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[0:00] Eli Tokash: Hello everyone and welcome to episode 170 of Take A Bow. I'm your host, Eli Tokash, and this week we have such an exciting episode for you folks. I am already in love with this episode. I made three new friends this week, y'all. Um, that's very rare. Uh actually, I don't know if we've ever actually had three people on like an actual episode, like besides the red carpets, I'm saying. Um, but awesome, awesome episode coming at you. Uh, if you're a fan of Parade, um, or if you want to know what it's like just to be like a young adult on Broadway, this is the perfect episode for you all. All of us were under 20. Uh, and we just had so much fun chit-chatting and talking Broadway and what it was like to perform, and uh also being in like Broadway's most popular show right now.

It won Best Revival at this year's Tony Award with Parade. Uh, we have Sophia Manicone, we have Erin Rose Doyle, and we have Charlie Webb on the podcast today. Uh, just an absolute blast. All of them are so freaking talented, and I can't wait to continue to see what they do in this industry because they are gonna be around for quite some time. I already know it. Um, but it's gonna be great. And so before we turn it over to our interview and talking all things Parade and what it's like before it ends, it closes this Sunday, so we can kind of reminisce with them. But before we do that, we gotta talk about some Broadway news. There's a couple things to announce this week. We're very excited to announce that two Broadway shows are coming to Broadway.

It was announced. Um, and one being one of my favorites, so I'm very excited for this announcement. Uh, The Notebook will be opening on Broadway March 14th, with previews beginning on February 6th of 2024. It's opening up the Schoenfeld Theater. Uh, it obviously had a great out of town run um this last year. I I don't think it was this year, um, but last year. And um, you know, John Cardoza was the lead in the show, and Joy Woods was also the leading lady in the show. And so uh John obviously came on and talked a little bit about the show with us. So uh very exciting news. Uh, and I'm so excited to see this on Broadway. And I hope that John is eventually gonna be playing it on Broadway because he deserves to be here back on Broadway.

Very exciting stuff. And then of course, Spamalot, it was announced, is also coming back. Well, yeah, it is coming back to Broadway. And it's gonna be at the St. James Theater starting November 16th with previews beginning October 31st. I mean, come on, a Halloween opening night on Broadway. Literally, sign me up. I'm obsessed. So excited for it. I'm interested to see what this means because I was able to see Spamalot at the Kennedy Center uh when they did it um with like Alex Brightman and James Monroe Iglehart and Leslie Kritzer and Rob McClure. It was like this incredible cast. And so I'm curious to see what they do with that cast, if they bring it along, or um, I'm just excited. I'm interested to see what this means for Alex Brightman in general.

Um to see because obviously he's in The Shark is Broken at the moment. Um, and that's the show about the making of Jaws, and that's currently running. And I don't believe it's a limited uh run. Um maybe his run with the show will now be limited due to Spamalot's announcement, but it uh it is um it's you know, the opening, I guess the previews is October 31st. So that's like two months. Yeah. Like, like I don't I'm curious to see what that means for both Alex Brightman and The Shark is Broken to see what happens there. Um, but I assume we will get that somewhat in the near future. Uh, we'll probably have to get the casting announcement by September because they'll have to start rehearsals at the beginning of October.

So very interested to see, and something we'll keep an eye on. Obviously, Alex Brightman, Take A Bow family member. We love to see that. And uh, yeah. Uh moving on, Izzy McCullough is gonna be joining Shucked on September 8th, which is super exciting. We love Izzy McCullough. Um, and she's gonna be taking over for Caroline Innerbichler. Uh who's playing her final performance on September 3rd. So Izzy will be stepping into the role of Maisie, the lead in uh on September 8th. So very exciting stuff there and Shucked. We have some fun Shucked announcements lately with Colin Cunliffe. Uh, he was an ensemble member that joined the show, um, who I was in Pippin and Finding Neverland with. I was in both of them with him.

Uh, so love the connections and the casting announcements lately out of Shucked. Um, I also want to shout out Salisha Thomas, who went on for Cinderella this week, literally yesterday, um, in Once Upon a One More Time, which was last week's um episode. It was literally basically all about Once Upon a One More Time and Talisha Thomas and Nathan Levy was our guest live at BroadwayCon. So it was super fun. Um, and she was kind of talking about she totally forgot that she understudied Cinderella and then this week she was on for Cinderella. It was kind of crazy how it all worked out. Uh, but so thrilled for her. Cinderella is literally the lead in the show. Um, so I'm so proud of her to be taking the final bow of a Broadway show.

Like, that's so crazy and so much fun. So huge shout out to Salisha. Um, I love her and she deserves it all. So shout out to everyone. And I'm also wanted to wish everyone good health, sending all the positive love, vibes, healing, all the things over to the Once Upon a One More Time casting company over there because they are dealing with COVID. They're dealing with injuries. They're dealing with all sorts of things. They had a uh their Wednesday night performance was canceled this week due to the lack of bodies that were able to just do the show. So uh craziness is happening over there, but Salisha and the swings and understudies are really holding down the fort. And uh we're so so happy for all of them.

So, yay. Um, and I also want to mention the last thing I'll mention is the officially happy trails to New York, New York and Greyhouse, who played their final performance this past Sunday on Broadway and an early Happy Trails to Parade, who plays their final performance this Sunday, hence why I wanted to push this week's episode back a day to honor this incredible show and its honestly monumental run after a flop of the original production and such success with the revival. So I really wanted to honor the show, and I'm so thrilled that we were able to do it. Thank you all for listening to this on a Friday. And with that being said, I think we should just turn it over to this episode with all of our fabulous uh young adult performers here. Let's do it. So without further ado, Sophia Manicone, Erin Rose Doyle, and Charlie Webb, curtain up.

[6:48] Eli Tokash: Today we are joined by three young stars who we'll be seeing around the block on Broadway for quite some time now. These three breakout stars have all made their Broadway debut in Parade, which closes this Sunday, August 6th. And uh, you know, I guess they wanted to take 10 bows this week as their final week has nine shows, which is ridiculous. Uh, but everyone, please welcome me and joining Take A Bow, Erin Rose Doyle, Sophia Manicone, and Charlie Webb.

[7:18] Erin Rose Doyle: Hi everyone.

[7:21] Eli Tokash: Did I pronounce any of your names right? I just want to make sure.

[7:23] Sophia Manicone: Amazing.

[7:28] Eli Tokash: Um Charlie, yours is the easiest, so I figured I had yours. But uh yeah, everyone else. I thank you for that. Um, I'm so bad with names. But uh no, this is so exciting. I love Parade. I uh was able to cover your guys' opening nights and meet you very briefly there. Um, and then I finally went to go see it a couple weeks ago because I had been on here, and uh y'all just killed it. You know, you guys are doing such amazing work, so I can't wait to talk to you about your journey with the show and your performance in this beautiful story and show.

[7:33] Sophia Manicone: Thank you.

[8:02] Eli Tokash: Yeah, of course. Um, the way I usually like to start these though, uh, is I like to start from the beginning and ask, you know, how did we get here? How did we get to Broadway? What inspired y'all to want to like perform and tell these stories? Sophia or Erin, you go first, Charlie, you go last. We'll let the ladies go first.

