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[0:05] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hi everyone, welcome to Survival Jobs, a podcast in collaboration with Broadway World and the Broadway Podcast Network.

[0:13] Samantha Tuozzolo: My name is Samantha Tuozzolo, and this is my amazing co-host, Jason A. Coombs.

[0:18] Jason A. Coombs: Hi, Samantha.

[0:20] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hey Jason.

[0:23] Jason A. Coombs: How are you?

[0:23] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hey Survivors.

[0:25] Jason A. Coombs: Hey Survivors.

[0:26] Samantha Tuozzolo: Thanks for tuning in to us for another episode.

[0:29] Jason A. Coombs: What is this?

[0:30] Samantha Tuozzolo: 88?

[0:31] Jason A. Coombs: I believe it's 88, yeah.

[0:33] Samantha Tuozzolo: Wow, look at us.

[0:35] Jason A. Coombs: Almost 200, Samantha Tuozzolo.

[0:37] Samantha Tuozzolo: That is crazy.

[0:38] Samantha Tuozzolo: And I'm really manifesting that we get Mershika Harker tape for number 100.

[0:41] Jason A. Coombs: So better hurry.

[0:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: We literally better hurry.

[0:46] Jason A. Coombs: We literally better hurry.

[0:48] Samantha Tuozzolo: Jason, I want to play our funny...

[0:50] Jason A. Coombs: Oh my god, it'll be so funny.

[0:51] Samantha Tuozzolo: It'll be so amazing.

[0:53] Jason A. Coombs: I will cry.

[0:54] Samantha Tuozzolo: So amazing.

[0:54] Samantha Tuozzolo: Jason, I want to play our new temperature track game with you.

[0:58] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah.

[1:00] Samantha Tuozzolo: I go first.

[1:02] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, I didn't think of something.

[1:03] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah.

[1:04] Samantha Tuozzolo: I will tell you, and this will tie into what we'll talk about later. I feel like Morpheus in Hadestown.

[1:11] Jason A. Coombs: Really?

[1:12] Samantha Tuozzolo: Just like walking through the dark to try to get to the end, and then things don't work out, and then you gotta start again.

[1:18] Jason A. Coombs: I was thinking that.

[1:20] Samantha Tuozzolo: We're gonna talk a lot about this, you guys, as we get through the episode, but we saw Hadestown last night, and I will die.

[1:26] Samantha Tuozzolo: But as I was watching the show, I was like, oh my god, I'm Morpheus in the underworld, walking through the dark, scary hallway, trying to get to the end goal.

[1:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: Then it doesn't work out. You gotta go back to the start. Try again. I feel like that's sort of what we do, you know.

[1:43] Jason A. Coombs: Way, way down in Hadestown.

[1:45] Samantha Tuozzolo: You know what I mean?

[1:48] Jason A. Coombs: That's really good, Samantha. Good way to tie that in.

[1:51] Samantha Tuozzolo: Wow, I love that. I love that for you.

[1:56] Jason A. Coombs: Um, I guess mine. I don't know. Maybe you could help me. Like when you have like a little crush on someone, but you're like, you know, it's in its early stages, and you don't know if like what's gonna develop, or you're trying not to like be too excited.

[2:11] Samantha Tuozzolo: What is that? What show is that you think?

[2:14] Jason A. Coombs: Oh my god, Samantha. First of all, we need to talk offline.

[2:18] Samantha Tuozzolo: What are you talking about?

[2:20] Jason A. Coombs: Um, okay. So funny. I was like trying to think like that's something different, right? I'm like, oh I'm thinking like I the first thing that comes to my mind is like Little Mermaid when they're in the boat and she can't talk and they're like doing eyes.

[2:36] Samantha Tuozzolo: But that's very cute. I would love to be in a boat with a cutie and on the close to like having a little kissy poo.

[2:45] Jason A. Coombs: I'm getting really close to the mic and to the camera and I say that.

[2:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: Let's go with that. Let's just go with that. I love that girl, a Little Mermaid action.

[2:53] Jason A. Coombs: My favorite Disney musical.

[2:54] Samantha Tuozzolo: Is it?

[2:55] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, like Disney movie musical, the original, the animated learning something new every day.

[3:02] Samantha Tuozzolo: You know, yeah. Jason, last night, I and now can we please talk about Hadestown for everyone? Because I have been just listening to this music on repeat.

[3:08] Jason A. Coombs: The music is phenomenal.

[3:15] Samantha Tuozzolo: My god, it's amazing. So, everyone, we were so lucky last night to go see Hadestown for their fifth anniversary.

[3:23] Samantha Tuozzolo: And it was my first time seeing the show, which is crazy because I where were you girl in 2019? I don't know, five years. Like, what was I up to? You know, not seeing Hadestown, I guess.

[3:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: But oh my god, I kept looking at Jason saying, Jason, I love this play. Jason, I love this play. Jason, I love this play. It was so good.

[3:44] Jason A. Coombs: The production is so tight, and everybody hungry, everybody tired, everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow. The wagers, nothing, and the workers are attacked right yard in Hadestown.

[3:58] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hades, way down. It's so symbolic of real life, as you just heard me compare, you know, me as Orpheus walking through the dark tunnel and starting over.

[4:18] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um, but it's so symbolic of life in so many ways, and such an artistic told in such an artistic view, and I love it. I loved, loved, loved it so much.

[4:31] Jason A. Coombs: And I've saw it. Oh, sorry, go ahead.

[4:33] Samantha Tuozzolo: No, I was just gonna say, which we went to Hadestown because just to slide this in there on Sunday at the Museum of Broadway at 12 p.m. Jason and I are doing a live podcast recording.

[4:49] Jason A. Coombs: Come on down, see us.

[4:50] Samantha Tuozzolo: Come, it's Podfest at Broadway Podcast Network. So it's gonna be podcast, February 20.

[4:56] Jason A. Coombs: February. Wow.

[4:57] Samantha Tuozzolo: Oh my god. Definitely not February, definitely not February, April 21st.

[4:59] Jason A. Coombs: April 21st.

[5:05] Samantha Tuozzolo: We are gonna be hanging out all day with the BPN team, and yeah, we're hosting our panel, which is super, super exciting.

[5:14] Jason A. Coombs: With Issa and Jon Jon Briones.

[5:16] Samantha Tuozzolo: I know I'm not saying their last name right, and I please ask for I'm asking for forgiveness, but they've they're in Hadestown right now, father-daughter duo, and daughter duo.

[5:27] Jason A. Coombs: That's amazing.

[5:28] Samantha Tuozzolo: Amazing. And more iconic is that.

[5:31] Jason A. Coombs: Iconic.

[5:31] Samantha Tuozzolo: And Jon Jon's such a Broadway icon. And how amazing that he was able to be on stage with her daughter for her Broadway debut.

[5:41] Jason A. Coombs: Like, oh my god, does it get any better than that?

[5:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yes, that's brilliant.

[5:47] Jason A. Coombs: So brilliant.

[5:47] Samantha Tuozzolo: And they're both so amazing. I remember. Sorry, my door just opened for those watching the video because I have a little puppy, as those who've been listening faithfully know who just busted open the door. So excuse, excuse if you heard that noise.

[6:01] Jason A. Coombs: A little ruffian.

[6:02] Samantha Tuozzolo: Oh my goodness. Anyway, sorry. Um, lost my train of thought. But how iconic is that, right? Like to be in such a great show as Hadestown, father-daughter duo, like you said, her Broadway debut. He's a iconic Broadway legend. Like, so cool.

[6:18] Jason A. Coombs: And basically fangirling, also, because I'm a 30-something-year-old man who watched that Goosebumps show because I loved that book series as a kid, and I love Justin Long. And there was that series on Hulu, uh, the Goosebumps series, and it was so good.

[6:32] Jason A. Coombs: So me and my friends had like a little group chat. We were like standing, and we like loved it so much. And Issa's in it, and I was like watching, I'm like, this girl looks so familiar. Her voice is impeccable, her acting is phenomenal.

[6:43] Jason A. Coombs: And I got there late, so I didn't get to read the program. So I'm like, Samantha, give me a program. I know her from somewhere, and I realized she's from Goosebumps, and I was like fangirling even harder. And she's so sweet, besides being incredibly talented, wickedly talented.

[7:01] Samantha Tuozzolo: I'm so excited to speak with her on Sunday. Need more.

[7:04] Jason A. Coombs: So, in conclusion, we love Hadestown. And come see us at the Museum of Broadway on Sunday with Jon Jon and Issa. It's gonna be a good chat.

[7:11] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah, and you get to meet us.

[7:14] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah.

[7:14] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hello.

[7:15] Jason A. Coombs: With us.

[7:16] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hello also. We're cool.

[7:19] Jason A. Coombs: We'll take some pictures with you, promise.

[7:23] Samantha Tuozzolo: Promise. We'll come in full hair and makeup.

[7:26] Jason A. Coombs: You know what you're wearing, Samantha? Are you ready?

[7:28] Samantha Tuozzolo: No clue.

[7:28] Jason A. Coombs: No clue.

[7:29] Samantha Tuozzolo: My brain, I'm not even, I don't even know.

[7:31] Jason A. Coombs: I have no idea where I am right now.

[7:33] Samantha Tuozzolo: Literally, literally.

[7:34] Jason A. Coombs: Literally.

[7:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: You know what I mean?

[7:36] Jason A. Coombs: Literally the same.

[7:37] Samantha Tuozzolo: Jason, before we talk about the episode today, last night was also so special for us. And it ties into our show in such a crazy full circle moment.

[7:47] Samantha Tuozzolo: So, you guys, we were also invited to the five-year anniversary party after the show. And I sent Jason the invite, and we're like planning, and he's like, Oh my god, Samantha, this party is at the Highline Ballroom.

[8:01] Jason A. Coombs: It's now called something else.

[8:02] Samantha Tuozzolo: Racket.

[8:03] Jason A. Coombs: Racket.

[8:04] Samantha Tuozzolo: Okay, okay. Yeah, but whatever. I didn't even clock the address.

[8:08] Samantha Tuozzolo: So it was so beautiful for us to be like walking this path, a path that we walked many times to go to our hustle survival job.

[8:19] Jason A. Coombs: Hustling off that E-train.

[8:22] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah. Because we're always late, both of us.

[8:25] Jason A. Coombs: Yes.

[8:26] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hustling. Yeah, and we're just at this venue now because of the show we made, and because of the people we interview and this brand that we've created together about survival jobs, going back to literally where it all began at our survival job.

[8:42] Jason A. Coombs: And yeah, granted, it's not the same venue, it's owned by different owners. It's the same idea. It looks exactly the same.

[8:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: Like we're a little bit nicer, to be honest.

[8:51] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, a lot nicer. We were like, oh my god, that's the same wall. Oh my god, on these stairs, this happened. It was really awesome.

[8:57] Samantha Tuozzolo: So it was wild. I was like texting our friend Demi, like sending her videos and pictures like the whole night because I'm like, we have so many memories there, right? And so many experiences, and just it was such an interesting time, right?

[9:12] Jason A. Coombs: I think back to that time, and of course, you're like a struggling actor, still still actor, still struggling actor, but in a different kind of place, right? And just remembering back to those days of like going to acting class and then running to writing to running to Highline and then you know doing photo shoots on the side because I do photography randomly sometimes and like going there and like putting my bag in there and going back out with the camera and taking photos of my friends, like that was like our home base while I was doing photography.

[9:38] Samantha Tuozzolo: It was like a lot of memories of that area, anyway.

[9:41] Jason A. Coombs: Sure are memories, yeah.

[9:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: It was really cool. Um okay, amazing. So we have an amazing guest today, by the way.

[9:51] Jason A. Coombs: So you guys know we did fangirl over Tommy a few weeks ago because we couldn't even wait to talk about it until this episode.

[9:58] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yes, we're huge Tommy fangirls. Hello, we both left that theater. Like, oh my god, we have to come back. I do need to bring my mom a sad. Dawn, you'll love, you'll love Tommy, Dawn.

[10:10] Jason A. Coombs: Don, you will love the schooling. Uh and one of my friends for years, Alexandra Matteo, which is what I've called her, but you guys will hear us talk about the last name, the way the last name is pronounced in the episode.

[10:23] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um is so amazing in the show. And after the show, I said, Alex, are you okay? You literally never leave the stage, never.

[10:32] Jason A. Coombs: You're sliding around, you're getting picked up. You're picking children up, you're just dancing for the gods, and you know, it was such a beautiful moment.

[10:43] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um, I've seen her perform so many times, but this was so special, and she shines, you guys.

