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[0:00] Tori Bullard: Hi guys and welcome back to PS Meet Me at Stage Door.

[0:03] Libby Gunther: I am your host Tori, and I'm here with my co-host Libby.

[0:07] Libby Gunther: Hey guys!

[0:08] Tori Bullard: So today we're gonna be talking everything and all things to do with Stage Door.

[0:13] Tori Bullard: But before we do that, today we're gonna bring you guys a news bulletin.

[0:17] Tori Bullard: So this is gonna be part of our news section at the beginning of each podcast, bringing you guys the latest in arts and theatre.

[0:24] Tori Bullard: So first up, we have unfortunately the news that the 2020 Helpman Awards ceremony is going to be cancelled.

[0:31] Tori Bullard: It's very devastating for everyone, but they did actually release a statement that basically says that their priority right now is to secure more government support for the arts industry and those who have lost their income.

[0:45] Tori Bullard: And they just want to make sure that by the end of this crisis that they're gonna bring back live theatre to Australians, which is such a positive thing that they are working towards.

[0:54] Tori Bullard: Now, also the Melbourne Fringe Festival has had to revise their dates due to the coronavirus.

[1:01] Tori Bullard: So their new dates will be the 12th to the 29th of November 2020.

[1:05] Tori Bullard: And the most unfortunate news is that the Tony Awards have been postponed, which is very sad, but they will be rescheduled for a later date, so keep your eyes out for that.

[1:18] Tori Bullard: Now back to today's topic.

[1:20] Tori Bullard: So we're gonna be talking about the do's and don'ts of stage door today.

[1:24] Tori Bullard: Obviously, we were gonna be talking about stage dooring at some point, but the main reason behind why we decided to talk about stage door today is because of the recent controversy with Barrett Wilbur Weed and stage dooring.

[1:39] Tori Bullard: So for a little bit of context about that, as Libby and I both know, I actually got well, we got a lot of our information from Catherine Steele's video about this because pretty much the too long didn't read version of this, so TLDR, is that Barrett spoke out recently on her Instagram stories about some experiences that she has had recently with some fan interactions that have left her feeling quite dehumanized.

[2:14] Tori Bullard: But the main takeaway that I think that we got from it was that it's all about respect and respecting people's boundaries and actors' boundaries, because at the end of the day, that's exactly what they are. They are human beings, they are people.

[2:26] Libby Gunther: Now, for those who didn't actually get to see the Instagram posts themselves, in a nutshell, as Tori had said, she felt quite dehumanized by some of her fan interactions, and it was a certain case where someone had run up to her and hugged her in the street, and she just felt really uncomfortable with that.

[2:47] Libby Gunther: And after reading all of the posts as a fan myself, I was quite taken aback because the wording was quite abrupt for a fan to take it.

[2:58] Libby Gunther: I think it shocked a lot of kids, which is where the controversy had kind of come into it.

[3:03] Tori Bullard: Yeah, as an adult reading this, I think we can understand that maybe she didn't use the correct language in order to softly state how she was feeling because texting versus in person is always so different.

[3:19] Tori Bullard: So if someone is on Instagram and is writing a paragraph about something, it's gonna come off very differently compared to face-to-face.

[3:27] Tori Bullard: I think the message that some people took away from it is that they shouldn't be doing stage door, and that's not the thing at all.

[3:34] Tori Bullard: I think it made some kids think that it wasn't right for them to do it, which is just not correct, and I don't think that that's what she meant by it.

[3:44] Tori Bullard: I think it just for her, it was more that she felt uncomfortable, she felt dehumanized, and she has just she's she as a person has never been into stage dooring doing it or being the person that's there.

[3:55] Tori Bullard: But I think she has a very different view on how stage door is than a lot of other actors.

[4:00] Tori Bullard: I think reading it, I was like, as an actor, if I was in her position, I don't think I would feel the same way about stage door.

[4:08] Tori Bullard: But that's just my personal views, and obviously she's a different person, and if she feels that way that strongly about how she just wants to, this is a job for her.

[4:17] Tori Bullard: It's like imagine if you went and you, you know, you're a it's like it's like saying you're in what you work nine to five, and then somebody at the end of the day, you're tired, you're exhausted, you want to go home, and they're like, hey, let's have a chat for 20 minutes.

[4:32] Tori Bullard: I'm gonna hug you, I'm gonna, you know, I want your autograph, and it's like it's their job.

[4:36] Tori Bullard: And she feels like people have a claim over herself.