[8:23] Erin Rose Doyle: Sounds great. Um, I started theater when I was four. My dad got me into it, and my sister and I did it ever since we were younger together. And I did it in all through middle school, all through high school, and I just fell in love with it. I love telling stories, and I love like meeting people and just stepping into another person's shoes. I think that's so interesting. And I just decided to send in a self-tape for an open call one day, and I got City Center, and then here we are.

[8:57] Eli Tokash: Yeah. And what about you, Sophia?

[9:00] Sophia Manicone: Um, so for me, I actually got into theater because I was super shy in elementary school, and I had a teacher talk to my parents and suggest that I like try theater or something to get out of my shell and feel more comfortable like speaking publicly. And um, so I started in second grade, I did like a theater camp, and I ended up just really loving it, and it really helped me like grow my confidence as a person. And um I started doing different community theater things, and I started working professionally in the DC area when I was 10. Um, and just kept going with that, and you know, kind of the same old thing, sent in a tape, didn't expect it to really go anywhere, and here I am.

[9:41] Eli Tokash: Incredible. What about you?

[9:44] Charlie Webb: Uh yeah, so at a young age I didn't do theater. Uh I played a lot of sports, but my uh my two sisters, they kind of they wanted me a to audition for like the school play, and uh I think I think I was like scarecrow number three in sort of Oz in like fifth grade, and I I loved it. It was like so nerve-wracking, but also so rewarding at the same time. And like Erin said, I I think that telling stories and and getting people to like at that age, just like watch me. I was just like, oh my god, this is so fun. Um I did it in high school, and then I eventually I quit sports altogether and I started auditioning for uh college programs. And uh yeah, I got into a few, and uh the place that I just really found was a good fit for me was University of Oklahoma. So I went for a year and a half.

[10:35] Eli Tokash: Wow.

[10:36] Charlie Webb: And uh City Center had already happened. And uh my good friend Brodie Grant, who I grew up with like in Georgia, or we're kind of different ages, but we grew up around kind of the same people. He ended up leaving to go do Outsiders, obviously. Right. And uh yeah, there was a spot that kind of opened up and I did a workshop with Douglas Lyons.

[10:57] Eli Tokash: Oh my goodness.

[10:58] Charlie Webb: Who's another wonderful member of our show? I did a workshop with him like three years prior. And um yeah, it was it was a fun uh, you know, workshop of a musical called Bo, but I did that, and then like he remembered me from that, and then you know, three years later, uh they were looking for replacements for for Brody, and uh he kind of threw my name in the hat and uh I sent in an audition, and then Michael and the team asked me to come and you know audition at uh the MCC theater, the off-Broadway theater. And then um, yeah, and then I got a call from Michael, and it was like it was wonderful, but it was like super quick. I think the turnaround was like it all happened within like 10 to 15 days was crazy.

[11:41] Eli Tokash: Really?

[11:42] Charlie Webb: Holy moly. Um I mean that's the beauty of of I don't know, I guess it's a blessing and a curse at times with this social media and this new like way to audition, I guess, with these self-tapes. You know, all of us are are none of us are from our from the New York area or were in New York when we booked our first Broadway show. And so, like anyone listening to this and following your guys' journey or the show of Parade or whatever, uh, you know, they realize that they don't have to be in New York to make it to Broadway, even though it may seem like it's so far away. Um, which I I get that's the same thing like me. Like I was from West Virginia, you know, playing sports, and then I somehow got a call to come to New York and audition.

And it was just like, what am I doing? So um, you know, it it's possible. Dreams, it's in reach. Um, so it's great to see how everyone had these different stories between uh dropping out of school, becoming out of their shell and and airing just your love for theater from your like family. It's so cool to hear all the different stories and everything.

[12:47] Erin Rose Doyle: Well, um, here we are today. Congrats everyone.

[12:50] Eli Tokash: We're on Broadway. Um, you know, you you guys have been with the show now for for quite some time, and you are performing with these stars. So I'm curious to you, like, you know, uh what has it been like what has it meant to you to make your Broadway debut and not only make your Broadway debut, but also make it in a show that means so much to so many, and you're in a cast with Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, and you're being directed by Michael Arden. I mean, that's not just gonna happen every day. What's it been like for you?

[13:26] Erin Rose Doyle: I mean, it's it's been everything. Um, I definitely did not expect this to happen anywhere in the near future. Like, right before I sent in the tape, I kind of came to the conclusion that I wasn't gonna do theater anymore. I just my love had kind of died because of like toxic theater environment, you know, high school. It's just I thought that it wouldn't be a place for me. And then all of a sudden I was making my Broadway debut and getting into my dream college for my dream program. And it's just it's really reassuring that no matter like what life throws at you, you're gonna end up where you're gonna end up.

[14:02] Charlie Webb: And it's gonna be great. And just with these people, it's insane. Like seeing them every day, especially like my favorite musical for the past few years has been Bright Star, and having Paul Alexander Nolan in the cast is absolutely insane. I think I feel over him more than anybody else in the cast. It's bad. He doesn't deserve it. Don't do that. I mean, it's just insane. Like I grew up on Broadway, and now that I have like people seeing me at stage door DMing me saying that they're growing up with me too, look at that. And it's just insane, but such a beautiful full circle moment for me. And it just warms my heart every time I step on that stage and then go out the stage. I love that.

[14:56] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, sure. It's totally just been such a dream come true, you know. Um, we've had the privilege of working with such an amazing creative team. Um, and they really made it just such a big part of the process. Um, like the historical aspects of the show, and um, we're just so aware of like the impact our show has, and I think it's so special to make your Broadway debut in such a meaningful piece. Um, just seeing all the people out there who are so affected and inspired by our show has been so special. Um, and another one of the really like special parts of this has been getting to watch the cast every night. Um, I mean you've seen it, but a lot of us sit on stage the entire time, and we get to just watch these amazing people do their work, like Michaela and Ben and Paul, and like seeing how they do the show every night is so inspiring, and I feel like it's just really the best learning experience.

There's no better way to learn than by doing something and watching something every night. So it's really just been so unbelievable. I have moments all the time where I'm like, oh my gosh, am I really here right now? Is this really happening? I'm just so grateful to um to be here and to be making a difference through art. I think that's one of the best things about theater as an art form. It really can impact people and it can really make a change.

[16:18] Charlie Webb: Absolutely. Charlie, do you have anything to add? I know we keep making you go last, but no, no, no. I just I want to almost second like everything. I feel super lucky and grateful to be in the position that we're in, just because yeah, I do feel like our story is a lot more meaningful. Um and it really does pack more of a punch and there's more of a message to be taken. I guess like when watching our story compared to like some of the other like really fun shows there are going on. Um but I would also say, especially talking with some of the older cast, um, and you know, their careers have been crazy and wild. Uh the direction that Michael has like given us and the family aspect of our cast is unlike any other, and it's it's like talked about almost as if like um like every single like place you go after this, like you know, keep Parade in mind, like almost like keep this family-oriented kind of like structure in mind, because like every cast needs this type of like family.

