'This was not simply cake. It was a moment.' Read lmorgan_lee's GrubStreetDiet
Illustration: Lyne Lucien The actress L Morgan Lee has been with the Broadway show A Strange Loop through COVID delays, out-of-town tryouts, and its Best Musical Tony win this June. At eight performances per week, Lee says the show can take its toll, physically and mentally, which is why she tries to find as much comfort as possible in her meals, whether that’s McDonald’s delivery or shrimp cocktail and strawberry cake at the Lambs Club, where Lee has become a regular.I woke up so dehydrated.
After that day’s performance, a bunch of the cast and wardrobe peeps went to the Lambs Club, a snazzy, Old New York–style restaurant right near our theater. They treat us so well. Mind you, I was there the night before too, but, yes, back again. We all normally break off after the show, and I was already talking to the wardrobe girls about getting dinner together, but it was just one of those nights.
This was not simply cake. It was a moment. It brought to mind Simply Irresistible, that movie Sarah Michelle Gellar did a few years ago where all of her feelings go into the food she made. It felt like that. I bit into the cake, and it’s as if stress fell away. I like to think that I am someone who searches for joy and finds the light in things. I will be back for more.I woke up in the mood for pancakes and decided to spend some time in my dressing room at the theater working on my pilot.
I rode down the West Side Highway in a Lyft. The driver was so cute; I’m boy-crazy, or to be more specific, man-crazy. I’ve been single for a while now. I need to focus on what it means to love and embrace myself before I can bring someone else into my life. It will always be a journey, but “I’m ready. I’m ready now …” Ah, Sondheim. He put complexity into words like no one else.
Dinner: the Lambs Club! Shrimp cocktail, and a chicken dish with carrots over barley. No dessert. I wanted the strawberry cake, but no, not again. It was a spontaneous outing with one of the understudies in the cast. We rarely get time outside of the theater to hang out, so it was really nice to learn a little more about their life! That shrimp cocktail, I could eat it every day. So good. What was not good was the $6 ginger ale. Umm, no. My throat hurt a bit.
We really need two days off. One to recover and one to get things done. Argh. I wake up in the morning on day off, sigh, and immediately feel the clock counting down to when I need to be back at the theater. People say Broadway is sort of like the Olympics. Yes, but the Olympics aren’t open-ended. The athletes’ bodies get a proper period to recover and rest before jumping back into prep for the games the following year. I fear it’s all about the mean and green.
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