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[0:00] Eli Tokash: Hello everyone and welcome to episode 136 of Take A Bow. I'm your host, Eli Tokash, and this week, oh man, this week, we have a very exciting, very exciting episode. This is the best way I can think of to kick off the new year. Very exciting stuff for me. Uh, very exciting stuff for all of you because this episode probably wouldn't have happened if I didn't get like 18,000 messages saying, "Oh, can we have Elizabeth Teeter back on the podcast?" Um, which has happened a lot recently. And uh I'm very grateful for the feedback, and I'm so grateful, even more grateful, that uh I was able to bring your uh I guess dreams to fruition. It's not like dreams, I mean it's not that serious, but um, I'm glad that I was able to make it happen for all of you because I know this is kind of the content that you want.

Um, so here it is. Uh we have an incredible guest. It's the person who is absolutely killing it, uh, no pun intended, in the hit Broadway show, Beetlejuice, playing Lydia Deetz, you know, starring in the role, not a big deal. Um, we have Elizabeth Teeter on the podcast today. Very exciting stuff. We had just done a reading together. Uh I mentioned it a couple weeks ago. The Diane Warren musical, uh, the songwriter. It was very, very fun. Elizabeth absolutely killed it. Elizabeth played a young Shoshana Bean, and we were just getting into it on the podcast, and then we had two technical difficulties, and we didn't know what kind of where it left off uh and where the episode kind of like jumped.

But I guess we'll have to find out because we were recording long enough, and so I was just like, you know what, send a little like thank you over and uh thanks for listening and whatever, and then we'll call it a day. But uh yeah, we just got done doing a Diane Warren musical, and she was absolutely killing it. And she was playing a young Shoshana Bean. Uh, so incredible, and uh a young Diane Warren, of course, for that matter, um, but Shoshana Bean was playing Diane Warren. So it was a very, very fun uh episode and a very fun uh now after working with her, you know, this episode was way easier as I got to know a little bit more about her, and you know, we were more comfortable with one another, and we were kind of just you know, going off of one another and having a fun conversation all about Beetlejuice.

Uh, this episode is not your traditional uh take about episode where we uh talk about every or not every accomplishment, because that's kind of like impossible, but like all of the accomplishments and everything throughout a person's career and the journey of how they got there and what kind of advice they'd give and all of that is really what we try to do. Um, but here with Elizabeth today, it was super fun because we just got to have a normal like conversation. It was not much of an interview at all, and it was fully about Beetlejuice, and it was all about uh, you know, what's happening over there, what her journey with that particular show has been. And uh it was an absolute blast. I mean, Beetlejuice, you all probably know Beetlejuice closes this Sunday.

So um I couldn't think of a better time to have Elizabeth on the podcast. Not only is she going into her final week or are they in their final weeks right now of Beetlejuice, but also she's kicking off the new year with us. So um very exciting for for me and all of you. I know uh you all love Elizabeth, so thrilled to get her on again. And uh yeah, so I won't do a crazy long news segment, but there are some things to talk about. Luckily, there's not too many like breaking news stuff, so I just have a few little notes here, and uh we'll turn it over to the Broadway news, shall we? First off, we uh very exciting stuff here with the holidays happening. Uh, we love the holidays here on Broadway.

Uh uh Broadway is like uh getting a concert for Christmas or Hanukkah or whatever you may celebrate that you get presents for. You know, you may get a Broadway show or you may get a trip to New York and when you're in New York, what do you do? You usually go see a Broadway show because why not? That's kind of like the spectacle of New York. So very exciting uh announcements when uh we heard that multiple shows broke box office records in their respective theaters this week including Anne Juliet, Funny Girl, Beetlejuice, and they all uh Lion King announced that they had the highest grossing week of their entire run uh on Broadway which was very exciting somehow that wasn't a broken box office record uh or they didn't like kind of share it that way they kind of just said that that was the best week that we've had and then we had some news from over at Piano Lesson where Piano Lesson was the highest grossing show of an August Wilson play which kind of blew my mind because there's a million August Wilson plays uh an absolute playwright genius.

So uh that was kind of shocking to hear but huge congrats to them. And then of course Hades Town became the longest running show in production in the Walter Kerr Theater. So very exciting that was like all time in the Walter Kerr Theater. So that was really cool to see very exciting stuff with all of those shows. Congratulations to all of those shows and congratulations to all of you because we here at Take A Bow absolutely love when you all are going out and supporting the arts and supporting Broadway because um without you all, there would be no Broadway and there would be no art. So uh shout out to all of you going to see the Broadway shows, going to see uh and support these wonderful performers and these stories that are being told.

Um hopefully this will continue to happen as uh you know things kind of get uh back to normal ish. I don't know, that's like so weird to say because what is normal? Like there is no okay. Now we're getting deep. Uh this is therapy for me, y'all. Okay, so moving on, uh a couple other notes here. Uh Parade was looking like a shoe-in for uh for a Broadway transfer, and this may have come out last week, um, and I could have done it on last week's episode, but uh it's still circling around, so it's still pretty relevant in the sense that uh Parade is still looking for investments in order to transfer into a Broadway run. I sh am shocked because I thought I I'm still pretty I'm pretty confident that Parade will be on Broadway.

Um there are just a lot of investors out there, so kind of like to cry to help may accelerate the process of the producer's work and finding investors and everything like that. So interesting stuff. Uh it's something that we all should keep an eye out on because it was so good at City Center and so many people wanted to go see it and didn't get a chance to see it. So uh shocked that if it wouldn't come to Broadway, but I have high hopes and I have a good feeling that it will eventually come to Broadway, and we'll see what happens there. Maybe not as fast as we all wanted it to be, but uh no doubts in my mind that it'll come for sure. Another note here, Paradise Square, there's been a whole I mean every time we mention this show, it's always like something crazy happening in the show.

Um, but uh no, it you know, the show is no longer running. It was part of the it was the show that uh had a lot of legal issues where the producer was not paying the cast, and there were a lot of things not being fulfilled, and they had to immediately like shut down basically. Well, they had also recorded this cast album, and they weren't paid for the cast album. I think I've talked about it on here before. If not, I've just been uh talking about it with friends who were in the show, and I can certainly hope to get them on to talk more on this topic because it's quite interesting actually. They recorded the cast album and they didn't uh that that's like overtime pay usually or a separate like little benefit pay.

Um and they were not paid for that or anything like that. So because of that, they had to halt the release in the cast album as they couldn't release it because the actors and artists weren't getting paid for it. So you can't release something that's not being paid for. Well, despite all this legal issue, the show's composer, Jason Howland released 13 tracks on his Instagram. So he is in charge of this cast album. He really has all of it on his computer, and uh, I've been explained that uh he was the one that really said this is my music, and we are not releasing it until the artists are paid and respected fully. So he's been a big advocate for uh the legal justice when it comes to this show in terms of both himself and the artists and the performers involved.

Um so for him to do this, there's gotta be a motive behind it. It's an interesting decision. Maybe he's kind of just generating buzz in hope that uh I mean, the music is so good. Like everyone should go check it out on his Instagram. It's just Jason Howland. Just search that up on Instagram and you'll like find some of the music. Um, it's his 13 latest posts. They're all videos. It's amazing. Like he wrote an amazing score here. And um, so maybe he's kind of just kind of getting Paradise Square back in the news again in hopes that it'll lead to a little light bulb in the producer's mind or something, or an equity someone like can intervene here and and pay the actors for for the time being and hopefully make the money back from the cast album.

I don't know. There's a lot to um pack here, and I don't have the answers to all of it. Um, so I'm kind of just like jotting out my perception of it or my guesses. So yeah, there's that. And uh it, you know, we'll see what happens with it. It's something to keep an eye on for sure. That show is so fascinating for so many reasons, uh, because of everything that's happened. But uh, anyways, I'm moving on and uh I'll continue to keep you all updated as we go. So with that being said, that is all I have for this week's little news segment. As I mentioned, not too much craziness happening, um, or like breaking news, I guess happening, but news nonetheless. And uh with that, since it is a bit of a longer episode here with an hour with Elizabeth, which was just a blast.

Like, we kept on saying goodbye, and then we kept just like talking. You know, it was we had a way too much fun. And we talk about Alex Brightman and the concussion going into the final week. We talk about her favorite memories, we talk about her favorite songs and all of the things. So we have a great chat, and there's a lot of not only is there like it's it's kind of personal to her with the with her personal experience with the show, and I know that all of you Beetlejuice fans are gonna go crazy for that because you genuinely just love that stuff, uh, when when people leave those little tidbits out there in the world. So I know you all will enjoy this episode, but there's also a lot of key moments to to take in and to learn about and just the sense of how to take care of yourself as a performer.

You don't have to be at like the Broadway level or whatever to take care of yourself as a performer, you know. Like when you are in a regional theater or whatever, like and you're starting out, you know, you feel like you have to go above and beyond. Well, there's a sense that going above and beyond means you have to give 100% every day. And in order to do that, you have to take care of your body, and there are moments where you have to pick and choose when not to give 100%, so that when it does matter, you can fully give that 100%. And that was a really important conversation that Elizabeth and I had more directly afterwards, but um, which is why I'm sharing that with you now. But it's definitely in the podcast where you'll kind of hear that kind of the conversation alluding to that.

So I just wanted to make that clear. And there's so many other things that uh I I don't want to give it all away, so I'm just gonna turn it over to her. But uh I really know that you all are gonna enjoy this episode and you all asked for this episode. So I'm thrilled that I was able to to bring it to you all and thrilled for Elizabeth's kindness in in doing it ahead of the final week. So without further ado, here she is, Elizabeth Teeter, curtain up.