And um, I just remember day one, like that was that was intended, and that was that was meant to be because Michael was so straightforward in what he wanted uh with the story specifically, but also with like the cast and us just being like friends, but closer than friends, you know, a family. So I mean, like, even before we started, we would have these like groups where we would walk in uh to the room before we'd even like start rehearsal, and he's like, All right, everyone, like say something negative, say something positive, and we're just gonna all breathe together and it's all just energy. Like nothing matters. Like in this space, like just you know, say something good, say something bad.

And I remember that's how we started every single rehearsal whenever we were doing this, and it really just like it felt like it wasn't um made it less scary for sure and less stressful. But I I uh that's like one of my favorite. I know like we're gonna start talking about our favorite moments, but I will have to say, like, I love the aspect of just being a family, and I I don't think uh I'll ever forget it.

[18:18] Eli Tokash: Well, I think that's something that is very prevalent on stage as an audience member. I I feel like you could totally see your guys' chemistry and relationships that you have. And I've I've been very vocal on here saying how important that is, not only for an actor's performance, but to tell the story. I mean, Erin, you're in Jake's relationship. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see your performance, Charlie as Frankie. Uh, congrats, by the way, on that. Um, stop it. Um, but you're in Aaron's uh or you're in Jake's relationship on stage is so special. And and you can tell that there's work there, and it's not just two actors just coming together meeting for the first time doing a show, you know?

Like like it's not that. There's so much there, and and it truly helps an audience member be like, oh yeah, like we are in a world that exists, you know, like there are relationships here, there are backstories, there's things that have happened in their past, you know. Like you can tell that that is very the work has been done and and set into place. And it's truly beautiful. So congrats to you guys on that. Uh, because it's really well done. Um I mean, I hate to get sad. Yeah, of course. I hate to get sad in and ask uh, you know, about uh I don't know about what it's like to be like a human on Broadway. It'd be the the human aspect of it. You know, I mentioned that none of us, you're none of you guys are from New York and you kind of left home, whether it's your siblings, if you have any siblings, pets, whatever.

Is there any moments that you're ever like homesick or there's moments where you're just like wow like I miss my friends or I just need my mom tonight. Like what yeah I don't know like as a young adult performer on Broadway, do you ever have those moments?

[20:05] Erin Rose Doyle: Uh yeah totally I um so for me I was halfway through my senior year and I moved up here I'm living alone um doing a thing and there are definitely days when I miss being home especially all the end of senior year things like all the prom pictures and all that I was like oh my gosh I wish I was with my friends from home right now but uh at the same time I just have to remember like what a special experience I'm having and um you know I think that that's part of something that any young adult goes through whether you're moving to work or you're moving to go to school you're gonna experience like a little bit of um you know a shift and uh you know it's definitely different being in a big city but I've been able to find places that feel like home like going to Central Park or finding like the cute little coffee shops where it's like quiet and the barista knows you.

Like just little things like that. You find your community, um, schedule those FaceTime calls. My little sister and I Snapchat with stupid filters all day, and like that's enough for us. And actually, one of my cats from home moved up here with me. So now I have Mumford, he's like down there. There he is. Mumford, he's a sweetheart, and I've loved having him with me. So yeah, just you find ways to make your new home feel like your old home, and like before you know it, you just settle in and you find your place.

[21:36] Charlie Webb: Yeah.

[21:37] Charlie Webb: Yeah, go for it.

[21:39] Charlie Webb: You go, you go.

[21:40] Charlie Webb: No, Charlie, you're not going last this time.

[21:42] Charlie Webb: Go, Charlie.

[21:45] Charlie Webb: Um, yeah, it's been it's been a little tough just because of how quick the turnaround was, and like being from Atlanta, I went and lived in Oklahoma, and there's nothing in Oklahoma, and then moving here. I just uh yeah, there's not a lot of people like my age, at least that I like that I I know, and I I know a lot of people that have graduated from like different colleges and they're living like in the same area that I am like right now. They're like 24, 25, and I'm just 20, so it's like it's a little difficult to like you know, adjust. And I I do miss like my family, my mom. I miss my dogs so much. Really, but also like performing, it's like you know, everyone's schedules are so flip-flop.

So if you're if your like buddy or a friend has like a day job and they're working all day and you're free all day, and then like you have to perform at night and they're not free at night, it's like it is a little sucky. It does get isolating. I I've been, yeah, I like first when I first came here, I lived in central Harlem for a month, and then I like knew nobody, and then I went and lived on the upper west side for like two months, and then now I'm living in Hamilton Heights for like I've been here for the past two and a half, and it's been fun moving around, but yeah, it's just uh it's been crazy, and I do get homesick for sure.

[22:56] Charlie Webb: Yeah, but it doesn't take away, that doesn't take away from the experience. I think if anything, it makes the experience more rich. Uh getting to come here and have an almost like a new family and having a new environment to come into, and it makes it like, yeah, it makes it more like fulfilling for me at least. Um, but I am I'm excited to, you know, head home and like see the family for sure.

[23:20] Eli Tokash: So is that the plan you're heading back to Georgia or are you going to school?

[23:25] Charlie Webb: I uh I have a couple of workshops like right after this that I'll be working on, and then it's yeah, it's family time, but um I guess this is the first time I'm like yeah, saying this, but um, yeah, I'm I'm not going back to school. I'm actually dropping out.

[23:39] Erin Rose Doyle: Good for you.

[23:39] Charlie Webb: Good for you.

[23:41] Charlie Webb: You're doing the thing, you're good.

[23:42] Eli Tokash: Uh, Aaron, go for it.

[23:44] Erin Rose Doyle: Uh I left senior year early as well. I closed my senior year musical Mary Poppins on a Saturday, and then I moved up here on a Sunday and rehearsal started on a Monday. So I never I didn't get a chance to like say my goodbyes to my friends. I like my last scene of Mary Poppins was like saying goodbye to Bert, and my best friend was playing Bert. So it was kind of like that was like my goodbye to him, and just like quickly moving up here. So I do I'm like, I wish I could have said, I wish I had like two days like say bye to people, but like I'll FaceTime them and I'm excited to see them in a couple days, which is insane. But I mean, I moved up here with my sister because I was 17 when I moved up here, and being from Houston, Texas, and moving to New York City, my mom was like, You're not going alone, you need somebody.

So my sister took um a semester online because she's a junior at Oklahoma State. So she came up and she's living with me, which is great having somebody here. But my mom comes up like once a month, and like I FaceTime my friends, and now like all of my family is coming in town since it's closing. But I I do I do get homesick. I miss I miss just getting in my car and like picking up Dutch bros and like just like driving around and like saying hey to friends and just all that, but I wouldn't change this experience for the world.

[25:13] Eli Tokash: Is this kind of like a rehearsal like low-key for college? You you know, I know you guys are gonna be in New York for college.

[25:19] Charlie Webb: So totally right.

[25:21] Eli Tokash: That's a good it's a good little uh I don't know, taste of a sneak peek or whatever.