[4:40] Tori Bullard: Like they feel like they have a claim over her, but she's doing her job to her, it's a job, and I guess it was disappointing for a lot of fans who obviously when you see someone you don't actually know them.

[4:53] Tori Bullard: So to go and physically just run over and grab that person and hug them for them that's a very visceral experience, and it's not also welcome for some people.

[5:02] Tori Bullard: For other people, they're like, okay, I don't think running up and hugging anyone that's a stranger is a good thing, but for some people they don't a hundred percent mind it because they realize and appreciate your support because your support is what's actually gotten them there in the first place.

[5:18] Libby Gunther: So it's a bit of a 50/50 on how people feel about it because I think it's however the actor feels about it and what their opinion is.

[5:27] Libby Gunther: I don't think anyone's opinion is wrong.

[5:29] Libby Gunther: I don't think what Barrett said was wrong at all.

[5:31] Libby Gunther: I think that she had every right to say that and to state her boundaries with the people that love and support her.

[5:37] Tori Bullard: Obviously, with all of that, we will talk about the stage door's do's and don'ts.

[5:42] Tori Bullard: So let's go into the do's and don'ts.

[5:45] Tori Bullard: Libby, how about you start us off with one of your do's or don'ts?

[5:49] Libby Gunther: So I think first and foremost, above all, respect.

[5:54] Libby Gunther: Respect the actors.

[5:56] Libby Gunther: They are people, they are human beings.

[5:58] Libby Gunther: They have just like, they have just like absolutely worked their butts off for the past like two and a half, three hours.

[6:05] Libby Gunther: So let them take their time to come out.

[6:07] Libby Gunther: Do not rush them.

[6:08] Libby Gunther: If they don't feel up to doing it, that is fine.

[6:11] Libby Gunther: And I know some people feel like they almost have, you know, a right to see these people at the end of the show, but you don't.

[6:19] Libby Gunther: That's completely up to the actors.

[6:21] Libby Gunther: So above all, respect.

[6:23] Libby Gunther: And one of the major things within respect is do not leave your seat during the bows to rush to stage door.

[6:29] Libby Gunther: That's just it's not really okay.

[6:31] Libby Gunther: It's really disrespectful to the actors, to the audience, to the orchestra.

[6:37] Libby Gunther: What I like to do personally is stay actually until the orchestra finishes because they are just as much a part of the cast as the actors that are on stage.

[6:46] Libby Gunther: So stay, applaud them.

[6:48] Libby Gunther: They have also worked their butts off.

[6:50] Libby Gunther: Just please don't rush out during the bows.

[6:52] Libby Gunther: I saw that happen so much in New York, and it's just really disappointing to see because I personally want to stay and revel in that moment as much as possible.

[7:01] Libby Gunther: So just sit your butts down, stay until the end, then go out.

[7:06] Libby Gunther: You're not gonna miss anything.

[7:07] Libby Gunther: The actors always try if they do come to stage door to get to everyone.

[7:11] Libby Gunther: So just wait, take your time, it'll be fine.

[7:14] Libby Gunther: Another do, I guess you could say, is that if they don't remember you, don't be bummed.

[7:21] Libby Gunther: If you've had previous contact with this person and you've talked to them before and you've had a really great moment, they're not gonna remember every single moment, and you have to be very kind to them on that.

[7:31] Libby Gunther: And for you to have the best experience in that stage door time with them, it would be great if you can just go, hey, do you remember when we talked at this and this thing happened?

[7:42] Libby Gunther: You're giving them context to jog their memory so that they know how to approach the conversation with you, so that you're getting the most out of your interactions with them, and they're also getting the most out of it for you, and they don't feel like, oh no, I can't, I didn't remember that person, and they were really hurt by that.

[7:58] Libby Gunther: So I guess that's another do.

[8:02] Libby Gunther: Another do, and this is kind of already been touched on, but that's manners.

[8:06] Libby Gunther: So that's just asking for things and being polite.

[8:09] Libby Gunther: Don't shove people out of the way when you get to stage door.

[8:11] Libby Gunther: I've personally experienced that, and it really just grinds my gears when people are like that, because you're gonna get to meet everyone, and just don't be a terrible person, just don't be a terrible person, and also don't hug the actors, don't touch the actors or anything without asking.

[8:26] Libby Gunther: Sometimes they will state that when they come to stage door, like I'm not hugging anyone, and you it's just great, you're like, cool.

[8:32] Libby Gunther: If they don't state that, do feel free to ask.

[8:34] Libby Gunther: Like if you're shy, just say, Hey, can I hug you?

