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I'm being interviewed and I know you don't care. 20 00:01:57,421 --> 00:01:58,901 Thank you. 21 00:01:58,944 --> 00:02:01,295 I'm very grateful to be working on Broadway. 22 00:02:01,338 --> 00:02:06,038 It's one of the best jobs that you can actually have. 23 00:02:06,082 --> 00:02:09,433 Some of the cast members and some of the fans 24 00:02:09,477 --> 00:02:12,262 viewed me as Broadway's best stage doorman. 25 00:02:12,306 --> 00:02:16,266 As you can see on our board here, 26 00:02:16,310 --> 00:02:19,139 just to let you know who's running the Broadhurst here. 27 00:02:20,227 --> 00:02:21,663 So if you ever wanted to know 28 00:02:21,706 --> 00:02:23,360 what my little office looks like. 29 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:33,805 Got the monitor, TV, 30 00:02:33,849 --> 00:02:36,852 you know, and of course we're under the stairs, 31 00:02:36,895 --> 00:02:40,464 so I don't have much head room, you know. 32 00:02:40,508 --> 00:02:44,381 So this is the Broadhurst stage door, 33 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:46,209 my home away from home, 34 00:02:46,253 --> 00:02:50,300 where I spend six days a week and oodles of hours at. 35 00:02:56,611 --> 00:02:58,917 Broadway shut down March 12th. 36 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:04,053 I think I got sick the following week. 37 00:03:06,273 --> 00:03:09,276 - We all had a sense that things 38 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:11,930 were happening very, very quickly, 39 00:03:11,974 --> 00:03:14,455 and there was so much fear in the air. 40 00:03:14,498 --> 00:03:17,109 [upbeat music] 41 00:03:18,285 --> 00:03:19,982 - And I heard the stirrings, 42 00:03:20,025 --> 00:03:22,506 this virus taking hold of the country. 43 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:24,073 And I told the cast, be careful. 44 00:03:24,116 --> 00:03:25,248 Take care of yourselves. 45 00:03:27,903 --> 00:03:30,732 [emotional music] 46 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,090 - You could feel the walls closing in, 47 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:43,701 and the sense of fear that was 48 00:03:43,745 --> 00:03:47,488 taking over the city and Broadway. 49 00:03:50,404 --> 00:03:51,927 - It was almost like the AIDS pandemic, 50 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:53,972 where we didn't know what it was, 51 00:03:54,016 --> 00:03:56,148 and so we didn't know if it was in the building. 52 00:03:56,192 --> 00:03:57,367 We didn't know if it was airborne. 53 00:03:57,411 --> 00:03:59,630 We didn't know if it was saliva. 54 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:01,893 - It was all that anybody could talk about. 55 00:04:03,765 --> 00:04:05,984 - We were all shocked, stunned. 56 00:04:07,464 --> 00:04:09,205 - Then I thought we might need 57 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,251 to really take a break for sure. 58 00:04:14,776 --> 00:04:17,257 [tense music] 59 00:04:19,563 --> 00:04:20,999 - We heard a rumor that an usher 60 00:04:21,043 --> 00:04:23,175 at the booth had contracted the virus. 61 00:04:23,219 --> 00:04:24,176 And we thought, well, 62 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:25,569 that's right next door. 63 00:04:25,613 --> 00:04:27,092 - I actually first heard about 64 00:04:27,136 --> 00:04:28,920 the coronavirus through the theater. 65 00:04:28,964 --> 00:04:30,705 Ironically enough, 66 00:04:30,748 --> 00:04:33,534 I was working 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', 67 00:04:33,577 --> 00:04:36,450 and by the time I heard about it, it was too late. 68 00:04:36,493 --> 00:04:38,016 I started feeling this weakness, 69 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:39,540 and it was just, 70 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:41,150 I just remember walking and, hmm, 71 00:04:41,193 --> 00:04:42,978 that - I don't like the way that felt, 72 00:04:43,021 --> 00:04:44,806 and in my mind, 73 00:04:44,849 --> 00:04:47,765 because of years of my ancestors self diagnosing, 74 00:04:47,809 --> 00:04:49,985 and you know, we have to heal ourselves, 75 00:04:50,028 --> 00:04:52,814 I was like, I'm gonna get pneumonia. 76 00:04:52,857 --> 00:04:54,816 [coughing quickly] 77 00:04:54,859 --> 00:04:55,817 Dry cough, see there. 78 00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:57,340 And I said, okay, 79 00:04:57,384 --> 00:04:59,299 I'll just finish out the week, 80 00:04:59,342 --> 00:05:01,344 get to the weekend, you know, 81 00:05:01,388 --> 00:05:03,738 and then I'm gonna go to the emergency room, 82 00:05:03,781 --> 00:05:06,784 and let them handle it. 83 00:05:06,828 --> 00:05:09,657 - People in the cast were getting sick, one by one. 84 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:11,049 And we were all like, oh, 85 00:05:11,093 --> 00:05:13,051 you know, this is weird! 86 00:05:13,095 --> 00:05:15,489 And then it got worse and it got worse. 87 00:05:15,532 --> 00:05:20,102 - Then my entire life was kind of flipped upside down. 88 00:05:20,145 --> 00:05:21,712 - I remember walking through the streets 89 00:05:21,756 --> 00:05:24,236 and just seeing people in a panic. 90 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,934 And I said to my partner, 91 00:05:25,977 --> 00:05:29,111 I don't think that this is gonna last very long, 92 00:05:29,154 --> 00:05:31,374 where we're gonna have a job anymore. 93 00:05:31,418 --> 00:05:34,899 - I just had to sit there in a quarantine room. 94 00:05:34,943 --> 00:05:38,903 All they could do is tell me, we don't know what's going on. 95 00:05:38,947 --> 00:05:40,775 We don't know how to deal with this. 96 00:05:43,386 --> 00:05:45,214 People were hitting me up that were in the theater 97 00:05:45,257 --> 00:05:48,130 that knew about the usher on Broadway has coronavirus, 98 00:05:48,173 --> 00:05:49,784 but everyone else didn't. 99 00:05:49,827 --> 00:05:51,394 It was traumatic. 100 00:05:51,438 --> 00:05:52,526 I didn't want people to know about that. 101 00:05:52,569 --> 00:05:54,310 And the way they made it, 102 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:55,572 it was like I was wearing a scarlet letter. 103 00:05:55,616 --> 00:05:57,008 I was infecting people. 104 00:05:59,968 --> 00:06:02,840 - [Newsreader] The move to cancel all Broadway performances 105 00:06:02,884 --> 00:06:06,496 comes a day after Broadway's two largest theater chains 106 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:09,630 revealed that a part-time usher and security guard 107 00:06:09,673 --> 00:06:12,372 who worked at two theaters in recent days 108 00:06:12,415 --> 00:06:15,244 tested positive for COVID-19. 109 00:06:15,287 --> 00:06:18,029 - I was just working against the headwinds, 110 00:06:18,073 --> 00:06:20,554 not really sure when they were gonna blow me down. 111 00:06:21,642 --> 00:06:24,166 [tense music] 112 00:06:25,907 --> 00:06:28,388 We were opening on the 12th at 6:30 in the evening. 113 00:06:28,431 --> 00:06:29,737 On that morning, I came in, 114 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:36,787 was here so that all our partners, and friends, 115 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:41,009 and cast members could pick up tickets, pick up gifts. 116 00:06:41,052 --> 00:06:42,880 It was very exciting. 117 00:06:42,924 --> 00:06:47,407 But I also was feeling a bit of a bell jar over all of us. 118 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:50,322 This night might not happen. 119 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:52,542 Yeah, okay. 120 00:06:52,586 --> 00:06:53,543 Thank you. 121 00:06:53,587 --> 00:06:54,718 And I, sure enough, 122 00:06:54,762 --> 00:06:56,198 I got a call from the League 123 00:06:56,241 --> 00:06:57,678 of American Theaters and Producers, 124 00:06:57,721 --> 00:06:59,288 who basically are the trade organization 125 00:06:59,331 --> 00:07:01,290 for all the producers and theater operators. 126 00:07:01,333 --> 00:07:04,293 - [Producer] Okay, do you need your backpack for anything? 127 00:07:04,336 --> 00:07:05,468 - To reduce the number of people 128 00:07:05,512 --> 00:07:07,296 in a contagious environment, 129 00:07:07,339 --> 00:07:11,474 no gathering with 500 people or more. 130 00:07:11,518 --> 00:07:14,303 - He was going to close Broadway for a month. 131 00:07:14,346 --> 00:07:17,262 There's gonna be no red carpet, there's gonna be nothing. 132 00:07:17,306 --> 00:07:20,222 So as soon as we got the Governor's announcement 133 00:07:20,265 --> 00:07:22,790 and we all agreed we were shuttering Broadway, 134 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:25,270 I then ran over to 43rd Street, 135 00:07:25,314 --> 00:07:26,794 basically made the announcement. 136 00:07:26,837 --> 00:07:28,709 You have to leave the theater by five. 137 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:35,498 - Canceling a show is unheard of on Broadway. 138 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:36,543 You know, you just don't do it. 139 00:07:36,586 --> 00:07:37,892 The show must go on. 140 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:41,591 [emotional music] 141 00:07:41,635 --> 00:07:43,506 - So to think that, you know, 142 00:07:43,550 --> 00:07:46,509 shows were gonna be closed for an entire month was, 143 00:07:46,553 --> 00:07:47,597 yeah, mind boggling. 144 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:52,297 - I was crossing stage left to stage right 145 00:07:52,341 --> 00:07:54,169 with the ghost light on, 146 00:07:54,212 --> 00:07:56,432 and then I said goodbye to my life in the theater. 147 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:57,781 And I had a breakdown. 148 00:08:00,784 --> 00:08:02,177 This has been my life. 149 00:08:06,311 --> 00:08:09,967 - It all has been threaded with despair, 150 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:11,403 grief, and loss, 151 00:08:11,447 --> 00:08:12,492 and pain, 152 00:08:14,406 --> 00:08:16,104 and patience you don't have. 153 00:08:17,584 --> 00:08:19,455 - It was quite devastating, 154 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:22,980 because I knew that this year was going to probably be 155 00:08:23,024 --> 00:08:25,983 one of my busiest years in theater, 156 00:08:26,027 --> 00:08:27,028 bar none. 157 00:08:27,071 --> 00:08:28,203 - [Miranda] Yeah. 158 00:08:28,246 --> 00:08:29,944 So we have a big work call, 159 00:08:29,987 --> 00:08:31,511 then rehearsal for anything that happens today. 160 00:08:31,554 --> 00:08:33,861 - I had to process what that means, 161 00:08:33,904 --> 00:08:35,645 not only not to have any work, 162 00:08:35,689 --> 00:08:38,430 but also not to have this immense opportunity. 163 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,309 - Let's see, my last day pre pandemic, 164 00:08:47,352 --> 00:08:49,529 I was at work on March 12th. 165 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:53,663 I was here to get my suit ready, 166 00:08:53,707 --> 00:08:56,840 and do some last minute things for opening night. 167 00:08:56,884 --> 00:08:58,407 That was the night that "Six" 168 00:08:58,450 --> 00:09:00,540 was scheduled to open on Broadway. 169 00:09:00,583 --> 00:09:03,630 I was here fixing my shoes. 170 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,503 Had my shoes ready to go. 171 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:10,854 And I couldn't stop coughing, I couldn't breathe. 172 00:09:15,642 --> 00:09:17,644 I ended up being isolated. 173 00:09:20,298 --> 00:09:22,736 I was hospitalized for a week. 174 00:09:26,043 --> 00:09:28,263 And then by the time I came out of that, 175 00:09:28,306 --> 00:09:30,134 my business had been shut down, 176 00:09:30,178 --> 00:09:34,051 my industry had gone away, and my employees were laid off. 177 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,625 - We've got the sign that everybody likes. 178 00:09:44,932 --> 00:09:46,281 - [Camerawoman] I love it. 179 00:09:48,805 --> 00:09:51,373 - Before Covid, we were rocking and rolling. 180 00:09:52,461 --> 00:09:54,724 We were shut down on a Thursday, 181 00:09:54,768 --> 00:09:56,987 and we had about 10 pickups that night, 182 00:09:57,031 --> 00:09:58,859 which is about normal. 183 00:09:58,902 --> 00:10:01,252 But every Broadway theater was full at that point, 184 00:10:01,296 --> 00:10:03,037 so that Sunday night, 185 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,606 we should have had, I believe it was 30 plus pickups. 186 00:10:08,085 --> 00:10:09,957 And so we went from rocking and rolling, 187 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,264 to instant, like nothing going on here at all. 188 00:10:13,308 --> 00:10:14,831 And my help showed up on Monday morning and was like, what? 189 00:10:14,875 --> 00:10:17,051 You know, what are we supposed to do? 190 00:10:17,094 --> 00:10:20,315 Almost everything that you can think of, we've cleaned. 191 00:10:20,358 --> 00:10:22,230 When it was closing, I think we pretty much 192 00:10:22,273 --> 00:10:24,798 had every production that was on Broadway that was running. 193 00:10:28,236 --> 00:10:30,455 We sat down as a team, 194 00:10:30,499 --> 00:10:33,458 and about half the staff chose to not be here, 195 00:10:33,502 --> 00:10:35,678 some of it out of fear because of Covid, 196 00:10:35,722 --> 00:10:37,941 but it kind of naturally worked its way out 197 00:10:37,985 --> 00:10:40,552 that the other half have chosen to do 198 00:10:40,596 --> 00:10:42,554 some sort of production with us. 199 00:10:42,598 --> 00:10:44,078 And you know, were trying to keep 200 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:45,993 the doors open till Broadway returns. 201 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:52,434 [upbeat music] 202 00:10:58,483 --> 00:11:00,485 - When the pandemic started, 203 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:03,053 we just had these nights together. 204 00:11:03,097 --> 00:11:05,229 Greetings from my quarantine. 205 00:11:05,273 --> 00:11:07,318 Hope all is well in your world. 206 00:11:08,798 --> 00:11:11,279 - [Eric] Do we have any little extension cords? 207 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:13,281 - To cook together, and to, 208 00:11:13,324 --> 00:11:15,587 it seems silly, but even just go to bed at the same time. 209 00:11:15,631 --> 00:11:18,590 You know, I'm getting home from shows usually at 11 or 12, 210 00:11:18,634 --> 00:11:20,418 and he was already asleep. 211 00:11:23,639 --> 00:11:27,077 Oh my gosh. 212 00:11:27,121 --> 00:11:28,513 Does the heartbeat sound good? 213 00:11:28,557 --> 00:11:30,080 - [Doctor] Beautiful. 214 00:11:30,124 --> 00:11:31,995 - Is it moving? 215 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:33,823 They always say there's no good time to have a baby, 216 00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:36,391 but I actually think it was the perfect time for us. 217 00:11:38,132 --> 00:11:43,137 It definitely looked different than a normal pregnancy 218 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:45,748 not getting to have Eric there 219 00:11:45,792 --> 00:11:47,750 with me because of Covid protocols. 220 00:11:47,794 --> 00:11:49,360 That was difficult. 221 00:11:49,404 --> 00:11:51,188 He's a pilot, 222 00:11:51,232 --> 00:11:53,147 and the aviation industry is actually something 223 00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:56,454 that got hit pretty hard during the pandemic as well. 224 00:11:56,498 --> 00:11:58,718 So it was interesting both being in industries 225 00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:00,807 where we had to step back and be like, 226 00:12:00,850 --> 00:12:03,853 what's happening now, what do we do now? 227 00:12:03,897 --> 00:12:06,551 I didn't think it was possible 228 00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:08,640 for them to shut down Broadway. 229 00:12:08,684 --> 00:12:10,991 I didn't think that was something that could even happen. 230 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:12,862 You know, doing something eight times a week, 231 00:12:12,906 --> 00:12:15,517 you know, it's your entire existence, 232 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,562 being in that theater essentially. 233 00:12:17,606 --> 00:12:19,869 And so I think I found really early on 234 00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:22,089 in the pandemic myself being like, 235 00:12:22,132 --> 00:12:24,004 Alexa, play Broadway show tunes. 236 00:12:24,047 --> 00:12:25,614 Right? 237 00:12:25,657 --> 00:12:26,223 She's probably gonna start doing it now. 238 00:12:27,616 --> 00:12:29,836 And there she goes. 239 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:31,620 Alexa, stop. 240 00:12:31,663 --> 00:12:33,535 ♪ Let us be glad 241 00:12:33,578 --> 00:12:35,798 ♪ Let us be grateful 242 00:12:35,842 --> 00:12:40,760 ♪ Let us rejoicify that goodness could subdue ♪ 243 00:12:40,803 --> 00:12:45,286 ♪ The wicked workings of you-know-who ♪ 244 00:12:47,157 --> 00:12:49,681 [piano music] 245 00:12:52,946 --> 00:12:54,164 [tense music] 246 00:12:54,208 --> 00:12:56,427 - Right before Covid hit, 247 00:12:56,471 --> 00:12:59,082 I was in the Broadway show "Frozen". 