[10:50] Jason A. Coombs: This episode's amazing.

[10:52] Samantha Tuozzolo: She really is giving some great tips to anyone, you know, looking to live the life, especially in that dancer track and that dancer mind and how to take care of your body and still, you know, show up with full energy and the limbs healed.

[11:09] Jason A. Coombs: The limbs healed.

[11:11] Samantha Tuozzolo: Am I okay? You know what I'm trying to say.

[11:13] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, that was really cool to hear that perspective, right? Because I feel like I'm not a dancer. I'm not, I feel like I'm not a dancer. I know I'm not a dancer, right? But so I don't have that kind of rigid kind of structure as far as like taking care of my body in a way of stretching and eating pasta for health, right? I eat pasta because it's fucking good, and I'm a greedy ass motherfucker sometimes, but like, you know, she you'll hear it in the show. And she's just so open and so kind and thoughtful, and she's on stage, like Samantha said, just just living.

[11:51] Jason A. Coombs: Slaying, living, slaying, killing it. I'm a stan, I'm a stan girl, fangirl, stand girl, whatever you want to call it.

[12:01] Jason A. Coombs: That's me. I'm part of the club forever now.

[12:04] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah.

[12:05] Jason A. Coombs: All right, let's tell everyone about Alex and then get to it.

[12:10] Samantha Tuozzolo: Get to it, baby.

[12:13] Jason A. Coombs: Should I start it off?

[12:14] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah, you start it off.

[12:15] Jason A. Coombs: Go. Sure. All right. Live. Like, I'm living like Alex. Listen. Alex is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory. Past Broadway credits include Mrs. Doubtfire, A Bronx Tale, and Annie. National tours include Dirty Dancing, Anything Goes, and The Adams Family. Alex's TV and film credits include Tulsa King, where she played Linda, and Jersey Boys Live, where she played Mary Delgado. Be sure to follow her on social media at Alexandra Matteo, aka Alexandra Maddieo. And go see The Who's Tommy immediately. You won't regret it today. Enjoy this episode. See you at Podfest at the Museum of Broadway on Sunday the 21st. We're in the 12 p.m. slot as Survival Jobs, and then we're in the 2 p.m. slot getting interviewed by our boy Robert Bannon for the round table. See you soon. Love it. Bye. Bye. Enjoy.

[13:27] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hi, Alex. Welcome to Survival Jobs: A Podcast. I feel like this has been years in the making. When Jason and I started this podcast, you were on our like original list of like dream guests. We gotta get like getter getter getter. And we're here. So welcome.

[13:46] Alexandra Matteo: Thank you. Thank you for having me.

[13:48] Samantha Tuozzolo: And thank you for making the time while you're just like killing it, doing backflips, getting lifted, picking up children in Tommy. Killing it. Literally. Never leaving it.

[14:00] Alexandra Matteo: It's exhausting.

[14:02] Samantha Tuozzolo: Listen, we do have questions about that because I was exhausted for you. I was like, what a queen icon. How is she doing this? But first, we're here to talk about obviously survival jobs. So before we talk about your amazing Broadway career in this amazing production, do you have a survival job that you had before you were killing it on Broadway that was like a good one that was not like so miserable? A favorite.

[14:31] Alexandra Matteo: Um yes. But I was good at it and I made decent money. Um so there was like a time where I basically was like, I don't want to tour anymore. I just want to just want to be on Broadway. I don't want to have to go back on the road. I had just like broken up with um like really toxic ex. And so I started teaching SLT, which have you taken SLT? It's like it's like Pilates on crack. It's like crazy. It's like you're in a plank for like an hour, like an hour straight, just doing random, like, oh, like moves for an hour with like a 30-second break here or a 10-second break here. And like everyone hated it when I taught it because in order to like get certified for it, you have to like teach a certain number of like practice classes and like they're free for your friends, but you have to like get your friends to come.

And like flying Katie and Whitney were just like, absolutely not. Under no circumstances will I be doing this. It was awful. Um in New York. I did it in New York on the Upper West Side. I was like, and I was like living on 84th, and the studio was like on 86th. It was like great. I would like kind of like this. I'd roll out of bed, I'd go there, I'd tell people like how to align their spine and the thing is like with like those fitness classes, it's like the people who do that and like really make good money out of it and like do it for a living are like the reason why they're so good at it is because it is like a full-time job. So like you're teaching you know, three to four classes a day, like five days a week, and more than anything, like wrecks your voice because you talk the whole time.

Oh my gosh. Um, and then you have to make up these it's like so much work. I'm like, I don't want to do that. But um it was like a great place to work, the people were great, you got free like workout classes, um, which was great, but I don't really like working out is the thing. So literally, it was like good people. I got to guess people in, it was fun. I did it for a little bit of time. It was like it was a good time. So the problem is with like it's hard because like in this profession, it's like the transitory nature of it, like the the fun survival jobs usually like because they know that you leave every like however many months to go for like three months to work in Chicago and do West Side Story or whatever, and they're like, no. But it was good. I liked it.

[17:27] Samantha Tuozzolo: How about if we flip it and reverse it? Do you have a job that was so terrible that you're like even thinking about it makes your skin crawl?

[17:36] Alexandra Matteo: Um so I've only had two like quote unquote survival jobs. Um and you know, one of them was working at ABC Kitchen with Joshua Pemberton. Shout out to Josh.

[17:50] Jason A. Coombs: Shout out, Jim.

[17:51] Alexandra Matteo: You know what? I will say Josh does listen a lot of does he?

[17:54] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah.

[17:54] Alexandra Matteo: So listen to this one. Shout out, Jim. I don't know if we were even there at the same time because he was doing hosting and I was training to be a server.

[18:08] Alexandra Matteo: Um which oh my god, that's I don't want to do that.

[18:14] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, girl. Hard work.

[18:16] Alexandra Matteo: We always say, especially in New York.

[18:19] Jason A. Coombs: Especially in New York.

[18:20] Alexandra Matteo: Oh my god. It's like the woof. So I was doing that. It was like my last day of training before I would get to be on the floor, like by myself. I had done like an excessive amount of training for like a decent restaurant in New York. So I think it was like three weeks or something.

[18:42] Alexandra Matteo: Oh wow. And then my yeah, of like training. I'm sure I I'm sure I did not working like a full-time schedule. I'm sure I was like a few days here, a few days there. But um I uh was the night before my final training schedule, and I was like sitting in on my roof in Washington Heights, and I got the call that I was going to do make my Broadway debut doing Annie. So I never had to actually finish it. I like emailed them immediately. I was like, not coming in. Sorry.