[8:38] Libby Gunther: If they say no, I know that that can be disappointing, but it's just their personal boundaries, so you just need to respect that.

[8:44] Libby Gunther: But yeah, just manners is just so important.

[8:47] Tori Bullard: Definitely.

[8:48] Tori Bullard: And another one that we can talk about is actually if they don't come out, to respect that and to treat others the way that you want to be treated.

[8:57] Tori Bullard: So some actors don't come out and do stage door all the time because they have lives and they have kids and they have, you know, family members or friends that they want to see after the show, and sometimes stage door can take a long time.

[9:11] Tori Bullard: So just respecting their choice to not do stage door or to do it.

[9:15] Tori Bullard: Yeah, because you know, for example, I saw Dear Evan Hansen, and there were a lot of younger kids around me that were really disappointed they didn't get to meet Ben Platt.

[9:23] Tori Bullard: And one of the important things to remember, especially with people like Ben Platt, he has just literally tore himself like limb from limb apart on stage, like emotionally, physically, personally for me, with those kind of roles, you do just have to like sit, and you need to take care of yourself so that he is capable of going out and doing that night after night.

[9:47] Tori Bullard: And when you've done so many shows in a row, that obviously some people have been working on Broadway for a year and a show or a few months in a show.

[9:56] Tori Bullard: I guess opening night and the first few nights after is very exciting, but the stage door can get a bit exhausting for them, so you have to be very cautious of that and just knowledgeable on that.

[10:08] Libby Gunther: 100%.

[10:09] Libby Gunther: One that I think is actually kind of super important that I actually didn't realise at first is that when you go to stage door, some of the actors are, you know, for example, like Christy Altamare, I'm gonna spend like 10-15 minutes with each person, they're gonna take their time, they're not in a rush, and that's just what she chooses to do.

[10:26] Libby Gunther: Some actors, like when I went and saw Mean Girls, I got the opportunity to very briefly meet Kate Rockwell.

[10:32] Libby Gunther: Now, when she came out, she made it very vocal that she was actually in a rush.

[10:37] Libby Gunther: She arrived from a flight, like I think maybe 20 minutes before the show actually started.

[10:41] Libby Gunther: So she was in a rush, she was exhausted.

[10:43] Libby Gunther: She still wanted to meet people.

[10:45] Libby Gunther: She was like, I'm not gonna be doing photos, guys.

[10:47] Libby Gunther: But if you could all have a page ready for me to sign, I still want to come and say hi.

[10:47] Libby Gunther: Have a page ready to sign so that you're not fumbling around when they come to you because it just means more time that you get to spend with them and have that, even if it's only a tiny quick little chat, like, hey, thank you so much for coming, you were amazing.

[11:05] Libby Gunther: That's better than nothing.

[11:07] Libby Gunther: So another one that we can also talk about is try not to cry when you meet this person.

[11:14] Tori Bullard: Because all you're gonna remember is standing there balling your eyes out while this person that you idolize is right in front of you, just staring at you, going, Oh, are you okay?

[11:24] Tori Bullard: Like, oh like for them, you crying isn't gonna be memorable.

[11:29] Tori Bullard: And you'll probably have a way better experience if you actually just take a moment and just go, okay, wow, I'm gonna get to meet this person that I love and adore, but I'm gonna actually spend that time asking them a question or something memorable that you'll remember saying to them, or you know, telling them how you appreciate them and what you thought about their performance.

[11:49] Tori Bullard: That's gonna be a lot more memorable than standing there a blubbering mess and crying.

[11:54] Libby Gunther: Oh, yeah.

[11:54] Libby Gunther: I know that that would be hard for me because I couldn't imagine if I met one of my idols.

[11:59] Libby Gunther: It's hard.

[12:00] Libby Gunther: Like, I the first time I met Christy Altamare, I did cry in front of her.

[12:04] Libby Gunther: So I understand sometimes it's really hard, but I'm very lucky that Christy Altamare is someone that can and is willing to spend like 15 minutes with you, so you can have your cry and then continue.

[12:13] Libby Gunther: Whereas some people, you only get like 30 seconds to quickly talk to them.

[12:17] Libby Gunther: If you spend that whole time crying, you're probably gonna be just mad at yourself.

[12:21] Tori Bullard: Yeah, and you'll be like, No, they left, and they just keep walking past, and you're like, But I had so much to say.

[12:28] Libby Gunther: Yeah.

[12:29] Libby Gunther: And I guess our last one, if you want to take it away, Tori.