248 00:13:01,693 --> 00:13:03,870 I started showing symptoms. 249 00:13:03,913 --> 00:13:05,785 I didn't really think anything of it. 250 00:13:07,569 --> 00:13:10,702 I - It was just so off of my radar that I'd have Covid, 251 00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:13,793 and then two days later I started 252 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:16,708 having like, a lot of breathing problems, 253 00:13:16,752 --> 00:13:18,623 and that's when I went and got tested. 254 00:13:20,364 --> 00:13:24,107 I was scared, but I just thought, 255 00:13:24,151 --> 00:13:25,979 well, you know, 256 00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:28,720 they're saying it's like the flu, so I'll be fine. 257 00:13:31,114 --> 00:13:32,942 Well, at first I was just kind of experiencing, like extreme fatigue, 258 00:13:34,465 --> 00:13:36,380 and then it got to the point 259 00:13:36,424 --> 00:13:39,862 where I had to think to breathe, 260 00:13:39,906 --> 00:13:42,430 and I could never take a full breath. 261 00:13:42,473 --> 00:13:45,955 I felt like I was dying, 'cause I couldn't get enough air. 262 00:13:45,999 --> 00:13:48,784 The breathing was the most 263 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:50,655 terrifying thing I've ever experienced. 264 00:13:50,699 --> 00:13:55,704 And I just kind of physically and then mentally 265 00:13:57,488 --> 00:14:01,841 just coached myself to inhale and exhale every single day, 266 00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:04,191 24 hours a day, 267 00:14:04,234 --> 00:14:06,410 so I wouldn't have to go into the hospital. 268 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,763 'Cause at that point, like, 269 00:14:11,807 --> 00:14:13,635 who knows, you know? 270 00:14:13,678 --> 00:14:16,681 I was just constantly in a state of, I'm gonna die. 271 00:14:19,554 --> 00:14:23,732 'Cause I saved them, these are the note cards that I had, 272 00:14:23,775 --> 00:14:26,343 you know, kind of taped all around the room 273 00:14:26,387 --> 00:14:28,476 when I would get up in the morning. 274 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:31,218 Like this one says, get up, 275 00:14:31,261 --> 00:14:32,872 it wants to keep you down. 276 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,222 And this one says, don't worry, 277 00:14:35,265 --> 00:14:36,832 trust God, don't give up. 278 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:41,793 Yeah, there was just little notes that I needed 279 00:14:41,837 --> 00:14:43,317 when I woke up in the morning, 280 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,451 because if I would just lay in bed and spiral, 281 00:14:47,495 --> 00:14:49,410 and my anxiety would go crazy, 282 00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:51,760 and I would just wonder if I was 283 00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:54,763 ever gonna make it through this. 284 00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:57,374 [upbeat music] 285 00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:01,117 ♪ If I take my best companion 286 00:15:01,161 --> 00:15:03,337 ♪ Drive him right in the canyon ♪ 287 00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:06,035 ♪ Tain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 288 00:15:06,079 --> 00:15:10,213 - Nick was one of the most loved people I've ever met. 289 00:15:10,257 --> 00:15:12,912 Every time I would walk down the street with him, 290 00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:13,956 he was like, hey, 291 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,523 how you doing? 292 00:15:15,566 --> 00:15:17,873 You know, like just full of excitement, 293 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:18,961 and full of life. 294 00:15:20,006 --> 00:15:23,183 - Yum, yum, yum. 295 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:25,011 - We all knew, like right away, 296 00:15:25,054 --> 00:15:28,362 when he went into the hospital that things weren't great. 297 00:15:28,405 --> 00:15:30,146 - And a really sad update here. 298 00:15:30,190 --> 00:15:31,974 Former "Waitress" on Broadway star Nick Cordero 299 00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:34,150 has been hospitalized and is in intensive care, 300 00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:35,586 according to his wife Amanda Kloots. 301 00:15:35,630 --> 00:15:38,241 - He is struggling. 302 00:15:40,156 --> 00:15:43,246 Just every minute counts right now. 303 00:15:43,290 --> 00:15:48,251 - It turned into Nick is unconscious, 304 00:15:49,165 --> 00:15:51,124 and Nick lost his leg. 305 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:52,864 It was just surreal. 306 00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:54,823 - [Newsreader] So Kloots is encouraging others 307 00:15:54,866 --> 00:15:57,260 to sing their support for her husband. 308 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:01,830 His co-stars. 309 00:16:01,873 --> 00:16:03,092 - We love you Nick! 310 00:16:03,136 --> 00:16:04,311 - We gotta wake him up. 311 00:16:04,354 --> 00:16:05,877 We gotta wake him up, 312 00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:08,576 and so I think that if he hears his song, 313 00:16:08,619 --> 00:16:10,143 if he hears his music. 314 00:16:10,186 --> 00:16:12,667 So just put on Nick's song "Live Your Life" 315 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:14,538 and just blast it in your house, 316 00:16:14,582 --> 00:16:17,585 and play it loud, and dance with your family. 317 00:16:17,628 --> 00:16:19,152 - Nobody would've ever imagined, 318 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:21,458 even when he lost his leg and things started, 319 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:23,025 like, that's gonna suck for Nick. 320 00:16:23,069 --> 00:16:25,332 But he'll make it, he'll figure it out. 321 00:16:25,375 --> 00:16:27,725 ♪ Live life 322 00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:34,210 - He's still gonna be, you know, 323 00:16:34,254 --> 00:16:36,473 just doing his thing. 324 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:37,909 And he's gonna beat this. He's gonna- 325 00:16:39,041 --> 00:16:40,173 We got this, Nick. 326 00:16:40,216 --> 00:16:41,696 We got this. 327 00:16:41,739 --> 00:16:43,219 - [Newsreader] Nick Cordero has died 328 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:45,004 after a long battle with Coronavirus, 329 00:16:45,047 --> 00:16:47,832 his wife Amanda Kloots announcing that he passed away 330 00:16:47,876 --> 00:16:50,705 this morning while surrounded by his family. 331 00:16:53,186 --> 00:16:55,579 - [Presenter] After more than three months in the ICU, 332 00:16:55,623 --> 00:16:56,928 he lost the fight. 333 00:16:58,365 --> 00:16:59,844 - When he passed, I just was like, 334 00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:02,195 just in shock. 335 00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:05,328 And I literally sat down, 336 00:17:05,372 --> 00:17:07,461 and "Lucky Straight" just came outta me. 337 00:17:07,504 --> 00:17:09,724 It was like a divine intervention. 338 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:13,249 I feel like he was with me in that moment, in a weird way. 339 00:17:13,293 --> 00:17:16,818 ♪ We flew across the stage on a Saturday night ♪ 340 00:17:16,861 --> 00:17:20,039 ♪ I couldn't keep my eyes off how your face looked light ♪ 341 00:17:20,082 --> 00:17:23,172 And certainly the song that I wrote for Nick 342 00:17:23,216 --> 00:17:27,611 was a major gift that came to me in that time, 343 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:31,224 and I think was very helpful to me 344 00:17:31,267 --> 00:17:34,314 to heal some of that heartache, 345 00:17:34,357 --> 00:17:36,359 and also share it with Amanda, 346 00:17:36,403 --> 00:17:40,972 and especially our "Waitress" family that loved him so much, 347 00:17:41,016 --> 00:17:43,975 and trying to help send some light his way, 348 00:17:44,019 --> 00:17:46,804 and Amanda's way, and Elvis' way. 349 00:17:46,848 --> 00:17:50,591 ♪ Story of my lucky straight 350 00:18:07,477 --> 00:18:10,306 [tense music] 351 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:15,006 - Broadway had shut down and we left the next morning. 352 00:18:15,050 --> 00:18:19,402 I felt a great sense of relief for 353 00:18:19,446 --> 00:18:23,058 the companies working on my various shows. 354 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:28,107 My husband is a, was a lung cancer survivor. 355 00:18:29,499 --> 00:18:33,547 And I remember thinking this is 356 00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:36,550 something we have to worry about. 357 00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:39,292 My husband and I decided to get out 358 00:18:39,335 --> 00:18:41,294 of New York as quickly as we could. 359 00:18:41,337 --> 00:18:43,034 I wanted to protect him. 360 00:18:44,427 --> 00:18:47,909 And then a week later, he was gone. 361 00:18:49,215 --> 00:18:50,955 - [Newsreader] This afternoon, 362 00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,828 81 year old legendary playwright Terrence McNally 363 00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:56,396 died from complications of the virus. 364 00:18:56,439 --> 00:18:58,615 - We've lost a great New Yorker, 365 00:18:58,659 --> 00:19:01,401 the great playwright Terrence McNally. 366 00:19:08,234 --> 00:19:10,801 - I'm one of the lucky ones, 367 00:19:10,845 --> 00:19:14,936 'cause I got to be with my husband when he died. 368 00:19:14,979 --> 00:19:17,591 It was really early in the pandemic. 369 00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:29,733 And... 370 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:34,999 You know, 371 00:19:35,043 --> 00:19:37,654 I was in my hazard suit and I left the room. 372 00:19:38,742 --> 00:19:40,483 We took him off a ventilator. 373 00:19:40,527 --> 00:19:42,006 He knew I was there. 374 00:19:43,443 --> 00:19:46,141 He squeezed my hand and made sure I knew. 375 00:19:48,796 --> 00:19:50,754 But I was devastated. 376 00:19:50,798 --> 00:19:52,278 Just devastated. 377 00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:55,455 I mean, Terrence and I fought our whole lives. 378 00:19:55,498 --> 00:19:57,021 We were on the front lines 379 00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:58,501 of the marriage equality movement. 380 00:19:58,545 --> 00:20:01,417 He wrote so much about AIDS, 381 00:20:01,461 --> 00:20:03,680 and really chronicled a pandemic. 382 00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:08,250 So the sort of irony that a pandemic 383 00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:13,255 would take his life was - is not lost on me. 384 00:20:19,174 --> 00:20:21,002 - I didn't really know like, hey, 385 00:20:21,045 --> 00:20:22,177 I have, you know, 386 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,309 the coronavirus. 387 00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:25,049 I just thought that I, you know, 388 00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:27,269 I either had the flu or something like that. 389 00:20:30,272 --> 00:20:32,274 My mother was the strongest woman I know. 390 00:20:35,016 --> 00:20:40,021 It wasn't until the coronavirus hit her that it just, 391 00:20:41,109 --> 00:20:42,589 whatever strength she had, 392 00:20:42,632 --> 00:20:46,027 it sapped every bit of strength out of her. 393 00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:50,205 It kind of hit me. 394 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,294 I was questioning whether or not I got my mother sick. 395 00:20:54,078 --> 00:20:56,690 My mother was living in an adult care facility. 396 00:20:56,733 --> 00:20:58,344 I put my mom on FaceTime. 397 00:21:00,781 --> 00:21:04,393 That was the last time I saw my mom, 398 00:21:06,439 --> 00:21:09,790 via a cell phone screen. 399 00:21:12,575 --> 00:21:16,797 So I was going through a real deep depression. 400 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,452 Didn't care to take care of myself. 401 00:21:19,495 --> 00:21:21,192 I just didn't care. 402 00:21:22,672 --> 00:21:25,893 I've been a diabetic for easily 20 years, 403 00:21:25,936 --> 00:21:29,505 and my foot kept ballooning up. 404 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:33,422 I came into the hospital, I guess on a Wednesday. 405 00:21:34,902 --> 00:21:37,383 Thursday, the doctor told me that. 406 00:21:37,426 --> 00:21:39,167 He goes, listen, 407 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:41,909 the infection was into the bone of your foot. 408 00:21:41,952 --> 00:21:43,693 You have a choice. 409 00:21:43,737 --> 00:21:48,742 You could be alive and live with one foot, 410 00:21:50,221 --> 00:21:51,962 or you can be dead in a casket with two feet. 411 00:21:54,574 --> 00:21:55,575 Which do you prefer? 412 00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:11,068 - That's for Sunday nights, okay? 413 00:22:11,112 --> 00:22:12,548 Okay, do you have that? 414 00:22:12,592 --> 00:22:13,941 Did you wash your hands? 415 00:22:14,985 --> 00:22:15,812 Thank you. 416 00:22:18,902 --> 00:22:22,079 My main concern at the time was saving our home. 417 00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:24,865 For half a minute, we were packing up and we were moving, 418 00:22:24,908 --> 00:22:26,388 we were gonna sell the house 419 00:22:26,432 --> 00:22:28,259 and try to live in my sister's basement. 420 00:22:28,303 --> 00:22:29,391 I love my sister, but, 421 00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:31,698 you know, that just was, 422 00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:33,961 with four kids we were like, I just - no, 423 00:22:34,004 --> 00:22:35,528 I don't think so. 424 00:22:35,571 --> 00:22:37,094 - I think we'll make a salad. 425 00:22:37,138 --> 00:22:39,009 - [Little Child] Dad, make a salad. 426 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:40,010 Salad's are great. 427 00:22:40,054 --> 00:22:40,881 - It's gonna be great. 428 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,145 You can put ranch dressing in dip. 429 00:22:44,188 --> 00:22:45,625 - Okay. 430 00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,496 - It was just watching the bills come in, 431 00:22:47,540 --> 00:22:50,586 trying to care for my family, get everybody in homeschool, 432 00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:54,024 learn fourth grade math, which is absurd, 433 00:22:54,068 --> 00:22:57,854 and continue to keep the kids safe, and home, 434 00:22:57,898 --> 00:22:59,943 and try to take care of us 435 00:22:59,987 --> 00:23:03,860 in an industry that was evaporated. 436 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:04,818 And... 437 00:23:07,995 --> 00:23:08,909 It was delightful. 438 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:11,302 What more can I say? 439 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,003 - Jazzy, Jazzy. 440 00:23:20,181 --> 00:23:21,269 What else do you need? 441 00:23:22,662 --> 00:23:23,793 - We were gonna move back to New York 442 00:23:23,837 --> 00:23:25,273 and be fabulous theater people, 443 00:23:25,316 --> 00:23:27,101 and get an apartment in Manhattan. 444 00:23:27,144 --> 00:23:30,800 And he would have his career as a costume maker, 445 00:23:30,844 --> 00:23:34,848 and I would pursue a directing career for the stage. 446 00:23:34,891 --> 00:23:37,111 But we got a call about a little girl 447 00:23:37,154 --> 00:23:38,591 who was living in a group home, 448 00:23:38,634 --> 00:23:40,331 and she needed a permanent home 449 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,246 and she was almost two years old. 450 00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:45,815 - She immediately tagged me as the weak one, 451 00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,600 crawled into my lap, 452 00:23:47,643 --> 00:23:50,167 started playing with my beard, and pulling at my nose, 453 00:23:50,211 --> 00:23:53,344 and kissy facing and all that stuff. 454 00:23:53,388 --> 00:23:54,563 And it was over. 455 00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:58,349 [emotional chest] 456 00:23:58,393 --> 00:24:00,134 She laid on my chest, 457 00:24:00,177 --> 00:24:03,485 and it was just like this perfect day of just nothingness, 458 00:24:03,529 --> 00:24:05,269 and then we went nuts. 459 00:24:08,272 --> 00:24:10,884 - [Brian] They called again, and they had another infant. 