[19:14] Jason A. Coombs: You're like, I'm gonna be on Broadway, thank you so much.

[19:17] Alexandra Matteo: Jason and I served right around the corner from ABC Kitchen. We weren't so blessed to uh give a notice to make our Broadway debut. We were there for years, but in the Gramercy Park, you know, serving circuit.

[19:33] Jason A. Coombs: I love Gramercy Park. Marco and I went there recently for like a little date, but I I will say, like, the food, both those places are oh no, girl. We were not working at Gramercy Park. We were working at Hovolita Tech Mix in Gramercy Park.

[19:50] Alexandra Matteo: But like fierce. If we were working at Gramercy Park, we probably are racking in those tips. You know what I mean? I was like, girl, you are making money.

[19:56] Jason A. Coombs: No, no, no.

[19:59] Alexandra Matteo: No, no. Um for me for serving, it was like I have to escape by doing like bare minimum. And that's could never do that there, you know. Uh that I probably would have been better in a city. I don't know. I'm like, I basically only wanted to like work at a restaurant where I wanted to eat at because I was like, okay, well, what are the perks? And it was like family food, discount food. And then when I when I realized they were like, okay, so once a year you can come in and have like 50% off. I was like, once a year, why are we living here? Did they give you family meal at least?

[20:37] Jason A. Coombs: Uh no, I don't think so.

[20:40] Alexandra Matteo: Maybe no, I don't think so. They did that, like I worked at um I keep wanting to be like at Boston. Um Boston. Uh when we went to Boco. Um, the I worked at like Sansi there, which was like the best restaurant job. It was so chaotic, and I think it's still there. Um, and I was like bibity boxing with one of the chefs there, and it was like out like just like one of the other like cocktail waitresses. We would go out and like hang out with the um what's it called? With like the Patriots players, and we were like, this is that job ever, and we were like 20. Um, and they gave us family meal, and that was great. You know, this was the best restaurant experience. You need the family meal and the Patriots.

[21:28] Samantha Tuozzolo: Okay. Thank you for going down your survival jobs road of stories with us. We love it. But let's jump into Tommy. Like I said, I don't know if we were recording yet. I don't think we were. Jason and I are mega mega Tommy fangirls. We both saw it on different days, and we both were like, oh my god. I mean, Alex, you saw me after that. I was like, Alex, I think I fell to the ground, and I was like, I'm a fangirl. I'm like, I was losing my mind.

[22:15] Jason A. Coombs: Oh, it's always about this production.

[22:27] Samantha Tuozzolo: I think it is so amazing, and everybody needs to buy tickets and run and go see it now. Today today, www.buyticketstoTommy.com now. Can you tell us a little bit about how this job came to you and and the audition process and and how you came to be a part of this production?

[22:47] Alexandra Matteo: Yeah, it's like kind of like a long convoluted story. This is like the only show I've done where I've worked with like every member of the creative team before. And when I was doing the Jersey Boys movie with Des, the live capture during the pandemic, he was talking about how he wanted this to come back in. And I like looked at him and I was like, I love that musical. I would want to be in that. And then like fast forward two years later, like a year later or whatever, I was like filming something for I think it was like Playbill with Lauren. And she was like mentioning how she was working on Tommy. I was like, oh, I want to be in Tommy. And so I just got like kind of like planning the scene.

Manifest. I want to do that. That sounds fun. Um and uh helped Lauren out with some pre-pro for it, which is basically like we go into the studio and we come up with some of the choreography and work out like kind of what like the shape of the dance will be. And we, you know, did some of that for Des so he could see what it was and like the vibe of the show, and um so I did that, and then you know, a few weeks later went into audition, and like the whole time we were going through this audition process, we didn't know it was coming to Broadway, you know.

[24:18] Alexandra Matteo: Like they were like, Oh, it's just at the Goodman, it's a regional thing, yada yada. And I was like, Okay, well, it has Lauren Lataro and Des Mackinaff and Ron Melrose, so I'm gonna go on a limb and say it probably is hoping to come to Broadway. Um and so I went in for it. I came back like a bunch. Like, you know, that's like one of the like Des really takes his time casting these shows. He does it like and and I think to his credit because he every time I've worked with him like brings together just like the most magical group of humans and everyone is incredible. Like the best thing about doing this show is the people um because it's like just the most amazing group of humans. And if it wasn't it would be such a fucking disaster my last yeah you're good it would be a disaster because you are like this show doesn't stop moving.

It's like a runaway train. So it just goes go go go go goes um so yeah so I went in a bunch of times um and then they called me during my Christmas break I was home with um my family in Washington and I got a call saying that I was gonna be in it and I was gonna be an onstage track which is really exciting and I'd be covering Sally Simpson which is also like exciting and so and then we went to Chicago and had the best time. It was so fun I love your like booked it calls twice on this on this interview. First you're like bye to ABC Kitchen I'm being on Broadway and then next you're like with your family that is so special and by the way for everyone just listening we're getting full Tommy coverage with art can please show your mug thank you for representing the Tommy mugs.

[26:12] Alexandra Matteo: Yes. Alex is fully having her coffee out of the Tommy mug and we're just representing there's so much Tommy merch. We got a lot of Tommy merch in this house. I love that for you yeah and the call's never like I think that's one of the like my favorite things about being in this business which is kind of like silly but the calls never get old like whenever you get a call from your agent and you're like oh my um okay so you booked this Broadway show you book this and it's like i every single one of them is just as special as the ver I mean maybe not just as special as the first one but like they all are so special and I have like such a visceral memory of like where I was every time I got the call and it's like it's so it's such a cool thing.

It's cool and special I guess speaking of these shows this is your fourth Broadway show if I'm not mistaken yes so yeah Tommy is so dance heavy as we were saying how does this show compare your your how does your experience with this show compare to your previous shows that maybe weren't as such dance heavy because you were what Mrs. Doubtfire and Mrs. Doubtfire Brock's tale and Annie and then I toured for many many years.