[0:13] Eli Tokash: All right, folks, we are starting off the new year with a special episode from the ET Squad. Our special guest who's on the show almost exactly 100 episodes ago, believe it or not, which is crazy. Um, since then, she's been starring on Broadway as one of the most iconic leading lady roles currently on Broadway, Lydia Deetz in the fan favorite, Beetlejuice. You all asked for this. You know her, you love her. Everyone, welcome back to Take A Bow, Elizabeth Teeter.

[12:41] Elizabeth Teeter: Hi.

[12:42] Elizabeth Teeter: Hi, what an intro. Thanks.

[12:44] Elizabeth Teeter: Yay! Oh my god. No, I'm so excited for this. Um, this has been a long time coming. I knew you had to come back on the show. Because last time I can't believe it's a hundred episodes ago. That's like a big one.

[12:55] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh no, that was like it was it was like 2020 lockdown times that we were chatting. Um, I feel like it feels like so long ago.

[13:06] Eli Tokash: Yeah, like a hundred episodes would be like almost two years. Congrats on a hundred episodes.

[13:10] Elizabeth Teeter: That's really really cool.

[13:11] Eli Tokash: Oh my god. Well, thanks. That's a lot of people.

[13:14] Eli Tokash: It is a lot of people. And um, but you know, we've had it's a rare occasion that we have uh a repeat guest. So um you're a part of that special group of like Annalise and and Max Von Essen, and that's about it, really. Um, so yeah, you're you're special. But uh yeah, so let's talk. Because last time you were on, we you know, you talked about your career as a child actor, and you were in a million Broadway shows when you were a kid, and now here you are as an adult. Um and you talked about your intro to theater. So now here we are, and you're in Beetlejuice and you're doing the thing as an adult. Talk to me about, you know, you knew that uh when we talked that you had a brief little history with Beetlejuice, but we weren't sure if we could talk about it. Um, so just talk to me about this wild journey that you've gone through with Beetlejuice.

[14:05] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, it was nuts because I think, yeah, last time I talked to you. I I had been offered the role in 2020, um, in a flurry of quick auditions and things, and I was in the room for about literally three days in the rehearsal room, and then we shut down due to COVID. So it was never announced. It was, I think it was supposed to be announced the next the following, literally the following week. And excuse me, everyone, I'm s I'm recovering from being sick, so I might cough in and out. Oh, December really did me in. New Year knew me. New Year me. That's what I'm saying. No sick, no sick. Um, yeah, so I came on and it was just like it was bizarre because I was literally in rehearsals in the studio rehearsing the stage management when we got the call that Broadway was shutting down.

So they were like, we have an hour left, wanna run through act one, and I was like, I guess. And so we, you know, ran through what I knew, but I learned in like three days, and then um, yeah, and then it was very much like see tomorrow, maybe, but there was just this feeling of like, I don't think we'll see you tomorrow. And I remember I went back to the apartment I was subletting at the time, and I like did the whole, I went to the grocery store at like 11 p.m. and was stock like stocking up, and I was like, uh, and I called my mom and I I was like, I think I think I need to come home. Like this seems serious. And after a couple days, um I remember texting stage management and was like, I can go home, right?

Like we're not gonna be back for a second. And there that was the time where it was like, we're gonna be off for two weeks, and then that turned into four weeks. Right. Um, yeah, and it's wild. Like, I remember I remember I went home and I was this is like open in the news now, so it's not like a secret, but I remember like I went home and our director called me and was like, Yeah, like we're we want to do a pro shot whenever we come back, like hopefully around this time, like in a month, and so it was very much like great, I'll go home for a second and then you know, come back and do the show, and then that eventually turned into a year, two years after um, yeah.

[14:46] Elizabeth Teeter: So it was bizarre because I also couldn't um say anything, you know. If you think about like anyone who's listening, uh things you have to keep a secret, it's usually about a week or a few days. Um, sometimes for bigger projects longer than that, but I really couldn't say anything except to a few friends, and it was also like such a lesson in this industry of like you never know what's gonna happen and what's not gonna happen, and then um you know, I kind of was offered the role twice because I went in and sort of re auditioned like a year and a half, two years later, because like I we as actors really didn't know anything, like we didn't know if we were coming back, we had no clear information about a theater, we didn't know who was coming back, I didn't know if I was coming back, if they were gonna recast all this stuff, so it was like when I got offered it again for the marquee, it was like oh my god, and also I feel like we all changed as people over the pandemic.

I mean, I know like especially for like young adults, like two years is you know, 18 to 20, like you feel like a different person, and so it was just bizarre to kind of hold on to Lydia in the back of my head and not really think about it too much. Um, I really didn't touch any of the material. I didn't think about it because you don't want to get your hopes up. Yes, and there was so much like other stuff going on in the world that was like we really didn't know when Broadway was coming back. So um to finally be able to be like, I'm doing this and go into the first day of official rehearsals um was insane. And I I also think it all worked out in a better way, and that um we all got to rehearse together.

So anyone that doesn't know, when you're a replacement in a Broadway show, you usually just rehearse in a studio with like a few people. So like stage management will like be reading all the parts and blocking you out, and then you'll maybe go and rehearse with a few understudies on stage, and then you're you have a put in, which is where like you're the only one in costume and everyone shows up um in their regular clothes, and you basically do the show in costume, and then you're thrown on stage. So um to be able to have the actual like four to six week rehearsal process and put the show together again like it was the first time, and do table work with um Alex Timbers and Alex Brightman and like talk about the show um in a way that we all felt like we were starting at square one together was like such a great um process, and also just in terms of bonding with everyone, it felt I love rehearsing too, so it felt special to be able to um do that, and it was yeah, so I think it all worked out.

[19:12] Eli Tokash: I think you touched on something that's really important that may not be talked about enough is that like how bonding a rehearsal process can be, and really like yeah, taking the time to like find things for your character, find things with your scene partner that you're gonna perform with every night, and just have those little things that like all of that um on stage chemistry and developing that and all those little like jokes that you may do that just just for you guys as actors not for the audience you know like all of that stuff develops and just like helps your character helps you as a performer get through the show like all the things it's so important.

[19:50] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah so like it would have been um I would it's interesting to think about how it would have been to I'm sure we would have all bonded throughout the the process but um especially with a a role like Lydia that is such a big role like it would be so I feel like it would be very I'm sure jarring to everyone and like an adjustment for everyone including myself to like suddenly have someone new just like all right see you on stage like I like remember uh I went backstage to like meet a few people before the shutdown and I ran into Alex um Brightman like in the hallway and we chatted for a second and he's like I'll see you on stage like you know like like I'll see you at the put in or whatever. And then that turned into uh like a whole uh weeks of rehearsals um yeah I mean we we got a lot closer I think when we started the run because you know rehearsals are crazy and like we did spend time together and stuff but um the way like the dressing rooms are set up in the marquee is strangely isolating because it's a new theater so like it's like very modern and everyone is upstairs super far away from Alex and I so we kind of only see each other backstage.

[20:59] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god. And so like we we have a lot of time to spend together. Um when we're not on stage, which was the majority of the show, but in terms of the before, in terms of the four and intermission, etc. Um, which is so much fun. Oh yeah. And having your own dressing room. Hello? Come on, start the show. I felt so like I I never had my own dressing room. I I always shared it with dogs. Um that was obvious. They're like top four. Um I honestly like it's funny because people we can't have people backstage due to COVID, but I'm sure if people came back, they would laugh at me at how not decorated my dressing room is. Like some people do like a whole thing where they get like wallpaper and a new couch and this and that.

And I literally was like, I just need somewhere to lay down, and that's great. Um it's huge though. It really is like too much space for me. Like I remember walking in and being like, This is absurd. I don't need all of this. It's like bigger than your New York apartment. Yes, it's like a little it's like a mini apartment. There's a shower, like I I felt so spoiled. Um I have like two little like a like a room and then kind of another room. It just felt like it would have been the perfect place if we had guests that we could bring because it's like a living room. Um there are these awkward New York pillars like in the middle that like make it really awkward to like decorate. Um so you know, it's sad because we're closing, we're starting to like clean out our dressing rooms, and I'm like, oh, this is easy.

I don't have that much stuff. Right. Yeah. I don't have that much stuff. I have a lot of beautiful artwork that everyone has sent me and and letters and things, but um other than that, it's really quite for me, not that fancy.

[22:38] Eli Tokash: I love it. That's so fun though. Like to experience all of it. Just the thing it seems like it's the gift that keeps on giving, you know. Everyone in the show is just so grateful to have the show in their lives, you know. We talked about the fans being some of the best fans on Broadway. You know, like you guys are the most dedicated people I think I've ever encountered. Seriously. And I that's like across Broadway, I think everyone like can vouch for that. You know, like there's no denying that Beetlejuice has some of the best fan base for sure.

[23:08] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, I mean, like, I know I know it's sad we're we're closing again, but in all in all honesty, the fact that we came back in the first place, the show came back in the first place is a huge thing. Yeah. And then in like the world of COVID and pandemic where it's like really hard to get people to see shows, like the fact that we had a nine, 10 month run is I mean, obviously we wish we could run longer, but like it's it's a really like I think amazing accomplishment with um that everyone was able to make that happen.

[23:39] Eli Tokash: Absolutely. And it's funny because like uh when you got the news, like that you guys were closing again, like was it kind of like surprising? Cause like for me and as an audience member, it seems like nothing could just stop Beetlejuice, because they always like figured it out, you know, figured a way to do it.

