Before performing at PAC’s opening night gala, the Tony winner chatted exclusively with VF about how she’s spending the shutdown, 'Cats' the musical, and the importance of downtown theater.
before the SAG-AFTRA strike shut down production, and while the cast is now physically separated, emotionally, they are very much in touch.
“I’m staying in contact with my castmates for sure,” Erivo said. “They’re kind of stuck with me…. It was a good time. We’re good friends, and it’s like we made a family.”“I’ve been okay because the main thing I wanted to do once [the Hollywood strikes] happened was just to take care of myself. We worked really, really hard. We were all working really, really hard, and we’re constantly working hard. I just want to keep myself in a constant state of readiness, for anything really.
Once the SAG-AFTRA strike began, Erivo leaned into a self-care routine, resting, hitting the treadmill, and, as she said, “taking her vitamins every day.” “I don’t think that this moment is a moment to put aside the way we take care of ourselves,” she said. “I think it’s a time to really dig in and take better care of ourselves, so that’s what I’ve just been doing.”
She also leaned into her first love—live performance. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Erivo burst onto the American scene in 2016 with her Tony-winning performance as Celie inBroadway revival and has not slowed down since, winning a Grammy and earning two Oscar nominations as both an actress and a musician. While she’s ascended to the top of Hollywood’s A-list, Erivo is still a passionate advocate of the downtown arts scene.
“That’s where I started,” she said. “My first play was in Brighton, just outside of London. It’s absolutely not the West End. It’s nowhere. And I can’t tell you how much I loved doing it. It’s one of the most vivid memories I will ever have.” Erivo waxes on nostalgically, lovingly describing the tiny flat she stayed in, the older couple she rented it from, and the time her sister came to visit.
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