[12:32] Tori Bullard: So our last one, I think it's really important, and it's something that I have personally also thought about doing, and then did have the thought that it's actually not really the right thing to do, is that when actors come to Stage Door, they are there to see the people that came to see the show.

[12:52] Tori Bullard: So that means that if you're not seeing the show, I would really try and avoid going because it's just not the same.

[13:02] Tori Bullard: And I know a lot of issues arose when Colleen Ballinger, who's known online as Miranda Sings, did her stint as Dawn in Waitress.

[13:12] Tori Bullard: And she got a lot of people coming up who didn't see the show and were there with Miranda merch and stuff like that to sign.

[13:19] Tori Bullard: It just made her feel very disheartened because she finds that her world of performance in that end and Miranda Sings, she does want them to be separate, and obviously that's hard.

[13:31] Tori Bullard: But if they're coming out to meet, they want to meet the people that actually came and saw the show and shared that experience with them on stage.

[13:40] Tori Bullard: Because whilst sitting in the audience, you might not necessarily feel it as much.

[13:45] Tori Bullard: The actors are sharing this experience and this story with you.

[13:49] Tori Bullard: There are certain circumstances that I think can be okay.

[13:54] Tori Bullard: Like, for example, I know that Reeve Carney, and I probably have butchered his name in the process of saying that.

[13:59] Libby Gunther: Um, but we've let your names here, that's all we do.

[14:02] Tori Bullard: Yeah, look, we can't we don't know how to say people's names.

[14:04] Libby Gunther: We're from Australia.

[14:05] Tori Bullard: Um exactly, we're from Australia.

[14:08] Tori Bullard: So he's currently, as I'm sure most listeners know, is in Hadestown.

[14:12] Tori Bullard: And he actually, when he either can't make it to stage door or doesn't feel up to doing it that day, he'll post on his Instagram saying, I'm sorry, I'm not doing it today.

[14:21] Tori Bullard: If you're still in the area tomorrow night, I would love for you to come back.

[14:25] Tori Bullard: Um, so that he gets the opportunity to see you or sign something called take a photo.

[14:29] Tori Bullard: I think it depends also on the level of popularity of the person that you're wanting to see.

[14:34] Tori Bullard: For example, if Beyoncé was in a musical and then she came out to stage door, you best believe everybody on the street, anybody, all her fans would be at stage door every night trying to get a picture or something signed.

[14:50] Tori Bullard: So I think it's a very different thing when it's just purely musical theatre fans because that's a smaller demographic.

[14:56] Tori Bullard: So I guess something for me is that I've actually been to quite a lot of stage doors in New York.

[15:03] Tori Bullard: But the difference is here is that Libby hasn't because stage door just isn't a thing in Australia.

[15:10] Libby Gunther: It's not really.

[15:11] Libby Gunther: I do remember I had one positive experience with the Australian stage door.

[15:16] Libby Gunther: We were going to see The King and I as a class.

[15:20] Libby Gunther: And I was so excited. It was one of my first times seeing like a big Australian musical, and I absolutely loved it.

[15:28] Libby Gunther: And I remember we came to the stage door and we're all standing there waiting for people to come out, and Lisa McCoon came out, and she was playing one of the leads in it, um, obviously.

[15:38] Libby Gunther: And so she ended up signing my book because I went up and I asked her, and we ended up having a conversation, and I was the only person that she had signed anything for, and then after that she had to go.

[15:51] Libby Gunther: But I just remember that being such a great experience because I was with all these school children, and I have everyone that I got to like, you know, um talk to her and sign to get her to sign something.

[16:00] Libby Gunther: So I was I was so happy.

[16:02] Libby Gunther: I think I would have been like what 16 when that happened.

[16:05] Libby Gunther: So, you know, buddying musical theater me.

[16:08] Libby Gunther: That was such a beautiful experience.

[16:09] Libby Gunther: But little Libby.

[16:10] Libby Gunther: Little Libby.

[16:12] Libby Gunther: But it's kind of funny now you think about it because I haven't really been to any stage doors, and I feel like Australia, more so.

[16:20] Libby Gunther: It's about if you know someone in the show, you kind of you go to the stage door and you go meet them as if your family and friends with someone.

[16:27] Libby Gunther: It's really not that same culture here where it's like lining up to meet someone.

[16:34] Tori Bullard: Oh, definitely.

[16:35] Tori Bullard: It's not the same hype and it's not the huge influx of people going to see people at stage door, but it definitely does happen.

[16:43] Tori Bullard: I have walked past the lyric theatre and after the show, it's kind of that weird thing of like I feel like Australians don't know whether it's okay to do stage door or it's not.