[27:43] Alexandra Matteo: It's like on the ground for like 90% of my show in a V slide so that literally sliding across the stage yeah I think I screamed when you slid across I was like oh my gosh well so my friend's husband met Katie you guys know Katie right from uh backstage bite we were and her husband came her and her husband came to the show and she was like he was just like giggling the whole overture and I was like why and he goes well I I just was like oh I wonder if I'm gonna be able to tell which one is her and then you get dragged on stage within the first like 10 seconds someone like flips you in the air throws you over his shoulder tosses you up and then literally throws you off stage and walks the other way I just wanted to be like could could you be careful with that one so it's like it's the biggest difference with this show is like you don't stop going I have one like one and a half minute break it's during Smash the Mirror where I'm sitting in wing four stage right doing some like spinal articulations doing some like book openers and cat cows and downward dogs.

[29:01] Alexandra Matteo: Um and that's the only time that I'm not either on stage or making a quick change to go on stage because in addition to like all of the dancing and characters that we play on stage we're also like the kind of like ninja y characters that are all in black that are moving all the set as well. Yeah it's it's go go go all the time which makes it like it moves which is really nice it's a short short show it's two hours we are like and our shows are at seven o'clock so I am like home in New Jersey by 10 o'clock it's a great oh wow yeah it's great but because it's so like I I think of the ensemble as a character like in the show like as a big character in the show too because there are so many step outs and features and like we really keep the story moving.

Um but the biggest difference is like if one thing is off because we are so in the pocket of this like moving train the whole time like you really feel it like if for some reason like the the music is feeling off or the sound is off or like the people aren't getting like in the pocket of like a dan like not that this happens often but like you are so like in the fabric of what is happening that like we really feel it as a group it sounds so silly but it's like what's it called what was the like viewpoints where it's like just everything is like connected to something else and you're you're just like one little amiiba like Des uses this um image of like Starling birds where they're like tiny tiny little birds and they all like move together and when you see it move you like your brain registers it as one thing but it's like 50 things moving as one and that's really like how this show feels so it's incredibly rewarding um the choreography is really hard mostly because it's so aerobic um and this on Broadway is my first time doing like a full time like track that is my own um so I do it every single day which is a whole new set of challenges um so it's great because you get to like like feel comfortable.

[31:34] Alexandra Matteo: Right. Which is something I haven't experienced on Broadway normally. I'm like, oh, I'm doing this and then I'm doing this and doing that, especially like after the pandemic. Um so yeah, it's just like it is really hard and it is really taxing, like on our bodies, and especially like I've been in this industry for a really long time, and it's like you have to care for your body. Like my prep for the show, it adds, you know, 45 minutes onto my show. And then now I'm at the age where like, okay, I guess we have to cool down now, and we take an Epsom salt bath every night. And we like, and yeah, like you really do have to care of yourself for your body because it is the only like it is the storyteller in this, and so yeah, I hope I answered that.

[32:27] Samantha Tuozzolo: That's l that was literally the next question that we had is like I you know, we were so blown away with the dancing and the literal you saying you only have a minute and a half off from the show tracks because I was like, she's never leaving the stage. And so we have a lot of listeners that are like wanting to be in this industry, a lot of dancers. So can you share what you are? You just said an Epsom salt bath. Did I say Epsom right?

[32:51] Alexandra Matteo: Yeah, yeah, I got it. Do you have any other rituals that you do that's practicing self-care to really prepare your body and mind to do this eight times a week, and you're also commuting back and forth to Jersey.

[33:04] Alexandra Matteo: Um, so that's part one of the question, and then part two is how do you juggle, you know, doing your entire track and knowing this whole track and then covering Sally?

[33:13] Alexandra Matteo: Um, well, first off, my track is pretty sweet because since Sally Simpson is another ensemble track, I would do my whole track and then just step in for Sally Simpson. So it's kind of a dream. It's pretty like in comparison to some other parts I've covered where like you know, I've done shows where I'm covering 10 principles and um I would do their entire track. And that is like a whole different ballgame. This is super manageable and it's fun because like she gets to ride a Vespa and do a fight scene and like it's very like it's fun.

[33:51] Alexandra Matteo: Um so that's um one of the more like what's the word I'm looking for kind of it it it doesn't feel scary to cover that track. It feels like real like when I get when I'll get to go into it, it'll be like, oh, okay, it'll be fun, and I'll do my whole track until the last 20 minutes of the show, and then I'll bop into this thing, and you know, we have rehearsals, so we'll I'll feel prepared and it'll be great.

[34:22] Alexandra Matteo: Um in terms of like being like ready for the skit, um so honestly the hardest thing has been because we just got out of like like we just opened, so we've been crazy, and then after opening, you know, everyone's bodies are like really run down. So we had like some emergency put ins and you know, it's been crazy as it often is at this time opening a new show.

[34:52] Alexandra Matteo: Um so the hardest thing is like getting sleep, honestly, and especially because like this is kind of silly, but my husband and I live out in New Jersey and we have one car, so like I take him to work, I take him to the train station at seven o'clock in the morning, and then I come home and I have to go back to bed for like two hours because I really do just like I just need to sleep. I need to sleep and I need to sleep more than your average muggle.

[35:23] Alexandra Matteo: Um and then I do like this kind of 20 minute like low impact warm-up every day, which I could share with you. Um and it's it's like a lot of you know, you start with like book openers and then you do windshield wipers and like cat cows, and then by the end of it, you're doing like a bunch of sun salutations with like planks and you know like a little bit more to get your heart rate up, but it's very, very gentle, and it's like I do it every day. I foam roll two times a day. I do like it's like a lot of work on my legs and my hips and my low back.

[36:10] Alexandra Matteo: Um just to make sure that like this is sustainable because it kind of started to hit like this week where we're like, okay, we're gonna do this every day for a year, um which is like a lot.

[36:20] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah.

[36:23] Alexandra Matteo: Hopefully for longer than eight.

[36:25] Jason A. Coombs: Eight times a week.

[36:27] Alexandra Matteo: Yes.

[36:28] Jason A. Coombs: Um so there's that.

[36:31] Alexandra Matteo: I it's like little things where like I sit on a heating pad when I do my makeup so that my quads stay or my hamstrings stay warm. Um, and then I have like more activation exercises when I like get on stage, and then when I come home, it's I ice and then I take an em salt bath, and then I have a glass of wine and I read my book. And it's like it's a very um like you like the the come up to be up and then to come down is like very important, at least to me, and I think to most people in our show have like a pretty extensive like warm-up situation.

