'Lempicka' showcases a little-known queer artist's dazzling life

Musicals can be inspired by a variety of sources. Just this spring, three shows based on books that were turned into movies have opened on Broadway:"I found this art book and I just thought, oh, this isn't a play," said Kreitzer."Like, words are not going to be enough. There is this elevation, there is this crispness, this larger-than-life quality. And I knew it should be a musical."idea for a musical," the composer remembered.

In the musical, Lempicka is in a love triangle with her husband and Rafaela, though historians don't actually know if Tamara and Rafaela were lovers.

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