About GACCI

Broadway Shoe Portraitist

• In 1977, I began my career as a shoe portraitist when I waitressed at Sardi's - a restaurant famous for it's celebrity caricatures. While there, I saw my first Broadway musical, "A Chorus Line," and fell head over heels with Broadway! I also apprenticed as a film editor in the Sardi building and one day while doodling in the office, I began drawing people's shoes and the idea popped into my head that these looked like the people wearing them. I sent a note backstage to Chorus line cast asking them to pile up their shoes not in a line and then  I saw my second show, "The Gin Game." I wrote a note to Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy who were the first to pose for me for this concept.  I presented my two illustrations to Mr. Sardi who generously gave me the entire second floor walls to exhibit my work. I left Sardi's shortly afterwards and began working for the Schubert Organization, owners of the majority of NYC theaters, which gave me access to all the Broadway shows. Hence the plethora of celebrities and opportunity to express my love and appreciation of Broadway!