[16:52] Tori Bullard: And also, I think with Australia, our stage doors are actually legitimately at the back of theatres.

[16:59] Libby Gunther: Yes.

[17:00] Libby Gunther: Like at the back, not where you enter.

[17:02] Tori Bullard: Whereas in New York, they're all like next to the main entrance.

[17:07] Tori Bullard: So it's super easy to get to.

[17:09] Tori Bullard: Like I remember when I went to the stage door for I think I didn't even go to the stage door, but I've walked past the stage door of the Capitol Theatre, and that's at the back of the theatre, like where nobody would necessarily know where it is.

[17:22] Tori Bullard: Stage door for Australians, it's actually stage door.

[17:25] Tori Bullard: Whereas, like, I feel like for Americans, they must have a side alleyway door that you can get out of.

[17:30] Libby Gunther: Because it's Barrett Will, but we doesn't do stage door.

[17:33] Libby Gunther: She's got to escape somewhere.

[17:34] Tori Bullard: Whereas Australia, it's like, no, this is actually where we come in and out.

[17:38] Tori Bullard: Like, this is where we sign in, and this is where we sign out.

[17:40] Libby Gunther: Well, I will say, for what I've noticed in America is that that stage door is where they go in and go out to sign in and out.

[17:48] Tori Bullard: Um, but there's also a security guard at the door, kind of like a club, like just inside the door.

[17:54] Libby Gunther: Only the best can get in.

[17:56] Tori Bullard: Yeah, right.

[17:57] Tori Bullard: But when people want to leave quietly, like when I saw Mean Girls, and I had kind of uh everyone had come out, people were still waiting for Barrett Wilbur Weed, just in case, and I was like, she's not gonna come out, she doesn't do stage door, and that's okay.

[18:12] Tori Bullard: Um, I decided to head home for the night, and as I was heading home, I was walking past the main doors, and um Erica Henningson.

[18:22] Libby Gunther: Oh, yeah, yeah.

[18:23] Libby Gunther: So the girl playing Caddy, it was her birthday that night, and I remember they made an announcement that she wasn't gonna be doing stage door.

[18:29] Libby Gunther: She came out of the main door because everyone's at stage door, so nobody's paying attention to the main doors.

[18:35] Libby Gunther: She came out of the main doors, and I just like made eye contact with her, and I was like, just let it go.

[18:41] Libby Gunther: Just let her be.

[18:42] Tori Bullard: While I was looking up all of the stage door things, I was like, I wonder if there's any really funny stage door stories.

[18:50] Tori Bullard: And I found one on Ben Platt, and I think we can all agree that Ben Platt is amazing, and we all love Ben Platt.

[18:56] Tori Bullard: So I thought I'd read this from, oh yes, he's just like a god in human skin.

[19:01] Tori Bullard: This is from Reddit, I'm pretty sure.

[19:04] Libby Gunther: I really got in there.

[19:05] Libby Gunther: Oh, she died deep.

[19:07] Tori Bullard: She dived deep.

[19:09] Tori Bullard: Um, so this is how it goes.

[19:11] Tori Bullard: At Evan Hansen, Ben was passing by signing autographs, and this guy went off and said, I saw you on Tinder and swiped for out immediately, but you never swiped back.

[19:21] Libby Gunther: Rude.

[19:22] Tori Bullard: Oh my god.

[19:23] Tori Bullard: Ben was kind of like I didn't tell Tori this before.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: So obviously, Ben Platt was on Tinder and this guy had swiped on him.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: Anyway, and then Ben was kind of taken aback by it, and he was like, oh, I'm sorry, I don't really use Tinder anymore.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: And this guy and the guy was being an uh I'm not a bad word.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: I wasn't gonna say bad word.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Can we say bad words?

[20:25] Tori Bullard: I don't know if we can say bad words on here.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Whisper it, whisper it.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Asshole.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: That's really really clear.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Okay, that was no okay.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: I'm gonna try that again.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Asshole.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: And so he said, like, sorry, I don't use Tinder anymore.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: And then this guy was like, well, you're still an asshole for it.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: And this triggered the bodyguard, and he said that autographs were over and that Ben had to be ushered away.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: And so, and then the rest of the line was there glaring at him like you just ruined our shot to meet Ben Platt.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: I hope that you feel better about yourself.

[20:25] Libby Gunther: Do not be that person.

[20:24] Tori Bullard: Don't be that person.

[20:25] Tori Bullard: And also, um, Ben Platt was on Tinder, so there would have been opportunities for a lot of males out there hitting up Ben Platt's DMs.

