Two garment racks also occupied the room, hung with dresses including a mossy grey-green Alexander McQueen, a pair from Sophie Theallet in fiery red and sky blue, options from Roberto Cavalli and Lanvin, and a suit by Tom Ford among all the long skirts. She had just finished her second week of rehearsals for Cats - which will go into previews July 14 - and she wore a long-sleeved floral Carolina Herrera gown, one of the early frontrunners. She explained all of this from her dining room on Friday evening, where she and her manager Nicola Carson, stylist Rebecca Grice, and a diminutive tailor named Olga armed with safety pins congregated to discuss and try on gown options for Sunday night’s event.
On Saturday morning, they recorded the Cats track “Memory” together, and Sunday, she will attend the 70th annual Tony Awards as his date. Suddenly, she was headed for New York, shopping for real estate and preparing for her Broadway debut as Grizabella, the role originated by Elaine Page.Īnd though she and Webber hadn’t met before he approached her, she’s quickly entered into his fold. Lewis, 31, was born and raised in London, but following her X-Factor Season 3 win she relocated to Los Angeles - until last month, when she got a call from theater baron Andrew Lloyd Webber asking if she might be interested in auditioning for the upcoming revival of Cats, his musical based on the poetry of T.S. On the 58th floor of a high-rise in Manhattan’s theater district, her view spans the whole city skyline she keeps a pair of binoculars on the dining room table to watch the Hudson River three blocks west. Leona Lewis recently moved into a new apartment.