Greetings from the Bronx where "It's warm, it's tropical, it's just thousands and thousands of orchids." As an early celebration of spring the Orchid Divas have taken Center Stage at the New York Botanical Garden.
"Horticultural theater" for the "divas of the plant world" is how the New York Botanical Garden describes the "Orchid Show on Broadway." The stars of the garden's 9th annual orchid show are over 25,000 individual drooping, weeping and otherwise highly dramatic blooms.For this year's "Spring Awakenings" the Garden’s horticultural staff has worked with a Broadway set designer to make the Garden’s conservatory feel like a Broadway theater under glass. Here is the view in the Palm Court for the limited engagement, a simulation of the proscenium at the Walter Kerr Theater.
The curtain has already gone up on to rave reviews. The New York Times also plays the Diva theme for this horticultural theater “The orchids are the stars. We know how to deal with their persnickety nature. They’re flashy. They command and demand attention. But when everything is just right, they absolutely steal the show.”
"Orchid Show on Broadway" opened on March 5th and continues until April 25. Since I'm a bit late with my review, I'll try to offer a backstage pass with a few photos below.