[20:34] Libby Gunther: Oh my god, could you imagine if you were on Tinder and you were like Ben Platt?

[20:40] Libby Gunther: I'm sorry, what?

[20:42] Libby Gunther: It would be iconic.

[20:43] Tori Bullard: So anyway, that was the fun little tidbit that I found whilst exploring the interwebs, which I found very interesting.

[20:51] Tori Bullard: But on that note, I think Libby has a little challenge for us today.

[20:55] Libby Gunther: We do.

[20:56] Libby Gunther: I uh was on the interwebs again, uh, as I do.

[21:01] Libby Gunther: I sweep the interwebs, and I saw a video that Jordan Fisher did, and I'm pretty sure it was with one of those Cosmovogue things.

[21:10] Libby Gunther: Yeah.

[21:10] Libby Gunther: But he did a lyric challenge, which I thought would be really fun for us to do where we say the first lyric and then you have to finish the lyric and you also have to say what musical it's from.

[21:24] Tori Bullard: Oh god, okay.

[21:26] Libby Gunther: I know.

[21:26] Libby Gunther: Guys, I will say I'm probably gonna be the worst person at this.

[21:30] Libby Gunther: I make up my own lyrics to things.

[21:32] Libby Gunther: That's how much I don't remember lyrics.

[21:34] Libby Gunther: But I thought this would be a fun challenge.

[21:36] Libby Gunther: Okay, I have three.

[21:37] Libby Gunther: Alright.

[21:38] Tori Bullard: Okay, are you ready?

[21:39] Libby Gunther: Alright, I'm ready.

[21:40] Libby Gunther: I'm ready.

[21:41] Libby Gunther: I'm so nervous.

[21:42] Libby Gunther: I'm like sweating.

[21:43] Tori Bullard: Jesus.

[21:43] Libby Gunther: Do you want to start?

[21:45] Tori Bullard: Okay, I'll start.

[21:46] Libby Gunther: Okay.

[21:46] Libby Gunther: Okay.

[21:46] Libby Gunther: I'm ready.

[21:47] Libby Gunther: Round one.

[21:48] Libby Gunther: I'm gonna start with an easy one.

[21:50] Libby Gunther: Lots of chocolate for me to eat.

[21:53] Libby Gunther: Lots of coal making, lots of eat.

[21:56] Tori Bullard: What is it?

[21:57] Libby Gunther: Oh, uh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[22:00] Tori Bullard: It's from My Fair Lady.

[22:01] Libby Gunther: It's from My Fair Lady.

[22:03] Libby Gunther: Um but I've got to finish the lyrics.

[22:05] Libby Gunther: Um, wait, well, what did you say?

[22:10] Libby Gunther: Lots of chocolate for me to eat.

[22:12] Libby Gunther: Lots of coal making, lots of eat.

[22:15] Libby Gunther: Um something, something warm feet.

[22:18] Tori Bullard: Warm hands, warm face, warm feet.

[22:21] Libby Gunther: Yeah.

[22:24] Libby Gunther: I got it.

[22:26] Tori Bullard: She got it finally.

[22:27] Libby Gunther: Oh, I'm gonna be terrible.

[22:28] Tori Bullard: Okay, okay.

[22:29] Tori Bullard: I'm ready, I'm ready for you.

[22:30] Libby Gunther: Okay, I'm gonna do the first one.

[22:31] Tori Bullard: This one is an easy one.

[22:33] Tori Bullard: You're gonna know this straight away.

[22:35] Tori Bullard: I'm through accepting limits, cause someone says they're so some things I cannot change.

[22:42] Libby Gunther: But tell I try.

[22:42] Tori Bullard: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[22:46] Libby Gunther: Wicked, wicked.

[22:48] Tori Bullard: We can make it sings it.

[22:50] Libby Gunther: Um, Alpha Ba.

[22:51] Tori Bullard: Oh my god, no way.

[22:51] Tori Bullard: Was that way too easy?

[22:54] Libby Gunther: I picked it and then I was like singing it, and I was like, she's gonna know what this is straight away.

[22:59] Tori Bullard: Oh my god, I love it.

[23:00] Libby Gunther: I'm gonna pick this is uh I feel like I'm gonna do a contemporary one.

[23:04] Libby Gunther: Oh, this is gonna be actually I think this may be hard because I feel like you have to be in the song and like hearing it for this one.

[23:12] Tori Bullard: Okay, I'm ready.

[23:13] Libby Gunther: And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves.

[23:18] Tori Bullard: Um, okay.