[23:56] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah. Um, I think uh uh yes and no. I think I think not too too surprising in just terms of how large the marquee is. Um so it's a it's an interesting thing because like in technicality, we are we were like selling more tickets than or like more tickets than Haiti's or something like that. But like sure the the size and the capacity of the theater is just so large that um it is difficult to fill. Um, and we are filling it. Um, but uh I think everyone was sort of expecting, you know, January is a rough time for shows anyway. Um, so it it's hard because yes and no, because I also think like it could run for longer in terms of like if the if the theater maybe wasn't as big, I'm not sure. Right. I don't know. I don't know all the technical things like that. But um you forget it's a business until like stuff like this happens.

[24:50] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, it really is because it's like it's such a beloved show, and I think people it it's a I think it's a show. I mean, I'm biased because I'm in it. But also in terms of like as an audience member, I always like to tell people I think it's a show where s it there's a lot for everyone. Um whether you're coming and you like the music, whether you like the spectacle of it, um, the jokes, it's kind of a good um everything show if that makes any sense. But uh we were we were really lucky in the fact that we got a pretty decent closing notice. Um a lot of shows I know have gotten, you know, like a week or two weeks or um a month. Um and we got we found out, you know, four months or so September, October, five months before.

So it's kind of allowed us to, you know, be like, okay, well, we have a lot of time to make good memories, and you know, we have we still had Halloween, we still had the holidays, we still had all this um, I think more time to process um than some other shows. So that has made it, I think a little bit easier in a sense for people to uh to come to terms with all that.

[25:58] Eli Tokash: Right. Yeah, that makes sense. I say we normalize that because like the fact like almost famous and like all these shows that are like okay, and like Amy Mo and K-pop, like literally they're getting like the same week. They're like, okay, we're done. And it's like Yeah, um, I mean Almost Famous is closing the same day as us, and they found out, you know, last week instead of you know, we found out in September. So it's just um it's it's sad. It's like a lot of things are closing out now.

[26:28] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, it was awesome because I actually was at your first show.

[26:34] Eli Tokash: Oh no.

[26:35] Elizabeth Teeter: Not the first one.

[26:37] Eli Tokash: No, oh my god, stop it right now.

[26:37] Elizabeth Teeter: Stop it right now because your first show, like you would have thought you were with the show for years.

[26:45] Eli Tokash: Oh gosh, thank you.

[26:47] Elizabeth Teeter: Yes, oh my god, thank you for me.

[26:49] Eli Tokash: No, it was so uh your professionalism was clear on stage. I mean, the love that you had for it was so transparent, like everything. You you were just up there living your life and everyone was eating it up.

[27:01] Elizabeth Teeter: That audience was like, Oh gosh, thank you.

[27:02] Eli Tokash: Yeah, the audience was insane.

[27:04] Elizabeth Teeter: Nothing like I've ever experienced, really.

[27:06] Eli Tokash: Seriously. Um, so I'm curious because you know, I mean, just to run like be in a show for nine months is is a rarity as is, and we we see that now, especially lately. You know, what you brought into the first week is probably different to what you're bringing in and how you prepare and everything from this last week that you have in the show. Talk to me about, you know, what you have found through your character or you've been able to discover as a performer or whatnot to carry into this last week.

[27:37] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, um definitely gratitude, like throughout the whole thing. Um This show has been like the biggest learning experience I think I've ever had in terms of like it's been the most amazing and most challenging thing that I think I've done. Um I mean, eight shows a week is is no joke, and I've done it before, but um with a show at this scale, it's really hard to know what that is. And um I in all honesty, like I had a moment um after opening, you know, like all that adrenaline comes out, and you're like, oh my god, and we had a day off or whatever. And I remember I called Alex Brightman, and I had a little moment of like a little moment of um, I don't want to say fear, but just like this daunting thing of like, oh wow, now we have this, now we're open, and we have this daunting show that we gotta carry for an extended amount of time and who knows when.

And I kind of called him and was just like, I'm a little overwhelmed, like emotionally um that we did it, and then also now this like feat in front of you of like, all right, now you gotta do this every single day. And that's like an exciting thing, but it's also like okay, like that's that's a lot. Um, and he is like the best friend and mentor ever, and was like, I've had the exact same thing. Like he's like, I called my parents after School of Rock, and at the same moment when I opened, and like, you're gonna be fine, you're gonna be great, you're you you got this, and that was like such a great moment. Um, but yeah, in terms of like this this last week, I feel like I don't know, I feel like a different performer.

It's just like you you learn so much from from doing any show, of course. But um I think this show I think in anything you do an extended amount of time, you find more nuance every night with your character. Um, I feel like I know Lydia very well at this point, and I also feel like in terms of my body and my voice, I know like this show has taught me about like pacing and how you gotta like how you have to maintain something, um, not just you know, one or two shows or a week or like whatever, but like eight times a week for nine months. And um, especially like this show has been insane because we started doing if people don't know what the what five show weekends are, um it's it's it's instead of doing two shows Wednesday and two shows Saturday one show Sunday we have like a normal week and then we have Friday two Saturday two Sunday so essentially you're doing over half of your shows within like 40 48 hours.

So it's like five shows back to back to back to back to back and you kind of just go home and sleep and then like come do it again. So like doing something like that, which is like so physically demanding since May is like really taught me how to like also mentally prep of being like all right I gotta go on this journey and and Lydia has such a journey like that that I think I think that's also the the thing that I'm that I've been reflecting on a lot of like the the gratitude that I've had in getting to play a character like this is like so special in that there aren't a lot of characters that exist like her for someone my age that is like she's not a princess it's not about her finding a relationship she's not a kid either so it's like the kind of in between of like young adult who's grieving and sad but she gets to be clever and funny and also have like heartwarming moments. It's kind of like all of this wrapped into one musical which is just like such an amazing amazing gift.

[31:15] Eli Tokash: Oh yeah there's so much for you to play with you know as a professional yes so much to play with and I think like this final I think like going back to like the first week in this final week of like the first week I think I was very much trying to uh prove myself still and not not in that like no one has put any external pressure on me in terms of like the company or like things, but like in terms of myself, uh putting pressure on myself of to like deliver a certain thing or be I don't know, no one's perfect, but like I think this last week, it's like kind of throwing caution to the wind and just being like, I just want to enjoy this and like do this for me and for us and for obviously the audience, but just like what can what can I do to just love every second of Lydia? Do you know what I mean?

[32:03] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, of course.

[32:04] Eli Tokash: Oh my god. That was like a rant and a half, but no, it was great. You really brought it home there at the end.

[32:09] Elizabeth Teeter: It was it was like, oh, it was like a little warming.

[32:13] Eli Tokash: Oh my god. I didn't even mean it. Sorry.

[32:19] Elizabeth Teeter: She's warm.

[32:20] Eli Tokash: Okay. She's not warm.

[32:23] Elizabeth Teeter: No, you sound great. Um, not warm as like we did Elon and I just did a workshop together. Um, which I was very fun, but like I definitely questioned saying yes when I had to show up at like 10 a.m. on Sunday morning before before Matt Day on the shows. I said my first I was talking with Cobra, one of our cast members who's in it with me, and I think I was like, I think the first line I said during the table read was the first words I said that day.

[32:51] Eli Tokash: I mean, hey, that that it's it'd be like that sometimes, you know.

[32:55] Elizabeth Teeter: Like it's tough, it's a lot. You add two shows. You even doing one show is like a lot, and then you're doing two shows plus a workshop. You know, the oh thanks. It's like also so fun, like so grateful to be doing anything, you know.

[33:10] Eli Tokash: Yeah. I also feel like theater is so funny. I don't know if you feel this, where it's like you'll have like three weeks of your life where it's like you have no time to breathe whatsoever. You're doing like three things at once, and then you'll have like a month that you're just like doing nothing.

[33:23] Elizabeth Teeter: Yep.

[33:23] Eli Tokash: It's like, what is life? Like not auditioning, you're like, Oh, I'm never gonna work again, and then you're like suddenly have like three auditions all due the same day in 24 hours. And like four essays if you're in school, you know what I mean?

[33:35] Elizabeth Teeter: Like literally, everything happens at once for some reason.

[33:39] Eli Tokash: Um you have like the finals week all the time.

[33:42] Elizabeth Teeter: It's always like the worst timing.

[33:44] Eli Tokash: Yeah, no, for Alex told me he goes, you know what you should do. He's like, plan a vacation, that's and then you'll get a job. He's like, You plan a vacation, and the moment you plan something, something else is gonna be like, you can't do that anymore.

[33:58] Elizabeth Teeter: I know that's what I'm going through right now. I'm like, should I do this? Like a should I apply for like a summer internship? And then I'm like, what happens if like I gotta be out for a week and like a read or something? It's so hard. Like working is so hard when you're not doing a show in terms of like you're like how I saw a TikTok the other day that literally put it in the best perspective, but it was like when I'm working enough in theater to not be able to have like a full-time job otherwise, but like I'm also not working enough to not have a full. It's like that in-between moment where you're like, Okay, how do I what do I prioritize?

[34:34] Eli Tokash: No, it's so true. And like, you know, is there a right answer? Like, it's it's probably not you drive yourself crazy trying to find the answer, and it's just like, you know, maybe just not one, you know.

[34:45] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, you just gotta like go with the flow.

[34:47] Eli Tokash: So true. Um, anyways, going back to Beetlejuice, we hear take about, you know, we love bath. Um yes.

[34:55] Elizabeth Teeter: So I gotta talk to you about this little tradition that you've started, and like foolie is like blown up on like.

[35:01] Eli Tokash: Oh my gosh.

[35:02] Elizabeth Teeter: How did that come about with you and Alex just like making that fun stuff?

