Her Madgesty Arrives Fashionably Late

Her Madgesty Arrives Fashionably Late



At 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, Martha Stewart walked out of the Paris Theater,

where a premiere was taking place of "Madonna: The MDNA Tour," a

concert film to be shown on EPIX.



The reason? Her Madgesty was running an hour late and Ms. Stewart had

an early morning. "I have to do the 'Today' show," Ms. Stewart said.

Oh, well.



Inside, guests fidgeted in their seats. Toward the back was the

actress Debi Mazar, a longtime friend. "She's always been late," Ms.

Mazar said. "Always."



Shortly after 9, Madonna finally made her way to her seat, wearing a

black tuxedo and a top hat inspired by Marlene Dietrich. The lights

went down, and for the next two hours, a crowd that included Jenna

Lyons and Fabien Baron watched as Madonna sang and danced.



After it ended, Madonna took to the stage, thanked those who helped

with the tour, marveled at her good fortune and announced she was

taking questions.



People cheered. "But please," she said, "intelligent, inspired questions only."



One fan asked about the casting process. "I really forced everybody to

go outside of their comfort zones," Madonna said. "Straight boys have

to wear high heels and gay boys have to man up."



Another made the mistake of asking her about staying in shape during

the tour. "I hate this question," she said, adding that she had done

the show every night. Duh!



Twenty minutes later, a crowd that included John Travolta, Zachary

Quinto, Andy Cohen and Madonna's dancer boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat, made

its way to the restaurant Harlow for an after-party that went late.



The dance floor was taken over by male dancers from the tour, who were

instructed by Madonna to take their shirts off.



As they popped and locked to hip-hop, Madonna stood there, holding

their discarded clothes. "I'm the wet-shirt lady," she said, smiling.

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