[23:19] Libby Gunther: Well, every day where slaves are being slaughtered and carted away across the slaves.

[23:23] Libby Gunther: They stumble to give its guard up.

[23:25] Tori Bullard: Aside, he was hoping for something to be a part of a brother was ready with his bag, steel borrow or barter.

[23:30] Tori Bullard: It was from Hamilton.

[23:31] Libby Gunther: Woo!

[23:32] Tori Bullard: I may have got some of the lyrics wrong.

[23:35] Libby Gunther: No, I I only had till he struggled and kept his guard up, so you got that.

[23:39] Tori Bullard: Oh, okay.

[23:40] Tori Bullard: Beautiful.

[23:41] Tori Bullard: But Hamilton.

[23:42] Libby Gunther: So we're two f at two and one.

[23:44] Libby Gunther: Okay, let's see if I can get the next one.

[23:46] Libby Gunther: Yeah, this one.

[23:47] Libby Gunther: I really hope you know this.

[23:49] Libby Gunther: This is an obscure musical.

[23:51] Libby Gunther: Um, but it's also a very popular musical, but I find that there are certain people that like this musical.

[23:57] Libby Gunther: So I gotta get back to Hogwarts.

[24:02] Libby Gunther: I gotta get back to school.

[24:05] Tori Bullard: Wait, what musical is this?

[24:07] Libby Gunther: I gotta see the Hogwarts.

[24:10] Libby Gunther: I gotta get back to school.

[24:12] Tori Bullard: I actually don't know this at all.

[24:14] Libby Gunther: Well, the rest of the lyrics are I've gotta get back to Hogwarts where everybody thinks I'm cool.

[24:20] Tori Bullard: No, it's from A Very Potter Musical with Darren Chris.

[24:23] Libby Gunther: Oh of course, of course.

[24:26] Tori Bullard: Okay, so I I haven't actually watched the full thing of A Very Potter Musical.

[24:30] Tori Bullard: I should slap my I'm slapping my wrists right now.

[24:34] Libby Gunther: I know.

[24:35] Libby Gunther: Okay.

[24:35] Libby Gunther: Yeah, it's your last one.

[24:37] Libby Gunther: But I'm gonna do a hard one for you.

[24:38] Tori Bullard: Oh no.

[24:40] Libby Gunther: Okay, Renny.

[24:41] Libby Gunther: Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly.

[24:44] Tori Bullard: Um, this is like an old one, isn't it?

[24:46] Libby Gunther: Yeah.

[24:47] Libby Gunther: Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly.

[24:50] Libby Gunther: Um I gotta love.

[24:54] Tori Bullard: Yes.

[24:55] Libby Gunther: Oh gosh.

[24:58] Tori Bullard: That's meant to be mine.

[25:00] Libby Gunther: No.

[25:01] Libby Gunther: Not this specific one.

[25:03] Libby Gunther: Well, I know.

[25:04] Libby Gunther: Oh, what's it from?

[25:05] Libby Gunther: It's from Showboat.

[25:07] Tori Bullard: Yeah, the OG musical.

[25:09] Tori Bullard: Because I was like, fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly.

[25:12] Tori Bullard: Because that was a song that I wasn't allowed to sing in the first traw.

[25:17] Libby Gunther: Okay, okay, okay.

[25:18] Libby Gunther: So I'm on two and you're on one.

[25:21] Tori Bullard: Alright.

[25:23] Libby Gunther: Handshaking, heart thundering, meets the royal mess.

[25:30] Tori Bullard: Guys, I'm a fake musical theater fan.

[25:34] Libby Gunther: Um my god.

[25:36] Libby Gunther: Does every does everyone know this?

[25:38] Libby Gunther: Is everyone listening just like judging me hardcore right now?

[25:41] Tori Bullard: I don't I don't necessarily know, but then it goes start smiling, stop wondering, why did I say yes?

[25:48] Libby Gunther: It's Anastasia.

[25:50] Tori Bullard: We'll go from there.

[25:51] Libby Gunther: Oh, okay.

[25:52] Libby Gunther: I haven't actually listened to the full soundtrack of Anastasia.

[25:56] Tori Bullard: Fake fan.

[25:56] Libby Gunther: Woman.

[25:57] Libby Gunther: Fake fan.

[25:57] Tori Bullard: I like it.

[25:58] Tori Bullard: I've listened to a lot of it, but I also downloaded the um, oh, that's bad of me to say, but I have a version of it that I was meaning to watch, which now that I'm in isolation, I think I can actually get around to watching, finally.

