is finished it is time to put on my clothes, test the sound, and then start the show,” he says.
In the mental list that Tiago has made today, he knows he has a very special job before the music starts. “I bought a Green Lantern costume to video call with my 3-year-old nephew who lives in Brazil, and told him he had to take a shower. Then I have 40 minutes to get ready and get ready.”
The Brazilian actor, who played Simba for eight years in The Lion King, was the first in the company to be familiar with the show’s lessons. “I started taking classes on wearing heels, as well as learning about feminine etiquette and phonetics,” she says. And does Lola have nothing to do with him. “I’m very serious and analytical. I speak very little, I watch a lot. Lola, on the other hand, is a volcano and there is no way to calm a volcano,” he admits.
He tries to give a bit of his character to his mother. “My mom was a prolific woman, a beautiful black woman, she had a great voice,” he remembers. And another great friend, “who’s a trans girl and who’s been through a lot of bad things, but still has a heart and a vision of life that’s full of dignity and respect,” she emphasizes because she Paints her nails red to match her lips.
Some time ago, at rehearsals, in which the artists had their first contact with the musicians, they remembered everything that their parents had done for them. “Every time my mom would stop in the street to sell sweets or my dad would go door to door offering to paint them so he could have money so I could read,” she admits with a lump in her throat. Is. “That day I almost couldn’t sing. I was left with a sense of gratitude to the two people who have done everything in their lives so that I can be a respected figure in my work today.”
Music is playing while crossing the two halls. Angie Fernandez (Lauren) listens to Rosalia’s latest album, which she alternates with Bad Bunny. “I want happy music,” he admits. She is one of those people who require less time to apply makeup, in half an hour or so she can be ready. If she can, she already goes to the hairdresser to get some help with her hair, which is “rebellious,” she says.
It’s quarter past eight and it’s time to go on stage, many have already tested the sound of their microphones and are ready to vibrate for two and a half hours. Musicians including a pianist, a bassist and a drummer as well as the conductor wait for the signal.
Angie doesn’t forget to thank the universe for her work. “We don’t know where we’re going in two months because that’s what this job is like, and that’s what gives me strength and inspiration,” he says. Tiago thinks of the day when his family can finally see him fulfill his dreams on the Spanish stage. Dani looks at Alberto Sanchez (Mr. Price), both of whom are the first to enter: “Come on, let the souls fill.” Let the show begin.
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