460 00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:14,453 - Clap your hands, clap your hands. 461 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:17,325 - [Brian] And then we brought in another baby. 462 00:24:17,368 --> 00:24:19,588 We ended up with four children. 463 00:24:19,632 --> 00:24:22,635 [children singing] 464 00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:25,159 They've all been officially adopted. 465 00:24:25,202 --> 00:24:27,596 - I don't wanna throw up again. 466 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,250 - Okay, so eat slow. 467 00:24:29,293 --> 00:24:31,252 - It's gonna be a long time because-- 468 00:24:31,295 --> 00:24:32,340 - They'll never know. 469 00:24:34,429 --> 00:24:36,431 - I did zero times zero. 470 00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:38,955 - [Brian] What is zero times zero? 471 00:24:38,999 --> 00:24:39,826 - 100? 472 00:24:40,827 --> 00:24:41,958 - We were homeschooling, 473 00:24:42,002 --> 00:24:43,133 and while trying to figure out 474 00:24:43,177 --> 00:24:44,700 how we were gonna save our home, 475 00:24:44,744 --> 00:24:47,181 figuring out how we were gonna help our employees 476 00:24:47,224 --> 00:24:49,792 figure out a way to survive the pandemic. 477 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:52,882 And we're gonna support our 478 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:54,710 sisters as they learn new things. 479 00:24:57,408 --> 00:25:00,977 - If I could rate my experience right now, 480 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:04,024 and do like a Yelp review for America, 481 00:25:04,067 --> 00:25:06,635 I would give it one star. 482 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,246 One star. 483 00:25:09,290 --> 00:25:11,814 And I would write the words, would not recommend. 484 00:25:11,858 --> 00:25:13,033 Would not recommend. 485 00:25:15,252 --> 00:25:16,689 - Everybody in world need to be watching this. 486 00:25:16,732 --> 00:25:18,386 The world please watch this! 487 00:25:18,429 --> 00:25:19,822 - [Crowd] [chanting] I can't breathe. 488 00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:21,955 - I don't have to explain racism anymore. 489 00:25:21,998 --> 00:25:24,174 It's happening in real time. 490 00:25:24,218 --> 00:25:26,655 - [Crowd] [chanting] Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter. 491 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:31,312 - Coronavirus, Covid is a truth serum, 492 00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:35,751 and it's gonna reveal to you be the person you really are. 493 00:25:35,795 --> 00:25:38,928 And right now, Broadway has to see what it really is. 494 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:41,714 These things can and need to get better, 495 00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:43,846 and now people are standing up for themselves. 496 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:47,067 The world is changing and we have momentum. 497 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:48,764 - Supporting and eliminating racist, 498 00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:50,984 ableist, and misogynistic behavior, 499 00:25:51,027 --> 00:25:52,768 we will lose that foothold. 500 00:25:52,812 --> 00:25:54,335 - I don't want to come out of this 501 00:25:54,378 --> 00:25:56,163 the same person that I went into it as. 502 00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:58,121 So to figure out what that change needed to be, 503 00:25:58,165 --> 00:26:00,515 for me, so that I'm not repeating that lesson. 504 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:01,951 I'm not - I don't have to tell that story again 505 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:04,171 until I learn it next time. 506 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:08,523 - The year during Covid really gave me a pause to reflect. 507 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,918 And I think the most important thing that happened 508 00:26:11,961 --> 00:26:13,746 was the way in which many of us 509 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:16,966 responded to the death of George Floyd. 510 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:18,533 - [Newsreader] For some workers 511 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,056 in the now shuttered theater industry, 512 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:22,842 they say the time is ripe for a major reset 513 00:26:22,885 --> 00:26:24,408 when the curtains rise once more 514 00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:26,976 on stages in New York and across the country. 515 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:32,025 - I hope that that's the byproduct of this downtime, 516 00:26:33,504 --> 00:26:36,029 and that the last year and a half 517 00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:38,901 hasn't been sustained virtue signaling, 518 00:26:38,945 --> 00:26:43,384 but actually is about fundamental systemic change. 519 00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:45,299 - It's been painful, it's been fraught, 520 00:26:45,342 --> 00:26:47,127 it's been difficult. 521 00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:49,346 You know, it's given us time for true introspection. 522 00:26:49,390 --> 00:26:53,612 It's also allowed us to interrogate our practices. 523 00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:55,091 - It's been horrific in one sense, 524 00:26:55,135 --> 00:26:56,832 and yet eye opening in another, 525 00:26:56,876 --> 00:26:58,355 because it gave us all the chance 526 00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:00,619 to stop and really gather your thoughts, 527 00:27:00,662 --> 00:27:03,099 gather your intention, your desires. 528 00:27:03,143 --> 00:27:04,666 And I'm a silhouette, 529 00:27:04,710 --> 00:27:05,667 'cause the light is coming straight down. 530 00:27:05,711 --> 00:27:07,451 You don't see my face. 531 00:27:07,495 --> 00:27:09,628 And then I do, Manny was better to me than my own mother! 532 00:27:11,151 --> 00:27:13,240 She treat everybody like they're people. 533 00:27:13,283 --> 00:27:14,807 Took me out the gutter. 534 00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:16,591 And you just see my body and the voices. 535 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,941 And then I walk straight down in the dark. 536 00:27:18,985 --> 00:27:20,813 You don't see my face until the bottom 537 00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:22,031 of the stage and the lights come up, 538 00:27:22,075 --> 00:27:23,337 and then I'm heard. 539 00:27:30,736 --> 00:27:35,218 We've had time to think and reassess how we do business. 540 00:27:35,262 --> 00:27:36,263 Broadway. 541 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:39,222 It's - first of all, it's a business. 542 00:27:39,266 --> 00:27:43,313 It also is a playground for some very powerful, 543 00:27:43,357 --> 00:27:47,230 wealthy white people who invented it, 544 00:27:47,274 --> 00:27:48,667 who made Broadway. 545 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:51,060 And they want to control it continually, 546 00:27:51,104 --> 00:27:52,714 and be comfortable in it. 547 00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:54,760 Unfortunately for them, 548 00:27:54,803 --> 00:27:57,501 people who have been ignored, neglected, 549 00:27:57,545 --> 00:28:01,723 but yet utilized to the advantage of Broadway are saying, 550 00:28:01,767 --> 00:28:04,117 no mas, not that same way. 551 00:28:07,860 --> 00:28:09,688 We don't want to come back to Broadway 552 00:28:09,731 --> 00:28:12,516 and just be waiting to be asked to do the dance. 553 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,649 No, we wanna dance ourselves to our own tune, 554 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,216 to our own music. 555 00:28:16,259 --> 00:28:17,391 It's different to sit at the table, 556 00:28:17,434 --> 00:28:18,958 but if the table's not yours, 557 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:20,089 after you finish sitting in the middle to serve, 558 00:28:20,133 --> 00:28:21,700 you have to leave. 559 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:24,877 So I don't want to sit at the table. 560 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,705 I want to have a piece of the table. 561 00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:35,409 - So I'm a playwright in residence at the Signature. 562 00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:38,238 I was gonna use this opportunity to invite 563 00:28:38,281 --> 00:28:40,762 a group of younger theater makers 564 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:44,113 to animate the entire Signature Theater. 565 00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:46,594 Here, it felt like it was a safe space. 566 00:28:46,637 --> 00:28:48,117 And so I think that that's why we came up 567 00:28:48,161 --> 00:28:49,597 with the notion of "The Watering Hole". 568 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,120 And we thought it's kind of like 569 00:28:51,164 --> 00:28:52,905 the watering hole in the Savannah, 570 00:28:52,948 --> 00:28:56,299 where you have all of these animals who for five, 571 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:59,302 10 minutes are able to come and be together, 572 00:28:59,346 --> 00:29:00,826 and feel safe. 573 00:29:00,869 --> 00:29:02,741 And once everything's back up and running, 574 00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:06,005 I think it's really easy to go back to the default. 575 00:29:07,484 --> 00:29:09,704 And so we have to put systems in place 576 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,011 that won't permit that to happen. 577 00:29:12,054 --> 00:29:14,056 So during this past year, 578 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,712 what I personally was able to do is to sort of reflect 579 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,802 on the way in which I want to return to theater, 580 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,500 and to reflect on my own complicity 581 00:29:23,544 --> 00:29:25,502 in the way in which I was treated 582 00:29:25,546 --> 00:29:28,505 and others were treated in theater, 583 00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:32,205 and figure out how can we make it more diverse? 584 00:29:32,248 --> 00:29:35,556 How can we make it more reflective of the theater 585 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:40,126 that we as a multicultural universe want? 586 00:29:41,605 --> 00:29:43,085 I thought if we're gonna come back, 587 00:29:43,129 --> 00:29:45,914 we have to disrupt that entire system. 588 00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:47,568 We can't accept that that's the way 589 00:29:47,611 --> 00:29:49,570 in which it's going to be made. 590 00:29:49,613 --> 00:29:50,919 - There is work to be done. 591 00:29:50,963 --> 00:29:53,226 Are we being equitable? 592 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:55,184 And is it diverse enough? 593 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,056 And is it inclusive enough? 594 00:29:57,099 --> 00:30:00,668 Figuring out ways to change an industry that we love, 595 00:30:00,711 --> 00:30:03,540 but we aren't happy with the way that it's run. 596 00:30:04,977 --> 00:30:06,543 - A lot of people think that theater, 597 00:30:06,587 --> 00:30:09,242 while it is a very happy, 598 00:30:10,591 --> 00:30:13,463 open, welcoming community, 599 00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:18,164 it is not void of any systems of oppression, 600 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:19,861 because it is related to capitalism. 601 00:30:19,905 --> 00:30:23,604 It is related to supremacy and hierarchy. 602 00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:28,435 - The world is screaming in all the ways, 603 00:30:30,132 --> 00:30:31,917 and we can no longer pretend that we don't hear it. 604 00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:37,836 If we don't move forward, I don't know what would happen. 605 00:30:38,924 --> 00:30:40,664 So that is the only choice. 606 00:30:41,752 --> 00:30:43,276 - [Lynn] Coming out of Covid, 607 00:30:43,319 --> 00:30:45,539 we're going to really need our storytellers 608 00:30:45,582 --> 00:30:49,412 to be present and to reflect back on what has happened, 609 00:30:49,456 --> 00:30:51,327 and also to help shape what I feel 610 00:30:51,371 --> 00:30:53,329 needs to be a much better world. 611 00:30:53,373 --> 00:30:54,809 Inclusion is really not just 612 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:56,680 about putting diversity on stage. 613 00:30:56,724 --> 00:31:00,510 Does this entire theatrical ecosystem really support 614 00:31:00,554 --> 00:31:04,297 the way in which BIPOC people want to tell their stories? 615 00:31:05,167 --> 00:31:07,866 [sirens ringing] 616 00:31:09,998 --> 00:31:12,044 - Being in New York City during the pandemic, 617 00:31:12,087 --> 00:31:14,611 it was a town I didn't recognize. 618 00:31:14,655 --> 00:31:16,744 Scary at times, 619 00:31:16,787 --> 00:31:19,355 and isolating and lonely. 620 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:23,490 - With theater, everything is based on our working. 621 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:26,232 So a lot of people ran out of insurance, 622 00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,103 because they didn't have work weeks, 623 00:31:28,147 --> 00:31:29,670 so you start looking at everything else as, like, 624 00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:31,846 if I get sick, and I don't have insurance, 625 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,543 and I don't really have a job, 626 00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:36,764 what are we all gonna do? 627 00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:38,984 - This is having a devastating impact for actors, 628 00:31:39,027 --> 00:31:41,421 producers, stage hands and theater workers, 629 00:31:41,464 --> 00:31:43,902 which impacts nearly 100,000 workers. 630 00:31:43,945 --> 00:31:45,468 - Think about the external economy, 631 00:31:45,512 --> 00:31:47,122 the restaurants, and the hotels. 632 00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:50,734 I mean, that's nearly a $15 billion industry. 633 00:31:50,778 --> 00:31:54,390 - We're still calculating the loss that's going to happen. 634 00:31:54,434 --> 00:31:55,957 I can't tell you how many people 635 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:58,046 left the theater to pay their rent, 636 00:31:58,090 --> 00:31:59,395 and are not coming back. 637 00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:02,790 So that's like a story that's still being written, 638 00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:05,140 and I'm terrified about it. 639 00:32:05,184 --> 00:32:06,315 - When the shutdown happened, 640 00:32:06,359 --> 00:32:09,188 I literally had to figure out, 641 00:32:09,231 --> 00:32:11,364 you know, where I was gonna go back to. 642 00:32:11,407 --> 00:32:13,714 I had gone back to Toronto, 643 00:32:13,757 --> 00:32:16,369 and I wasn't interested in music, really. 644 00:32:16,412 --> 00:32:19,328 I had no desire to sing, 645 00:32:19,372 --> 00:32:21,156 create anything. 646 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,158 It was rough. 647 00:32:23,202 --> 00:32:25,465 - It was a shock to the system how quickly, 648 00:32:25,508 --> 00:32:28,424 how easily, and how fragile this business can be. 649 00:32:28,468 --> 00:32:30,687 - [Newsreader] Nearly 100,000 workers rely 650 00:32:30,731 --> 00:32:32,951 on Broadway for their livelihoods, 651 00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:35,954 but the Pandemic has killed the lights on Broadway, 652 00:32:35,997 --> 00:32:38,173 and will stay dark until 2021. 653 00:32:38,217 --> 00:32:41,263 - After the months continued to compile, 654 00:32:41,307 --> 00:32:42,438 and I was like, I'm not relieved. 655 00:32:42,482 --> 00:32:44,005 I'm scared. 656 00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:45,572 I'm afraid right now, what's gonna happen? 657 00:32:47,791 --> 00:32:49,619 - [Reporter] John Kristiansen and Brian Blythe 658 00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:51,665 run a costume shop in New York, 659 00:32:51,708 --> 00:32:54,320 and founded the Costume Industry Coalition, 660 00:32:54,363 --> 00:32:55,930 raising funds to help support 661 00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,932 hundreds of fellow costume makers, 662 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:01,066 specialty vendors, and other industry small businesses. 