Poised to shine on B’way
IN The Beginning was “12 Years a Slave.” Then came the Word. Showbiz gods said, “Let There Be Light.” All magazine, newspaper and candy wrappers immortalized Lupita Nyong’o.
Sunday, indoors at Tribeca, her size2 body did a cover for Uptown Magazine. Photographer,
Marc Baptiste. Stylist for haute couture bones
Phillip Bloch: “Her look was part lacy and nudie ethereal and part allblack edgy.” Bloch dressed her in Elie Saab, Dennis Basso, Randi Rahm, Angel Sanchez. Forget sneakers, it’s Louboutin, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes. Ring, bracelets, earrings (no Voice from on high mentioned necklaces) from Hueb jewelers.
She opens March 6 at the Golden in the drama “Eclipsed” by Zimbabwean-American playwright/director
Danai Gurira, who’s also an actress on “The Walking Dead.” A1 publicist
Marvet Britto is associate producer. The entire fivewoman cast was in the shoot.
Get set. Mankind is about to be Lupita Nyong’o’d.
‘Committed’ role
SPEAKING of Broadway, after fivetime Emmy nominee Jesse
Tyler Ferguson wraps “Modern Family” he stars in Lyceum’s comedy “Fully Committed” April 25. Meantime, his playwright companion Becky
Mode inhaled Eleven Madison Park caviar eggs Benedict and celery root braised in a pig bladder. With her appetite, the show better be a hit.
A party to watch
TUESDAY, Gramercy Park Hotel, 10th birthday party of CBS’s Watch! Magazine, the network’s official glossy read. They’ll auction two $20,000 Waldan watches. Proceeds to Holocaust center Museum of Tolerance and Team Rubicon, which deploys military vets to emergency situations. Also there could be Bridget Moynahan of “Blue Bloods,” Emmy Rossum of “Shameless,” Paul Giamatti of “Billions.” Also food and drink.
Dentist told to bite his tongue
DENTIST Dr. Gerry Curatola’s gritting his teeth. Dropping the namedropping after a letter from some wellknown bicuspid’s lawyer told him “cease and desist” . . . KING James Bible, 2 Kings 6:8: “The king of Syria warred against Israel . . .” That’s thousands of years ago. It’s still going on . . . PAY attention. Subscription service Netflix’s new animated comedy. Not for children. Title? “F Is for Family” . . . ACTRESS Viola Davis on her acrobatic sex in ABC’s hit series “How To Get Away With Murder”: “I actually threw my neck out.”
FROM a doctor: Our 91yearold heart patient, plus her family, signed DNR (do not resuscitate) papers. One relative told her: “Get well. Cousin Jerry’s birthday party in Florida is in two months.” The patient: “Wait. I change my mind. Remove the DNR. I don’t want to miss that party.”
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.