[37:13] Alexandra Matteo: I try to go to the gym like three to four days a week. Um the show is so heavy in cardio. So like training for the show was like a lot of running and uphill climbing and hikes and all that. So yeah, it's like figuring out like what feels good and then how to make your body feel good for a an extended run. And and also like accepting that like some things are just gonna like evolve and sometimes your legs are gonna hurt. And some like I went into PT and I was like, you know, my whole thing is like I always think I like I'm like, oh my knee hurts. Do you think I like broke my bone? And she's like, No, I think you're fine. I think you're just jumping from like many feet in the air, and and your knee probably hurts, which is normal.

[38:07] Alexandra Matteo: So it's like, and that's the hardest thing to gauge from like having my own full time track to like when you swing or when you're a standby, um like your body does get a a break that it doesn't get when you're doing it every single night. So the like just every day wear and tear and learning kind of like okay, what is this new normal? How does it feel in my body? And how do I like care for my body so that I can do this full out eight times a week? Cause like not doing it full out is not an option.

[38:43] Alexandra Matteo: And you want it to look cool. Like yesterday we were I asked at lift call. I was like, hey, I think I could like jump higher off this pinball machine at the end. I want it to be more impressive for me. Like I see what the guy is doing, and I think I could do that too. So can I like jump off this pinball machine a couple of times? And it's like knowing how far you can push it so that it like is really impressive. Um and also that you're still able to like care for your body and you're not gonna get injured.

[39:15] Jason A. Coombs: Totally.

[39:16] Alexandra Matteo: Yes, of course. And thank you for sharing all of that in such detail. I think it's really important for people to know like you don't just wake up and like go beyond Broadway. It's in the glitz and glam. Like there's a lot of work and a lot of prep, especially in in a show like this and a track like you have. And I think it's important for our listeners to hear and for us here too. Like, that's and hear the come the come down to what you were saying as well.

[39:39] Alexandra Matteo: Like your job doesn't just end when the show ends, right? There's stuff you have to do for to take care of yourself after as well. That was like the hardest is like, or not the hardest. That's a like the most painful part is my commute home because I actually really do enjoy I I like went to Jersey kicking and screaming. My husband basically was like, I hate living in the city, and we're married now, so like can we move? Um so I I left the city like kicking and screaming, and I actually kind of love it.

[40:12] Alexandra Matteo: It gives me um a work life balance that I have like never ever experienced before in my life. Cause like, you know, the city, it's just like go, go, go all the time. And then I'm out here, and I was sitting on Tuesday before the show and just like gardening all day. And I was like, wow, I almost feel like a real person for a second.

[40:35] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah.

[40:35] Alexandra Matteo: But that commute hole. There's like 30 minutes where you're just sitting and you feel like all of your joints. And so like I'm that asshole on the train who's like cutting up a leg and just like fully doing like spine articulations, and like, you know, I look insane, but it's like trying to like not get my whole body to just like seize up in this sitting position.

[41:01] Alexandra Matteo: Um and then like every actor I know um on Broadway or on tour or anything, it's like you're doing something that requires such a level of adrenaline, um, that to just like go home and immediately go to bed is like not really an option. That's like a a little unhinged. Like you need to just like be able to be like, okay, I'm gonna come back down to being like a real person, and you know, I do like post-show pasta where it's like every day after the show I come home and have like a pound of pasta.

[41:35] Jason A. Coombs: Yes, oh my gosh.

[41:38] Alexandra Matteo: Um it's like the opposite of Michael Scott. I don't know if you're an office fan.

[41:41] Jason A. Coombs: No, I mean, I should be doing it before my show, and I'm trying to like maybe switch to like having pasta before the show because I did it one day and I had like like a pound and a half of pasta, and I was like, oh my god, I have so much energy. This is amazing.

[41:57] Alexandra Matteo: Um, how's the pot? Are we doing red sauce? Are we doing butter? And like, what is the pasta prep I have to know?

[42:05] Alexandra Matteo: I'll switch it up because you know Italian, so we do like Sunday sauce. So we have like uh if I have some leftover sauce, I'll do sauce. Sometimes I just like in the summer I like to like, you know, saute some garlic and olive oil with like fresh tomatoes and herbs and lemon zest and like do that. Sometimes I do like Allison Romans, like pantry pasta. It's very like it runs the gamut.

[42:33] Alexandra Matteo: But it's like something about just like giving myself an hour to like eat, drink a glass of wine and like read a book and just like kind of like come back down to like myself because it's really easy to get caught up in the neuroses of like your show. Like if you have and and the thing is like the work we do is important, but also it's like we we are lucky enough to get on stage and sing and dance for a living.

[43:04] Alexandra Matteo: So like it it I have worked really hard to like make it so that my entire personality is not just that I'm like an actor, that I'm other things, and that my self-worth is not tied to like what I'm doing in the performance space because like regardless of if you're like in a Broadway show or not, you are still an actor just because that is what you're doing.

[43:36] Alexandra Matteo: And and in a lot of cases, like e like I use more of my skills sometimes when I'm in the audition process than when I'm like in a job. And so it's like it's a really difficult thing to navigate because we are taught in this industry, like from such a young age to have such a lack of mentality around this profession.

[44:00] Alexandra Matteo: And that like there's not enough for everyone. And if you're not willing to do this, there's a million women who look just like you who will come out here and do it. And it's just like I really disagree with that. And I I think that it's a really like dangerous message to send to young artists.

[44:20] Alexandra Matteo: And I think that it's just so important to love what you do and value what you do and feel really like you're allowed to be like, wow, this is really impressive, and this is really cool. And I'm like living my dream, but also it's not the entirety of like who I am as a person.

[44:38] Alexandra Matteo: And it's not like when I'm at my husband, like the least cool thing he thinks about me is the fact that I'm a Broadway actor, which is like sometimes a little annoying, but like sometimes it's like you're like, oh I am a full-fledged human being, and so just like taking a minute or an hour or however long it takes you to just like come back to yourself, and like the it I think is so important, especially when you're like in this part of the schedule where it's just go go go go go all the time.

[45:12] Alexandra Matteo: It's really easy to be like, well, the the sky will come crashing down if I'm not you know doing lip trills from the moment I wake up, and it's just like it's that ain't it.

[45:25] Jason A. Coombs: Yeah, I like something that's that's powerful what you're just thinking, and it kind of reminds me of your podcast, Pull It Together, which is a podcast for women redefining what it means to be a creative on their their own terms, right?

