Marin Mazzie in Caricature
"Passion," Published July 25, 1994 - Al Hirschfeld
Pictured: Marin Mazzie, reclining nude, and Jere Shea
"Passion," Published August 21, 1994 - Al Hirschfeld
Pictured: Jere Shea, Donna Murphy, Marin Mazzie
"Ragtime," Published January 25, 1998 - Al Hirschfeld
Also featured: Peter Friedman, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and the original cast of Ragtime.
"Kiss Me, Kate," Published November 14, 1999 - Al Hirschfeld
Pictured: Brian Stokes Mitchel and Marin Mazzie
Marin has been the subject of four Hirschfelds, some of which you've already seen in these posts. Though PBS may have made the sad decision to censor Marin's big nude scene in the professional taping of Passion, Al Hirschfeld had no qualms about depicting her in the way she was meant to be. I do think, however, even in his final attempt, he was never able to accurately capture the sheer size of this woman's mouth.
Pictured: Husband Jason Danieley and Marin Mazzie, 2010
Marin was honored with a Sardis caricature in 2000 during her Tony-nominated run in Kiss Me, Kate, and ten years later, she returned when her husband Jason received his. At the time, they were starring as the husband-wife duo in Next to Normal. While the expanse of her mouth is certainly featured, it's still not quite what I'd expect.
Pictured: L: Marin Mazzie and the cast of Next to Normal, 2010 | R: Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim, The King and I, 2016
Pictured: L: Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley benefiting the Cancer Support Community, super rare, 2018 | R: Marin Mazzie in portrait, Autumn 2015
At last, someone was able to do justice to Marin's signature mouth size. Like Carol Channing, Marin's mouth is the stuff of Broadway legend. Sources even say that when she was younger, she'd put her whole fist in it as a party trick.
Pictured: L: Tribute to Marin Mazzie, commissioned, 2018 |
"The day Marin passed, I got an email asking me to pay tribute. I don’t want to seem dramatic, but since Marin is a friend, I was in the midst of my own small grieving process, so I used the assignment as part of it all. This was the result. We will always think of Marin when we see sunflowers." - Justin "Squigs" Robertson
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Donna Murphy in Caricature
"Passion," Published August 21, 1994 - Al Hirschfeld
Pictured: Jere Shea, Donna Murphy, Marin Mazzie
"The King And I, "Published April 28, 1996 - Al Hirschfeld
Pictured: Lou Diamond Phillips, Donna Murphy, and cast
Depicted in both Tony-winning roles, Donna Murphy's Hirschfelds show her as both Fosca in Sondheim and Lapine's Passion (1994) and Anna Leonowens in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. Ultimately, I'm still uncertain how true-to-life the caricatures ended up being.
Donna Murphy is yet another Diva without a Sardis portrait, and that's a major crime against humanity. She has, thankfully, been the subject of quite a number of Squigs illustrations.
Pictured L: Donna Murphy and company of the Central Park Into the Woods production, 2012 | R: Donna Murphy and company of The People in the Picture, 2011
Pictured: L: Donna Murphy as honored by Abingdon Theatre Company, 2018 | R: The Lights of Broadway Trading Card, Spring 2017
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