Inside the And Just Like That…Premiere

And just like that, eleven years after audiences last saw Carrie Bradshaw, the long-awaited Sex and the City revival has finally arrived. Last night, it looked like all of New York had gathered at the Museum of Modern Art for a fittingly glamorous premiere that even Anthony Marantino would approve of. Wearing an Oscar de la Renta evening dress with a tulle skirt—a nod to the original series’ iconic opening credits—Sarah Jessica Parker looked every bit the part of her onscreen alter ego.

“Carrie Bradshaw has a fevered relationship with fashion: she wants to try it all and she will, but it’s not unrelated to her inner life,” Sarah Jessica Parker told Vogue. “The costume designers Molly [Rogers] and Danny [Santiago] spent months considering the fashion in relation to the story but also the economy and how she travels the streets of New York. Carrie’s style is a sartorial reaction to whatever life throws at her.”

While Kim Cattrall opted not to return as Samantha Jones, And Just Like That… reunites Carrie with various lovers, friends, and foes from the franchise’s two-decade-plus history. With Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis returning as Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York, the series follows the women in their mid-50s as they navigate all of the highs and lows that come with life, marriage, children. In line with Sex and the City’s rotating door of guest stars, And Just Like That… also features a slate of new characters. 

“I came to New York in the early ’90s to study acting, and the show made me just fall in love with this city,” says Sara Ramirez. Showrunner Michael Patrick King offered the former Grey’s Anatomy star the role of a comedian who hosts a podcast with Carrie about—what else?—sex. “I found the original series to be so empowering in terms of teaching me how to express my sexuality, so I was excited to join this revival as a queer and non-binary character who speaks their truth.”