This week, WAITRESS composer (and sometimes star) Sara Bareilles celebrated an important Broadway milestone- her very own portrait on the iconic walls of Sardi's restaurant. BroadwayWorld was there celebrating with Sara, check out our photos from the event below!
Since her 2007 debut, Little Voice, which reached #1 in 22 countries around the world, the Eureka, CA native has gone on to release a New York Times best-selling book, Sounds Like Me - My Life (so far) in Song, and five studio albums, including, What's Inside: Songs from Waitress.
For Waitress, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding New Score, and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. Most recently, Bareilles wrote the original song "If I Dare" featured in Fox Searchlight's 2017 movie, Battle of the Sexes. Sara was most recently seen as Mary Magdalene in NBC's broadcast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar.
Photos by Walter McBride
Max Klimavicius with Sara Bareilles
Young cast members with Sara Bareilles
Max Klimavicius with Sara Bareilles
Drew Gehling and Sara Bareilles
Katharine McPhee Portrait unveiling for Sara Bareilles at Sardi's Restaurant on April 3, 2018 in New York City.
Katharine McPhee, Ben Thompson, Drew Gehling and Sara Bareilles
Katharine McPhee, Ben Thompson and Drew Gehling
Katharine McPhee, Ben Thompson, Drew Gehling, Sara Bareilles and NaTasha Yvette Williams
Katharine McPhee, Ben Thompson, Drew Gehling, Sara Bareilles and NaTasha Yvette Williams with the cast
Videos