Photo Coverage: Boyd Gaines Joins Wall of Fame at Sardi's 2008/08/01

Tony winner Boyd Gaines is the newest Broadway star to get his picture on the Sardi's Wall of Fame. Sardi's Restaurant is a popular theater district eatery located on 44th Street and 8th Avenue where caricature's of famous Broadway actors, directors and writers cover the walls.

Boyd Gaines currently appears in Broadway's Gypsy along side Broadway greats Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti. His performance recently earned him a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. Other Broadway credits include: Pygmalion, Journey's End, Twelve Angry Men, Contact, Cabaret, The Show Off, She Loves Me, Company, and The Heidi Chronicles. Off- Broadway credits include: Bach at Leipzig, Major Barbara, The Shawl, Comedy of Errors, The Extra Man, The Maderati, The Winter's Tale, Barbarians, and A Month in the Country. Regional work includes performances at: Williamstown, Yale Rep, Center Stage, Long Wharf, Guthrie, and Kennedy Center. Gaines trained at Juilliard and found early stage work on the NYC stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout Theatre and the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.

Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Boyd Gaines and Patti LuPone

Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti

Marian Seldes and Boyd Gaines

John Behlmann

Stark Sands

Justin Blanchard

Justin Blanchard, John Behlmann, Boyd Gaines, and Stark Sands

Philip Bosco

Michael Emerson

Michael Emerson and Boyd Gaines

Robert Foxworth

John Behlmann and Stark Sands

John Behlmann

Boyd Gaines and Max Klimavicius

Boyd Gaines

Leigh Ann Larkin

Michael Emerson and Leigh Ann Larkin

Boyd Gaines

Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone

Leigh Ann Larkin, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, and Patti LuPone

Boyd Gaines with his wife and their daughter Leslie

Boyd Gaines

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Broadway introduced him to his two homes... Retna Ltd & BroadwayWorld.com, represented by: www.retna.com.

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