[35:06] Elizabeth Teeter: It really just came out of nowhere. Um, I think like the fur one of the first things we did is just like we kind of just like skipped downstage and then we did like the Wizard of Oz step downstage or like something funny like that.

[35:20] Eli Tokash: Yeah.

[35:20] Elizabeth Teeter: And then it just kind of kept getting more uh elaborate. And it really was just for us. Like it was just something fun for us, and also we didn't tell the company, so they started getting a kick out of it. And then we started going like, why don't we just make this a thing? Um really just for fun. And uh it it just became such a fun tradition of also just like on the harder days of being like, okay, what are we doing for bows? Um like it became us like rehearsal everyone would laugh at us because we'd like everyone's like, why aren't you taking a break? Like sitting down at intermission, we're literally in his dressing room, like rehearsing stuff what we're gonna do.

[35:58] Eli Tokash: Your bow crying.

[35:59] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, like creating choreography. Um, and honestly, so if people don't know, yeah, so we uh since months ago, I don't know when it actually started, but we were like, let's do a different bow every single night, and I have like a whole compilation that like hopefully I'll share when we're closed. I'm still like collecting more bows, but like of people that upset me.

[36:22] Eli Tokash: And it's quite insane.

[36:24] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah. Um, but yeah, and also Halloween was like the biggest trick of all. Um my god, which is my favorite mo one of my favorite moments of the year, and also like I it's also one of my favorite moments because this was like back in August or September before we started doing the bows consistently. I remember I like turned to Alex and I was like, you know what would be a great like thing for social media, or like I know our fans like to be involved, so like they like when we post things or whatever, and I was like, you know, it'd be really fun is if we could somehow switch costumes and like take a picture together, like on the set and just be like happy Halloween, like it just felt very like fun, and I feel like Lydia would wear a suit, like Beetlejuice would wear a dress, like it could work for sure.

And um, and so that was just like an idea in my head, and everyone was like, Yeah, that'd be fun. We had a we had a stitcher, Sarah, um Sarah Dixie, shout out Sarah Dixie if she's listening, who was like, Oh my god, yeah, I'll totally like help you make them. Like, I love sewing, blah blah blah. And then it got to the point where we started doing different bows, where I like went into his room and I was like, you know what would be even better is if we didn't tell anyone and came up for bows in our costumes, and I remember we we kind of talked about it, and then like stage management came in and was like, is this actually something you want to do? And we were like 100%. And so, like, we had to like we had to send pictures to like our design team to get because technically we're wearing costumes on stage, so we had to get it approved by them.

We had to have a quick change rehearsal because like it's such a quick, quick change, right? And like the whole time we never told a single cast member that we were doing this, and like everyone on and like social media was like you should switch wigs or costumes, we were like, nah, that's not possible because like it really didn't seem like it'd be possible. But um, so the whole time we were like, I don't know if this is actually gonna work because of how fast everything has to go, but like the second I got changed and like we got on the lift together, we were like, This happened.

[38:30] Eli Tokash: Yeah, and it was just the we have a video of it, but watching it back, seeing everyone's reaction is really so funny.

[38:36] Elizabeth Teeter: Brilliant.

[38:37] Eli Tokash: It was amazing.

[38:37] Elizabeth Teeter: That was like highlight 2022 of being able to pull off this stunt that we started talking about in like September.

[38:44] Eli Tokash: Yeah. I I mean I don't think you realize like what actually like goes into that.

[38:48] Elizabeth Teeter: Like getting it approved and everything.

[38:50] Eli Tokash: Totally, they didn't even think about that. And it's just like I think that represents the epitome of this company and cast of like everyone is so fun and like funny and has such a great sense of humor. And it's like when everyone you have a group of people that are like down for a bit or like think it's funny, but they're also like so excellent at their jobs. Like the costumes were so great. And then we got these professional photos done from one of our company members who like does wigs. And so it was like the whole thing, like it was like this funny idea in my head, but then it was executed so well because everyone's so good at their job.

[39:23] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god. Um so it was just like this company is just the equivalent of of bits.

[39:29] Eli Tokash: Uh yeah.

[39:30] Elizabeth Teeter: Like makes it so fun.

[39:31] Eli Tokash: Yeah, it keeps it so fun and keeps it fresh every day, you know, like keeps you on your toes, you know, it never gets boring. Like that's kind of like the love and and kind of energy that you kind of have to have after doing something.

[39:43] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, this company is the best. Like, it's gonna be so hard to leave them because it's like I've never been a part of a company that is so, I think, close and like fun and genuinely, everyone's like, everyone seems so nice. I'm like, everyone is so nice, like it really is true.

[39:57] Eli Tokash: Right, that's awesome. Do you is that your favorite bow then you would say?

[40:01] Elizabeth Teeter: The bait and switch. Yeah, I think the bait and switch is my favorite. I also like, I'm partial, like my 21st birthday was celebrated. Um, and they like were really special, and the carpenter surprised me, like cutting out these 21 and like giving me a sash, and it was really, I got really emotional just because I was like, I like all you're already emotional on your birthday, but then also reflecting that like I can't believe like I get to celebrate my birthday, like doing what I love at this scale on Broadway, like my younger self would never expect that, and then also to just feel like so loved by my company, and like Alex saying we were giving like Broadway care speeches at the time, and so him being like it's her 21st birthday, and like having a whole audience of people like cheer for you on your birthday, and yeah, it's just I'm so like I was literally like in tears.

[40:50] Eli Tokash: Yeah, so that was probably another and then like I had randomly people like, what's your favorite? And then like random underrated ones of us just being like giving knuckles or like something something that maybe is like not funny to the audience, but just like funny in our memory because we were like it's so stupid.

[41:05] Elizabeth Teeter: For sure. Um, I have to say, just going back to the birthday, there's nothing better than being sung in like a seven-part harmony batch of a Broadway show. You have like everyone like it sounds like amazing, everyone's in the same key. It's so amazing. And then you go home that night to your friends and family, and you're just like, uh happy birthday.

[41:27] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, I'm a twin, so I'm used to like sharing my birthday, so I always feel a little bit awkward when people sing to me just because I'm so used to like singing like to someone else and being like, Oh, don't look at me.

[41:38] Eli Tokash: Right. Oh my god, that's so interesting.

[41:40] Elizabeth Teeter: But yeah, um, having that celebrated on Broadway was and like 21 is such a big birthday too, that it was just like I'll always remember my 21st um on Broadway.

[41:52] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, it and it was crazy, you know. Something else that happened, which is like I mean, that was one of the groundbreaking news stories. But uh lately, there was one that Alex suffered a concussion in the show.

[42:04] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, um, so sadly he's uh still out of the show right now. Yeah, which is crazy.

[42:11] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, he has a concussion, something happens like with automation and some other stuff, which is really scary, and these things happen um in live theater. Um, and the timing is just really unfortunate because we are closing. So we are really fingers crossed, you can come back as soon as possible. And but it's also like you know, uh concussions are scary and serious, so we're just trying to be careful and make sure he's um yeah, all okay.

[42:37] Elizabeth Teeter: And and it's it's also um it's a big lesson in that I think some people don't understand that we can't guarantee we'll be on. I know everyone has been very supportive of understudies going on, but like you know, sometimes you get a message of like I traveled all this way and you weren't on, and it's like I'm so sorry, but also like when people ask me if I'm gonna be on, I say yes, but also maybe not. Like, I couldn't guarantee like getting the flu. You can't guarantee an injury, and right, and something I've learned in this experience also is like you have to take care of your health. Like that is the most important thing. Like, I didn't call out for six months, like I literally didn't miss a show.

I was the last person to be gone. Like I did 150 or something in a row, and was lucky I never got sick, but um that and then I took a day off. But like when I first got sick, it was like, you know, your body catches up to you, and you really gotta be like, okay. And so for me recently, it's like I've missed more shows recently, closer to closing, um, which sucks because I like being there, but at the same time, I am so in tune with my body now to be like, no, you're not feeling well. Take the day and you'll come back feeling better. Because I learned the hard lesson. I got really sick in October, and I got really sick in December, and I got I got really sick when we had to do the Today show, which was a very fun experience, but like I was out, and then I came back to do the Today show.

And it was it was like so hard. Like 3:30 and yeah, 3:30 a.m. It was not like I hate watching it because I don't feel like it was my best performance, but it was like you know, an experience I didn't want to miss. But then also like I tried to come back to the show too soon, and it was like your body's like, this was a mistake. Um so as much as we hope anyone can come back, it's like you gotta really take care of your yourself first.

[44:29] Elizabeth Teeter: Um it's just so hard, also because like I absolutely I love our understudies and everyone that goes on, but it's it's you know, Alex created this show, so um, you know, that last week is so is the last week is so um special that it's we're we're fingers crossed we can come back, and also we we just have such a great time together that I'm like, oh, please get better. Um sending everyone send good vibes. I don't know when this is coming out, but um it'll come out Thursday, so everyone has time to send good vibes.

[44:59] Eli Tokash: Yeah, send good vibes to Alex.

[45:00] Elizabeth Teeter: Yes. Um is that Cobra though? Is that who is understudy is?

[45:03] Elizabeth Teeter: Um Cobra and Will. Cobra, Will Blum, and actually Elliot just recently went on. We had an extra yeah, um, because Cobra was out with COVID, so it was like it was like a bad timing for everything, but um, it was really special because Elliot has been a part of the original company for like seven years, and yeah, just recently was added as an understudy, so he got to go on with him and and have him go on for the first time.

[45:26] Eli Tokash: Oh, how fun is that? It's always an exciting experience.

[45:29] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, yeah, it's always fun and different with a new person. Um so yeah, but it's it's you know, it's a different show. Um also, you know, fun. You're so mature when you when you talk about, you know, just the show, the industry in your health. Like seriously.