[25:26] Charlie Webb: Um I love it.

[25:28] Eli Tokash: I good for you guys. Congrats to all of you. I mean, we're going to we're I is it okay if I say we're gonna be at all at pace except Charlie.

[25:37] Charlie Webb: Yeah.

[25:37] Eli Tokash: Charlie, you're always welcome to come to pace too.

[25:40] Charlie Webb: That's for her.

[25:42] Eli Tokash: You're always welcome.

[25:43] Charlie Webb: Uh and you always have a place to stay, just so you know too.

[25:48] Erin Rose Doyle: Of course.

[25:49] Eli Tokash: It's so real.

[25:51] Charlie Webb: Um craziness.

[25:52] Eli Tokash: Um so I I'm curious to ask you guys, like on the topic of being homesick and and and kind of navigating this whole like adulthood and performing on Broadway, um, does it kind of like help your performance in any way to kind of deal with those emotions and kind of use that on stage? I know there are challenging times in the show where you have to, you know, cry or whatever it may be. And I is it helpful to have those human emotions just kind of right there that you can lean on some shows?

[26:24] Erin Rose Doyle: Definitely. Um every time I mean we I we've all gone through like rough times during during this like six and a half month process. But what I love is that every time like I'm one of the only people that are off stage for the majority of the show because just to like um highlight the fact that Mary is like no longer with us. And so it became very very secluded for there was like a month long where it I it felt like I was like in my own little world. I was like in a completely different show than anybody else. But I remember I had a few people come up to me because they would notice and specifically like Michaela, Kelly and Sean would like see me kind of silently suffering and they'd come up to me.

They wouldn't ask what's wrong. They'd just look at me and say use it. And that's what I started doing, even though like nothing that Mary does is very emotional. But I I would use it for energy. I would use it for just anything whether it be positive energy or negative energy. And so in my head when I'm having a rough day I just have them in the back of my mind just telling me to use it and it works and I push through that's that's all you could do right exactly.

[27:43] Charlie Webb: Any anyone else want to add on to that?

[27:45] Erin Rose Doyle: I can I can speak just for myself I think um I think for me personally I think meshing my personal uh feelings and emotions with like my work can get a little messy just because like um I don't think I have enough structure to like uh if I did like mix them I wouldn't really know how to separate them after the show.

[28:09] Erin Rose Doyle: So I think like before every show I do try to get into a different headspace where that like I am becoming someone else like on stage, obviously aware that I am an actor and that I am like you know portraying someone who is most likely real and like telling a story to an audience. In no way, shape or form am I like actually becoming the character, but I think like in that sense, like transforming into like a different headspace, it helps me become more aggressive when there's a kind of aggressive scenes or more emotional when I don't necessarily want to think of any personal experience or pull from it a personal experience to like to cry or to feel angry or to feel sad. I really try to like feel what's in the moment, and if that doesn't happen one night, I think like it's fun to explore like what else I'm feeling.

So if I'm not feeling angry in a particular moment, um, but I'm feeling sad in a particular moment, using that to drive like something. Um but yeah, that's just like me and my preference, and everyone works differently. And some of the best actors I feel like use their own philosophy and like maintaining their like mental health and also like their work schedule, so I think or their workload with like how their character thinks and acts and stuff like that. But definitely I try to keep them separate so that I don't have a lot of conflict, especially after the show is done, just because it is so heavy and I do have to get so angry. But that's just my for like my characters because I do have to like do some pretty heinous things. So yeah.

[29:51] Charlie Webb: Yeah, I find that I would have a more similar experience to Charlie. Like I think like derolling is really important for me, and that's easier for me if I don't mix things together. Just like playing a character that, you know, says some not great things and does some not great things. Like I like to just approach it from the character instead of bringing my own stuff into it. Um and that's just like what I found works for me in terms of like doing this for a long period of time, like staying healthy and like mentally happy, just being able to step in and step out and have two separate things. Um yeah, yeah.

[30:31] Eli Tokash: Absolutely. Well, thanks guys. I just wanted to I just curious because you know, it is a challenge, you know. It happened. Um, but I I'm on it. I'm with Erin personally. I definitely would use a lot of my emotions into helping me cry every night. Um, because you know, I just wasn't coming otherwise. Um it'd be like that though. Guys, we're so happy, but there are times where we have to be so depressed on stage and it's so sad. Um probably's hard. No, just kidding. Uh okay. So I now I have like, okay, this whole like round table thing discussion. I'm loving it, but I have some individual questions for you guys to make things easier. Um so I I don't know. I guess we'll start out with Charlie, just because we've been making him never go first.

Um we'll start out with Charlie. And I guess I mean, honestly, like you have some you have like one of the coolest like roles, I don't know, on Broadway right now, if you ask me, because you literally open the show. Like you open a show with Ben Platt with Micaela Diamond, and you like steal it as soon as the curtain like opens, and or well, I guess the curtain doesn't open. You just walk on stage and it's epic. Um so I I just want to ask, like, you know, opening night is like insane, and you have all these famous people there, and the crowd is going wild. Um, what was it like to like literally open reopen Parade on Broadway?

[32:06] Charlie Webb: That was like I seriously like don't remember half of it because I was just like so nervous, and I remember oh god, there were so many people, and I just like I'm like peeking outside of my dressing room, and I'm like, oh my god, that's Jeremy Jordan. Literally, it's just it's crazy to be able to even like be in the same room as these like wonderfully creative people, but to perform for them to tell them a story was just like beyond me, and I couldn't really like comprehend that. I remember like definitely like swallowing air, like midway through the song. I was like, oh that and I just like trying to get through it because like I just was freaking out. I at the end of that show, um, I really thought like the first preview was gonna get to me.

Yeah, but opening night uh the end of that show, it was just like I couldn't believe I was there, and I felt super lucky, and uh there was just just tears, just you know, yeah, going forever. Uh but like yeah, I was like, that was the most nervous I think I've ever been. Uh I definitely had to like have some people like hit me on my cheeks and just be like, sorry, like Charlie, it's okay, you're gonna do it. You're gonna be able to do it. But um, I seriously, like, um, I don't know. Like, like I I don't I feel like I wouldn't have been able to like, I don't know, uh really do it without like the whole family aspect. That's what I'm saying. I everyone was so supportive and just they knew it was like my first time like ever being on Broadway, and also like they were just being super sweet, and everyone sent really sweet messages and it was it was great.

[33:48] Eli Tokash: Yeah. Yeah, that helps, right? Um are you uh, you know, doing anything to prepare yourself for the final show and so that you're not walking on stage already sobbing?

[34:01] Charlie Webb: I think I'm really just gonna try to enjoy it. And um especially like when I I had the opportunity to go on as Frankie, I got to do it twice. And the first time, like again, I was so nervous because it was so new, but like the second time I was just like, you know, this is this is probably this this moment will never happen again. And like I just want to uh enjoy it and uh just have fun and also just like make memories and just feel. And so like I tried my best to just be present and that made it more fun. And I think like for the final show, I'm just really gonna try to live in it. Um and just I don't know, really try to notice things I've never really noticed before, but also just like I don't know, do it to the best of my capability because it will feel like closing, you know, like opening really I don't know, or maybe it won't. I don't know.