663 00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:02,676 - Most people don't really see 664 00:33:02,719 --> 00:33:05,070 how much there is that goes into what we do. 665 00:33:05,113 --> 00:33:06,419 - We know that the entertainment 666 00:33:06,462 --> 00:33:08,203 industry is going to return. 667 00:33:08,247 --> 00:33:11,163 We just wanna ensure that we're still around when it does. 668 00:33:13,904 --> 00:33:16,820 [emotional music] 669 00:33:23,088 --> 00:33:24,567 - [Interviewer] Upfront now is Adam Perry, 670 00:33:24,611 --> 00:33:26,265 a Broadway actor who tested positive 671 00:33:26,308 --> 00:33:27,614 more than a 100 days ago. 672 00:33:27,657 --> 00:33:28,919 How bad is it still? 673 00:33:30,617 --> 00:33:32,271 - I mean it's quite terrifying, to be honest. 674 00:33:33,402 --> 00:33:34,795 There's nothing like the feeling 675 00:33:34,838 --> 00:33:36,318 of not being able to breathe. 676 00:33:36,362 --> 00:33:38,364 - As a Broadway actor and a dancer, 677 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:42,063 it requires stamina and lung capacity to do your job. 678 00:33:42,107 --> 00:33:43,282 Are you worried about getting 679 00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:45,371 back into shape and being 100%? 680 00:33:45,414 --> 00:33:46,937 - It's scary. 681 00:33:46,981 --> 00:33:48,461 I mean, I've been been dancing and singing 682 00:33:48,504 --> 00:33:49,636 on Broadway for the past 20 years, 683 00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:51,290 and all of a sudden I just don't 684 00:33:51,333 --> 00:33:53,335 have the capacity that I had anymore. 685 00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:56,077 So I'm just trying to stay hopeful for the future 686 00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:58,688 that they will get back to normal. 687 00:34:01,735 --> 00:34:04,172 Right before Covid hit, 688 00:34:04,216 --> 00:34:07,741 I was kind of already facing a crossroads in a way, 689 00:34:07,784 --> 00:34:11,571 because I was 39, I was injured. 690 00:34:13,312 --> 00:34:17,533 Doing eight shows a week had just gotten really hard. 691 00:34:17,577 --> 00:34:19,579 I would just come home and I would have to ice, 692 00:34:19,622 --> 00:34:22,712 and was just like in pain all the time. 693 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,715 Yeah, can I just do five stems? 694 00:34:25,759 --> 00:34:26,586 Yeah, okay. 695 00:34:27,978 --> 00:34:30,068 I don't think I would've been as successful 696 00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:32,722 as I had been had I really accepted the fact 697 00:34:32,766 --> 00:34:34,420 that I couldn't do it forever. 698 00:34:35,899 --> 00:34:37,858 I just assumed that I would just keep dancing. 699 00:34:37,901 --> 00:34:40,339 I mean, dancing has been my passion since I was, 700 00:34:40,382 --> 00:34:42,123 could remember. 701 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:45,518 You know, I sacrificed everything to become a dancer. 702 00:34:55,702 --> 00:34:56,920 - [Robbie] Literally never seen 703 00:34:56,964 --> 00:34:59,749 so much lilac in my entire life. 704 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:02,012 I think that my favorite flower is a peony. 705 00:35:03,405 --> 00:35:07,366 Pop in some peonies, maybe get some peonies. 706 00:35:07,409 --> 00:35:09,150 - I always think you're saying penis. 707 00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:11,544 - [Robbie] Oh well, not today. 708 00:35:11,587 --> 00:35:13,415 - So last summer, Robbie called me and said, 709 00:35:13,459 --> 00:35:15,461 hey, I'm starting a floral business. 710 00:35:15,504 --> 00:35:17,941 Do you want to come and help me out? 711 00:35:17,985 --> 00:35:20,205 - And so the whole motto of the business 712 00:35:20,248 --> 00:35:22,772 is that it employs out of work performers 713 00:35:22,816 --> 00:35:24,818 who have an affinity for florals. 714 00:35:24,861 --> 00:35:27,777 So yeah, everybody who's involved with Boo-Kay, 715 00:35:27,821 --> 00:35:31,607 from the website designer, to any assistant I have, 716 00:35:31,651 --> 00:35:35,089 to any florist is a performer of some kind, 717 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,612 which is fun. 718 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:38,788 - I love it. 719 00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:44,098 Working in the flowers was just like zen. 720 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,100 It brought me out of a deep, 721 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,669 dark depression that I was in from everything. 722 00:35:49,712 --> 00:35:54,717 From getting sick and having this new sense of my mortality. 723 00:35:55,936 --> 00:35:57,938 - We went to that lady's house, 724 00:35:57,981 --> 00:36:01,115 and made two flanking arrangements 725 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,465 on the side of this gorgeous fireplace. 726 00:36:03,509 --> 00:36:07,208 And it was like, felt like a performance of sorts. 727 00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:09,210 Do you know what I mean? 728 00:36:09,254 --> 00:36:12,996 We went - we had costumes, we got on these workman Dickies, 729 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,390 we came in with our, we're performers. 730 00:36:15,434 --> 00:36:16,957 We love our costume, you know? 731 00:36:20,482 --> 00:36:23,964 - I have a lot of love in my life, 732 00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:27,750 and the theater community really 733 00:36:27,794 --> 00:36:32,277 rallied around Terrence and me. 734 00:36:34,583 --> 00:36:35,367 - Hi! 735 00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:37,064 - Oh my God. 736 00:36:37,107 --> 00:36:38,935 - We were just talking about you. 737 00:36:38,979 --> 00:36:40,372 As President of the Lilly Awards, 738 00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:43,157 it's our great pleasure to award you 739 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:46,378 with the very odd title of Miss Lilly. 740 00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:47,335 - My God! 741 00:36:48,554 --> 00:36:51,209 - Happy Lilly's to you! 742 00:36:52,862 --> 00:36:53,863 There he is! 743 00:36:56,301 --> 00:36:58,041 Miss Lilly! 744 00:36:58,085 --> 00:37:01,915 - This is for your life of activism and advocacy 745 00:37:01,958 --> 00:37:04,744 on the part of the LGBTQ community, 746 00:37:04,787 --> 00:37:08,400 for your and Terrence's loyal support and encouragement 747 00:37:08,443 --> 00:37:11,751 for the Lilly's and their activism for women in theater, 748 00:37:11,794 --> 00:37:14,710 for producing the female led "Hadestown", 749 00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:16,103 and Terrence's plays, 750 00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:18,366 chocked full on roles for women, 751 00:37:18,410 --> 00:37:21,413 for loving and caring for Terrence, 'cause we loved him too. 752 00:37:21,456 --> 00:37:24,938 We crown you Tom Kirdahy, Miss Lilly 2020. 753 00:37:26,940 --> 00:37:28,115 - [Crowd] Yay! 754 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:33,903 [laughs quickly] 755 00:37:33,947 --> 00:37:38,952 - In a year of extraordinary pain and challenges, 756 00:37:40,736 --> 00:37:44,871 it is a genuine blessing to share this with Terrance, 757 00:37:46,351 --> 00:37:50,006 and to make sure that women's voices are heard 758 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:54,837 and celebrated on stages all across the globe. 759 00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:56,491 And I wanna say thank you. 760 00:37:56,535 --> 00:37:59,451 [crowd applauding] 761 00:38:01,888 --> 00:38:04,630 [crowd cheering] 762 00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:10,462 - Before the pandemic, 763 00:38:10,505 --> 00:38:11,811 I played "Waitress" for about 764 00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:13,943 almost four years at that point. 765 00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:15,684 And I was ready for a change. 766 00:38:15,728 --> 00:38:17,947 But then when the shutdown actually happened, 767 00:38:17,991 --> 00:38:19,775 it was a real, like, 768 00:38:21,386 --> 00:38:23,039 uh oh, what are we gonna do now? 769 00:38:24,476 --> 00:38:25,999 Nothing, nothing. 770 00:38:26,042 --> 00:38:30,308 So then everybody rushed to do something else, 771 00:38:30,351 --> 00:38:31,874 to try and promote themselves, 772 00:38:31,918 --> 00:38:33,615 or to try and make a living as an artist. 773 00:38:33,659 --> 00:38:35,182 Hey, this is Meg Toohey. 774 00:38:35,225 --> 00:38:37,227 I'm gonna be coming to you live on Thursday 775 00:38:37,271 --> 00:38:40,056 for "Shut In and Sing" from Maplewood, New Jersey. 776 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,623 And you're just trying to do something 777 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:43,495 kind of rinky dinky outta your basement. 778 00:38:43,538 --> 00:38:46,367 It's tough to compete. 779 00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:48,935 I'd look over at the numbers and say, 780 00:38:48,978 --> 00:38:50,806 oh, well, 781 00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:53,374 last week I had 40 people, this week I have 10 people. 782 00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:54,984 This week I have no - no one. 783 00:38:55,028 --> 00:38:57,639 And you start judging yourself on that, 784 00:38:57,683 --> 00:38:59,206 which is ridiculous. 785 00:38:59,249 --> 00:39:01,774 And I'm just sitting there going, like, 786 00:39:01,817 --> 00:39:04,820 I don't wanna, I don't wanna do any of this. 787 00:39:04,864 --> 00:39:08,041 You know, my partner's working 24 hours 788 00:39:08,084 --> 00:39:10,086 a day to try and keep her business afloat, 789 00:39:10,130 --> 00:39:13,046 and support me, and support our kid, 790 00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:15,440 and all these things were happening 791 00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:18,530 that started shifting this like, 792 00:39:18,573 --> 00:39:20,880 this would be a nice time to really 793 00:39:20,923 --> 00:39:22,534 connect with myself again, 794 00:39:22,577 --> 00:39:24,753 to like, who am I? 795 00:39:24,797 --> 00:39:28,191 I really dug into to my own music at that point. 796 00:39:28,235 --> 00:39:29,758 I thought like, well, 797 00:39:29,802 --> 00:39:32,326 I may as well use this time to be creative. 798 00:39:33,806 --> 00:39:36,243 - So I had been playing Glinda 799 00:39:36,286 --> 00:39:38,898 on the national tour of "Wicked" for a few months 800 00:39:38,941 --> 00:39:42,336 when Mary Kate came in as my Elphaba. 801 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,904 We loved working together so much on stage, 802 00:39:44,947 --> 00:39:47,950 and dreamed about ways that that could continue. 803 00:39:47,994 --> 00:39:50,562 So it was about one month into the pause, 804 00:39:50,605 --> 00:39:52,302 we're on the phone, we're catching up, 805 00:39:52,346 --> 00:39:54,217 we're kind of talking about our 806 00:39:54,261 --> 00:39:57,220 various quarantine activities. 807 00:39:57,264 --> 00:39:59,135 And she said, 808 00:39:59,179 --> 00:40:00,485 I think it's time for us to start our teaching business. 809 00:40:00,528 --> 00:40:02,530 So some people, you know, 810 00:40:02,574 --> 00:40:06,447 invest lots and lots of money to pad their walls. 811 00:40:06,491 --> 00:40:09,058 But all you really need is like a good jean jacket, 812 00:40:09,102 --> 00:40:10,625 a leather jacket, 813 00:40:10,669 --> 00:40:11,626 and then some of your husband's work shirts, 814 00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:13,193 Mary Kate Morrissey, 815 00:40:13,236 --> 00:40:15,021 we're about to start our very first class. 816 00:40:15,064 --> 00:40:16,065 How are you feeling? 817 00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,981 Ah! 818 00:40:19,025 --> 00:40:21,723 We sort of put it out into the Instagram universe 819 00:40:21,767 --> 00:40:24,030 and got almost a hundred auditions, 820 00:40:24,073 --> 00:40:24,857 which was crazy. 821 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,249 There she goes! 822 00:40:26,293 --> 00:40:27,773 Perfect, yes. 823 00:40:27,816 --> 00:40:30,123 You guys look incredible. 824 00:40:30,166 --> 00:40:32,168 Here's kind of how class is gonna go today. 825 00:40:32,212 --> 00:40:35,781 We're gonna start with our icon interview. 826 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:37,391 And it just kept building, building, 827 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,654 building and, you know, 828 00:40:39,698 --> 00:40:42,091 had kids join us from all over the world, 829 00:40:42,135 --> 00:40:43,528 and all over the country. 830 00:40:43,571 --> 00:40:45,268 - I'm Betty, I'm from the Philippines. 831 00:40:45,312 --> 00:40:46,400 It's 1:22 AM. 832 00:40:48,010 --> 00:40:49,490 - Did you feel like you had to be 833 00:40:49,534 --> 00:40:53,712 really careful not to over project, 834 00:40:53,755 --> 00:40:56,105 or over exert yourself, or hurt your voice, 835 00:40:56,149 --> 00:40:57,629 like, doing things through a mask? 836 00:40:57,672 --> 00:40:59,195 - Yeah. 837 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,370 And you guys know I was doing Janice, 838 00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:02,198 so I was like, and you can't. 839 00:41:02,242 --> 00:41:04,592 - It made musical theater feel more meaningful than ever, 840 00:41:04,636 --> 00:41:08,814 sort of to create a place to sing, 841 00:41:08,857 --> 00:41:10,076 and act, and dance, 842 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:12,078 and to have community in a time 843 00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:15,168 where people were feeling so isolated. 844 00:41:15,211 --> 00:41:16,778 ♪ Now I know, don't be scared 845 00:41:16,822 --> 00:41:18,998 ♪ Brand new actions, be prepared ♪ 846 00:41:19,041 --> 00:41:21,957 ♪ Because you've got an awfully long way to go ♪ 847 00:41:22,001 --> 00:41:24,090 - And then I know for me personally, 848 00:41:24,133 --> 00:41:26,048 even teaching a music theater history class 849 00:41:26,092 --> 00:41:29,530 and re-examining sort of my roots has made me 850 00:41:29,574 --> 00:41:32,054 fall in love with musical theater all over again. 851 00:41:32,098 --> 00:41:37,103 We just got back so much more than than we ever dreamed. 852 00:41:38,017 --> 00:41:39,148 You better boo boo. 853 00:41:39,192 --> 00:41:40,672 Can you guys believe it? 854 00:41:40,715 --> 00:41:41,847 - It's the start of our last chapter. 855 00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:44,110 - Week Nine! - Nuts. 856 00:41:44,153 --> 00:41:45,720 - Really bonkers, it's gone by so quickly. 857 00:41:45,764 --> 00:41:46,547 - It has. 858 00:41:46,591 --> 00:41:48,201 - All right. 859 00:41:48,244 --> 00:41:50,116 ♪ Everybody dresses in clothes so fine ♪ 860 00:41:50,159 --> 00:41:52,074 ♪ Everybody's pockets are weighted down ♪ 861 00:41:52,118 --> 00:41:54,294 ♪ Everybody's sipping ambrosia wine ♪ 862 00:41:54,337 --> 00:41:56,644 ♪ In a goldmine in Hadestown 863 00:41:56,688 --> 00:41:58,951 ♪ Way down in Hadestown 864 00:41:58,994 --> 00:42:00,822 ♪ Way down under the ground 865 00:42:00,866 --> 00:42:03,433 - I'm here with Jewelle Blackman. 866 00:42:03,477 --> 00:42:05,348 Jewelle is a singer, songwriter, 867 00:42:05,392 --> 00:42:06,436 actor, playwright, 868 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,308 and violinist. 869 00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:11,137 She has been in the Canadian companies of "Hadestown", 870 00:42:11,180 --> 00:42:13,356 "The Lion King" and "Dream Girls". 871 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,099 And she made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown" as a Fate 872 00:42:17,143 --> 00:42:18,623 How are you? 873 00:42:18,666 --> 00:42:21,321 - I'm dealing as best with the situation, 874 00:42:21,364 --> 00:42:22,540 like I'm sure everybody is. 875 00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:24,019 Still strange. 876 00:42:24,063 --> 00:42:26,108 Luckily have my son to keep me busy. 877 00:42:27,806 --> 00:42:30,635 One of the beautiful things about this shutdown 878 00:42:30,678 --> 00:42:34,552 is that I've been able to refocus on myself, 879 00:42:34,595 --> 00:42:36,510 and my artistic value, 880 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:39,078 and my artistic creativity and curiosity. 881 00:42:39,121 --> 00:42:41,863 And a program came up through a theater company 882 00:42:41,907 --> 00:42:43,778 called Musical Stage Company, 883 00:42:43,822 --> 00:42:47,129 and their focus was on BIPOC creators. 884 00:42:47,173 --> 00:42:49,654 New storytellers who wanted to develop 885 00:42:49,697 --> 00:42:51,569 new works in the musical field. 