[45:36] Alexandra Matteo: Um and you also talk about reading, right? After you you on your come down experience after the show.

[45:43] Jason A. Coombs: What wait, what else is feeding your soul artistically? Is it a special book you want to shout out? Is it a show you like to binge watch on your day off? Is it a movie you've seen recently?

[45:54] Alexandra Matteo: Yeah, I mean, I love this question because I think that we all like become like we all go into this profession because like we love like it feeds us creatively, and I think that in the same way that we were talking about like podcasting is now like a job for you. It started as a creative outlet, and now that creative outlet is a job.

[46:15] Alexandra Matteo: So I think that and it can still be like creative, but there is like this switch that happens when your creative passion pursuits are no longer like feeling super creative because they are tied to a a job, if that makes sense. So I think it's so important to like find things that are not tied to an ROI, um, that just kind of light you up.

[46:48] Alexandra Matteo: And so for me, that's um I do like a substack newsletter for like um like traveling, basically. I do a lot of travel and hiking and like backpacking with my husband, and we take film uh film photography, film photographs of like us on kind of these like amazing epic hikes.

[47:13] Alexandra Matteo: Um like we backpacked the Swiss Alps for our honeymoon. We did um we hiked the Kala Lao Trail recently in Hawaii when when we found out Tommy was coming to Broadway and we were like, oh my god, we'll have dual income again. We like booked this flight to Hawaii and did this like 26 mile hike that's like one of the most dangerous hikes in the world, and we did that.

[47:36] Alexandra Matteo: And so like I was trying to kind of come up with a way that like to like document these things and to like have like it almost feels like a little blog, but like a little creative, like passion pursuit that is not tied to like what I do for a living. And so right now it's it's that, it's cooking, it's we just bought a house, so like a lot of home projects.

[48:05] Alexandra Matteo: Um I love to read like it is I just finished Book of Love by Kelly Link, which is like a lot of like magical realism kind of it reminded me a little bit of like the vibe of Night Circus, if either of you have read that.

[48:22] Alexandra Matteo: Um yeah, so like just uh anything that is like gets my brain like working in that like glittery creative way that doesn't feel the pressure to like be something is like I guess really important to me to like feel grounded.

[48:50] Jason A. Coombs: That's amazing.

[48:52] Samantha Tuozzolo: Thank you for sharing that.

[48:53] Jason A. Coombs: Um you've been so amazing, basically already giving so much advice to everyone just by answering the questions.

[49:01] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um, we are wrapping up the interview, and we do always end with a quick fun game just to bring it back to being silly and light.

[49:08] Alexandra Matteo: Great.

[49:08] Samantha Tuozzolo: But do you have any advice for anyone who might be listening who might be feeling stuck in their survival job, but like craving a life as an artist?

[49:18] Alexandra Matteo: Yes.

[49:20] Alexandra Matteo: Um, I think that number one, like do something that just like lights you up and makes you feel good.

[49:32] Alexandra Matteo: And it doesn't have to be like that's kind of where my podcast was like born from, where I was feeling like not very creatively fulfilled. And just because you try new things doesn't mean that you're like giving up on something else. I think sometimes we can feel like we're cheating on our art if we have other interests, and we're not that like I think it's very brave to have other interests and to like kind of explore those, and if anything, it makes us a better performer.

[50:10] Alexandra Matteo: And I think like because we're taught like from such a young age, like if you can do anything else, do it, and then you have like this generation of people who are like anxiety ridden and terrified to like have any other loves, and it's like that's not really fair. So I think if you're feeling stuck, just find anything that like makes you feel lit up because it doesn't have to be going to a dance class. That can be really intimidating. Like for me, if I'm feeling bad about being a dancer, the last thing I want to do is go do like a spotlight dance class, you know, like that is actually feel really good. Maybe I just want to like watch some Aina Garden videos and make a pot roast, you know, like and that is creative too, and that is like gonna nourish that part of your soul that is like feeling neglected, and once you start caring for like that little kid, that little part of you, like the other part will fall into place because you like I don't want to say like oh, people can like feel desperation because it sounds like kind of condescending, but like you can feel when things are not feeling in flow, and other people can feel when things are not feeling in flow, and usually it's just like you have to reconnect with the joy and the and the part of yourself like that is an artist and a creative and a human being outside from uh outside of being like a Broadway dancer, you know.

[51:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: Amazing.

[51:50] Jason A. Coombs: Um yeah, did that answer the question?

[51:53] Alexandra Matteo: Yes, that was beautiful.

[51:55] Samantha Tuozzolo: Thank you so much. Like, I feel like Jason and I love our show so much because when we ask that question, we feel like we need to hear it too. So thank you so much.

[52:04] Samantha Tuozzolo: In conclusion, everyone run and go see Tommy.

[52:07] Jason A. Coombs: So to end this interview, like I said, we always end on a quick fun game. Since Tommy is a Broadway revival, we thought we'd throw some Broadway revival trivia to you.

[52:17] Alexandra Matteo: Oh my god, I'm gonna fail.

[52:18] Alexandra Matteo: I'm so I'm like the worst Broadway.

[52:22] Jason A. Coombs: No, I think I think I think it it's it's pretty they're pretty good ones, they're pretty easy.

[52:29] Alexandra Matteo: If it's not, I'll I'll write you in the comments the answer.

[52:34] Jason A. Coombs: No, no, no, I can do it. I love games. I'm just really bad.

[52:38] Jason A. Coombs: It's quick. I think you'll get it. All right, Jay. You want to take that first one?

[52:43] Jason A. Coombs: Sure. Okay. This Broadway revival was featured in the 2023 season and featured Tony nominated performances from Sarah Bareilles and Brian d'Arcy James. And remember, no one is alone in this revival. Name that revival.

[52:58] Alexandra Matteo: Okay, Into the Woods.

[53:01] Jason A. Coombs: Yes.

[53:02] Jason A. Coombs: One in the one.

[53:04] Jason A. Coombs: One out of one. Okay, next. In 2009, this revival ran longer than its original production, which was on in 1957. Karen Olivo won a Tony Award for the 2009 revival for her performance. Name that revival.

[53:27] Alexandra Matteo: A hint is that there are two groups of people, and one of the group's uh name is story, West Side Story, right?

[53:36] Jason A. Coombs: Ding dang dang. Congrats. Two for two.

