While not his first Met Gala rodeo, Redmayne—who was just nominated for a Tony for his turn as the Emcee in a revival of Cabaret—was taking advantage of Broadway’s tradition of going dark on Mondays.
“I hope I wasn’t too lascivious,” he said in response to a bit of gushing over his performance. “I do sort of interact with some of the audience members.”
But overall, “it’s been wonderful, we’re having the most amazing time. It’s in the round and there’s this kind of preshow, where you come in my 52nd Street and step into this whole world of the Weimar Republic…The audiences are so electric.”
For the evening, however, it was Redmayne and Bagshawe making their way through “The Garden of Time,” stemming from this year’s Costume Institute exhibit “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” And when they cozied up to each other, it was impossible to tell where one outfit ended and the other began, like two blooms planted at the same time that inevitably join together.
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