886 00:42:52,961 --> 00:42:56,008 [rap music] 887 00:42:56,051 --> 00:42:58,227 The creative process for "Boy Boy and the Magic Drum" 888 00:42:58,271 --> 00:43:02,362 has been so fulfilling in the sense that 889 00:43:02,405 --> 00:43:04,582 I'm tapping into a part of my culture, 890 00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:06,148 my parents' culture, 891 00:43:07,628 --> 00:43:09,848 and bringing it to musical theater. 892 00:43:09,891 --> 00:43:11,371 I love Soca, and Calypso, 893 00:43:11,414 --> 00:43:13,286 and Western Caribbean music. 894 00:43:13,329 --> 00:43:16,289 And then mixing that with the art of musical theater 895 00:43:16,332 --> 00:43:19,509 and putting it together on stage for children, 896 00:43:19,553 --> 00:43:21,947 other children of color who may not see themselves 897 00:43:21,990 --> 00:43:26,255 always represented in children's theater specifically. 898 00:43:26,299 --> 00:43:29,128 And so it's been fulfilling in so many, 899 00:43:29,171 --> 00:43:31,043 so many different aspects. 900 00:43:32,827 --> 00:43:35,613 [relaxing music] 901 00:43:37,179 --> 00:43:39,007 - When Covid hit, 902 00:43:39,051 --> 00:43:42,794 I was in Long Island to be part of the Dino Squad 903 00:43:42,837 --> 00:43:45,884 for "Jurassic World Live: The Tour". 904 00:43:45,927 --> 00:43:47,059 They were like, oh, 905 00:43:47,102 --> 00:43:48,930 audiences above 600 are banned, 906 00:43:48,974 --> 00:43:51,759 and we were in a hockey stadium. 907 00:43:51,803 --> 00:43:53,543 And then the show was canceled. 908 00:43:53,587 --> 00:43:55,371 Not a day went by when I didn't get 909 00:43:55,415 --> 00:43:58,157 a text message from my father, 910 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,899 who was like, are you sure you don't wanna be an engineer? 911 00:44:00,942 --> 00:44:02,204 I didn't wanna give up. 912 00:44:02,248 --> 00:44:04,163 I'm not gonna lose my shot. 913 00:44:04,206 --> 00:44:06,513 I was able to remain on partial employment 914 00:44:06,556 --> 00:44:08,341 with Roundabout Theater Company, 915 00:44:08,384 --> 00:44:10,256 and for my personal projects, 916 00:44:10,299 --> 00:44:13,128 I started to make a bunch of clothes out of garbage bags. 917 00:44:13,172 --> 00:44:15,261 With the whole pandemic, 918 00:44:15,304 --> 00:44:17,959 it was basically another summer for my childhood, 919 00:44:18,003 --> 00:44:21,659 and I found ways to be creative and crafty again. 920 00:44:21,702 --> 00:44:24,444 You know, just me cutting up garbage bags. 921 00:44:24,487 --> 00:44:25,488 As per usual. 922 00:44:28,883 --> 00:44:30,885 I am your garbage princess. 923 00:44:41,766 --> 00:44:44,029 I'm wearing a garbage bag! 924 00:44:44,072 --> 00:44:46,727 And basketball shorts underneath this. 925 00:44:46,771 --> 00:44:48,598 You can't even see them. 926 00:44:49,469 --> 00:44:50,296 Oh my god. 927 00:44:52,994 --> 00:44:53,995 I could cry. 928 00:44:55,518 --> 00:44:57,042 Girl, did you see this? 929 00:44:57,085 --> 00:44:58,521 I just made this! 930 00:45:03,396 --> 00:45:07,008 - I had two Facebook friends, fans of the show. 931 00:45:07,052 --> 00:45:08,575 What they did was, 932 00:45:08,618 --> 00:45:11,317 so they had set a GoFundMe page, 933 00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,928 help support Broadway's Best Stage Doorman. 934 00:45:15,625 --> 00:45:20,065 That actually was the headline for the GoFundMe page. 935 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:26,724 So those two ladies are my guardian angels. 936 00:45:28,029 --> 00:45:29,465 We would be probably be decimated 937 00:45:29,509 --> 00:45:33,513 in bills if it wasn't for them. 938 00:45:33,556 --> 00:45:35,950 You can see who donated money, 939 00:45:35,994 --> 00:45:39,606 and so I'm scrolling across the list of names, 940 00:45:39,649 --> 00:45:42,652 the fans, the stage managers, 941 00:45:42,696 --> 00:45:44,654 the actors, the dancers, 942 00:45:44,698 --> 00:45:46,221 the musicians. 943 00:45:46,265 --> 00:45:51,009 And I'm just overwhelmed with the amount of love 944 00:45:51,052 --> 00:45:53,228 from the Broadway community for me. 945 00:45:53,272 --> 00:45:55,100 'Cause I, you know, 946 00:45:55,143 --> 00:45:58,320 I thought of myself as just a simple stage doorman. 947 00:45:58,364 --> 00:46:00,714 I didn't think I was deserving 948 00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,717 of so much love from the Broadway community. 949 00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:04,674 - We miss you! 950 00:46:05,937 --> 00:46:08,940 [crowd cheering] 951 00:46:08,983 --> 00:46:10,332 Love you, Ernie! Ernie, I love you! 952 00:46:12,944 --> 00:46:15,773 [emotional music] 953 00:46:16,774 --> 00:46:19,515 [sirens ringing] 954 00:46:22,127 --> 00:46:24,782 [phone ringing] 955 00:46:26,653 --> 00:46:29,047 - Okay, good morning everyone. 956 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:32,050 Let's make some announcements. 957 00:46:32,093 --> 00:46:37,098 Today, we have all really good news for New York. 958 00:46:38,273 --> 00:46:39,405 Broadway tickets go on sale today 959 00:46:39,448 --> 00:46:41,407 at 100% capacity for theaters. 960 00:46:41,450 --> 00:46:44,236 The shows open September 14th. 961 00:46:44,279 --> 00:46:47,500 That's a function of how Broadway operates, obviously. 962 00:46:48,501 --> 00:46:49,850 - That's all we need 963 00:46:49,894 --> 00:46:51,417 That's all we got. 964 00:46:53,723 --> 00:46:55,203 Happy day, happy day. 965 00:46:56,378 --> 00:46:58,206 All right, so we're pressing go 966 00:46:58,250 --> 00:47:00,600 on that Toby and Lucy video. 967 00:47:00,643 --> 00:47:02,384 Great. 968 00:47:02,428 --> 00:47:04,473 - [Assistant] He's posting the video right now. 969 00:47:04,517 --> 00:47:06,432 - [Lucy] Hi Queendom! 970 00:47:06,475 --> 00:47:08,216 We are really excited to announce the date 971 00:47:08,260 --> 00:47:11,959 of the first active presale of "Six" on Broadway. 972 00:47:13,743 --> 00:47:17,922 - [Toby] The presale will begin this Thursday, May 6th! 973 00:47:19,924 --> 00:47:21,447 - Yep. 974 00:47:21,490 --> 00:47:24,058 - [Assistant] All right, it's live. 975 00:47:28,933 --> 00:47:32,458 - As producers, we are deeply serious 976 00:47:32,501 --> 00:47:37,463 about keeping everyone safe so that we can do what we do, 977 00:47:38,377 --> 00:47:39,682 which is put on shows. 978 00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:46,907 - This is a, 979 00:47:46,951 --> 00:47:50,128 I'm collecting a saliva sample for a pooled PCR test. 980 00:47:51,956 --> 00:47:54,567 It's of utmost importance that the protocols we have 981 00:47:54,610 --> 00:47:56,786 for reopening include testing, 982 00:47:56,830 --> 00:47:58,832 since many people who are vaccinated 983 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:00,921 don't experience any symptoms at all. 984 00:48:00,965 --> 00:48:02,444 - I was still skeptical. 985 00:48:02,488 --> 00:48:03,619 I'm still skeptical. 986 00:48:03,663 --> 00:48:05,186 We're not out of this virus. 987 00:48:05,230 --> 00:48:07,188 I know that there'll be Covid protocols, 988 00:48:07,232 --> 00:48:09,451 but we're singing. 989 00:48:10,626 --> 00:48:12,063 We're spitting. 990 00:48:12,106 --> 00:48:14,065 Well, hopefully not spitting, 991 00:48:14,108 --> 00:48:17,329 but there is a lot of saliva. 992 00:48:17,372 --> 00:48:22,377 - [Blythe] If I have a really large musical where, 993 00:48:23,857 --> 00:48:27,948 let's say, 200 of the samples come in one bag, 994 00:48:27,992 --> 00:48:29,645 and the way that you have your operations, 995 00:48:29,689 --> 00:48:32,779 could those be conveniently added into a pool 996 00:48:32,822 --> 00:48:34,781 if it wasn't already up to 24? 997 00:48:34,824 --> 00:48:35,913 - [Prem] What, for one company? 998 00:48:35,956 --> 00:48:36,783 Oh absolutely. 999 00:48:38,219 --> 00:48:40,700 As long as they have all the same company. 1000 00:48:40,743 --> 00:48:42,571 - [Lab Technician] Oh, the company barcode. 1001 00:48:42,615 --> 00:48:44,922 So the bar code's gonna have everything within there. Okay. 1002 00:48:44,965 --> 00:48:48,316 - Even right now, opening our theaters, 1003 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,841 our productions, it leaves a lot of question marks. 1004 00:48:51,885 --> 00:48:53,278 We don't know what that means. 1005 00:48:53,321 --> 00:48:54,801 We just have to be vigilant, 1006 00:48:54,844 --> 00:48:56,846 and we have to be a little more determined, 1007 00:48:56,890 --> 00:48:58,848 and we have to be harder on each other. 1008 00:49:03,723 --> 00:49:05,943 - My first line of the show is, 1009 00:49:05,986 --> 00:49:08,510 it's good to see me, isn't it? 1010 00:49:08,554 --> 00:49:11,992 And I think it's gonna feel like a really big honor 1011 00:49:12,036 --> 00:49:14,734 to get to welcome audiences back to the Gershwin. 1012 00:49:17,519 --> 00:49:20,131 [Ginna singing] 1013 00:49:20,174 --> 00:49:23,090 So my preparations in the next couple months 1014 00:49:23,134 --> 00:49:26,833 look like getting back in shape in every way possible. 1015 00:49:26,876 --> 00:49:28,052 Physically, 1016 00:49:28,095 --> 00:49:30,445 vocally, mentally. 1017 00:49:30,489 --> 00:49:32,578 So I've jumped back into voice lessons 1018 00:49:32,621 --> 00:49:34,884 with my teacher Derek Rosenblatt, 1019 00:49:34,928 --> 00:49:38,323 getting ready to gear up and sing Glinda eight times a week. 1020 00:49:40,629 --> 00:49:42,109 - Really clean onset. 1021 00:49:43,197 --> 00:49:45,330 [singing] 1022 00:49:51,031 --> 00:49:52,772 - When I was in here a few weeks ago, 1023 00:49:52,815 --> 00:49:54,252 and he started playing the opening. 1024 00:49:54,295 --> 00:49:55,688 I was like, you're lying. 1025 00:49:55,731 --> 00:49:56,863 It's not that high. 1026 00:49:56,906 --> 00:49:57,690 You're playing jokes on me. 1027 00:49:57,733 --> 00:49:58,430 He's like, no, 1028 00:49:58,473 --> 00:49:59,431 no, no. 1029 00:49:59,474 --> 00:50:00,606 That's what's written. 1030 00:50:00,649 --> 00:50:01,476 - Anything you didn't like? 1031 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,871 The issues for me have been you were singing 1032 00:50:04,914 --> 00:50:07,917 two the top instead of through the top, 1033 00:50:07,961 --> 00:50:09,484 so the energy wasn't expansive 1034 00:50:09,528 --> 00:50:11,138 all the way through the exercise. 1035 00:50:11,182 --> 00:50:12,313 - Yeah, if I could just have you 1036 00:50:12,357 --> 00:50:14,011 in an earpiece during the show. 1037 00:50:15,099 --> 00:50:17,101 - [Derek] Let's talk to Dan. 1038 00:50:17,144 --> 00:50:20,234 - [laughs quickly] Yeah, great. 1039 00:50:21,496 --> 00:50:23,977 [tense music] 1040 00:50:26,632 --> 00:50:27,502 - [Physiotherapist] Can you put it on? 1041 00:50:27,546 --> 00:50:32,551 - Yeah. 1042 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:35,119 When I go back to work, you know, 1043 00:50:35,162 --> 00:50:36,294 you better come see my show. 1044 00:50:36,337 --> 00:50:37,469 - [Physiotherapist] Yeah. 1045 00:50:37,512 --> 00:50:39,079 - And I'll take you backstage 1046 00:50:39,123 --> 00:50:40,298 and I'll introduce you to everybody. 1047 00:50:40,341 --> 00:50:42,169 They'll love you, 1048 00:50:42,213 --> 00:50:44,476 because you're the one who got me able to go back to work. 1049 00:50:44,519 --> 00:50:45,694 Let's do it. 1050 00:50:45,738 --> 00:50:47,783 Okay, just a little bit nervous. 1051 00:50:52,527 --> 00:50:53,963 So far so good! 1052 00:51:02,885 --> 00:51:07,020 25 years ago I was in the Air Force ROTC, 1053 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:09,892 and I had to run a mile in 12 minutes. 1054 00:51:09,936 --> 00:51:14,636 So to do 15 minutes, and do a mile with a prosthetic, 1055 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,290 I think that's pretty damn good. 1056 00:51:20,729 --> 00:51:25,734 Hoo-wee! 1057 00:51:26,648 --> 00:51:29,086 [sighing quickly] 1058 00:51:43,317 --> 00:51:44,449 - I'm sorry, honey, 1059 00:51:44,492 --> 00:51:45,276 I didn't have time to bake. 1060 00:51:46,755 --> 00:51:48,801 - Aw honey, thank you very much. 1061 00:51:48,844 --> 00:51:51,673 ♪ Happy birthday to you 1062 00:51:51,717 --> 00:51:54,372 ♪ Happy birthday to you 1063 00:51:54,415 --> 00:51:57,462 ♪ Happy birthday my hubby 1064 00:51:57,505 --> 00:52:00,247 ♪ Happy Birthday to you 1065 00:52:00,291 --> 00:52:01,422 - [Maribel] Make a wish. 1066 00:52:04,817 --> 00:52:05,774 - [Ernie] Okay. 1067 00:52:05,818 --> 00:52:07,036 - [Maribel] Say Paris? 1068 00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:07,994 - [Eric] Paris? 1069 00:52:08,037 --> 00:52:08,995 That's right. 1070 00:52:09,038 --> 00:52:09,996 Paris, France. 1071 00:52:10,039 --> 00:52:10,997 Again. 1072 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,173 - [Maribel] Again, yes. 1073 00:52:13,217 --> 00:52:14,914 - Pants, we're gonna take in a little bit, 1074 00:52:14,957 --> 00:52:16,394 just to give them some, you know what I mean? 1075 00:52:16,437 --> 00:52:18,004 He's gonna pinch him in a little bit? 1076 00:52:18,047 --> 00:52:20,267 - Just a tad more of a break, yeah. 1077 00:52:20,311 --> 00:52:21,442 Yeah. 1078 00:52:21,486 --> 00:52:23,270 - They feel very comfortable. 1079 00:52:23,314 --> 00:52:24,967 This is the fitting for "Lackawanna Blues", 1080 00:52:25,011 --> 00:52:26,360 for the actor in "Lackawanna Blues" 1081 00:52:26,404 --> 00:52:27,622 by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. 1082 00:52:27,666 --> 00:52:30,147 The writer, very nice guy. 1083 00:52:30,190 --> 00:52:31,670 Ruben Santiago-Hudson. 1084 00:52:31,713 --> 00:52:33,846 And the director is me, Ruben Santiago-Hudson. 1085 00:52:35,587 --> 00:52:37,893 That's what they call a split personality situation. 1086 00:52:37,937 --> 00:52:40,505 [upbeat music] 1087 00:52:45,510 --> 00:52:46,467 1956. 1088 00:52:46,511 --> 00:52:48,034 Lackawanna, New York. 1089 00:52:48,077 --> 00:52:49,992 Like all Great Lake cities, was thriving. 1090 00:52:50,036 --> 00:52:51,559 "Lackawanna Blues" 1091 00:52:51,603 --> 00:52:52,734 You know, I named it "Lackawanna Blues", 1092 00:52:52,778 --> 00:52:54,345 'cause blues means story. 1093 00:52:54,388 --> 00:52:55,911 And what happened to my life is 1094 00:52:55,955 --> 00:52:58,218 this woman happened to me named Rachel Crosby. 1095 00:52:58,262 --> 00:53:00,960 We called her nanny, and she became my mother, 1096 00:53:01,003 --> 00:53:03,876 because my mother became a heroin addict. 1097 00:53:03,919 --> 00:53:07,575 And so I watched her goodness every week, 1098 00:53:07,619 --> 00:53:09,098 the door, it was like a turn, 1099 00:53:09,142 --> 00:53:11,840 somebody else needed, and she responded. 1100 00:53:11,884 --> 00:53:13,364 And then somewhere in it, 1101 00:53:13,407 --> 00:53:15,409 you see how she put them together 1102 00:53:15,453 --> 00:53:18,804 when they were broken apart. 1103 00:53:18,847 --> 00:53:22,677 A car ride in the country with nanny was always a joy. 1104 00:53:22,721 --> 00:53:24,505 So I wanted to say thank you to her, 1105 00:53:25,593 --> 00:53:27,116 and thank you to all the people 1106 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,597 in our lives who've been that rock for us. 1107 00:53:29,641 --> 00:53:31,164 - You know what, let me do this. 1108 00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:32,644 28. 1109 00:53:32,687 --> 00:53:34,559 - You know, when you see "Lackawanna Blues", 1110 00:53:34,602 --> 00:53:38,780 you begin to reflect, hopefully, 1111 00:53:38,824 --> 00:53:41,957 and witness the power of humanity 1112 00:53:42,001 --> 00:53:44,656 and human beings taking care of each other. 1113 00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:46,701 - Morning everybody. 1114 00:53:48,312 --> 00:53:50,314 All right, let's see where we are. 1115 00:53:50,357 --> 00:53:51,837 - [Assistant] We are four minutes from being 1116 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:53,447 on sale to the general public, 1117 00:53:53,491 --> 00:53:55,580 and that is where we are. 1118 00:53:56,624 --> 00:53:57,451 - Wow. 1119 00:53:58,626 --> 00:54:00,411 - [Assistant] Presale, woo! 1120 00:54:00,454 --> 00:54:02,195 - Well done. 1121 00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:03,457 They're huge. 1122 00:54:03,501 --> 00:54:05,372 On day one, we did 2 million. 1123 00:54:05,416 --> 00:54:08,375 And then the last three days of people sharing the code, 1124 00:54:08,419 --> 00:54:10,247 I mean, another million. 1125 00:54:10,290 --> 00:54:12,640 So we're over three, four before we're on general sale. 1126 00:54:12,684 --> 00:54:14,381 And I think it's a great leading indicator 1127 00:54:14,425 --> 00:54:15,991 that people wanna come back to Broadway. 1128 00:54:16,035 --> 00:54:16,905 How are we doing? 1129 00:54:18,646 --> 00:54:20,126 - [Assistant] We've almost sold 100,000 dollars-- 1130 00:54:20,169 --> 00:54:21,867 - In 20 minutes? 1131 00:54:21,910 --> 00:54:22,563 - [Assistant] In 20 minutes. All right I'm gonna- 1132 00:54:22,607 --> 00:54:23,738 - Good. 1133 00:54:23,782 --> 00:54:24,913 - [Assistant] Have you seen? 1134 00:54:24,957 --> 00:54:26,785 In 30 minutes? 