[26:12] Libby Gunther: So I was like waiting to watch that before I listen.

[26:23] Tori Bullard: Well, I mean, does that mean I win?

[26:25] Libby Gunther: I think that means you won.

[26:26] Tori Bullard: I got two out of three.

[26:28] Libby Gunther: I'm so proud of myself.

[26:30] Libby Gunther: I feel like we're gonna have to do this all the time now.

[26:32] Tori Bullard: I love this.

[26:34] Tori Bullard: Alright, so I think now to end our episode, we are going to end with a bedtime story.

[26:40] Tori Bullard: And we actually asked you guys to send in some of your bedtime stories.

[26:45] Tori Bullard: We've received quite a few, and they're all like just so amazing.

[26:50] Tori Bullard: And so I think the one that we're gonna be talking about today is so this is from @underscoreAnastasia_underscore, and she was doing a production of The Wizard of Oz.

[26:59] Tori Bullard: So this is what she said.

[27:01] Tori Bullard: The bucket to kill the witch was forgotten in The Wizard of Oz when I was playing Dorothy.

[27:05] Tori Bullard: Quick thinking led me to spitting on the witch to kill her.

[27:08] Tori Bullard: Luckily, the witch jumped on board and went with it.

[27:11] Libby Gunther: Can you imagine she ends up that's gonna be a little bit more?

[27:13] Tori Bullard: That is amazing.

[27:15] Tori Bullard: What a great story.

[27:16] Libby Gunther: Could you imagine?

[27:17] Libby Gunther: You're like sitting there going, where's the bucket?

[27:19] Libby Gunther: Where's the water?

[27:20] Libby Gunther: Okay, where else have I got water?

[27:22] Libby Gunther: The fact that you thought that quickly to spit on someone, that's hilarious.

[27:27] Tori Bullard: I wish I could see the video footage for that.

[27:30] Libby Gunther: Oh my god, Anastasia.

[27:31] Libby Gunther: If you're listening and if you have footage of that, please we we need to see this.

[27:36] Tori Bullard: This is gonna make my self-isolation worthwhile.

[27:39] Libby Gunther: 100%.

[27:40] Tori Bullard: I think we got another one in.

[27:42] Libby Gunther: Yeah, so another one of our favorites um came actually from Sophia @Sop.srm.

[27:51] Libby Gunther: And so for the context, uh she is um a good friend of ours, and she does a lot of the tech side of things.

[27:57] Libby Gunther: And so she said during Bonnie and Clyde, we had three level rustrass.

[28:02] Libby Gunther: That's like three different leveled stages.

[28:04] Libby Gunther: And during act one, the middle of one just broke.

[28:09] Libby Gunther: So the 15 minute intermission, we spent reblocking scenes, and I had to wing all the lighting keys for act two.

[28:15] Libby Gunther: So I had to reprogram the lights into whatever faders we had.

[28:19] Tori Bullard: Oh, that would be so bad.

[28:22] Libby Gunther: But can you imagine?

[28:24] Libby Gunther: I can't imagine for these guys having to reblock the entire show in a 15 minute intermission and then being like, okay, cool.

[28:30] Libby Gunther: Yep, all right, let's start act two.

[28:31] Libby Gunther: Let's let's keep going.

[28:32] Tori Bullard: And then also having to redo the lights.

[28:34] Tori Bullard: Lighting takes so long.

[28:36] Libby Gunther: So I can't, that's props to them.

[28:38] Tori Bullard: I know she does such a great job, Sophia.

[28:40] Tori Bullard: So I'm sure she was on it.

[28:42] Libby Gunther: I can't even imagine.

[28:42] Libby Gunther: She is Sophia.

[28:44] Libby Gunther: You are a legend, Anastasia.

[28:46] Libby Gunther: You are a legend for your quick thinking.

[28:48] Tori Bullard: But thank you so much for your submissions this week, guys.

[28:51] Tori Bullard: We absolutely loved hearing from you.

[28:53] Tori Bullard: So please, if you have any bedtime stories, stage mishaps, costume malfunctions, showmances, even, feel free to send them over to our Instagram at ps.meetme_underscore at stagedoor.

[29:06] Tori Bullard: Or send them through to our email, which is ps.stageddoor.podcast@gmail.com.

[29:12] Tori Bullard: Thank you so much, guys, for tuning in today.

[29:15] Tori Bullard: That is the end of the podcast.

[29:17] Tori Bullard: Thank you so so much again for your love and support.

[29:21] Tori Bullard: And we can't wait to see you guys next time.

[29:24] Tori Bullard: Bye.