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[0:06] Robert Peterpaul: Hello friends. This is Robert Peterpaul of The Art of Kindness Podcast.

[0:11] Samantha Tuozzolo: And I'm Samantha Tuozzolo from Survival Jobs: A Podcast.

[0:16] Robert Peterpaul: Uh hello for our first ever crossover episode.

[0:19] Samantha Tuozzolo: Hi Rob.

[0:20] Robert Peterpaul: Hi, this is a dream come true.

[0:22] Samantha Tuozzolo: Although we are missing one friend.

[0:24] Robert Peterpaul: So we are.

[0:25] Samantha Tuozzolo: It's probably not a true crossover, but it's a step in the right direction.

[0:28] Robert Peterpaul: It is a step in the right direction.

[0:30] Samantha Tuozzolo: Shout out to Jason Combs, who's my podcast partner for Survival Jobs.

[0:35] Robert Peterpaul: We love him.

[0:36] Samantha Tuozzolo: We miss him.

[0:37] Robert Peterpaul: He's here in spirit.

[0:38] Samantha Tuozzolo: He was on that carpet with us in spirit.

[0:41] Robert Peterpaul: Everyone's probably like, what are you talking about? We are releasing the audio from The Notebook opening night carpet.

[0:50] Samantha Tuozzolo: We're clapping.

[0:51] Robert Peterpaul: We're clapping.

[0:52] Samantha Tuozzolo: We're happy.

[0:53] Robert Peterpaul: We deserve it.

[0:55] Samantha Tuozzolo: Rob, let me just tell you, I had the best time on this carpet with you. You are such a silly little goose doing cartwheels on the carpet. It made for such a great time.

[1:05] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, that's so sweet. It's the red cartwheels. I don't know what that means, but I had such a good time with you. You're so much fun.

[1:12] Samantha Tuozzolo: And what's really awesome is that we just tag teamed it. I mean, we were like, you want to talk to this person? Sure, I'll talk to this person. And we literally were weaving in and out of—we should tell the people how crowded it was.

[1:22] Robert Peterpaul: This was a very tight carpet.

[1:24] Samantha Tuozzolo: My god, the tightest one. I mean, I've done—I feel like I've done enough now to know what is a tight carpet. And you guys, it was the tightest one.

[1:33] Robert Peterpaul: We were like little ninjas, like going—I felt like I was going through people's legs to trade with Bob, who was running tech and who was doing the interview. Crazy, guys.

[1:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: I was hit twice by the same person. I won't say who, I won't shout this person out.

[1:48] Robert Peterpaul: Yes, I remember addresses seven Wall Street.

[1:51] Samantha Tuozzolo: They were very apologetic and wonderful, but it was because I was crawling like a little itsy bitsy spider around this carpet to try and get to the people.

[2:00] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[2:01] Samantha Tuozzolo: At least if it was like Vanessa Williams hitting you, it would be an honor.

[2:06] Robert Peterpaul: That would be. Actually, one time, I'm just gonna say it, you know what? This event, it was for the ABC upfronts, which are when they announce all the TV shows coming. And that year they were bringing back Roseanne, and we all know how that went.

[2:20] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yikes and big yikes, and Roseanne Barr was there, and she was in a motorized wheelchair, and I had to escort her to the elevator. We get in the elevator, all's good. There's this lovely elevator attendant, and he opens the door, and then Roseanne Barr just like jet propels out of the elevator full speed, like hitting me, and then ran over this man's foot.

[2:42] Robert Peterpaul: And then I just step out of the elevator, I look down the hall, and she's flying faster than a jet, just maniacally laughing, like ha ha ha ha ha.

[2:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: So I've been hit before. I don't know why that came up. I've been hit before.

[2:54] Robert Peterpaul: Hey, at least she got a laugh out of it before she was no longer laughing.

[2:57] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah, I know.

[3:00] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, but back to The Notebook. We had a great time.

[3:03] Samantha Tuozzolo: We did. Who was your favorite guest that you spoke to?

[3:07] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, I enjoyed everyone. I think so many people I felt like it was an honor to talk to. Michael Greif, I blacked out because he's such an iconic director. I love talking to Nicholas Sparks. That was really cool.

[3:18] Samantha Tuozzolo: He was so nice.

[3:23] Robert Peterpaul: Like he was just wanted to chat. He was not in a rush at all.

[3:25] Samantha Tuozzolo: At all.

[3:27] Robert Peterpaul: And I watched him come down the carpet and really take his time with each person and really was so invested and present. I feel like sometimes with those bigger folks on the carpet, they're in a rush, or they're just like not into it, and they're just doing it because they feel like they have to.

[3:45] Samantha Tuozzolo: He was so present and felt so—it felt like he was so happy to be there.

[3:49] Robert Peterpaul: He was. He wasn't like looking over my shoulder for the next interviewer, which you know, we often do that sometimes in these situations, but he was great.

[3:57] Samantha Tuozzolo: And then Jocelyn Bayo, she was really fun. She is an amazing writer, and we just—I feel like we were just having a good time cracking up. So I loved it.

[4:06] Robert Peterpaul: What about you? Who was your favorite?

[4:07] Samantha Tuozzolo: Uh, it's tough because it was such a nice, genuine carpet. I say genuine because it was—everyone was so genuine, but I think my duo of Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter was just—I mean, hello.

[4:24] Robert Peterpaul: It's Ingrid Michaelson, who by the way, love her music, and also shout out to all of her music on Grey's Anatomy. Like that music is so triggering because it's like I hear a song, and I'm like, sorry, spoiler about Grey's Anatomy. I'm like, George O'Malley died.

[4:40] Samantha Tuozzolo: You know he does.

[4:47] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, that was 20 seasons ago. Come on.

[4:49] Samantha Tuozzolo: Literally. And then Bekah, I'm a huge This Is Us fan, and so it was so lovely to chat with her as well. So just—and it was awesome to chat with like two powerful, amazing women artists in Women's History Month who literally created the show. And I thought that was beautiful too.

[5:08] Robert Peterpaul: Sorry, to my phone.

[5:10] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um, yeah, dang it, podcast recording 101. Shout out to your phone, people.

[5:17] