Video: Inside Rehearsals with Eden Espinosa and the Cast of LEMPICKA

Destroy the fast, destroy convention

Anything that hinders are a century. Hello, I'm Richard Ridge for Broadway World, the new musical Lampica

which tells the story of renowned artist Tamara Di Lampica. We'll open on April 14th here at the Longacre Theater

where we drop by to bring you a sneak peek and to meet the company. Welcome home to Broadway

How does it feel to be back? It feels so good. It feels so good and it feels so right

You know, it's just like the timing of the journey with the show

And I'm happy that I'm happy my return is with this piece

You don't get roles this deep, this nuance, this complex, this delicious

You know, I always say it's like the Valjean of four females, you know

And especially at this stage in my life, like you might get them when you're a little bit

younger, but to have it at 46 is just like a gift and a challenge, and it's just an embarrassment

of riches. I didn't know anything about this person, you know, Tomorrow de Limpica, who

You know, I mean, I'm not really an art buff anyway, but you soon learned that this woman

had just epic life of Bolshevik revolution two world wars you know escape aping across the Atlantic you know I don know It like why haven we heard about this person And it a real person

It's a real marriage, a complicated marriage, full of love and challenges and obstacles and misery and connection

I don't know. It's what you want to do is play. You know, there's a lot of fantasies that come to Broadway, which is great

But this is something more. It's a real historical show that hopefully everyone can empathize with and see themselves in somewhere

When they ask me to like to do Limpica, I was like, what is Limpica

I thought it was some kind of tasty dish of some sort. And then I opened the book

I'm like, oh my gosh, everyone should know this woman's work and story

And here we are. And I will add that what's wonderful about Limpica is that audiences not just in art houses are going to know who she

she is. Like the way it's presented, you're going to want some of her art, or we aspire to have

some of her art in our homes, for sure. I just also have to say, I'm sorry, one other adjective

for word is that this show is really sexy. There's that, too. I am. There's that too. I mean, from Eden Espinosa on down, it's an

embarrassment of riches to be able to work with this level of talent, commitment

medication Everybody is giving 125 every day And I blessed to be in this company Iron sharpens iron We all are trying to lift each other lift the story lift this team

This is such an incredible season to be on Broadway. Like people talk about it being crowded

I'm like, no, it's wonderful. We should be overwhelmed by the epic greatness of Broadway

And so I'm so blessed to be in this moment with this amazing group of artists

Well, I just actually can't wait. for people to be here with us

to have the audience, have the butts in the seats, and let them have the experience

of having this epic, epic musical wash all over them. Bring your tissues

Bring your tissues. Yeah, there's an electricity in this show that I've not experienced before

that's on the stage and in the audience. And when that lightning bolt

just like crashes into each other, it's like the epicness of like, you can see it right behind

It's like, we fill the proscenium with all that this woman was and like all that she wants us all to be in our time now

The experience has been wonderful. The show is incredibly special to me

and the cast and creative team are just so brilliant and so kind. It's really like a family

What a cast you have put together for this show, led by, of course, by Eden Espinoza, who was playing Lampica

Talk about your cast. I mean, they're so tall. They're so, there is, there just is an iconic quality to every single

a single person and I think musicals tend to take a long time to develop for many reasons but I think a big part of that is like finding the inevitable person for each role each seat is such a challenge And in this there like there no other

cast than our cast, and they're just right on. I feel the same way about our ensemble is we've gone through, and many thanks just to all

of the people who have gotten us here and finding an ensemble that is living in the portraits

and bring them to life every day is, again, I'm just, just going to keep saying it's a field day because it really is

What do you hope audiences take away after sitting through this? I hope they are thrilled to learn about this incredible woman

who I really want to gain the place she deserves in the culture

And I hope they see themselves in her struggles and in her story

And I hope that they come out of this a little braver and with shoulders thrown

back for what comes next. Yeah, I hope. I love that word, braver

I think, I think, I want people to walk out of this theater and feel like, yes, life is messy

and love is hard, but it's worth it. And it's, it's all that matters

And that's, that's, that's what Lampica is about. This minute, the future is here

It's tomorrow. Now