1135 00:54:26,828 --> 00:54:28,526 30 minutes, we are at 3131. 1136 00:54:30,136 --> 00:54:31,703 - 256,000 already? 1137 00:54:31,746 --> 00:54:33,008 I think we'll do more. 1138 00:54:33,052 --> 00:54:37,317 So today is May 10th, 2021. 1139 00:54:37,361 --> 00:54:39,493 Today we went on general sale 1140 00:54:39,537 --> 00:54:42,366 for both "Six" and "Doubtfire". 1141 00:54:42,409 --> 00:54:44,237 In the first hour, 1142 00:54:44,281 --> 00:54:47,806 "Six" sold about two - a quarter of a million dollars. 1143 00:54:47,849 --> 00:54:49,851 So we're looking for, you know, 1144 00:54:49,895 --> 00:54:51,375 at least a million dollar day. 1145 00:54:52,376 --> 00:54:53,681 Maybe more, we'll see. 1146 00:54:53,725 --> 00:54:55,248 So even though this sounds 1147 00:54:55,292 --> 00:54:56,771 like a big number that we're selling, 1148 00:54:56,815 --> 00:54:59,426 it's not that much given how much time we have, 1149 00:54:59,470 --> 00:55:01,298 because theater's expensive. 1150 00:55:01,341 --> 00:55:04,301 Each show is gonna spend between seven and $8 million 1151 00:55:04,344 --> 00:55:06,346 to get to its first preview starting now. 1152 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:08,130 We're spending money we don't have. 1153 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:11,308 But we have to. 1154 00:55:11,351 --> 00:55:13,962 It doesn't feel good, but someone's gotta do it. 1155 00:55:22,710 --> 00:55:24,538 [classical music] 1156 00:55:24,582 --> 00:55:26,192 - [Worker] Are you ready, Bella? 1157 00:55:32,024 --> 00:55:35,593 Ladies and gentlemen, the Drama Bookshop is now open! 1158 00:55:38,422 --> 00:55:43,427 Welcome! 1159 00:55:55,526 --> 00:55:56,353 - Hi Alan! 1160 00:56:09,322 --> 00:56:10,410 - Well, I mean, 1161 00:56:10,454 --> 00:56:11,455 it's been hard. 1162 00:56:11,498 --> 00:56:12,717 It's been heartbreaking. 1163 00:56:14,109 --> 00:56:15,981 Not just as a performer missing audiences, 1164 00:56:16,024 --> 00:56:19,201 but as someone who employs lots of performers. 1165 00:56:19,245 --> 00:56:22,422 And it's been amazing to watch sort of folks 1166 00:56:22,466 --> 00:56:25,382 rally around virtual theater and fundraisers, 1167 00:56:25,425 --> 00:56:26,513 and, you know, 1168 00:56:26,557 --> 00:56:28,994 Seth Rudetsky was miraculous. 1169 00:56:29,037 --> 00:56:31,605 But we miss an audience. 1170 00:56:31,649 --> 00:56:34,434 Like we are all Tinkerbell and we need applause to live. 1171 00:56:36,828 --> 00:56:38,395 It's also a big part of this too. 1172 00:56:38,438 --> 00:56:41,223 You know, we bought this before the pandemic hit. 1173 00:56:41,267 --> 00:56:43,835 We were set to open last year, didn't happen. 1174 00:56:43,878 --> 00:56:47,012 And so much about theater is about gathering, right? 1175 00:56:47,055 --> 00:56:48,666 And this is one of the places in the city 1176 00:56:48,709 --> 00:56:51,451 where people feel a sense of community. 1177 00:56:51,495 --> 00:56:53,497 I'm really, really happy we're back. 1178 00:56:57,675 --> 00:57:01,330 Thank you for supporting the bookshop, take care! 1179 00:57:26,617 --> 00:57:28,967 - [Brian] A designer designs costumes on paper. 1180 00:57:30,838 --> 00:57:32,971 What John does is build couture costumes. 1181 00:57:33,014 --> 00:57:34,494 They're built to spec. 1182 00:57:34,538 --> 00:57:36,409 - And it's human beings that do it. 1183 00:57:36,453 --> 00:57:38,716 It's not like we go to a box and just, there it is. 1184 00:57:38,759 --> 00:57:40,500 Here's the solution to all of your problems. 1185 00:57:40,544 --> 00:57:42,023 We have to sit, and meet, 1186 00:57:42,067 --> 00:57:43,416 and plan and solve. 1187 00:57:45,070 --> 00:57:48,290 When I started in this industry 25 years ago, 1188 00:57:48,334 --> 00:57:50,249 it was normal for a Broadway production 1189 00:57:50,292 --> 00:57:51,772 to give you three months lead time, 1190 00:57:51,816 --> 00:57:54,514 so that you could do the proper exploration 1191 00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:56,342 and the proper development. 1192 00:57:56,385 --> 00:57:59,563 And now we've come to post pandemic, two weeks. 1193 00:58:13,228 --> 00:58:15,404 - [Anna] I look like I have a butt again. 1194 00:58:15,448 --> 00:58:17,668 - You know what, you've always had a butt. 1195 00:58:18,582 --> 00:58:20,584 [Anna laughing] 1196 00:58:20,627 --> 00:58:24,413 In 2009 with the financial crisis, 1197 00:58:24,457 --> 00:58:28,330 we suddenly were asked to do shows in three weeks time, 1198 00:58:28,374 --> 00:58:30,419 which was way too fast. 1199 00:58:30,463 --> 00:58:33,466 But because we were also happy to continue working, 1200 00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:34,989 we made it happen. 1201 00:58:35,033 --> 00:58:36,164 And that's kind of become the norm now, 1202 00:58:36,208 --> 00:58:37,339 so that you get, you know, 1203 00:58:37,383 --> 00:58:38,863 you get where you can, 1204 00:58:38,906 --> 00:58:41,082 but it's not the same quality that we expect, 1205 00:58:41,126 --> 00:58:42,475 that we would prefer to do. 1206 00:58:49,177 --> 00:58:51,528 - [Anna] It looks so good, oh my God! 1207 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,054 - And now post pandemic, 1208 00:58:56,097 --> 00:58:57,577 when people have gotten a chance 1209 00:58:57,621 --> 00:59:02,626 to realize that they don't breathe costumes, 1210 00:59:05,454 --> 00:59:07,500 that there is a life to be done, 1211 00:59:09,154 --> 00:59:10,938 it's become a challenge. 1212 00:59:10,982 --> 00:59:13,506 There are a couple of days I've actually come in and said, 1213 00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:14,986 I'm just going to do my best today. 1214 00:59:15,029 --> 00:59:16,814 And that's all I can do. 1215 00:59:16,857 --> 00:59:19,730 And if I don't make a deadline, I'm gonna make a phone call. 1216 00:59:19,773 --> 00:59:21,296 Like, what else can I do? 1217 00:59:21,340 --> 00:59:22,733 - [Anna] You're a human being. 1218 00:59:22,776 --> 00:59:24,604 - And this is a collaborative process, 1219 00:59:24,648 --> 00:59:27,041 so we all have to bring what we can and do what we do. 1220 00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:35,746 - For me, I want to constantly remind people 1221 00:59:35,789 --> 00:59:37,617 that there are people who make these things. 1222 00:59:37,661 --> 00:59:39,706 There's no 13th floor at Macy's 1223 00:59:39,750 --> 00:59:43,449 that actually provides these costumes, so. 1224 00:59:43,492 --> 00:59:45,973 The Costume Industry Coalition represents 1225 00:59:46,017 --> 00:59:50,064 over 500 specialty artisans who are all out of work. 1226 00:59:50,108 --> 00:59:51,544 I'm gonna move around. 1227 00:59:51,588 --> 00:59:52,676 I feel like I should have a flag. 1228 00:59:52,719 --> 00:59:55,417 So we're walking, we're walking. 1229 00:59:55,461 --> 00:59:57,681 We have the painters and the pleaters, 1230 00:59:57,724 --> 01:00:00,727 the embroiders, the fabric printers. 1231 01:00:00,771 --> 01:00:03,948 And then we come around over here. 1232 01:00:03,991 --> 01:00:06,864 This is gonna be the "Wicked" section. 1233 01:00:06,907 --> 01:00:09,910 When we ended 2020, the coalition, 1234 01:00:09,954 --> 01:00:11,825 we were in a huge amount of collective debt, 1235 01:00:11,869 --> 01:00:13,914 and putting on an exhibition. 1236 01:00:13,958 --> 01:00:15,263 The hope is to, you know, 1237 01:00:15,307 --> 01:00:17,091 use it as a tool to raise money, 1238 01:00:17,135 --> 01:00:19,311 sell tickets, get people to understand. 1239 01:00:19,354 --> 01:00:24,011 From "Frozen", we're focusing on two Elsa pieces, 1240 01:00:24,055 --> 01:00:25,883 and then a muslin, 1241 01:00:25,926 --> 01:00:27,798 'cause this whole section is really about design to build. 1242 01:00:27,841 --> 01:00:30,148 So we're trying to show a little bit how we can take 1243 01:00:30,191 --> 01:00:32,585 a two dimensional and make it a three dimensional. 1244 01:00:32,629 --> 01:00:36,502 They have this abandoned Modell's in Times Square, 1245 01:00:36,545 --> 01:00:38,460 and they said, can you do anything with it? 1246 01:00:38,504 --> 01:00:40,027 And it's like, we're theater people. 1247 01:00:40,071 --> 01:00:41,812 Yes, of course we can put on a show. 1248 01:00:41,855 --> 01:00:43,291 We know how to do that. 1249 01:00:43,335 --> 01:00:45,380 There's gonna be a table here with a Bible, 1250 01:00:45,424 --> 01:00:47,339 and swatches, and everything that'll be here. 1251 01:00:47,382 --> 01:00:50,342 And then again, this is gonna be one of those infographics. 1252 01:00:50,385 --> 01:00:53,214 So anytime you see what's going on with the product, 1253 01:00:53,258 --> 01:00:55,869 you should see how it is being made. 1254 01:00:55,913 --> 01:00:57,044 If we pull this off, 1255 01:00:57,088 --> 01:00:58,959 it's gonna really position us 1256 01:00:59,003 --> 01:01:01,527 as members to survive this pandemic. 1257 01:01:02,659 --> 01:01:05,487 [emotional music] 1258 01:01:51,664 --> 01:01:54,058 - [Camerawoman] How does it feel to be back in here, Kevin? 1259 01:01:55,668 --> 01:01:57,061 - [Camerawoman] How does it feel to be back in the theater? 1260 01:02:27,961 --> 01:02:30,224 Alright, let the games begin. 1261 01:02:34,054 --> 01:02:37,362 - It feels surreal, but there's me! 1262 01:02:39,233 --> 01:02:42,584 I think weirder than seeing that photo of me, 1263 01:02:42,628 --> 01:02:43,977 'cause it's like a press shot. 1264 01:02:44,021 --> 01:02:45,500 It's Glinda. 1265 01:02:45,544 --> 01:02:46,893 It's like seeing my name next to it. 1266 01:02:47,981 --> 01:02:48,939 Like, whoa, 1267 01:02:48,982 --> 01:02:50,505 that's really me! 1268 01:02:50,549 --> 01:02:51,898 I'm walking to the rehearsal room, 1269 01:02:51,942 --> 01:02:53,770 and the theater's kind of dark, 1270 01:02:53,813 --> 01:02:57,469 but I love that everything's just a sensible shade of green. 1271 01:02:59,863 --> 01:03:01,734 So I can't go into my dressing room 1272 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:03,692 yet because of Covid protocols 1273 01:03:03,736 --> 01:03:05,956 and some cleanings that are happening. 1274 01:03:05,999 --> 01:03:10,090 So I've been loaned the Assistant Stage Manager's office, 1275 01:03:10,134 --> 01:03:13,833 where I am pumping with my portable LV pump, 1276 01:03:13,877 --> 01:03:16,618 and doing a little warmup. 1277 01:03:18,446 --> 01:03:19,970 Momming on the go. 1278 01:03:20,013 --> 01:03:22,363 This is what it's going to be like, it's crazy. 1279 01:03:23,495 --> 01:03:24,931 My letdown just happened. 1280 01:03:24,975 --> 01:03:27,716 This is our gorgeous rehearsal room. 1281 01:03:29,153 --> 01:03:30,632 Ugh, it feels so good to be back in here, 1282 01:03:30,676 --> 01:03:31,938 just doing a warm up. 1283 01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:34,680 This is the ride, y'all. 1284 01:03:34,723 --> 01:03:36,813 And usually the cast is down there below me, 1285 01:03:38,902 --> 01:03:40,512 and warming up their bodies or voices, 1286 01:03:40,555 --> 01:03:41,861 or getting into character. 1287 01:03:44,559 --> 01:03:48,172 I've got this sweet glow from the lights around, 1288 01:03:48,215 --> 01:03:50,000 and I get to spend, yeah, 1289 01:03:50,043 --> 01:03:52,872 a couple minutes up here before the show even starts. 1290 01:03:52,916 --> 01:03:54,918 Say a prayer, wiggle my toes in my shoes, 1291 01:03:54,961 --> 01:03:57,834 ground myself, center myself for a moment. 1292 01:03:57,877 --> 01:04:01,359 We're just three days out from opening, which is crazy. 1293 01:04:01,402 --> 01:04:02,664 We're ready, Mark! 1294 01:04:04,405 --> 01:04:07,495 - The Great White Way is back and it's blacker than ever 1295 01:04:07,539 --> 01:04:09,106 Broadway reopens this fall. 1296 01:04:09,149 --> 01:04:11,978 The best part is that seven of the new works 1297 01:04:12,022 --> 01:04:14,589 are penned and performed by black artists. 1298 01:04:14,633 --> 01:04:17,984 Up first, joining me now is Ruben Santiago-Hudson, 1299 01:04:18,028 --> 01:04:19,551 author, star, 1300 01:04:19,594 --> 01:04:20,944 and director of "Lackawanna Blues" 1301 01:04:20,987 --> 01:04:23,598 How thrilled are you by this, 1302 01:04:23,642 --> 01:04:27,080 by your participation in this historic moment for Broadway? 1303 01:04:27,124 --> 01:04:28,952 - Well first of all, thank you for having me. 1304 01:04:28,995 --> 01:04:31,476 But you know, we don't want this to be a flash in the pan, 1305 01:04:31,519 --> 01:04:33,391 a look, we tried kind of situation. 1306 01:04:33,434 --> 01:04:37,003 We want to get out and show the world the integrity, 1307 01:04:37,047 --> 01:04:38,396 the beauty, the disdain. 1308 01:04:38,439 --> 01:04:39,832 and joy, and anger, 1309 01:04:39,876 --> 01:04:41,790 and laughter of African American people, 1310 01:04:41,834 --> 01:04:43,749 BIPOC people all over this nation. 1311 01:04:43,792 --> 01:04:45,925 So for us to come out right now on Broadway 1312 01:04:45,969 --> 01:04:48,145 and really show the glory of who we are, 1313 01:04:48,188 --> 01:04:50,756 it's a great moment, but I want it to last. 1314 01:04:50,799 --> 01:04:52,540 I don't want it to be just a moment. 1315 01:04:52,584 --> 01:04:55,195 - Over the last 18 months, 1316 01:04:55,239 --> 01:04:57,937 there have been, I think, 1317 01:04:57,981 --> 01:04:59,808 a lot of lessons learned, 1318 01:04:59,852 --> 01:05:04,726 and a lot of lessons that will continue to be learned. 1319 01:05:05,814 --> 01:05:07,207 And until we learn that lesson, 1320 01:05:07,251 --> 01:05:08,730 we have to recycle, and re-circle, 1321 01:05:08,774 --> 01:05:10,210 and learn it again. 1322 01:05:14,475 --> 01:05:18,175 - [Air Hostess] Good afternoon and welcome to New York's LaGuardia Airport. 1323 01:05:19,872 --> 01:05:24,877 - Yes, theater can be a healing form for many. 1324 01:05:26,313 --> 01:05:27,184 We're here, and it's the first day of tech. 1325 01:05:28,968 --> 01:05:33,103 But if it doesn't include everyone and respect everyone, 1326 01:05:35,061 --> 01:05:40,066 then it won't be that healing force that it claims to be. 1327 01:05:44,462 --> 01:05:46,594 - [Director] Okay folks, can we circle up? 1328 01:05:46,638 --> 01:05:48,422 - [Lynn] I just wanted to bring everyone together 1329 01:05:48,466 --> 01:05:50,207 who's involved with The Watering Hole. 1330 01:05:50,250 --> 01:05:51,948 This ritual is something that I 1331 01:05:51,991 --> 01:05:53,819 always do whenever I have a show. 1332 01:05:53,862 --> 01:05:57,475 It's just acknowledging the continuity of what we do, 1333 01:05:57,518 --> 01:06:00,260 and of putting stories into the world, 1334 01:06:00,304 --> 01:06:01,783 which are super important. 1335 01:06:01,827 --> 01:06:03,350 And I feel like now more than ever, 1336 01:06:03,394 --> 01:06:05,222 as we're coming out of Covid, 1337 01:06:05,265 --> 01:06:08,616 we're going to really need our storytellers to be present, 1338 01:06:08,660 --> 01:06:10,444 to reflect back on what has happened, 1339 01:06:10,488 --> 01:06:12,577 and also to project into the future 1340 01:06:12,620 --> 01:06:16,015 and help shape what I feel needs to be a much better world. 1341 01:06:16,059 --> 01:06:19,497 And with that, theater commences again. 1342 01:06:19,540 --> 01:06:22,282 [crowd cheering] 1343 01:06:32,075 --> 01:06:32,901 - Hi! 1344 01:06:32,945 --> 01:06:34,425 - You good? 1345 01:06:34,468 --> 01:06:35,426 You're good. 1346 01:06:35,469 --> 01:06:36,644 - Yes, thank you. 1347 01:06:36,688 --> 01:06:37,732 Yes, tell me, don't ask. 1348 01:06:37,776 --> 01:06:38,733 Yeah, just tell me. 1349 01:06:38,777 --> 01:06:40,561 Tell me we're good. 1350 01:06:40,605 --> 01:06:42,259 We'll go round in the circle and I'll talk last. 1351 01:06:42,302 --> 01:06:44,087 I'll talk very last. 1352 01:06:44,130 --> 01:06:47,742 [crowd applauding] 1353 01:06:47,786 --> 01:06:51,094 - It is extremely moving to stand up before this community 1354 01:06:51,137 --> 01:06:54,923 of people to welcome you back into a rehearsal room, 1355 01:06:54,967 --> 01:06:59,972 into creation after we literally have survived a plague. 1356 01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:02,931 We have this beautiful play, 1357 01:07:02,975 --> 01:07:06,979 transcendent play written by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu. 1358 01:07:12,028 --> 01:07:16,684 And I will pass it on to the genius herself, Antoinette. 1359 01:07:20,558 --> 01:07:23,778 - In typical Nwandu-Taymor fashion, 1360 01:07:23,822 --> 01:07:26,738 I actually changed what we're gonna do without telling you. 1361 01:07:26,781 --> 01:07:29,610 So now everybody's gonna say who you are, 1362 01:07:29,654 --> 01:07:31,612 and then I'm gonna talk last. 1363 01:07:39,925 --> 01:07:41,100 [crowd cheering] 1364 01:07:41,144 --> 01:07:43,059 - Okay, okay, okay, okay. 1365 01:07:43,102 --> 01:07:46,105 Blythe invented the NBA bubble. 1366 01:07:46,149 --> 01:07:50,805 Bow down, bow down, bow down, bow down. 1367 01:07:50,849 --> 01:07:52,459 - Belau Benjamin, part of the BIPOC team 1368 01:07:52,503 --> 01:07:54,113 with Realman Productions. 