A true story: Cynthia Nixon is at Sardi’s right now.

Well, a version of her. The actress’ caricature portrait hangs on the back wall of the restaurant’s first-floor dining room, alongside illustrations of other actors who have made their mark on New York theater. Nixon’s likeness, which depicts her sky-blue eyes and signature blonde bob, joined the ranks in 2017, the year she won her second Tony award.

In mid-November, the actress is seated in a corner at the iconic Broadway haunt, conveniently right next door to the Hayes Theater, where she’s starring in “Marjorie Prime.” Inside the theater, the walls of the set are getting a final coat of seafoam paint ahead of the show’s first preview performance later that week. The show’s opening night, set for Dec. 8, wasn’t far away.

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