[45:45] Elizabeth Teeter: No, yeah, it's it's great. And I feel like that's part of like, you know, when you're a kid, all of that stuff's overlooked, you know. Like you don't think about any of it. Yeah, you just think you're going to the theater and you're having a little play date, you know, like Yeah, but it's like it this has really like been a lesson in that like it is a job, and I think people forget that of like it's it's it's a job and like you're so happy and grateful to go every day, but it's also hard sometimes. And I've been like t I talking with Talia, um, who's in like who's alphabet right now and wicked.

[46:15] Eli Tokash: Yeah.

[46:15] Elizabeth Teeter: We've had a lot of similar conversations about like um especially right now with so much sickness going around, it's it's like you've gotta really take the time that you need, or even just like being fatigued, like that happens. Like, um, even with good technique or even with um, you know, doing things properly, it's like your body's gonna get tired and you're gonna you need to take a second, even mentally to just be like away for a second.

[46:37] Eli Tokash: For sure.

[46:38] Elizabeth Teeter: Um that's been another aspect I think that people like I know the company is like sad we're closing, but it's it's really hard to be in a show right now with COVID and with a lot of things because like I don't really have much of a social life outside of the theater in terms of also just being safe and like we still have the rules of being if you get COVID, you're out for ten days and that's a long time. So it's like we keep testing twice a week. So it's like this last week, I've literally been like everyone's like, What did you do for New Year's Eve? And I'm like, literally nothing. Yeah, you can. Nothing. I was like, I don't want to risk getting COVID the last week. I mean things happen, you can get in anywhere, but it's just like uh every week you're kind of like crossing your fingers, like, oh I got COVID my first week. Actually. Um, um I got COVID tech.

[47:16] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my gosh, yeah. Was kind of a good timing because I didn't miss shows like headed into it, but it was like I remember I showed up and I was like, This is I don't I don't know if I feel too well. And then coming back, I had to do like our first run throughs. I was in this like insane medical mask that made me I was like, I cannot breathe.

[47:33] Eli Tokash: Yes, we I remember talking to you about this when we were doing the reading and you were just like it was great cardio though.

[47:33] Elizabeth Teeter: It was great cardio, and then you take it off and you're like air. This show is so easy. Literally it felt easier um than like being strapped in a mask, being like before home, I literally was like, you know, mom and I'm like on my knees, and I was like, breathe. I literally stopped. I told him I was like, the end of Dead Mom. I was like, we were doing a run through and I had the mask on, and I literally just I just stopped singing. I was like, I'm not gonna try. Like in the case, it kills your voice. And this mask, there was no reason. I was still healing from COVID. I was like, I am not about to try to burn my lungs out.

[48:16] Eli Tokash: Oh my god, it's insane.

[48:18] Elizabeth Teeter: I was like, Mama, won't you send a sign?

[48:21] Eli Tokash: Yep.

[48:22] Elizabeth Teeter: As you should. Yeah, that that's another thing too. Like the whole thing. I said, I'm going home. Like period.

[48:29] Eli Tokash: Period.

[48:30] Elizabeth Teeter: That but that's another thing, like marking, you know, like as a kid, it's like overlooked, you know. Like take care of yourself, people who are out there, you know.

[48:39] Elizabeth Teeter: Like it's so real. Leslie Kritzer told me the best thing that was like sometimes you have your ASO, A show, B show, and C show of like you're always gonna give what you can that day, and like in terms of like whatever you can give a hundred percent that day. Because it's like or that show, for instance, because it's like sometimes you gotta like pull back a little bit and like do what you need to do, and the audience most likely won't know notice that much. Um you might, but it's also like you gotta with a show that is this um long, and particularly for Lydia. It's like you you start out with dead Mom or whatever, and then you're like, you got the whole show slash like the whole last 30 minutes, you kind of just don't stop. So it's like all right, pace, pace, pace.

[49:21] Eli Tokash: Yeah, I mean I mean it's tricky with with um being a performer because we are our toughest critics, you know. Like there's no hundred percent denying that. Uh but uh odds are is you're still amazing and you still like an amazing show.

[49:36] Elizabeth Teeter: So no.

[49:39] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, no, I mean it goes for everyone, seriously. It's just uh we have to it we're so hard on ourselves, but uh at the end of the day, it's just like you know, get out of your head and and just be in the moment, I guess.

[49:52] Eli Tokash: Yeah. Um that's a really important piece, I think.

[49:55] Elizabeth Teeter: Um so let me ask you, because we're we're talking about, you know, we're talking about Beetlejuice and everything. I want to talk a little bit about you and then like I'll let you go.

[50:01] Eli Tokash: Or something about Beetlejuice?

[50:05] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh. Oh yeah. What is that?

[50:07] Eli Tokash: I've actually never heard of that show.

[50:09] Elizabeth Teeter: Never heard of that.

[50:10] Eli Tokash: Uh well, yeah, I mean, Elizabeth Teeter, I mean, it's no secret that you and Tegobal are are big fans of each other on uh social media and TikTok.

[50:20] Elizabeth Teeter: Yes, I'm always like your first like.

[50:21] Eli Tokash: I know, I'm obsessed with that.

[50:22] Elizabeth Teeter: You'll always come up on my page, like right when you post.

[50:25] Eli Tokash: Yeah, I love it.

[50:26] Elizabeth Teeter: Well, it's just great minds think alike and we're like on at the same time. So uh and then it's great because like you're like interacting in the comments, and then everyone's like, What's Elizabeth doing in the comments? Like it's like I love Tegabao and I like Eli, so I'm being a friend.

[50:40] Eli Tokash: Oh my god, you're so sweet.

[50:42] Elizabeth Teeter: What are you doing here?

[50:45] Eli Tokash: I know, I love it.

[50:47] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, but uh it's so cute, like everything that you do, like on your social media too. Like you have these interpretive dances, you're doing so your songwriting, you're you you're doing like all these fun things and expressing yourself as you, you know, like it's it's the times that we don't see you as Lydia and you can really express yourself. Um I see you doing opera and all the things like that.

[51:08] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh gosh, thanks. Yeah, it's just so it's crazy because you don't see that side of you as a performer unless you're on those like platforms. Like, what is your favorite way to like express yourself and the times that you're going through?

[51:22] Elizabeth Teeter: Um I think I have a weird I think social media is a weird thing because um on the one hand, like I think I've had to be uh kind of checking in with myself about like okay, what do I wanna what I want to share that is authentic to me, but also not sharing too much that feels like a personal invasion. Um but also like my goal when people ask me like a goal or dream role or goal as an artist, and it's like I don't want to box myself into anything. I don't want to be typed as anything, and like Beetlejuice is an amazing experience that I'll always carry with me, but it's it's not something that I um always want to remember be remembered for just for Beetlejuice. Um because we are so much more than like one thing that we do.

And I think um it's been such a grounding factor for me to still like tap into the other creative sides of myself and and like uh like even just like um singing wise, like in all my lessons, we kind of work on like opposite music and a lot of like legit stuff and soprano things that I enjoy singing just because it's it's so different than Beetlejuice. And uh and that's like I think it's an important thing to like remind yourself that you're not just this one show or this one thing that you're doing. Um so I like slowly started to share more apprehensively. Um but also like it's it's it's such a fun way to connect, and also um I don't really care about followers, I don't really care about um I don't know, it's hard to say you don't care what people think because that's not true.

[52:58] Elizabeth Teeter: I think we always care about what people think, but I have a lot of other passions and interests like songwriting and dancing and saying different things that I think I'm excited to lean into more when I'll have more time, like once we close. Um, so yeah, it's been such a fun thing, and it's also funny because I think when people see you as one role for a long time, like it's hard to get that out of their mind of being people being like you're blonde. No, seriously, or like, you know, keeping your options open about what you can do. As an actor, I just want to try everything and keep learning and doing different things. My friend and I are like writing a show right now, or we're trying to, so I think it makes it hard because theater and acting, there's a lot of subjectiveness or like, you know, am I good enough?

Am I this? Am I that? I didn't get cast a lot of rejection and all this stuff. So I think for me to feel like most like myself, I have to continue to just create things for my own happiness and being like, yeah, you know, even if I'm not working right now or this or that, I still love to sing and I still love to write and I love to dance. For me, dancing is like, I don't get to dance a lot in the show, but dancing is such a release for me of even just like turning on the amount of times I just turn on music in my apartment and dance around is such a fun release. I always joke I wish I got to like, I was like where's the dream ballet where I always do ballet backstage, which people laugh about.

They're like Lydia is a goth ballet dancer. It's like I don't know, something so funny. That's for the show where Lydia actually jumps and then she's in heaven and she's doing the ballet sequence on her right angle. Dana and I kept laughing that Lydia would be like unexpectedly, like I feel like she has random interests and things. I feel like she'd be like, yeah, I've been in ballet since I was six, like you know, something so random, like so kind of like eh about it, but then she's like really good and really likes it, which is like so opposite of but it's funny because this is kind of a random note, but it's like the thing I love most about Lydia is I think there's so many quirks about her that's not just like I'm an angsty annoyed teen and I hate everything.

Because I feel like it's not true. It's like she’s weird and like she's different and that's okay, and that's the thing I love most about her. I'm like going on a little rant about her because I love this character. She says, "I myself is dangerous unusual," of course the line everyone knows, but like the whole show she never tries to change herself. It's never like her trying to make friends or her trying to fit in or this is like no, she's sarcastic and she likes her photography. She likes all this stuff. She likes ghosts and weird things that bring her joy, but she never apologizes for that. And I think that's something we tried to reach into, where is her joy and her lightness? Because she has that side of her that's not just gloom and doom all the time.