We haven't gotten there yet. Um I'm just yeah, I'm uh I'm really excited, but I'm also I am gonna be like tearing up in like every scene. So it's hard not to think like during it, like, oh, this is the last time I'm gonna do this, and this is the last time.

[35:10] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was like, this is gonna be the last time that I'm ever like looking at this person in this scene, and like it's yeah, so it's so hard not to think it. Um I gotta ask Erin, is it okay before I ask to talk about um the time you ended up in the hospital during the run?

[35:27] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, no, yeah, totally. Okay, great. Because I I just need to to ask you about it, and I need you, I need someone to come on here and just talk to me about the importance, I guess, of you know, keeping your taking care of yourself, your mind, your body, your voice, all the things. Um so yeah, to talk to me about this time where uh in you ended up in the hospital during the run.

[35:54] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, no, it was insane. So I mean, I had a little tiny health scare in April on the 110th anniversary of Mary Fagan's death, actually, which was insane timing. I just had like a random allergic reaction to something. We don't know what, and I thought that would be it. However, with my luck, it wasn't. Um, two weeks ago, after playing softball for two hours-ish at Central Park, I do not remember coming home to my apartment. All I remember is being on my bedroom floor and my sister standing over me, saying we need to go to the hospital. And I was so confused and so disoriented. Um, so I went to the I went to urgent care and I told them that I had a sore throat. I don't know why that mattered, but I was like, Yeah, my throat hurts.

So they heard that and tested me for strep, mono, flu, and COVID. But when they tried to test me for mono, you have to prick a finger or give blood. They pricked three of my fingers, and no blood was being produced at all. My tongue was completely dry, no tears were being produced. I like was not producing any form of liquid, which was terrifying. And my mom is on a plane. Like she like I can't get in contact with her. She's on a connecting flight coming from Texas, which luckily was already planned. And so they and then my fever spiked to 103.5, which was terrifying. They couldn't figure out what's wrong, so they sent me on my way. I came home and my fever got down to 99 and then spiked right back up to 103.

Went to the hospital, got tested again, still wasn't producing blood, still wasn't producing tears. And they just kept me there for like five hours just to make sure I was okay. And I was so lucky to have so much support from family, from the cast, from other friends just in the city from different shows and different paths of life. But it was terrifying.

[38:16] Erin Rose Doyle: So it was it was terrifying. And now I have I am I'm also celiac, but I'm very sensitive celiac, so I could I can't have Gatorade or like Power Aid or Liquid IV. So we went like searching for like Pedialyte, because that's gluten free, and like other drinks to just like get something in me. Right. And I remember the stage managers, our lovely stage managers, Justin, Anita, and Sarah. They're like, Erin, you can stay home another show. Like honestly, we're asking you to stay home from another show. But me being the stubborn southerner that I am and it being my Broadway debut, I was like, no, I'm only missing one show for this. But I felt so taken care of from the cast. And now like I have all these like different techniques to like kind of check in with my body.

Like today I was my first day back at softball, and I just like kept like breathing through it and like drinking a lot of water and just kind of checking in with myself and not pushing myself too hard. Cause we already push ourselves on stage every day. But so now I'm like really I'm getting good at just like checking in and I know that I have such a great community here. People were offering to come to the hospital with me, like the adults in the past. So I had a type of parent there, because all the adults are kind of like our parents, but I mean I felt so safe yet so scared at the same time.

[39:48] Eli Tokash: Yeah. But I mean it's okay. We're all good. We're so glad you're feeling better. And and I mean, unfortunately, I guess they didn't figure out what exactly was wrong, but hopefully it never happens again. Fingers crossed.

[40:02] Erin Rose Doyle: Wait, but it is so important to like check in with yourself and and and see, you know, where am I today? Like where's my voice? Where's my body? Where's my mind? All the things. Um, and sometimes we can't give a hundred percent, and uh that's okay, but it it's so important to really understand that and understand yourself as like a performer, a human, an instrument, all the things.

[40:47] Eli Tokash: Well, craziness, but so glad that that uh you know you're feeling better and hasn't happened since.

[40:55] Erin Rose Doyle: So my god.

[40:56] Eli Tokash: Great. Yeah, because it's crazy, especially like this week, you know, y'all have nine shows. Like, that's not a thing that happens on Broadway. Eight shows is crazy enough. Like, you're doing nine in six days, like what? Um so good for you guys, and um I hope that you all are are definitely taking care of yourself, especially this week with the closing and everything. It's just so much added, you know, craziness going on.

[41:19] Erin Rose Doyle: Um, including this.

[41:21] Eli Tokash: So thanks for doing this. Um the next one is is for Sophia and Erin. Um you guys have both been with the show since New York City Center.

[41:34] Eli Tokash: Um and Sophia, you can answer this one first since we just chatted with Erin a little bit. Um so I I've gotta ask you, you know, like what has it been like to watch this show kind of progress? I mean, I know it had the original production on Broadway so many years ago, but uh, you know, to watch that go from the New York City Center version with a new cast, you know, Charlie came in, Gain's not in, so Jake came in, um, and like some of the adults changed. Like, like how did all of that kind of affect your performance or did it? And did you kind of have to ignore any muscle memory to like choreography or whatever?

[42:10] Charlie Webb: Like, what was just the whole process like for you?

[42:13] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, uh, it was super fun getting to welcome in new people to the cast, um, and see like new takes on what we'd seen um from City Center. Um, but just in general, watching the whole show evolve has been so cool. You know, we had Alfred Ure in the room with us, and there was like a couple of times where he was like writing down new scenes, like a couple different things um changed completely, and it's just been really magical to see um how all these new changes like benefit the show and our new cast of people, and you know, we've had so much time that we didn't have at City Center um to just fully dive into those relationships and um really like explore new things. So that's been just it's been so amazing, really creating that community together and um having that translate into our work on stage. You can just really feel the support from everyone around you, and um yeah, yeah.

[43:10] Charlie Webb: So that first day walking into City Center rehearsal, right? And you see Ben Platt, you see Micaela Diamond, you see Michael Arden, you see all these, you see Gaiton Maderazzo, you know, like all your all the faves, and it's just like holy cow, like what was that feeling? Did you like I feel like I would have been in a corner, you know? Like what my gosh, it was we actually started our first day with um tutoring, me and Aaron and Sophie back at December and yeah, really, maybe about her.

[43:42] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, she's a couple, love her. Um, and we went from that to they did like a meet and greet, and it was funny. I was all nervous before the first day. My mom was like, It's not like you're just gonna walk into a room of all these people and like have to go mingle, and that's exactly what it was. We walked up and we kind of we stayed together in our little group of three with Felicia, who was uh Sophie's child guardian, and just kind of worked our way around talking to people and introducing ourselves to people, and I remember just being so nervous and like so in awe of all these people, and now I like walk by them on the street on the way to work, and I'm like, hey, I'm like, what what is this? It's crazy.