1369 01:07:54,157 --> 01:07:56,289 - Tony Entrial, Realman Productions. 1370 01:07:56,333 --> 01:07:58,335 BIPOC Marketing and Press. 1371 01:07:58,378 --> 01:07:59,771 - Woo, what's that? 1372 01:07:59,814 --> 01:08:00,946 BIPOC Marketing? 1373 01:08:00,989 --> 01:08:02,121 Oh shit! 1374 01:08:02,165 --> 01:08:04,254 Oh shit! 1375 01:08:04,297 --> 01:08:05,603 There we go! 1376 01:08:05,646 --> 01:08:06,865 My God. 1377 01:08:07,779 --> 01:08:09,302 My God. 1378 01:08:09,346 --> 01:08:10,869 I say to each of you, 1379 01:08:10,912 --> 01:08:12,697 bring your A game, and your A game, 1380 01:08:12,740 --> 01:08:15,439 and your A game, and your A game. 1381 01:08:15,482 --> 01:08:17,223 And I say to each of you, 1382 01:08:17,267 --> 01:08:19,486 I don't care if we win any awards. 1383 01:08:20,487 --> 01:08:21,619 Close your ears, Matt. 1384 01:08:21,662 --> 01:08:23,055 I don't care if we recoup. 1385 01:08:24,012 --> 01:08:25,623 We are the healers. 1386 01:08:25,666 --> 01:08:28,104 We are here to heal our people, 1387 01:08:28,147 --> 01:08:30,976 so that they can go out and save the fucking world. 1388 01:08:31,019 --> 01:08:32,151 Let's go, let's get into it. 1389 01:08:32,195 --> 01:08:33,152 Amen, I love you. 1390 01:08:33,196 --> 01:08:34,806 I love you, I love you. 1391 01:08:34,849 --> 01:08:37,852 [audience clapping] 1392 01:08:46,557 --> 01:08:49,647 [audience cheering] 1393 01:08:56,262 --> 01:08:58,960 - I added a little cushion. 1394 01:08:59,004 --> 01:09:00,310 It's a little thin. 1395 01:09:00,353 --> 01:09:01,528 This has grown a little since 1396 01:09:01,572 --> 01:09:03,095 the last time I played the show, 1397 01:09:03,139 --> 01:09:05,010 so I'm trying to maximize my space. 1398 01:09:07,578 --> 01:09:12,583 - On behalf of our entire company, our whole production, 1399 01:09:14,019 --> 01:09:15,063 welcome to our "Waitress" family, 1400 01:09:16,543 --> 01:09:18,284 and we just wanted to share with you 1401 01:09:18,328 --> 01:09:22,680 how deeply we are holding Nick in our hearts. 1402 01:09:24,116 --> 01:09:25,900 - Thanks guys, thank you so much. 1403 01:09:25,944 --> 01:09:29,556 Thank you for all the love and support that came our way, 1404 01:09:30,644 --> 01:09:32,385 you know, during his fight. 1405 01:09:32,429 --> 01:09:35,475 It meant the world to me, it seriously did. 1406 01:09:35,519 --> 01:09:37,999 And I know it would've met the world to Nick too. 1407 01:09:38,043 --> 01:09:40,001 You know, he loved you guys. 1408 01:09:40,045 --> 01:09:42,613 I can't wait to be here for opening night. 1409 01:09:42,656 --> 01:09:44,702 - We are so happy you're gonna join. 1410 01:09:44,745 --> 01:09:46,312 - I will bawl the whole time. 1411 01:09:46,356 --> 01:09:47,922 [laughs quickly] 1412 01:09:47,966 --> 01:09:49,489 - Actually, we all have been talking. 1413 01:09:49,533 --> 01:09:52,231 How are we even gonna get through this show? 1414 01:09:52,275 --> 01:09:54,233 You have been on our hearts, 1415 01:09:54,277 --> 01:09:55,800 and we wanted to do something 1416 01:09:55,843 --> 01:09:58,237 specifically to keep Nick inside, 1417 01:09:58,281 --> 01:09:59,847 baked into this production. 1418 01:09:59,891 --> 01:10:02,850 And our master baker here, Jessie Nelson, 1419 01:10:02,894 --> 01:10:05,113 had a beautiful idea for how to do that. 1420 01:10:05,157 --> 01:10:08,073 - We got the idea to name a pie for Nick, 1421 01:10:08,116 --> 01:10:09,640 and we're gonna show it to you, 1422 01:10:09,683 --> 01:10:14,645 but it's a big old slice of 'Live Your Life' pie. 1423 01:10:15,559 --> 01:10:16,690 - That's amazing. 1424 01:10:19,519 --> 01:10:22,914 - That will be in every production, in every country, 1425 01:10:22,957 --> 01:10:24,481 in every state, forever. 1426 01:10:24,524 --> 01:10:26,091 - [Director] Across the tour, all over America. 1427 01:10:26,134 --> 01:10:27,614 - Oh my gosh, that's so awesome you guys. 1428 01:10:27,658 --> 01:10:29,181 He would just, you know, 1429 01:10:29,225 --> 01:10:31,270 he would be thrilled, you guys know Nick. 1430 01:10:31,314 --> 01:10:33,054 He would just be like, what? 1431 01:10:33,098 --> 01:10:35,013 [cast laughing] 1432 01:10:35,056 --> 01:10:38,234 Thank you so much. 1433 01:10:38,277 --> 01:10:39,583 Congratulations. 1434 01:10:43,151 --> 01:10:45,980 [emotional music] 1435 01:10:50,507 --> 01:10:51,334 - Oh, fabulous, this is super - how are ya? 1436 01:10:54,641 --> 01:10:56,817 We just have to do a quick piece right here. 1437 01:10:56,861 --> 01:10:58,558 Here we are in the world of "Wicked". 1438 01:10:58,602 --> 01:11:00,995 This is very exciting. 1439 01:11:01,039 --> 01:11:02,954 I'm Richard Ridge for Broadway World. 1440 01:11:02,997 --> 01:11:04,738 As Broadway gets ready to open up, 1441 01:11:04,782 --> 01:11:06,610 I'm in the heart of Times Square to bring you 1442 01:11:06,653 --> 01:11:08,438 a sneak peek at the brand new 1443 01:11:08,481 --> 01:11:11,441 interactive exhibition called Show Stoppers. 1444 01:11:11,484 --> 01:11:13,269 Look at the fabrics on this. 1445 01:11:14,748 --> 01:11:16,489 I bet Harry Potter's over here. 1446 01:11:18,491 --> 01:11:19,840 Really sensational. 1447 01:11:19,884 --> 01:11:22,278 Oh, this is Tricorn. 1448 01:11:22,321 --> 01:11:23,975 This is fabulous, this is great. 1449 01:11:24,018 --> 01:11:25,759 I'm like hyperventilating. 1450 01:11:25,803 --> 01:11:27,892 - Because I had the background in off-Broadway theater, 1451 01:11:27,935 --> 01:11:29,850 I knew that we could put on a show. 1452 01:11:29,894 --> 01:11:32,636 We did something in three and a half months 1453 01:11:32,679 --> 01:11:34,725 that they normally do in two years. 1454 01:11:34,768 --> 01:11:36,292 - This is what you do. 1455 01:11:36,335 --> 01:11:37,771 - This is what we do, we roll up our sleeves. 1456 01:11:37,815 --> 01:11:39,295 That's what we do. 1457 01:11:39,338 --> 01:11:40,818 We roll our sleeves and make things happen. 1458 01:11:40,861 --> 01:11:42,298 - Well, you made magic happen here. 1459 01:11:42,341 --> 01:11:44,648 This is really spectacular, beyond. 1460 01:11:46,737 --> 01:11:49,087 - The very big moment for the city's reopening as 1461 01:11:49,130 --> 01:11:52,569 the first new play in over a year finally raises its curtains. 1462 01:11:52,612 --> 01:11:54,658 But the concerns over the Delta variant 1463 01:11:54,701 --> 01:11:55,833 are still in everyone's minds. 1464 01:11:55,876 --> 01:11:57,400 - Right now, there is concern 1465 01:11:57,443 --> 01:11:58,575 about the growing number of Covid's 1466 01:11:58,618 --> 01:12:00,228 Delta variant here in the city. 1467 01:12:00,272 --> 01:12:02,361 Delta spreads as easily as chickenpox, 1468 01:12:02,405 --> 01:12:04,798 in that it's being spread by vaccinated people 1469 01:12:04,842 --> 01:12:06,974 as much as unvaccinated people. 1470 01:12:08,889 --> 01:12:12,371 - I wanna run the scenarios for if 1471 01:12:12,415 --> 01:12:15,374 there are positive cases on our next upcoming show. 1472 01:12:15,418 --> 01:12:19,073 I'm a little concerned we have not enough understudies. 1473 01:12:20,161 --> 01:12:22,120 This is our PCR negative. 1474 01:12:22,163 --> 01:12:23,991 You've got a green light to come in. 1475 01:12:24,905 --> 01:12:27,081 Rapid antigen negative. 1476 01:12:28,169 --> 01:12:30,650 Rapid antigen positive. 1477 01:12:30,694 --> 01:12:34,480 Exposed, we call this getting yellow carded, 1478 01:12:34,524 --> 01:12:36,439 which is a language, once we, 1479 01:12:36,482 --> 01:12:38,136 when we do this with the cast, 1480 01:12:38,179 --> 01:12:39,398 when we say like, you know, 1481 01:12:39,442 --> 01:12:40,965 sorry, you got a yellow card. 1482 01:12:41,008 --> 01:12:43,402 They know that that means like caution. 1483 01:12:44,272 --> 01:12:45,230 Yeah. 1484 01:12:45,273 --> 01:12:46,884 And then PCR positive. 1485 01:12:46,927 --> 01:12:48,407 - Everyone loves what we do. 1486 01:12:48,451 --> 01:12:50,627 They have taken every precaution. 1487 01:12:50,670 --> 01:12:52,759 They don't go to indoor to restaurants anymore. 1488 01:12:52,803 --> 01:12:56,720 They don't visit any unvaccinated friends, family. 1489 01:12:56,763 --> 01:13:00,767 They are investing in having a job. 1490 01:13:16,217 --> 01:13:17,654 - [Pamela] The most important thing that we've learned 1491 01:13:17,697 --> 01:13:19,482 about coming back after Covid 1492 01:13:19,525 --> 01:13:21,397 is that science can lead the way. 1493 01:13:23,050 --> 01:13:25,966 - When we see the community burden increase, 1494 01:13:26,010 --> 01:13:29,883 we respond by increasing the frequency of PCR tests. 1495 01:13:31,624 --> 01:13:34,975 It's been incredibly encouraging to watch the cast, 1496 01:13:35,019 --> 01:13:37,935 and the crew, and creatives work together, 1497 01:13:37,978 --> 01:13:41,504 and test regularly, and wear masks. 1498 01:13:41,547 --> 01:13:43,897 And I'm just so proud to see them go 1499 01:13:43,941 --> 01:13:47,814 from rehearsal to opening night safely. 1500 01:13:47,858 --> 01:13:50,687 [emotional music] 1501 01:13:56,083 --> 01:14:00,958 - Today is September 14th, zero days till opening. 1502 01:14:02,350 --> 01:14:03,351 I just woke up. 1503 01:14:04,744 --> 01:14:06,529 I was up really early with the baby, 1504 01:14:06,572 --> 01:14:08,487 but I went back to sleep for a little while because, 1505 01:14:08,531 --> 01:14:12,317 God bless my husband, he let me get a few extra hours in. 1506 01:14:19,542 --> 01:14:21,282 Good morning baby! Good morning, Cooper! 1507 01:14:23,589 --> 01:14:24,808 There it is! 1508 01:14:24,851 --> 01:14:27,071 It's good to see you, isn't it? 1509 01:14:30,683 --> 01:14:33,469 A gal who previously played Elphaba, 1510 01:14:33,512 --> 01:14:35,296 her name is Hannah Corneau, 1511 01:14:35,340 --> 01:14:38,691 she gave me this necklace that says Coop on it. 1512 01:14:38,735 --> 01:14:43,261 So I feel like I get to take him with me to Manhattan, 1513 01:14:43,304 --> 01:14:45,132 which is really sweet. 1514 01:14:45,176 --> 01:14:46,960 Be a good boy, I love you. 1515 01:14:58,929 --> 01:15:00,365 - This is a New York train. 1516 01:15:00,408 --> 01:15:03,063 Orange at the next stop, Orange. 1517 01:15:03,107 --> 01:15:05,326 - It's gonna be something to navigate. 1518 01:15:05,370 --> 01:15:07,241 I think it's gonna take every ounce 1519 01:15:07,285 --> 01:15:11,289 of my mental strength to sort of center myself 1520 01:15:11,332 --> 01:15:14,074 and shut out everything else that's going on, 1521 01:15:14,118 --> 01:15:16,642 and think about the story that we get to tell. 1522 01:15:26,696 --> 01:15:28,436 - And this will be my first time 1523 01:15:28,480 --> 01:15:31,788 wearing an actual white shirt in a long time. 1524 01:15:31,831 --> 01:15:33,006 We'll see, you know, 1525 01:15:33,050 --> 01:15:34,573 and even right now, 1526 01:15:34,617 --> 01:15:37,968 there's still another variant of Covid around. 1527 01:15:38,011 --> 01:15:40,971 But you know, I'm gonna wear my mask, 1528 01:15:41,014 --> 01:15:43,756 and the way I feel in my spirit is, 1529 01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:45,845 you know, something that needs to be done. 1530 01:15:45,889 --> 01:15:48,892 Like, somebody's got to do something. 1531 01:15:48,935 --> 01:15:51,024 And even if that's my little part 1532 01:15:51,068 --> 01:15:53,505 to add back into the community, 1533 01:15:53,549 --> 01:15:56,334 to give a positive token or a positive offer, 1534 01:15:56,377 --> 01:15:57,944 then I guess this is it. 1535 01:15:57,988 --> 01:16:01,034 My white shirt and my plain black pants. 1536 01:16:02,470 --> 01:16:04,298 And I'm guessing a smile will go with it too. 1537 01:16:04,342 --> 01:16:06,039 Hello folks, good morning. 1538 01:16:06,083 --> 01:16:07,911 I'm so sorry to, hello? 1539 01:16:07,954 --> 01:16:08,781 Hello? 1540 01:16:10,566 --> 01:16:15,179 I'm actually going back to work to usher on Broadway today. 1541 01:16:15,222 --> 01:16:17,529 I haven't been, ooh, 1542 01:16:18,965 --> 01:16:21,446 I haven't been back to work since I left. 1543 01:16:21,489 --> 01:16:25,406 You know, when I caught Covid and I had to be, 1544 01:16:25,450 --> 01:16:28,714 ooh, I had to be admitted to the hospital, 1545 01:16:28,758 --> 01:16:33,458 and this will be my first shift back, period. 1546 01:16:33,501 --> 01:16:36,243 And if y'all could just pray for me and lift me, 1547 01:16:36,287 --> 01:16:38,550 'cause you know I can't do it without prayer. 1548 01:16:40,726 --> 01:16:42,554 - [Priest] Father God, in the name of Jesus, 1549 01:16:42,598 --> 01:16:45,470 we thank you for your goodness and your mercy. 1550 01:16:45,513 --> 01:16:48,081 We thank you for watching over him right now, 1551 01:16:48,125 --> 01:16:49,953 for covering him. 1552 01:16:49,996 --> 01:16:52,477 We thank you for covering him with the blood of Jesus, 1553 01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:55,959 from the top of his head to the sole of his feet. 1554 01:16:56,002 --> 01:16:58,962 We ask that wherever his feet shall tread, 1555 01:16:59,005 --> 01:17:00,790 that you bless him. 1556 01:17:00,833 --> 01:17:03,967 Whatever his hand touch, may they be blessed as well. 1557 01:17:05,882 --> 01:17:09,625 - [Peter] Thank you so much for that, thank you. 1558 01:17:09,668 --> 01:17:12,671 - [Priest] God did not give you the spirit of fear, 1559 01:17:12,715 --> 01:17:15,413 but he gave you power, he gave you love, 1560 01:17:15,456 --> 01:17:18,242 and he gave you a sound mind. 1561 01:17:18,285 --> 01:17:21,637 May the blessings of God overtake you today. 1562 01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:23,551 In Jesus' mighty name. 1563 01:17:30,646 --> 01:17:32,082 - What you growling for, huh? 1564 01:17:33,910 --> 01:17:34,737 Huh? 1565 01:17:35,825 --> 01:17:38,218 Give me kiss, give me kiss. 1566 01:17:38,262 --> 01:17:39,655 You're not gonna gimme a kiss now? 1567 01:17:39,698 --> 01:17:40,481 Okay. 1568 01:17:48,402 --> 01:17:50,056 I don't think I'm mentally prepared 1569 01:17:50,100 --> 01:17:52,232 for everybody asking questions as to what happened. 1570 01:17:52,276 --> 01:17:54,757 I never was like, you know, 1571 01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:56,715 nervous going to work before. 1572 01:18:00,197 --> 01:18:01,981 Not like I don't know everybody. 1573 01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:14,994 - [Ernie] Now if I have to break 1574 01:18:15,038 --> 01:18:17,475 my foot off into somebody's ass-- 1575 01:18:19,346 --> 01:18:21,479 - I can actually take off my foot and leave it in there. 1576 01:18:21,522 --> 01:18:23,960 [giggles quickly] 1577 01:18:24,003 --> 01:18:25,526 Sweep your hair over everything. 1578 01:18:27,964 --> 01:18:28,834 You gonna miss me? 1579 01:18:29,966 --> 01:18:30,967 I'm gonna miss you. 1580 01:18:49,637 --> 01:18:53,032 - What you huffing for? 1581 01:18:53,076 --> 01:18:56,079 Like where you going so early? 1582 01:18:56,122 --> 01:18:57,733 I know! 1583 01:18:57,776 --> 01:18:59,517 I know, honey, I know. 1584 01:19:02,389 --> 01:19:03,608 [dog barking] 1585 01:19:03,651 --> 01:19:05,044 Okay baby, okay. 1586 01:19:08,395 --> 01:19:10,876 [dog barking] 1587 01:19:18,231 --> 01:19:19,537 - $11 a stem. 1588 01:19:21,582 --> 01:19:22,801 - Wait, $11 a stem? 1589 01:19:22,845 --> 01:19:24,760 - Work! 1590 01:19:24,803 --> 01:19:28,328 Well, I kept thinking that it's gonna be like petals, 1591 01:19:28,372 --> 01:19:30,113 like her dress, right? 1592 01:19:30,156 --> 01:19:34,204 Like these, and these, 1593 01:19:34,247 --> 01:19:37,468 and those, and the lillies, 1594 01:19:37,511 --> 01:19:42,125 and then delphiniums coming up around, 1595 01:19:42,168 --> 01:19:43,648 and then like, I don't know. 1596 01:19:43,691 --> 01:19:45,519 Just like... 1597 01:19:45,563 --> 01:19:48,131 - Are you thinking like somewhat circular, like her enclosure? 1598 01:19:48,174 --> 01:19:51,917 - Yes. [laughs quietly] 1599 01:19:51,961 --> 01:19:54,267 When Broadway started to make all 1600 01:19:54,311 --> 01:19:56,095 the announcements that they were coming back, 1601 01:19:56,139 --> 01:19:57,401 it was, I don't know. 1602 01:19:57,444 --> 01:19:58,794 It was triggering for me. 1603 01:20:00,230 --> 01:20:02,493 I just had like a really good cry, 1604 01:20:02,536 --> 01:20:06,105 just 'cause I was like, I don't know if I'm, 1605 01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:07,846 am I still a part of this world, am I - 1606 01:20:08,934 --> 01:20:11,110 I miss the world so much. 1607 01:20:11,154 --> 01:20:13,286 You know, I miss the dressing room, 1608 01:20:13,330 --> 01:20:14,853 and the people that work in the Broadway 1609 01:20:14,897 --> 01:20:18,814 community are just so insanely special. 1610 01:20:18,857 --> 01:20:21,294 I mean, I definitely want the-- 1611 01:20:21,338 --> 01:20:22,687 - What happens if it went? 1612 01:20:25,255 --> 01:20:26,386 - Wow, yeah. 1613 01:20:26,430 --> 01:20:28,867 That's really a moment, yeah. 1614 01:20:28,911 --> 01:20:30,390 - To Ginna Claire. 1615 01:20:31,565 --> 01:20:33,089 - Okay, yes. 1616 01:20:34,394 --> 01:20:36,614 And the card says, 1617 01:20:38,050 --> 01:20:39,356 'It's good to see you, isn't it?' 1618 01:20:41,010 --> 01:20:41,837 - Cute. 1619 01:20:43,055 --> 01:20:45,666 [upbeat music] 1620 01:20:50,280 --> 01:20:51,324 Many, many different. 1621 01:20:52,891 --> 01:20:53,805 All heading out. 1622 01:20:55,502 --> 01:20:59,637 - [Worker] Very graceful takeout. Yeah. We'll do this. 1623 01:21:28,971 --> 01:21:30,842 - [Al] Last night we picked up two shows. 1624 01:21:30,886 --> 01:21:33,366 We picked up "Hamilton" and we picked up "Hadestown". 1625 01:21:34,454 --> 01:21:36,326 Shows are starting to open. 1626 01:21:36,369 --> 01:21:40,112 Shows that are not opening yet are starting to clean. 1627 01:21:54,866 --> 01:21:55,954 - Hey Al, Kevin, 1628 01:21:55,998 --> 01:21:57,347 I just wanted to thank you for 1629 01:21:57,390 --> 01:22:01,220 your lovely email and your text. 1630 01:22:01,264 --> 01:22:02,743 Can't wait to see you. 1631 01:22:02,787 --> 01:22:04,049 And as you know, it's our first preview, 1632 01:22:04,093 --> 01:22:06,138 so thank you for thinking of me, 1633 01:22:06,182 --> 01:22:08,358 and we'll talk soon and often. 1634 01:22:08,401 --> 01:22:09,359 All right. 1635 01:22:09,402 --> 01:22:10,795 Thanks buddy, bye. 1636 01:22:10,838 --> 01:22:11,970 Big fan. 1637 01:22:12,014 --> 01:22:13,319 I was born and raised in Hawaii, 1638 01:22:13,363 --> 01:22:16,670 so I am a huge fan of Sushi, 1639 01:22:16,714 --> 01:22:21,588 and tonight I'm splurging because it's the first preview, 1640 01:22:23,025 --> 01:22:25,418 and this is all very technical, 1641 01:22:25,462 --> 01:22:27,072 and the the key is not to get 1642 01:22:27,116 --> 01:22:30,554 soy sauce on your preview outfit. 1643 01:22:34,558 --> 01:22:35,689 Hmm, right. 1644 01:22:37,517 --> 01:22:39,650 - Being away from your home for over a year and a half. 1645 01:22:39,693 --> 01:22:40,825 You would want to go home, 1646 01:22:40,868 --> 01:22:42,218 you would want to go back home, 1647 01:22:43,828 --> 01:22:45,308 and I want to go back home, 1648 01:22:45,351 --> 01:22:49,486 and I want to be with my Broadway family again. 1649 01:22:49,529 --> 01:22:52,184 [cast cheering] 1650 01:23:01,889 --> 01:23:04,066 - [Cast Member 1] Love you so much. 1651 01:23:04,109 --> 01:23:08,331 - [Cast Member In Hoodie] Uncle Ernie, what's good? 1652 01:23:08,374 --> 01:23:09,680 So good to see you. 1653 01:23:09,723 --> 01:23:12,117 - [Ernie] I had to show up today 1654 01:23:12,161 --> 01:23:14,641 'cause I missed the hell out of you guys. 1655 01:23:14,685 --> 01:23:18,036 It's been a long, long layoff, 1656 01:23:20,169 --> 01:23:24,173 and I'm just very fortunate that, 1657 01:23:32,094 --> 01:23:36,185 I'm fortunate that I'm able to come back to work, 1658 01:23:37,925 --> 01:23:39,405 to be with you guys. 1659 01:23:39,449 --> 01:23:44,454 It was a very scary time for me and my wife. 1660 01:23:49,633 --> 01:23:51,113 Just a very scary time, man. 1661 01:23:53,637 --> 01:23:56,248 Forgive me for being emotional about it. 1662 01:23:56,292 --> 01:23:57,902 - [Cast Member 1] We love emotions! We love you! All we have are our emotions! 1663 01:23:57,945 --> 01:24:00,774 [cast muttering] 1664 01:24:06,258 --> 01:24:09,000 - Yeah, it's just one of the things 1665 01:24:09,044 --> 01:24:10,828 that really kept me going was 1666 01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:17,574 the outpouring of love from the Broadway community. 1667 01:24:17,617 --> 01:24:18,488 I'm here! 1668 01:24:18,531 --> 01:24:21,186 [cast cheering] 1669 01:24:23,928 --> 01:24:25,060 - [Cast Member 1] And we're here for you. 1670 01:24:25,103 --> 01:24:26,800 Yeah, we're still here for you. 1671 01:24:26,844 --> 01:24:28,324 - [Ernie] I'm amongst friends, 1672 01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:31,196 and I just want you guys to know 1673 01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:33,024 that I love you from the bottom of my heart. 1674 01:24:33,068 --> 01:24:34,895 I really do. We love you! 1675 01:24:34,939 --> 01:24:38,073 It's all your time, but I'll take a hug from all you guys. 1676 01:24:42,990 --> 01:24:45,776 - Tonight, "Hadestown" is reopening on Broadway. 1677 01:24:47,604 --> 01:24:51,869 This is the first time I'll be attending one of my shows 1678 01:24:53,349 --> 01:24:54,785 without my husband Terrence McNally. 1679 01:24:54,828 --> 01:24:57,353 Needless to say, it's surreal, 1680 01:24:57,396 --> 01:25:00,573 and a really mixed, emotional day for me. 1681 01:25:00,617 --> 01:25:03,315 Thank you, Terrence would love these. 1682 01:25:03,359 --> 01:25:04,925 They're just really beautiful. 1683 01:25:04,969 --> 01:25:05,796 - Take care! 1684 01:25:05,839 --> 01:25:07,319 - Thank you! 1685 01:25:07,363 --> 01:25:09,539 Unfortunately, because of the storm last night, 1686 01:25:09,582 --> 01:25:11,671 the florist didn't have white tulips, 1687 01:25:11,715 --> 01:25:14,326 but I had them make an arrangement 1688 01:25:14,370 --> 01:25:18,156 of just gorgeous white flowers to fill the apartment up, 1689 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:19,940 and bring him close to me. 1690 01:25:21,377 --> 01:25:23,553 I'm wearing the shirt that I wore 1691 01:25:23,596 --> 01:25:26,121 to the opening on Broadway. 1692 01:25:26,164 --> 01:25:28,166 The good news is it still fits. 1693 01:25:28,210 --> 01:25:31,169 So even though I've put on weight during Covid, 1694 01:25:31,213 --> 01:25:34,216 it's less awful than I thought. 1695 01:25:34,259 --> 01:25:37,610 But the big decision now is shoes. 1696 01:25:37,654 --> 01:25:39,482 These are the tough decisions 1697 01:25:39,525 --> 01:25:41,832 a producer has to make on a reopening. 1698 01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:45,227 I think I'm gonna go with these. 1699 01:25:45,270 --> 01:25:48,143 I'm going with the new shoes. 1700 01:25:48,186 --> 01:25:49,666 Yeah. 1701 01:25:49,709 --> 01:25:54,018 You know, the shirt is the nod to history. 1702 01:25:55,411 --> 01:25:58,718 The shoes will be the nod to the future. 1703 01:25:58,762 --> 01:26:01,417 [hopeful music] 1704 01:26:19,261 --> 01:26:21,263 - [Adam] As far as going back to Broadway, 1705 01:26:21,306 --> 01:26:23,395 I mean, there might be a couple more shows in me, 1706 01:26:23,439 --> 01:26:24,962 or I might be done. 1707 01:26:26,442 --> 01:26:28,139 I just will forever be a creative. 1708 01:26:28,183 --> 01:26:29,967 I've just realized that, 1709 01:26:30,010 --> 01:26:32,796 like I just have to be creative in whatever I do. 1710 01:26:34,798 --> 01:26:39,411 - I got my garden fresh items and my Binax Now. 1711 01:26:40,847 --> 01:26:41,979 This would be a good time to do 1712 01:26:42,022 --> 01:26:43,372 a little light reading actually. 1713 01:26:45,200 --> 01:26:46,026 Negative! 1714 01:26:54,165 --> 01:26:56,733 [loud humming] 1715 01:27:01,433 --> 01:27:02,826 - [Ginna] Glinda macaroons! 1716 01:27:04,349 --> 01:27:05,263 Oh my gosh! Wow. Can I get a box? 1717 01:27:09,746 --> 01:27:12,183 Oh my gosh, this is stunning. 1718 01:27:27,416 --> 01:27:28,243 - Opening up. 1719 01:27:37,556 --> 01:27:39,254 Belly of the Beast. 1720 01:27:39,297 --> 01:27:40,124 Costume. 1721 01:27:42,213 --> 01:27:43,170 Happy opening! 1722 01:27:46,826 --> 01:27:48,698 Happy opening! 1723 01:27:48,741 --> 01:27:50,787 Happy opening, everybody! 1724 01:27:52,832 --> 01:27:53,659 Let's do this. 1725 01:28:00,231 --> 01:28:02,451 - As we prepare to reopen, 1726 01:28:03,539 --> 01:28:05,062 we're experiencing a rebirth, 1727 01:28:05,105 --> 01:28:06,585 and it's like spring. 1728 01:28:06,629 --> 01:28:09,109 There's an awakening that's happening, 1729 01:28:09,153 --> 01:28:10,981 and it's just beautiful. 1730 01:28:11,024 --> 01:28:15,812 It's so much about how we can treat each other better. 1731 01:28:17,379 --> 01:28:18,336 Have a good night, sir. 1732 01:28:18,380 --> 01:28:19,206 Appreciate it. 1733 01:28:20,947 --> 01:28:25,212 Everybody across the globe, we've all been through so much. 1734 01:28:26,518 --> 01:28:28,041 I went through a specific form of trauma 1735 01:28:28,085 --> 01:28:30,435 at the beginning of the quarantine. 1736 01:28:30,479 --> 01:28:32,568 You're such a rock star. 1737 01:28:32,611 --> 01:28:34,439 But, you know, 1738 01:28:34,483 --> 01:28:37,660 there are nearly 200 people who work on a production. 1739 01:28:37,703 --> 01:28:41,838 Each individual has a story of redemption, 1740 01:28:41,881 --> 01:28:44,231 and hope, and anxiety. 1741 01:28:44,275 --> 01:28:46,799 Hello, picking up for Kirdahy. 1742 01:28:46,843 --> 01:28:48,018 - [Shirley] You have four tickets? 1743 01:28:48,061 --> 01:28:49,889 - That's me. 1744 01:28:49,933 --> 01:28:52,936 And I genuinely believe that we are part of an art form 1745 01:28:52,979 --> 01:28:56,243 and part of an industry that is not going anywhere. 1746 01:28:56,287 --> 01:28:57,810 - Stage Manager's here, 1747 01:28:57,854 --> 01:28:59,682 they're waiting for us to get off stage 1748 01:28:59,725 --> 01:29:01,510 so they can actually open the house at seven o'clock, 1749 01:29:01,553 --> 01:29:04,426 an hour before the show because now we have Covid protocols. 1750 01:29:04,469 --> 01:29:06,297 - [Tom] Thank you, how are you guys holding up? 1751 01:29:06,341 --> 01:29:08,125 - [Shirley] Good, so excited to be back. 1752 01:29:08,168 --> 01:29:09,082 - [Tom] Thank you. 1753 01:29:10,170 --> 01:29:11,476 Shirley, thanks for everything. 1754 01:29:11,520 --> 01:29:12,564 See you tonight! 1755 01:29:15,654 --> 01:29:17,439 - T-shirt! 1756 01:29:17,482 --> 01:29:19,049 To commemorate this day. 1757 01:29:19,092 --> 01:29:21,399 September 2nd, 2021. 1758 01:29:21,443 --> 01:29:22,400 Broadway reopening. 1759 01:29:22,444 --> 01:29:25,011 - Yay, it's opening! 1760 01:29:37,589 --> 01:29:40,070 - [Six Boss] What's so emotional about "Six" 1761 01:29:40,113 --> 01:29:43,726 is that it didn't become the last show to open. 1762 01:29:45,815 --> 01:29:48,426 It became the show that wasn't allowed to open. 1763 01:29:51,473 --> 01:29:53,649 We were the show that was ready to go. 1764 01:29:55,128 --> 01:29:57,000 To then finally be allowed to open, 1765 01:29:58,436 --> 01:30:00,395 that's the definition of emotion for me. 1766 01:30:11,144 --> 01:30:14,321 - We have to tell stories in order to survive. 1767 01:30:14,365 --> 01:30:17,716 The most important part of the story 1768 01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:20,676 is the resilience of the human spirit. 1769 01:30:21,764 --> 01:30:24,331 Everything spills out from that. 1770 01:30:24,375 --> 01:30:25,202 - Yes. It was a good night. 1771 01:30:30,294 --> 01:30:33,297 [audience cheering] 1772 01:30:37,214 --> 01:30:39,129 - Broadway is back! 1773 01:30:39,172 --> 01:30:41,305 [cast cheering] 1774 01:30:41,348 --> 01:30:44,526 ♪ Start spreading the news 1775 01:30:44,569 --> 01:30:48,399 ♪ I'm leaving today 1776 01:30:48,443 --> 01:30:52,229 ♪ I wanna be a part of it 1777 01:30:52,272 --> 01:30:55,972 ♪ New York, New York 1778 01:30:56,015 --> 01:30:59,715 ♪ These vagabond shoes 1779 01:30:59,758 --> 01:31:03,501 ♪ Are longing to stray 1780 01:31:03,545 --> 01:31:07,244 ♪ Right to the very heart of it ♪ 1781 01:31:07,287 --> 01:31:11,466 ♪ New York, New York 1782 01:31:11,509 --> 01:31:16,471 ♪ I wanna wake up in a city that never sleeps ♪ 1783 01:31:19,430 --> 01:31:22,172 ♪ And find I'm king of the world♪ 1784 01:31:22,215 --> 01:31:24,087 ♪ Top of the list 1785 01:31:24,130 --> 01:31:25,392 ♪ I'm the king of the hill 1786 01:31:25,436 --> 01:31:28,526 - It's good to see me, isn't it? 1787 01:31:28,570 --> 01:31:31,398 [crowd screaming] 1788 01:31:36,012 --> 01:31:39,015 [audience cheering] 1789 01:31:54,596 --> 01:31:58,469 ♪ If I can make it there 1790 01:31:58,513 --> 01:32:02,865 ♪ I'll make it anywhere 1791 01:32:02,908 --> 01:32:05,041 ♪ It's up to you 1792 01:32:05,084 --> 01:32:08,174 ♪ New York, New York 1793 01:32:38,204 --> 01:32:41,033 [emotional music] 1794 01:33:04,840 --> 01:33:07,582 - Hey folks, let me pull my mask down so you can see me. 1795 01:33:07,625 --> 01:33:08,583 Can you see? 1796 01:33:08,626 --> 01:33:10,019 - Okay, so update. 1797 01:33:10,062 --> 01:33:11,890 I have a new record coming out 1798 01:33:11,934 --> 01:33:14,284 and I'm going on tour this summer, 1799 01:33:14,327 --> 01:33:16,199 supporting my own music. 1800 01:33:16,242 --> 01:33:19,811 - I'm currently in London pursuing floral design. 1801 01:33:19,855 --> 01:33:21,683 As far as Broadway goes, 1802 01:33:21,726 --> 01:33:23,598 my body is just telling me that I need to move on, 1803 01:33:23,641 --> 01:33:25,425 and I have to listen to it. 1804 01:33:25,469 --> 01:33:29,342 - Hi, I finished my run as Glinda in "Wicked." 1805 01:33:29,386 --> 01:33:32,868 End of January 2020 I got to go film a Hallmark movie, 1806 01:33:32,911 --> 01:33:34,217 which was a lot of fun, 1807 01:33:34,260 --> 01:33:36,393 and now I'm home. 1808 01:33:36,436 --> 01:33:38,656 I'm auditioning, loving being a mom. 1809 01:33:38,700 --> 01:33:40,266 Cooper just turned one! 1810 01:33:40,310 --> 01:33:41,659 Can you say one? 1811 01:33:42,573 --> 01:33:44,314 Yeah! 1812 01:33:44,357 --> 01:33:47,056 - If you're looking for Broadway's best stage doorman, 1813 01:33:49,101 --> 01:33:50,668 check me out at the Broadhurst. 1814 01:33:50,712 --> 01:33:52,583 I'll probably be there. 1815 01:33:52,627 --> 01:33:54,672 - So we started back to work in September. 1816 01:33:54,716 --> 01:33:56,108 We've been quite busy. 1817 01:33:56,152 --> 01:33:57,675 Big shows, little shows, 1818 01:33:57,719 --> 01:33:59,416 new shows and old shows. 1819 01:33:59,459 --> 01:34:02,462 Can't be more proud of my team, 1820 01:34:02,506 --> 01:34:05,248 and how lucky I am to have them all in the room. 1821 01:34:05,291 --> 01:34:08,947 - Being creative as a floral designer is very fulfilling, 1822 01:34:08,991 --> 01:34:12,211 and I'm enjoying it a lot, so I'm at peace with it. 1823 01:34:12,255 --> 01:34:16,259 - Both "Six" and "Mrs Doubtfire" reopened as scheduled, 1824 01:34:16,302 --> 01:34:18,261 however I had to close "Mrs Doubtfire" 1825 01:34:18,304 --> 01:34:21,090 on January 9th because of Covid, 1826 01:34:21,133 --> 01:34:23,962 and I reopened it April 14th. 1827 01:34:24,006 --> 01:34:27,052 Still here in "Hadestown" at the Walter Kerr, 1828 01:34:27,096 --> 01:34:29,576 but I no longer play a Fate, 1829 01:34:29,620 --> 01:34:32,405 I've now become the full time Persephone. 1830 01:34:32,449 --> 01:34:34,320 - [Manager] Five minute call, everyone. 1831 01:34:34,364 --> 01:34:36,758 Five minutes please until the top of the show, five minutes. 1832 01:34:36,801 --> 01:34:37,933 - Five minutes until call. 1833 01:34:37,976 --> 01:34:38,977 - Family's great. 1834 01:34:40,979 --> 01:34:42,764 - Great, wrap it up. 1835 01:34:42,807 --> 01:34:45,984 - So I managed to put up four shows in eight months, 1836 01:34:46,028 --> 01:34:49,118 and installation play on Broadway, 1837 01:34:49,161 --> 01:34:51,511 a musical on Broadway, and an opera, 1838 01:34:51,555 --> 01:34:53,731 and I did it all Covid-free. 1839 01:34:53,775 --> 01:34:55,646 And it's the end of the theater season, 1840 01:34:55,690 --> 01:34:58,388 and I'm really looking forward to the summer. 1841 01:34:58,431 --> 01:35:00,259 - I'm still working on Broadway, 1842 01:35:00,303 --> 01:35:02,871 getting lots of calls for new musicals coming in. 1843 01:35:02,914 --> 01:35:04,263 - "Hadestown" is currently playing 1844 01:35:04,307 --> 01:35:06,613 to sold out audiences on Broadway. 1845 01:35:06,657 --> 01:35:08,485 "Little Shop Of Horrors" is currently 1846 01:35:08,528 --> 01:35:10,966 playing to sold out audiences off Broadway. 1847 01:35:11,009 --> 01:35:12,402 - I actually got to walk my 1848 01:35:12,445 --> 01:35:14,752 first red carpet as Patient Zero, 1849 01:35:14,796 --> 01:35:15,753 so that's cool. 1850 01:35:15,797 --> 01:35:16,885 I took a leap of faith. 1851 01:35:16,928 --> 01:35:18,843 I said get ready 22, 2022. 1852 01:35:18,887 --> 01:35:22,368 Watch my ass just stay away from the negativity, period. 1853 01:35:22,412 --> 01:35:23,369 [laughs loudly] 1854 01:35:23,413 --> 01:35:24,544 And look out for me. 1855 01:35:24,588 --> 01:35:25,937 Look out for Peter McIntosh, 1856 01:35:25,981 --> 01:35:27,330 boom, in lights. 1857 01:35:27,373 --> 01:35:29,201 - I'm excited about the future, 1858 01:35:29,245 --> 01:35:31,377 and thrilled about all the possibilities for Broadway. 1859 01:35:31,421 --> 01:35:32,857 - Theater's been hard. 1860 01:35:32,901 --> 01:35:34,554 We're a resilient industry where people 1861 01:35:34,598 --> 01:35:36,078 have to show up to make it work, 1862 01:35:36,121 --> 01:35:38,558 and people have shown up, including audiences. 1863 01:35:38,602 --> 01:35:41,561 Although not quite as many as we typically get right now. 1864 01:35:41,605 --> 01:35:43,999 Hopefully the summer will be different 1865 01:35:44,042 --> 01:35:47,263 and Broadway will continue to rise. 1866 01:35:48,438 --> 01:35:51,354 [triumphant music]