[56:22] Eli Tokash: For sure. I mean, I think ballet would be such a funny thing for her to be like, yeah, I do ballet.

[56:28] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, you know, just casual. It's fun, like she'd totally be like eh on it. I can see it. I mean, I think that there's a lot of depth to Lydia. I mean, there's so much in there, and I think that's what makes her so strange and weird from the superficial kind of front when you first know her, but then like when you really get to know her, it's like wow, like she's in there and she's just channeling all this stuff and trying to process it, you know. It's a beautiful character for the case. So many people, like so many people connect to her, and like have like fans have like young people have and have and teenagers have connected, and so many messages I received of just like how much I relate to Lydia, and like I've lost someone important, or like I don't fit in, and like all of this stuff, and it's such a cool thing to see a teenager on Broadway that is in her own kind of standalone category, which I think is why she'll keep living on in the world and retail production.

[57:33] Eli Tokash: Yeah, you're like a little role model for all the girls out there.

[57:37] Elizabeth Teeter: That's so fun. Um, okay, well, last thing, let's play a little game if you're cool with it, and then I'll let you go. It's called a few of my favorite things. Um, I don't know if you're down. If so, I have a couple questions. Um, we'll do like five of them.

[57:54] Eli Tokash: Okay.

[57:55] Elizabeth Teeter: Favorite song.

[57:58] Eli Tokash: Oh, oh, this is hard. I have a lot of weird favorite, like random songs that don't mix genre-wise. Um, I really like Photograph by Cody Fry. I like a lot of his music and orchestrations and stuff. Oh, like I don't know. I don't know who that is.

[58:18] Elizabeth Teeter: That'll also be like, I love Beyoncé and like Queen.

[58:23] Eli Tokash: Okay, well, my top, my top, my Spotify raps was kind of embarrassing. My top song, like my top five songs were all Harry Styles.

[58:30] Elizabeth Teeter: I mean, I will admit it, like as it was was my top song. I listened to that multiple times a day. Um, yeah, so like it's nothing, it's nothing niche or cool or like underground. It's literally Harry Styles, but I can't be embarrassed because he's good.

[58:45] Elizabeth Teeter: So what do you think Lydia's favorite song is?

[58:49] Eli Tokash: Oh my god. I don't know song-wise, but it definitely would be some sort of like, here's the thing. It could either be like some total rock band or something, but it could also I feel like be like something so unexpected. Like she's like some random classical piece that she finds interesting, and you're like, wait, what?

[59:09] Elizabeth Teeter: For sure. I feel like I don't know. That's at least like my interpretation of Lydia.

[59:13] Eli Tokash: Yeah, for sure. I mean, I see it. It a nice little like, you know, slow song, a nice little career. But then she's also like jamming out to like rock. I feel like she did like she's like doing like the Wednesday Adams like Foxy kind of crazy dance in her room.

[59:32] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god, iconic. I want to see that. Um, that should be one of your bows.

[59:36] Eli Tokash: Oh my god. Um, I did well. Well, I made a TikTok that went completely viral on accident. Um, then everyone was like, do that for bows. And Alex was like, There's no way I do that. Like, everyone was like, you're like the Matilda dance trending. Everyone was like, do that for bows. And I literally, I was like, ah. And Alex was like, You think I can learn that?

[59:56] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, no, I don't blame it. I don't believe it's so funny.

[59:59] Eli Tokash: That's a lot. Um, okay, favorite warm-up.

[1:00:03] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh, um, I mean, like just normal like lip trills. Like, I don't know. I like to like do a whole like body, like, like, I don't know, just like jumping up and down, moving your body, like sirens, like all like the boring kind of stuff. I also really like tongue stretches, like if people don't know, like stretching your tongue's a muscle, so like stretch it out. It feels really weird and you feel funny, but like stretching it like out of your mouth, or like holding it or making movements, it's like it really helps like loosen everything up.

[1:00:28] Eli Tokash: I love watching you warm up to Carrie Butler and David.

[1:00:34] Elizabeth Teeter: That's true. I do warm up to them. It's like very different than like the songs I sing, but like I love it.

[1:00:39] Eli Tokash: Yeah, well, because Carrie warms up, Carrie warms up to Invisible. She sings harmony to Mike, my first song.

[1:00:44] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god, um, which is so funny. Um, okay, favorite in-between show snack or meal.

[1:00:52] Eli Tokash: Ooh, um, I really like I really like Pure Kitchen. I got that a lot. It's like this cool, it's like this vegan place in Midtown. Soup. Um, soup is really nice. Um, also, snack wise, I like these like things, these that's it, like um, they're these like fruit bars that are like I like for like quick energy or like nuts or whatever. My dresser and friend Marissa got me the most amazing gummy bears I've ever had in my life from Bucky's, like in Texas or whatever. She went there to visit her sister, and they're the best gummy bears. And for my birthday, she got me like 10 packs of that.

[1:01:27] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh.

[1:01:28] Eli Tokash: And so we've kept them. We've like, we've like rationed them out throughout like the run. And I have one bag left for the last week. So like, so like that is sometimes it's not the healthiest, but like I'm like, sometimes I grab like a few, like before I go on stage.

[1:01:39] Elizabeth Teeter: You need to treat yourself.

[1:01:41] Eli Tokash: It's also like they're very moist. It's like kind of good for you, like keep everything moist and like a little sugar.

[1:01:47] Elizabeth Teeter: It probably like tastes like a pastel or something.

[1:01:49] Eli Tokash: Like yes, Breathers Pastiles, which you gave me during the um during our workshop was running out of it. Obsessed with those. Shout out to them. They really do help. Huge hack.

[1:01:59] Elizabeth Teeter: Yes. Um okay. Favorite. What's a favorite dance number that you've like been a part of, like on stage?

[1:02:08] Eli Tokash: Oh. Honestly, I haven't gotten to dance that much in shows. I think that's like another, like, I don't know, goal of mine is like I'd love to dance, so I'd love to be in like a dancing show. This is very like more of a singing kind of thing, which I love to sing too, but honestly, beautiful sound. I don't dance a lot, yeah, necessarily, but beautiful sound. Um, also, I mean 16 going on 17, like at the Muni I did, which was that was more dancy with um like got to like run around um and do some like more ballet stuff.

[1:02:41] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, but yeah, I have to admit I was trying to set you up there and it failed.

[1:02:46] Eli Tokash: It failed basically.

[1:02:47] Elizabeth Teeter: What were you trying to do?

[1:02:52] Eli Tokash: Oh my god, how do yeah, that's that's up there. Are you kidding? Like, I still remember. I feel like I saw a clip that where you asked Gavin if he remembers it, and I'm like, oh, I will always I will never ever forget that number.

[1:03:04] Elizabeth Teeter: You can't it can't leave your body, it's just that is top. Like, I think that might be number one. Because also, like you feel so cool doing it because you're like, no one can do this, like in the audience, and then you're like, I don't know.

[1:03:16] Eli Tokash: Yeah.

[1:03:16] Elizabeth Teeter: That was the first thing that they taught us in rehearsals. Day one, they were like, forget everything you know. And then they were like, We're gonna teach you this, like step like detail by detail. And I don't I'll never ever forget it. It was by far the thing that took the longest to learn. So it made sense to me that they wanted to teach you that day one, you know.

[1:03:35] Eli Tokash: Yeah, it's one of those things that kind of just like you need your body to like a 10-year-old, you know what I mean? Like nine or ten, it's like a lot you can't learn it without like sleeping on it, you know.

[1:03:48] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, day one, they're like, All right, drills, yeah, drills, and then go home, practice it, go to bed, and then you wake up and it's like kind of in your body.

[1:03:56] Eli Tokash: It's like I'm surprised they didn't have they didn't even have us try to learn that the auditions.

[1:04:00] Elizabeth Teeter: I think it was just two.

[1:04:01] Eli Tokash: I know.

[1:04:02] Elizabeth Teeter: I'm surprised too. They just made us play games in my audition.

[1:04:04] Eli Tokash: Like I forgot we both did that.

[1:04:06] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, yeah, yeah. When did you when did you do that? Why you did that?

[1:04:08] Eli Tokash: I didn't do it on Broadway, I did the tour.

[1:04:11] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, okay.

[1:04:13] Eli Tokash: And then they asked me. Do you know Q Smith?

[1:04:16] Elizabeth Teeter: No.

[1:04:17] Eli Tokash: Well, they asked us to go to Broadway, and then it closed. They like they were like, Oh, I thought you were like, I said no. It was yeah, no, I wasn't gonna say no, but no, it crushed my Broadway dreams, but it's okay. Um and then we got there eventually, but yeah, I did the tour in 2011 or 2020.

[1:04:39] Elizabeth Teeter: Okay, that was that was like kind of close, like yeah, because I was I did the closing, so like yeah, so funny.

[1:04:44] Eli Tokash: I'm sure you'll never forget.

[1:04:45] Elizabeth Teeter: I was with Aiden.

[1:04:46] Eli Tokash: Yes, oh my god, stop. Aiden was like my favorite. Like, I love all I sorry, Michaels, I love all of them, but like Aiden and I, like, I think he was my favorite, and that we were just such good friends, and like we had we got to go on for closing and like so much fun.

[1:04:59] Elizabeth Teeter: I know we do we got to do do it at the Muni together that summer.

[1:05:03] Eli Tokash: Yeah.

[1:05:03] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, which was great. And honestly, like it was nice because we all remembered everything. So they were like, great. Like, you know the words, you know the music. Like it was very fresh in our mind, so we got to do that, which was so fun to get to do the show again.