[44:22] Charlie Webb: So I don't know, it was very surreal. Um seeing people you've seen either like on stage or on television, like right there in front of you. Um, and just realizing that they're all just people too, you know?

[44:36] Erin Rose Doyle: Absolutely. Yeah, it was really cool. Aaron, did you want to add on to that?

[44:40] Aaron: Yeah, um, I mean, it was so funny the first day of City Center. Felicia actually like forced us to she would like go up to people and be like, Hey, I'm Felicia, I'm the child guardian. Here are the kids that are in the show. They would love to meet you because we were just we were not having it. We were terrified. But I mean, it was so cool and like fast forward to the revival, that same day happening again, but seeing like fewer people have to go through it within everyone else knowing each other. I just like really felt for everyone. And I remember being so excited, like seeing everybody and just it's so fun because everything has changed.

[45:20] Charlie Webb: Like my entire track changed during previews. There was one day where Michael was like, actually, no, we're gonna change all your blocking. And I was like, Oh, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Okay, great. Thank you so much. We have a show tonight, can't wait. Um, so I mean, just seeing looking back at like my script from City Center, I found it the other day and looking at the blocking written down, and I was like, none of this is the same. And it's so funny, and I'm so thankful that like the new people came in because like Charlie and I have been friends since pretty much day one of the new revival, and it was like it's so fun, like looking back and I'm like, wow, it's been a long time.

[46:01] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah.

[46:03] Charlie Webb: What it's been over a year, right?

[46:06] Erin Rose Doyle: We're actually coming up on at least for me, I think Sophia, because she also turned it in a few days before it was due, but a year since we turned in our self-tapes for City Center.

[46:15] Sophia Manicone: Wow.

[46:16] Erin Rose Doyle: Crazy time.

[46:17] Charlie Webb: Yeah.

[46:18] Erin Rose Doyle: And so like for you two, like, what was there like, oh, like after the City Center run, what was that? Like you were just like, okay, like, see you guys, hopefully one day, you know, you know, and but then like a couple months later, you're like, oh, we're going to Broadway? Cool.

[46:34] Aaron: Yeah, I mean, it was it was weird. There were definitely like rumors going around. Uh there's one moment that I really remember uh standing in the wings, like I'm this little bit where I walk on during picture show, and I like mentioned to Brody, like, oh, I'm sad it's over. And he was like, You're gonna do this show again. I'm like, what do you mean? He's like, it's so going to Broadway, like that you're gonna do this again. And I was like, I don't know. That was the first time someone had really been like, This is this is gonna, you know, stay, but it's gonna keep going. And um, just you know, it was kind of the waiting game. We finished the show and you know, we moved back home, and it was just like, what's gonna happen? I remember like texting each other, like, have you heard anything? Like, oh, I just got an email. Did you get an email? Did you get a call yet? And just like, you know, waiting it out.

[47:20] Erin Rose Doyle: And you know, it's actually funny. There were like TikTok videos too about like parade auditions, and I was like, are they replacing us? Like, what what's happening? Like it was so nerve-wracking.

[47:31] Charlie Webb: But did you all have to re-audition?

[47:34] Aaron: No.

[47:35] Charlie Webb: No, no, luckily.

[47:36] Aaron: But um, yeah, once we finally got that call that it was going, it was such a relief and just such a celebration that we get to keep telling the story and see all of our friends again. And um, yeah, it was like a weight was totally lifted. There was no more like waiting and hoping and yeah.

[47:55] Charlie Webb: Tony, what was that experience like for you, you know, coming in fresh, I don't know, kinda as like the newbie.

[48:01] Sophia Manicone: Um, you know, coming into this cast in this show.

[48:05] Aaron: I uh yeah, I was I was really excited but nervous at the same time, just because the material itself is just it's just amazing. And and walking in the first day and seeing literally like Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Urian. I literally like who's at a lot of them.

[48:21] Charlie Webb: Exactly, right?

[48:27] Aaron: And um, no, I just like I really thought that I wasn't going to be in the loop or like a part of like any of the friend groups because I was just so new. And I remember me and Jake, we had this conversation, we were just like, We're really nervous because like uh yeah, what if everyone's like already has like inside jokes and they're already like they already have like a bunch of like cool stuff going on and we're kinda just here, you know, we're new, but I remember like the first day, like yeah, some of like the people that I looked up to the most, they just ended up coming up to me and just like kind of saying, like, hey, like what's your name and just really talking to me and ask where I live and ask what my transition was like, and so it wasn't as scary as I thought, but I will say we had about 10 days, I think, at New 42, and on the 10th day we recorded the cast album.

[49:15] Charlie Webb: And that was absolutely insane.

[49:18] Aaron: And there's always like so much you wish you could change, especially like listening back to the cast recording and it's like, oh I'm like doing so many like new things and um I don't know. I was super grateful for the way that it happened but I did feel like like I constantly was asking everybody like what do I do here? What like what's this track like but thankfully like my track was already kind of like it was put in a certain direction and there were a lot of things that were like changing and Michael like definitely cut certain scenes that I was like in or added new things that like or added a new character and it was just it was fun to uh to pick up but also like I'm I'm glad that there was already like kind of a track set in stone for me that it was already paved by uh you know Brody and I think that it helped but also like everyone was newing everyone was learning something new.

[50:09] Charlie Webb: Um and yeah I think the third of the cast was actually new um whether they had transferred like they had switched uh to like new roles or uh whether like people had left or people that's what the statistic was I think uh Justin Scribner had told me.

[50:26] Aaron: Um so yeah almost half the people were like learning something new so it was fun we all learned together. It didn't really feel like I was singled out that much. I thought it was going to be but it wasn't like that.

[50:37] Charlie Webb: No that's awesome. Good for you.

[50:39] Aaron: And what was it like going on for for Frankie for Jake?

[50:43] Charlie Webb: There's a dream come true.

[50:44] Aaron: Yeah right how cool is that?

[50:46] Charlie Webb: You got to do it.

[50:47] Aaron: I am.

[50:47] Charlie Webb: Period.

[50:48] Aaron: I I don't I don't think that um a lot of people know this, but Jake had he had like kind of I don't know, uh he had hinted that he was just like going to see uh Will, his partner, um, you know, in uh I think American in Paris um at the Playhouse.

[51:06] Charlie Webb: And uh he was just like, dude, like, do you want to go on?

[51:09] Aaron: And usually people are not supposed to ask, they're kind of supposed to let the stage manager know. But I was like, hell yeah, like what are you kidding? And um Jake, I god, he is just, you know, I feel like if you try to compare yourself to like really great people, I feel like you're always gonna let yourself down. And Jake is an amazing performer and even a better friend. And I just I wanted to do something new with it and not really take it like from the standpoint that he was, uh just kind of making it your own.

[51:37] Charlie Webb: And I feel like that's how everyone should do it under the certain circumstances that like Michael wants you to like perform, or like the choreography that you're given, you know, um, and being able to play around with that and adding new like uh color in different places and also just trying it in my new way was super fun and it was super creative, and I'm super glad I got the experience, and like I seriously, like especially from like my background and growing up and my sister is wanting me to do theater, I never ever ever would have thought I would be playing a principal track on Broadway, um, let alone this early in my life.

