This one was a lot of fun to shoot with the fantastic team at Sleek Machine!
New Reel!
Rave reviews for The Good Girl at 59E59 Theaters thru Feb 28
With only one week of performances to go, we've had incredible reviews and sold out houses. Catch The Good Girl before she's gone! Tickets: http://bit.ly/1S2E04z
“A FEMINIST SCI-FI COMEDY THAT DARKENS CONSIDERABLY AS IT GOES ALONG ... MS. COLLYER HAS WRITTEN A CLEVER EXAMINATION OF SEX, LONGING, MEMORY, GENDER ROLES AND VIOLENCE.
- The New York Times”
“ANJALI (PLAYED WITH WIT AND INTENSITY BY LEAH GABRIEL) IS A MADAM SUPERVISING A ROBO-PROSTITUTE ... ADAM FITZGERALD’S FAST-PACED DIRECTION AND THE HIGH-KEY ACTING KEEP THE AUDIENCE RIVETED.
- Huffington Post”
The Good Girl at 59E59 Theaters, February 11-28
We're already two weeks into rehearsal for The Good Girl - the US premiere of Emilie Collyer's award winning Australian play at 59E59 Theaters. It's a delight to work with fellow Circle In The Square alum Giacomo Baessato and incredible director Adam Fitzgerald.
Read all about it on broadwayworld.com
Leah Gabriel, Giacomo Baessato and director Adam Fitzgerald rehearse The Good Girl. Photo by Lloyd Mulvey www.lloydmulvey.com
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Review round-up - Three Day Hangover's TARTUFFE!
I think I can safely say that every single cast member had an absolute blast performing this show each night. Playwright Jake Brandman wrote an incredible script and Three Day Hangover created another wild and hilarious theatre/drinking experience! Run, don't walk to whatever they do next.
"The entire cast is hilarious and unpredictable ... Leah Gabriel is the perfect Doreen" - Stage Buddy
"Like most productions of Tartuffe, the breakout character is Doreen. Leah Gabriel as the Australian maid brings the witty and dry humor that is unlike any other character. Gabriel's Doreen is truly the glue that keeps the family and show together." - Theater In The Now
"The voice of sanity in this household is that of the housekeeper, Doreen. Leah Gabriel is very engaging in this role – funny and a little seditious. You feel for her as she pulls the one or another inept family member back from the brink." - Front Row Center
"Tartuffe is blessed with an excellent ensemble. Not a single cast member misses a mark." - New York Theatre Review
"Beth Gardiner directs an impeccable ensemble of actors ... every actor in this production shines." - Theater Pizzazz
Up Next - Sex. Drugs. Politics. TARTUFFE! Nov 4-21, 2015
This one is going to be raucous, hilarious, boozy FUN:
Love your country. Hard. Three Day Hangover is jumping into politics and the candidate to watch is this November is Tartuffe. We’re re-imagining Molière’s searing comedy of hypocrites and heathens for our modern age, and there's no better setting for farce and hilarity than a U.S. Senate race.
Tickets --> threedayhangover.com
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at Queens Library
I'm very excited to be part of the first reading in an epic three-year collaboration between Titan Theatre Company and Queens Library to bring staged readings of Shakespeare's entire canon to libraries across Queens.
Monday October 5th at 5.30pm I'll be reading Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. For the rest of the 2015 schedule, click here and read more at broadwayworld.com .
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You might hear the sound of my voice coming from your television...
I'd Kill For You with Peacock Productions
Wrapped just in time for Labor Day on episode 304 of I'd Kill For You with Peacock Productions. Enjoyed a day on location on Long Island however the dreaded mosquitoes had their way with me...
Miracle on South Division Street at Cortland Repertory Theatre
We have one more week of performing this very fun and touching play at CRT. Reviews so far have been very positive:
"I loved this show...the actors are superb! The audience practically bounded to its feet with a spontaneous standing ovation at the end of Wednesday's opener."
-Katie Keyser, The Cortland Standard
"Cortland Rep's 'Miracle on south Division Street' balances truth and belief...with much humor, sarcasm, and realistic verbal encounters among the four characters..."
- Tony Curulla, read the full review at Syracuse.com.
Green screen, VO & Vancouver, oh my!
This week saw a quick trip out to Port Washington for an afternoon industrial shoot with the awesome folk at ADM Productions.
On Monday I'll be recording a very fun VO before flying off to Vancouver for a long-awaited VACATION!
Then I'm back for my third summer at Cortland Rep to play Beverly in Miracle on South Division Street by Tom Dudzick. Check out the before and after pics of Cortland's amazing new downtown space!
I'm still smiling after yesterday's historic Supreme Court decision. #LoveWins
Happy summer friends. x
Two TV shoots last week
Last week I had the pleasure of spending two days on set playing an 1890's pioneer wife for an as-yet untitled Historical Feuds series.
Later in the week I played a courtroom judge in an episode of The Perfect Murder, currently airing on Investigation Discovery.
Review roundup for Titan's all-female Othello
"Leah Gabriel, as Roderigo, provides some delightful comic relief, though her character’s ultimate end is just as powerful as the others’. " -Queens Gazette
"Gabriel is at once hilarious and tragic as the bumbling Roderigo" -Off Off Online
"Memorable turns from Leah Gabriel's perfectly pitiable Roderigo and Emily Trask's surprisingly balanced Desdemona, are very welcome." -New York Theatre Review
"It is said that your life passes before you at the moment of death, but in Gabriel's "O damned Iago," it is the 20 years of wisdom to come that she suddenly glimpses as her light flickers out." -Shakespeareances.com
"Abbey Siegworth as Cassio and Leah Gabriel as Roderigo are at their best in their fateful fight scene." -Queens Courier
This is Jamie web series
I spent a fun morning on set last week with the awesome cast and crew of This is Jamie. Keep your eyes on these guys, they've got big things in their future.
Titan's All-Female Othello Opens with a Rave Review
Our sold-out Opening Night crowd were spectacular and the TimesLedger calls Othello 'brilliant' and 'compelling'.
Laura Frye (Iago) and Leah Gabriel (Roderigo) at Opening Night of Titan's all female Othello. Photo by Lloyd Mulvey.
Opening Next Week - Titan's ALL FEMALE OTHELLO
I'm honored to be part of this cast of incredible women. Buy your tickets HERE!
Check us out on BroadwayWorld.com
Do Not Disturb in The Hollywood Reporter
Check out this article in The Hollywood Reporter about Joel Schumacher's involvement in Do Not Disturb and his Discovery ID addiction!
Do Not Disturb for Investigation Discovery
A very enjoyable two days on the set of DO NOT DISTURB as a CSI agent, working with Executive Producer Joel Schumacher and a great cast and crew.
Here's me and Michael Yeshion between takes:
Picture Day with Lloyd Mulvey
Here are some proofs from my fabulously fun photo shoot in late October. I was fortunate to work with two uber-talented artists - Lloyd Mulvey (photography) and Ciara Rose Griffin (hair and makeup). Check out their websites for more of their delicious work.