[1:05:21] Eli Tokash: I love that.

[1:05:21] Elizabeth Teeter: I mean, I'm with you, Aiden. I love that show, honestly.

[1:05:25] Eli Tokash: I love Mary Poppins.

[1:05:26] Elizabeth Teeter: Uh, Mary Poppins is great. It's one of those shows that like it is for everyone. Again, you know, like everyone can relate. I wonder if it'll come back to Broadway.

[1:05:35] Eli Tokash: I wouldn't be surprised, and I wouldn't be surprised if they asked Gavin to do it because he's done it for 20 years.

[1:05:41] Elizabeth Teeter: Literally from the start. I don't know how he did it. And he was so fresh every single night. Like, so like you would never know. I like had such like a little like fandom crush on him. I was like, I was just like, I thought he was I was just in my mind, he was Bert, and I was like, oh my god, like it's Bert. Like being like 10 years old, I thought he was like the coolest ever.

[1:06:00] Eli Tokash: No, that's so real, because I definitely had a crush on our Mary Poppins. So that's I get it.

[1:06:05] Elizabeth Teeter: I guess.

[1:06:05] Eli Tokash: Who was your Mary Poppins?

[1:06:07] Elizabeth Teeter: Uh, Madeline Trumbull.

[1:06:09] Eli Tokash: Oh yeah. Well, I think also like they kept the kids kind of separate.

[1:06:13] Elizabeth Teeter: Like we didn't really see them that much.

[1:06:14] Eli Tokash: Like, oh really?

[1:06:15] Elizabeth Teeter: Like I really only saw them on stage.

[1:06:17] Eli Tokash: Um so I remember being like, oh my god, they're so cool.

[1:06:17] Elizabeth Teeter: They're so cool.

[1:06:22] Eli Tokash: Oh my god, you're way older than me.

[1:06:24] Elizabeth Teeter: I definitely had that with like so many adults in the car, like when you're a kid and you like you just like look up to them and like all of this stuff, which is yeah, I mean, still, even like in Beetlejuice, I'm like, I look up to Leslie and Carrie and Alex and all of them it's just like the best mentors ever.

[1:06:38] Eli Tokash: Oh my god.

[1:06:39] Elizabeth Teeter: Well, I love that.

[1:06:40] Eli Tokash: And um, everyone listening, you have what is it, four days to go see Beetlejuice Tuesday when oh I guess Thursday is yeah when Thursday Thursday you can go Thursday night Friday Saturday Sunday which means you have Thursday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday you have six shows though which is actually crazy about four days six shows Jesus Christ four days six yeah when you put it in that perspective and be like all right half of our shows to do we're like oh man yeah it's like midweek and you're like wait we haven't gotten there I would always joke on Sunday I would come off stage in my dressing room so be like all right 10 a.m dead mom like it's not 10 a.m but like that Sunday morning it does feel like 10 a.m.

[1:07:22] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh a hundred percent it's like you just woke up because you just didn't feel like me me for sure it's just brutal um but everyone go see it uh go go catch the final performances I try to go because I want to be there for like the final bows like I try to go do that but uh the they're like sold out you guys are selling we're we're selling I mean there might be some last minute like lottery or like day tickets or like whatever but yeah but if you have to be insane um and also just I'm sure like a lot of Beetlejuice fans are listening and like just to find like just a thank you to everyone that has like brought the show back and like supported everyone and supported me as a new cast member um is such a uh an honor to you know everyone was very protective of this show and of this role and to be able to do that and has been such a such a gift and you guys were the reason that we we came back and that we ran for you know as long as we did.

[1:08:19] Eli Tokash: So thank you guys and thanks for supporting us.

[1:08:23] Elizabeth Teeter: The love between the Beetlejuice cast and the Beetlejuice fan is so mutual and I'm obsessed with it.

[1:08:30] Eli Tokash: Uh the amount of art we have is insane.

[1:08:32] Elizabeth Teeter: Like go go see the fan art wall if you haven't before it's taken.

[1:08:35] Eli Tokash: I don't know when it's being taken down, probably not too long after, which is sad after we close, but like it's just incredible the amount of and that's not even half of our art that's just like on the wall.

[1:08:43] Elizabeth Teeter: I say we make a petition that that never gets taken down.

[1:08:45] Eli Tokash: Yeah, just keep it up forever.

[1:08:48] Elizabeth Teeter: And it was so special too because we couldn't really do the stage door things like that, this because of COVID.

[1:08:52] Eli Tokash: So, like such a way to like get the fans involved by like putting their artwork up and I mean your talent, the talent is amazing.

[1:08:59] Elizabeth Teeter: The things I've been sent, I'm just like, oh my God.

[1:09:01] Eli Tokash: It's incredible.

[1:09:03] Elizabeth Teeter: I can't even draw a stick figure straight.

[1:09:05] Eli Tokash: Like I know.

[1:09:06] Elizabeth Teeter: I got a drawing of myself once where I was like, oh my god, like that's me.

[1:09:10] Eli Tokash: Like really, really amazing.

[1:09:12] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god.

[1:09:12] Eli Tokash: I'm obsessed.

[1:09:13] Elizabeth Teeter: I'm still obsessed with the story that they were like, oh, I didn't realize you were blonde.

[1:09:17] Eli Tokash: That cracks me up.

[1:09:18] Elizabeth Teeter: Yes, well, I never get um well that's a funny thing too, is like um before we signed off, like uh I sometimes would meet people in the lobby and like friends or whatever say hi, and I'd come down the escalator with everyone who just saw the show.

[1:09:32] Eli Tokash: Never once got stopped.

[1:09:34] Elizabeth Teeter: Never once got stopped.

[1:09:35] Eli Tokash: Also, the best is I've gotten asked, not once, but multiple times to take photos of someone like in front of the thing.

[1:09:43] Elizabeth Teeter: So I've been talking with with um like friends or like after the show and people have asked me and I think they might ask for a picture, and then they're like, Will you take our our picture in front of the wall?

[1:09:53] Eli Tokash: Like having no clue they just watch me on stage.

[1:09:55] Elizabeth Teeter: That is brilliant.

[1:09:56] Eli Tokash: Or like walking out of the stage door, I kind of run quickly in my car just to like COVID and like I'm tired, like whatever.

[1:10:02] Elizabeth Teeter: I'll wave and like say hello.

[1:10:03] Eli Tokash: But like the amount of times it like takes people like to realize that it's me because I look nothing like Lydia.

[1:10:10] Elizabeth Teeter: Like my blonde hair and little like like pastel coat like running out, and everyone's like, wait, wait, wait, and what your pastel blue coat right so opposite.

[1:10:18] Eli Tokash: I love it.

[1:10:19] Elizabeth Teeter: Which is so funny.

[1:10:20] Eli Tokash: But like people crack up when I say that I've gotten uh asked to take to to be the one to take the photo, which really just kills me.

[1:10:27] Elizabeth Teeter: Or like my friend came and to see the show and she wanted a picture of me in front of the mural and we asked people who had like playbills and like no one said a thing.

[1:10:34] Eli Tokash: Oh my god next time you should just like do a selfie and they'll be like what the heck.

[1:10:34] Elizabeth Teeter: I know I always get a little nervous though like like when I'm going out with everyone just because I'm like I don't want to hear like you know people talk about the show and I'm like I don't want to hear if you don't like it.

[1:10:46] Eli Tokash: Right.

[1:10:46] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh my god which is so so hilarious.

[1:10:49] Eli Tokash: But I'm I think we're gonna try to uh at least come out and like wave um the last few shows even if we can't sign anything just because we've had a lot of people standing out there to to try to say hello and I'm sure like Leslie and some people will come out and just like say thank you.

[1:11:03] Eli Tokash: Well yeah Elizabeth I can thank you enough for for coming on here ahead of your final week in Beetlejuice.

[1:11:09] Elizabeth Teeter: I'm so honored to be back.

[1:11:10] Eli Tokash: Stop oh my god we we all love you everyone listening I love you it's great to to talk to you and chat all things Beetlejuice and all the things uh break legs this week uh you have your first show tonight when we're recording yes um of the week and uh craziness this is soaked all right starting to feel real like it's like I got really I always get emotional anyway like during the show but I'm like oh my god I don't know how we're gonna make it through like I'm already crying like on stage like like moments like being like wait it starts it starts to hit you at random points where you're like wait I'm not gonna have this moment again or I'm not gonna sing this again or I'm not gonna whatever.

[1:11:45] Elizabeth Teeter: Of course.

[1:11:46] Eli Tokash: You're totally making those mental notes.

[1:11:48] Elizabeth Teeter: You're like, okay, eight more times shall I do this you know I don't know how I'm supposed to sing home.

[1:11:52] Eli Tokash: Like, I always cry anyway.

[1:11:53] Elizabeth Teeter: Like, I'm just everyone.

[1:11:55] Eli Tokash: It makes for the best performance because it's gonna be so genuine and so like sweet that everyone's gonna feel it.

[1:12:01] Elizabeth Teeter: Yeah, and I think like the last show, we all were like, it's kind of throw caution to the wind.

[1:12:05] Eli Tokash: Like, of course, no one's gonna sound their best.

[1:12:07] Elizabeth Teeter: Like everyone's just gonna be like trying to make it through and just being so emotional.

[1:12:12] Eli Tokash: Um, so I'm sure it'll be a special memory.

[1:12:16] Elizabeth Teeter: I'm gonna be like, yeah, I don't know, a mess.

[1:12:19] Eli Tokash: Oh my god.

[1:12:19] Elizabeth Teeter: Well, you got this.

[1:12:20] Eli Tokash: You're gonna you're gonna have a blast.

