CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Screaming followers lined the streets in frigid situations Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Cynthia Erivo, the “Depraved” star who’s being celebrated as Harvard College’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals Girl of the Yr.
Erivo, bundled in a parka, blew kisses to the gang and mouthed “I like you” because the automobile she and costumed members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals had been in slowly made its means by Cambridge. One fan handed her a pink rose and a number of other held up indicators praising her star energy. She additionally received a number of kisses on the cheek from the 2 theatrical members.
The half-hour parade additionally featured marching bands, a mechanical bull behind a pickup truck and members of the Blue Man Group who shot colourful confetti into the air.
“She’s such an icon,” mentioned Onovughakpor Otitigbe, a 21-year-old Harvard pupil from New York who adopted Erivo.
“She’s finished a lot for Black girls, particularly in theater,” Otitigbe mentioned. “As a Black lady in theater myself, it was simply actually wonderful to lastly see her in individual … Oh my gosh, I received so many selfies. Me and my pal, we had been chasing her from the begin to the top of the parade.”
Together with starring within the smash hit musical, the British entertainer is a two-time Oscar nominee and an Emmy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winner.
Erivo burst onto the scene along with her good efficiency within the Broadway revival of “The Color Purple,” profitable her the 2016 Tony for finest actress in a musical. She carried out songs from the play on the “At present” present, incomes the Daytime Emmy for excellent music efficiency in a daytime program. The present’s soundtrack received finest musical theater album on the 2017 Grammys.
Final 12 months, Erivo starred in and produced “Drift,” which follows a younger Liberian refugee who has escaped her war-torn nation to a Greek island. In 2021, Erivo was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin within the Nationwide Geographic collection “Genius: Aretha.”
“We’re holding area for Cynthia Erivo’s arrival,” Man and Girl of the Yr Occasions Coordinator Hannah Frazer mentioned in a press release. “We’re sweeping out our broomstick closets and prepping some depraved sensible humor as we eagerly await her in February. Earlier than she flies off along with her Pudding Pot, she’ll need to work somewhat magic to earn it.”
The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest nonetheless working, mentioned Erivo will obtain her Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast Wednesday night. Afterward, she’s going to attend a efficiency of Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 176th manufacturing, “101 Damnations.”
Actor Jon Hamm, who got here to fame starring as advert govt Don Draper on the AMC collection “Mad Males,” is the 2025 Man of the Yr. He acquired his Pudding Pot on Jan. 31.
Yearly since 1951, the Pudding has bestowed its Girl of the Yr award on actors together with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson and Annette Bening.
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