[53:39] Jason A. Coombs: Two for two. And let me tell you, in the original West Side Story production ran for 732 performances, and the revival ran for 748 performances. There's a fun fact.

[53:49] Alexandra Matteo: That's not 732. How much like that's I feel like it should be longer.

[53:56] Jason A. Coombs: That's what I thought as well. Um I think not even two years. I got that fact from so I'm not sure.

[54:04] Jason A. Coombs: But that is what facts are. I think shows in general were like ran shorter back in the day.

[54:12] Alexandra Matteo: Yeah, but even the 2009 revival, I thought that was like a big ol' hit.

[54:16] Alexandra Matteo: Could have could've still been. I remember seeing that. I saw that front row. I got rush tickets at the Palace Theater. You know, we love a rush ticket.

[54:26] Jason A. Coombs: Okay, you're killing the game. Next question. This current Broadway Revival opened in 1996 and is still going strong. In 2002, there's a movie adaptation of the musical that was largely re-reviewed brilliantly. And on June 25th, 2022, this revival played its 10,000th performance. Revival?

[54:55] Alexandra Matteo: Revival. Yeah.

[54:57] Alexandra Matteo: Revival that's been running forever. I mean, part of me wants to say Chicago, but ding ding ding.

[55:04] Jason A. Coombs: I didn't know that happened with revival either. The first Chicago closed pretty quickly, and then this transferred from City Center as like they they wanted to like bring it back. And so they did like a little concert version. And now it's just been killing it. And now Ariana Maddox is just in it.

[55:23] Alexandra Matteo: What a slay.

[55:24] Jason A. Coombs: 10,000.

[55:27] Jason A. Coombs: 10,000 performances in 2002. So now we're two years later. Okay. And this is your bonus, which you do not need because you have a perfect score. This musical with music by George Gershwin holds the most times a musical has had a Broadway revival with seven Broadway revivals. Name that revival.

[55:45] Alexandra Matteo: I can't speak right now.

[55:52] Jason A. Coombs: Name that revival.

[55:59] Alexandra Matteo: Oh my god, I'm gonna be really bad at this. It goes like this. It goes like something and something. Blank and blank.

[56:07] Alexandra Matteo: Wait, is it Porgy and Bess?

[56:10] Alexandra Matteo: Wait, that was literally what I was gonna say, and then I'm like, surely we haven't revived Porgy and Bess. That's been time.

[56:16] Jason A. Coombs: It's the most revived musical, seven times. And the most recent was 2000, what did I just say? Nine.

[56:22] Alexandra Matteo: You didn't say a year.

[56:24] Jason A. Coombs: I didn't say the year, but I think it was 2012. I said nine, but I do think it was 2012.

[56:30] Alexandra Matteo: Wow. Congratulations. You nailed the name of the name.

[56:34] Jason A. Coombs: Alex.

[56:37] Jason A. Coombs: So for the red carpet for Tommy opening, you play a lot of games, and I did not know that. And a lot of them are like musical theater games, and I am horrifying at it. I was like mortified. I was like, I don't know who any of those people are. But I do want to just say you've redeemed yourself with the musical theater games. And I barely cheated. Actually, I didn't cheat at all. I just gave a couple clues.

[57:03] Alexandra Matteo: Blink and but to my defense, I was like, it can't be Porgy and Bess. But it was sure sure is.

[57:12] Samantha Tuozzolo: Alex, before we go, can you let our listeners know where they can follow you on all the social medias?

[57:18] Alexandra Matteo: Yes. Um, I am at Alexandra Matteo with two T's. Um on Instagram. Um you can uh follow my sub my travel sub stack is called Wandering. Um basically links to everything is on my Instagram or on my website, Alexandra Matteo.com.

[57:40] Jason A. Coombs: And the biggest tag is they've been calling you Alex Maddio for as long as I've known you, which is a minimum of 10 years at this point.

[57:47] Alexandra Matteo: So fun for me. I just learned something new.

[57:50] Alexandra Matteo: No, I can I know when people have met me based on how they pronounce my last name. Because when I was growing up in Kansas, we said Matthew. Um, and then like my senior year of high school, we went to Italy, and my family was like, that's not how you say your name. So then, but because I went to college with one of my like dear dear high school friends, um, he would be like, Alex Maddie, Alex Maddio. So, like everyone from like my freshman year of high school or younger, like knows me as Maddie, even though it is Matteo.

[58:25] Samantha Tuozzolo: I love that.

[58:25] Alexandra Matteo: Also, I I like regret saying like my name, like, you know, you have to like pick your equity name when you're like 18 or whatever. You have to pick it like really young. And I was like, Alexandra sounds so fancy. I was like, no, never has anyone ever called me that ever. But here we are.

[58:41] Jason A. Coombs: Alexandra Matteo. It sounds very fancy.

[58:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: It is fancy.

[58:45] Jason A. Coombs: I put my equity name Samantha Tuozzolo, and that's just who I am.

[58:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: Thank you. That's my own. I'm Samantha Dawn. I'd be like, I don't who is she? I don't know her. Here she is.

[58:56] Jason A. Coombs: Sammy Tux.

[58:57] Samantha Tuozzolo: Sammy Tux.

[58:58] Jason A. Coombs: Sammy Tutz.

[58:59] Samantha Tuozzolo: That should be. Maybe I can switch it.

[59:01] Jason A. Coombs: Um and if you guys are listening because you're an Alex, Alexandra Matteo fan, and this is your first time listening to Survival Jobs. Go follow us at Survival Jobs Pod on Instagram and Twitter and TikTok at Survival Jobs a Podcast on Facebook. Shoot us an email at survivaljobspod@gmail.com. Follow my boy Jason at Jason A. Coombs. And follow me at Sammy Tuts.

[59:27] Samantha Tuozzolo: Just like Alex said. I'm so happy we finally did this. You're amazing.

[59:30] Alexandra Matteo: Yes. Go see Tommy.

[59:32] Jason A. Coombs: At the Nederlander.

[59:34] Samantha Tuozzolo: Go see Tommy at the Nederlander. Immediately.

[59:36] Jason A. Coombs: ASAP. You don't want to miss it. I got two playbills right here.

[59:41] Samantha Tuozzolo: Oh, Jason. You took two?

[59:45] Jason A. Coombs: Gotta take two. Gotta have a backup.

[59:48] Samantha Tuozzolo: Thank you, Alex. This is amazing.

[59:51] Alexandra Matteo: Thank you.