[1:12:22] Elizabeth Teeter: And and shout out to all the Beetlejuice fans who've been so real from day one and so supportive for to everyone in the show and keeping it around for Elizabeth to be in the show.

[1:12:31] Eli Tokash: Congrats to you on like a hundred like guests and listeners.

[1:12:35] Elizabeth Teeter: Like it's such an accomplishment to like have this podcast and like get all the people, like I mean, the amount of people you're you're able to get, like famous people, like Kelly, here are all these people.

[1:12:45] Eli Tokash: No, I wouldn't say that.

[1:12:47] Elizabeth Teeter: Come on.

[1:12:48] Eli Tokash: I wouldn't say that.

[1:12:49] Elizabeth Teeter: No, it's it's uh it's awesome.

[1:12:50] Eli Tokash: It's so much fun.

[1:12:51] Elizabeth Teeter: We get to have like fun conversations like this.

[1:12:53] Eli Tokash: And um, you know, it's I'm so happy we have to like do a little like actually work together for a second, too.

[1:12:58] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh yeah, I know that was so much fun.

[1:12:59] Eli Tokash: Uh shout out to Diane Warren and Obsessed Music.

[1:13:02] Elizabeth Teeter: Shout out to Obsessed Musical.

[1:13:03] Eli Tokash: We'll see what it's like.

[1:13:04] Elizabeth Teeter: Anyone who's like a producer out there, you know.

[1:13:07] Eli Tokash: We're looking literally like comedic genius in this, though.

[1:13:10] Elizabeth Teeter: He had like just like a few lines, and he literally came on and was like, hey girl.

[1:13:15] Eli Tokash: I had so little to work with, but it was so much fun.

[1:13:19] Elizabeth Teeter: Hey, but you worked with it though.

[1:13:21] Eli Tokash: Oh my god.

[1:13:21] Elizabeth Teeter: Well, it's easy when you're working with Shoshana Bean and you and I'm just gonna sing, it's insane.

[1:13:27] Eli Tokash: Oh my god.

[1:13:27] Elizabeth Teeter: Thank you so much, Eli, for having me.

[1:13:30] Eli Tokash: It's like such an honor to be on this podcast again.

[1:13:32] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, and hear me rant uh about I don't know, everything in Beetlejuice and and theater and life.

[1:13:40] Eli Tokash: Um thank you all for listening.

[1:13:42] Elizabeth Teeter: Um, yeah, and I don't know like if I should say like if you want to follow me, that feels very weird.

[1:13:47] Eli Tokash: But like um, yeah, if you if you want to follow me, um I'm at Elizabeth Teeter Official on Instagram and TikTok.

[1:13:54] Elizabeth Teeter: Um I feel weird promoting social media in that way, but if you're interested in following along on the rest of my journey, that's where you can find and I'll be tagging you in all the things so everyone can find you um on all the things in an easy way.

[1:14:09] Eli Tokash: Alex and I always say, smash that like button, all right.

[1:14:11] Elizabeth Teeter: Oh yeah, for sure.

[1:14:13] Eli Tokash: Um well, yeah, seriously, Elizabeth, thank you so much for doing this and break legs with your final week over at Beetlejuice.

[1:14:13] Elizabeth Teeter: Thanks again.

[1:14:13] Eli Tokash: Thank you so much.

[1:14:20] Elizabeth Teeter: You deserve to take a bow.

[1:14:21] Eli Tokash: Yay!

[1:14:22] Elizabeth Teeter: Take a bow, Elizabeth Teeter.

[1:14:24] Eli Tokash: That was an absolute blast.

[1:14:26] Elizabeth Teeter: I it was the perfect episode to have going in uh and starting the new year for that matter, and then going into Beetlejuice's final week, a moment where all of the you listeners I know are big fans of the show.

[1:14:39] Eli Tokash: All of the Beetlejuice episodes tend to do like really, really well and uh get a lot of traction from listening and messages and stuff like that.

[1:14:48] Elizabeth Teeter: So no surprise that you all were like begging for her to come back.

[1:14:52] Eli Tokash: And I thought this was the perfect way to start the year and to, you know, send Beetlejuice into their final week with uh because I know you all are fans of.

[1:15:00] Elizabeth Teeter: It was really, really cool to talk to Elizabeth about uh, you know, her favorite bow.

[1:15:05] Eli Tokash: Um it's really cool to to kind of have a conversation with her after being in the show and just hear how she's matured as a performer and as you know, a speaker in general.

[1:15:17] Elizabeth Teeter: I mean, if you go back to the episode two years ago or whatever, it was definitely not this in depth, or it was like very, very uh it's a different episode, you know, and the the pieces that she gave today were just so mature, and so like you can tell how much she's kind of taken it all in, uh, how much she's learned from the other extremely incredible people in her cast in Beetlejuice and kind of how close they all are.

[1:15:42] Eli Tokash: You know, all of that is so transparent when each and every one of them talk about it about the show and about each other.

[1:15:48] Elizabeth Teeter: It's really, really cool to see.

[1:15:49] Eli Tokash: So congratulations to Elizabeth for not only, you know, leading this show for for the past nine months, but uh to to be a part of it and to have an incredible run with the show.

[1:16:01] Elizabeth Teeter: And you know, those are pretty big shoes to fill um with such a big character, and to come in and just absolutely kill it every single day is just absolutely incredible.

[1:16:13] Eli Tokash: And um, so shout out to you.

[1:16:15] Elizabeth Teeter: You know, in a lot of ways, this is like her breakout role.

[1:16:17] Eli Tokash: So it's really cool to see her really shoot off, I guess, and and having more uh awareness of her talent.

[1:16:25] Elizabeth Teeter: And it's cool to hear her say, you know, whatever I do next, I want it to be completely different from Lydia because I don't want to be known as like one thing, like I don't want to be known as Lydia.

[1:16:34] Eli Tokash: So um, whatever is next, I'm very excited for.

[1:16:38] Elizabeth Teeter: I know all of us listening and here at Take A Bow will be cheering her on uh in whatever's next because this is just the beginning for Elizabeth Teeter.

[1:16:46] Eli Tokash: So shout out to you and thanks for coming on the podcast this week.

[1:16:51] Elizabeth Teeter: And one last thing before I let you all go, just want to send uh as I'm congratulating Elizabeth, I want to also congratulate everyone involved in the Beetlejuice uh company.

[1:17:01] Eli Tokash: Dana Steingold is a Take A Bow family member.

[1:17:03] Elizabeth Teeter: I know there's I there's gotta be more.

[1:17:05] Eli Tokash: Uh Sean McManus, although he is currently on the Beetlejuice tour, so he will not be uh closing the show on Broadway.

[1:17:12] Elizabeth Teeter: And I'm sure there's someone else that uh, but shout out to everyone and shout out to everyone over at Almost Famous.

[1:17:12] Eli Tokash: Shout out to everyone at 1776, Kara Lee, Diane, Jeffrey, all of you are incredible people and uh incredible talents that I can't wait to see what's next.

[1:17:28] Elizabeth Teeter: And here we go.

[1:17:29] Eli Tokash: Here's to 2023, everyone.

[1:17:32] Elizabeth Teeter: Happy trails to those incredible shows, and there's gonna be a lot of happy trails going on this whole first couple months of 2023 here at Take A Bow.

[1:17:41] Eli Tokash: So uh stay tuned for that.

[1:17:42] Elizabeth Teeter: Anyways, thank you all so much for coming.

[1:17:45] Eli Tokash: I hope you enjoyed this week's episode because it was a fun one for me, and hopefully uh you enjoyed this one too.

[1:17:50] Elizabeth Teeter: I know it was a highly anticipated one, so hopefully we delivered.

[1:17:53] Eli Tokash: And yeah, so thanks again for listening, and I hope to see you all next week.

[1:17:57] Elizabeth Teeter: We have another great guest, and until then, bye everyone.

[1:18:01] Eli Tokash: Have a great week.

[1:18:06] Elizabeth Teeter: For this episode's current call, I would like to recognize a few people who also deserve to take a bow.

[1:18:12] Eli Tokash: This podcast would not be possible without the help of Dory Barrstein, Alan Seals, Kimberly Garrett, and the team at the Broadway Podcast Network.

[1:18:19] Elizabeth Teeter: Next in line to take a bow are our fabulous editors, Jessica Gorin, who edits the audio of the podcast that you just listened to, and Tessie Tokash, who edits the videos and visuals for this podcast.

[1:18:30] Eli Tokash: And how about a bow for our executive producer, Chris Grimer?

[1:18:33] Elizabeth Teeter: And our final bow are extra special to the patrons Brian Thompson, Pat McMahon, the listeners at PCC, as well as all of the other patrons for their continued support.

[1:18:43] Eli Tokash: If you're interested in becoming a patron, go to Patreon.com slash T A B.

[1:18:48] Elizabeth Teeter: If you enjoyed this week's episode, make sure to subscribe on the platform that you are currently listening to this on, or go check out our YouTube where you can watch the episode.

[1:18:56] Eli Tokash: You can also subscribe, like, and comment on there as well.

[1:18:59] Elizabeth Teeter: If you're more into the regular social media and want to follow us, you can do that at Take About Podcast across all social media platforms.

[1:19:06] Eli Tokash: The music of this podcast was made by Nikki Torsha and Cormac Collinon, and the logo was created by Giselle Bustos.

[1:19:13] Elizabeth Teeter: And that wraps up this episode's curtain call.

[1:19:15] Eli Tokash: Thank you all again for listening to this week's episode, and I can't wait to see you next week.

[1:19:19] Elizabeth Teeter: Bye everyone.

[1:19:20] Eli Tokash: Have a great week.