[52:11] Aaron: And I just again I feel super grateful.

[52:13] Charlie Webb: And it was uh, like I said, the first one was like nerve wracking, but the second show was is absolutely just like a roller coaster, and it was super fun.

[52:22] Erin Rose Doyle: Um that's awesome.

[52:24] Charlie Webb: Well, so well deserved, all of you guys.

[52:27] Erin Rose Doyle: You guys deserve it all.

[52:28] Charlie Webb: You guys are killing it.

[52:29] Eli Tokash: I've got two final questions for you, and this is kind of like a reminiscing time to look back throughout the whole journey of just being like, you know, what do you think is like the biggest lesson that you've learned from this experience? I mean, it could be from something that a cast member taught you, or just the experience itself, kind of like now that you've got a Barbara Challenger about. What what do you think you're gonna take away the most from this experience?

[52:55] Aaron: I have something.

[52:57] Charlie Webb: Go for it.

[52:58] Aaron: It's actually about uh the audition process. Um whoever is watching or or listening to this, I would say like um I don't I think that you can work as hard as you can and you can be as prepared as you can for an audition. But like at the end of the day, if you don't book something based off of like, I don't know, uh, I don't know, a certain look or a certain energy in the room, you seriously can't do anything about that. And like I feel super lucky to be here because like there were like 30 other blonde-haired, blue-eyed tenor boys in that room, and it was just like, wow, I feel like I don't stand a chance. And being able to like find what's unique about you and bringing that out, even if it's something like you don't really love.

I mean, like, if it makes you unique, use it. And I would just say like a voice crack or a missed line in an audition makes you more human than if you were to be like a robot and to come in there and to do everything pitch perfect and and just kind of be a robot. I don't know, like I feel like uh being human and creating a relationship is more important than um being absolutely perfect in the room, especially if you have a callback, because callbacks are like it's just a workshop. I mean, like you, you they already saw you audition, and callbacks are really a time for you to just play around and have fun with people. And I didn't know that. And like, that's something I wish I knew. And that's something I try to like do whenever I go into auditions, it's just like, don't think about it as an audition. Think of it as like a workshop and a like, I don't know, a fun experience.

[54:36] Charlie Webb: Yeah.

[54:37] Aaron: You're in the room for a reason. They're seeing you for a reason. You know, like they've seen what you could do, they've seen what you look like from a headshot, you know, they're interested in you. So you kind of have to bring the best you to that day, you know, like and see how how it meshes.

[54:51] Eli Tokash: Um that's great. That thank you for sharing that. Aaron, Sophia, good luck following that.

[55:00] Sophia Manicone: Um, one of the things I think I'm gonna really take away from this is actually something that Paul said to me recently. Um, me and Emily were pretty upset after our first our last company meeting, and he was giving us a hug, and he was like, My girls, I'm gonna miss you guys. And we were talking about like how sad we were that the show is ending, and he I can't say it as beautifully as he did, but he was saying one of the most special things about this art form is that it's not forever, you know? It's everything that you do is in the moment, it's not infinite, and it's it's one second, and then it will pass by, and that goes like both ways. If you have a not so great show, that's okay, it's over, and you can do it again tomorrow.

And if you do have a great show, you can hold on to that memory and use it in the future. And I think um I've just really learned from this experience to savor every moment and um to just be grateful, like even if you're having a rough day, and you know, you sing your song and you're like, that wasn't my best, it's okay. Like, you did the thing, you told the story, that's what's important. And I mean, what other career gets to like finish their work day and have people like applaud for you and and tell you how like inspiring and how you've changed their lives, and it's just just remembering that um, you know, we're so lucky to be where we are, and um, I'm just trying to soak it all in.

[56:22] Erin Rose Doyle: Absolutely. That was great. For me, definitely um, more on like like the personal, not career wise, just only you know who you truly are and who what you are truly capable of. Um, I throughout this process I've got caught caught up in the whole like, oh, but like if I do if I like do this note wrong, like everyone's gonna like think I like can't do this, or like if I do this, or like hearing people's opinions about the show and about people's performances, I tend to like get caught up in that, and I'm like, oh well, they didn't think I could, so I must not be good, or or or like, oh well, they were having a bad day and like said I did this wrong, so I must have done it wrong. And I notice that I've missed so much of this process, just constantly worried about what other people thought about me as a person, as performer, as Mary Fagan, since she is a real human, and just don't get caught up in that because I mean I'm the only person who knows who I truly am, what my true intentions are, what my capabilities are, and nobody else can change that no matter like what they say about you, or you know, all that stuff, especially like coming from somebody like coming out of high school who like you know, high school and middle school kids can be brutal and can ruin your self image, and it's just something I've been trying to learn over the past few years, and I think this process has really kind of drilled it into me, and I can like proudly say that I'm going to college knowing who I am, which is not a lot of people can say. And so I'm like very thankful that this process taught me that.

[58:04] Sophia Manicone: Oh that's so good. Good for you. I'm still trying to figure that out. Good for you, though. Um that's amazing. Do you guys have time for one more? I know I'm keeping you long. It's the three of you. It's great. Um cool. So the last one I guess I'll say is, you know, what are you gonna miss the most? Or do you have a favorite moment in the show? Uh it could be a ritual off stage, it could be a moment to perform, it could be just like an offstage moment. Like what it may be a favorite memory, even it could be like another question for it. What are you gonna miss?

[58:40] Charlie Webb: Obviously the people, but yeah, like I don't know, and I keep coming back to this, but like seriously, like the inside jokes and like the family aspect of it, and just knowing that like I could walk into any dressing room on any floor and literally just be like welcomed with open arms if I'm having a good day, if I'm having a bad day. I can run downstairs and play cards with like all my friends, and we you know, like during like in between shows, like all like I feel like the young people of the cast, we all like play games or you know, we'll do like fun stuff, or we'll all like head over to like somebody's house and like do something, and that's usually fun. But like I just I yeah, I think I'm gonna miss like I don't know, being able to just, I don't know, have this sort of family with like everybody. Um yeah, it's kind of cliche, but you know, here we are.

[59:42] Erin Rose Doyle: It's so real though, it's so real. But the good thing is is that you think you don't you're never gonna see these people again. I promise you, all of you that you will.

[59:52] Sophia Manicone: Yeah.

[59:53] Charlie Webb: Yes. The small world.

[59:54] Erin Rose Doyle: Uh Sophia, Aaron.

[59:58] Sophia Manicone: Um, I think I'm gonna just miss being surrounded by so much creative energy and um all these mentors all the time. It's it's so nice having like I don't know if this is the right word, but like so many resources, like all the time. Like if I have any question, like theater-related or not theater related, there's like all these people here to support me and help me out. And um, I'm just I'm really gonna miss all of our special memories together and um the community we've created and and getting to share that that story, like getting to end my day every day, um, just singing together with all these incredible people. Like, there's just there's something about that, the you know, energy of of being there together and taking it all in, taking our last bow. And um, yeah, I'm gonna miss that.

[1:00:45] Charlie Webb: Um I was trying to think of like the the bigger picture of it all, but my brain is like stuck on this one moment that I've never really thought about. But there's a moment in the show where um it's like one of the only times that Ben is off stage. Um, but it's right after I finish Frankie's testimony, and he gets chased off by Frankie right before Factory Girls and come out to my office, where we're both just kind of offstage right, and he's preparing, and no matter what he needs to do to prepare, he always either like grabs my hand or like holds me in a hug while he does his own thing, just to know that like we're both there because he's on the whole other side of the uh stage in his own dressing room, and I like it's one of the only parts in the show where I'm like, okay, I'm in the show.

I'm in it. I'm I'm playing a ghost track, but people are here, and it's without fail. Like it's always even if he's like not wanting to interact with anybody that day, he'll like grab my pinky or like grab my finger, like grab my hand, or like put his hand on my shoulder. And it's just such a special like connection that I like Ben and I have had, and it's just it's great and it's amazing. And yeah, I never thought about that moment before, but now it's like in my head, and I realize that that happens in every show. So yeah, I think I'll miss that moment the most out of everything, if I'm being honest.

[1:02:13] Erin Rose Doyle: That's so sweet. Well, I'm I'm obsessed with the show. I I love it. I've seen it. Uh my roommate goes to see it like every week, it seems. Uh and uh I know last night I saw it. He was talking to me about it. I was like, oh my god, that's hilarious. Um so yeah, congrats, congrats. We're we love the show. So many people love the show. Um and what you all are doing, sometimes nine shows a week is just truly incredible. Um so shout out to you and happy trails to y'all in parade.

[1:02:46] Charlie Webb: Craziness.

[1:02:47] Erin Rose Doyle: Where can we where can uh anyone who's watching this like follow you guys and your next journeys uh in in the in the world?

[1:02:56] Charlie Webb: Um I'm on Instagram at Aaron Roseley, and then I'm on TikTok at Aaron Rose Doyle, you know.

[1:03:04] Sophia Manicone: Yeah.

[1:03:08] Charlie Webb: Uh my Instagram and TikTok, Sophia underscore manicone. I'll probably like keep posting updates on that.

[1:03:15] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah. Yeah, you can check out my Instagram, Charlie Webb 12. And then if you want headshots, hit me up because I can give you headshots.

[1:03:23] Charlie Webb: Period. Oh my god. Yes photography. I'm in the process of like I I'm I have a studio and uh I'm whenever I come back here, like in the fall, it's gonna be kind of like my muggle job, shooting out shots and going in for auditions. So it's uh I'm really excited, and uh no, there's just something about making people feel like really good about themselves and making them feel beautiful.

[1:03:48] Erin Rose Doyle: So can that be the new thing? A muggle job instead of a survival job. Can it be a muggle?

[1:03:54] Charlie Webb: Right. Coined by Charlie Webb. Um we're gonna make it happen, guys. Um, I I'll I'm I'll hit you up. Trust me. Uh we're doing photos.

[1:04:05] Erin Rose Doyle: Yeah, great. Love it. Uh Charlie, you should also drop the workout uh that you do. Those arms are uh sick You came on stage and I was like, what? How am I the same age as this guy? It's it's unreal.

[1:04:20] Charlie Webb: I feel like everybody has their own like way of like getting into shape. And like not that you even need to, like as a guy, or you know, like I feel like Michael was just like, dude, like you are you okay to take off your shirt? And I was like, yeah, I'm cool with it. But like for me, I actually I don't I've been to the gym once. This is for six months. I like for me what worked is uh calisthenics and uh using like a calorie deficient, just making sure like the calories I was eating was just and it's just like scheduling and stuff like that, but it's different for everybody. So, so like, don't feel whoever's watching, don't feel like you need to like go to the gym like uh Alex Joseph Grace said, like, all the time.

That man, like that man is insane. That man will be like, dude, that man will have a that man will get up, do a workout, have a show, do another workout, do another show, and then go to bed. I swear, it's crazy. And like he is a unit, but I could never so whatever, whatever like is comfortable for you.

[1:05:19] Erin Rose Doyle: There you have it, folks. Amazing. Well, thank you all so much. You all have so much to take about for. And uh thanks for joining us for your tenth bow of the week.

[1:05:21] Charlie Webb: Thank you.

[1:05:32] Erin Rose Doyle: Take a bow, Aaron Rose Doyle, Sophia Manicone, and Charlie Webb.

[1:05:37] Eli Tokash: Oh my god, it's so fun to do multiple um performers on the episode. It's uh I don't know. I have a blast with it, and it's a good one to watch on YouTube. That way it gets a little less confusing, kind of like following each person's journey or see who's talking. Um, but these three young performers are I mean, young performers, I mean like I'm the same age as them. I don't mean to like say it like that, but they are like young performers, and it's really cool to like hear their outlook on on the industry and the what it's like to be in a Broadway show and all the things. Um it's that like youthful energy that you know, sometimes we have people that come on the show, and it's like it's a lot of work and it's a lot of heart, and it's all of this, but even like with the hardships that the young uh performers face, whether it is still managing school while doing a Broadway show and and being away from your family for the first time, and whatever it is, you know, we have this positive outlook on it, and it's just an unforgettable experience, and we tend to not lose sight of that as easily as some of the adult performers that we have on the show or that are just in this industry.

[1:06:46] Erin Rose Doyle: And I don't mean to like knock anyone on that.

[1:06:48] Eli Tokash: Um, but it it is I always just enjoy the the positive energy and the vibes and everything that we get from these types of interviews. It's so much fun. And uh, you know, they they've shared so many wonderful stories from their show and their time in the show. It's uh crazy how you know so much can happen. I mean, it was a limited run, but so much can happen in the span of that time. And uh, you know, doing the show with so many legends and and learning from all of them and being in that room is just an experience of a lifetime and something they'll you don't you don't always get to experience. So um huge shout out to them and thank you to them for coming on here. Literally, they have nine shows this week, which is like not heard of uh on Broadway.

Usually it's eight shows in six days. Um, but they're doing nine this week for their final week. They're doing two show Wednesday, two show Saturday, Sunday. Um, and it's just bonkers. So I'm so appreciative of their time today um that they're giving me after a Broadway softball game, uh, which is super fun and exciting. And I love that uh Aaron and Charlie are both doing that. So um shout out to all of them.

[1:08:01] Eli Tokash: Shout out to the entire cast and company of Parade. I have so many friends in the show, so uh I was excited to make some new ones today, but uh also honor the show and all the friends in the show. Happy trails to everyone in parade. Just love this show so much, and uh, you know, can't wait to see what all of them do next because that entire cast will be on Broadway very, very soon. Um, because they're all just so talented and they're all legends. So, um, anyways, that's all that I have for you folks for this week's episode of Take A Bow. Thank you all so much for listening. I can't wait to uh come on here next week with uh another very exciting episode with a great guest. And um, yeah, until then, I hope you all have a wonderful week, and I will see you all next week. Bye everyone, have a great week.

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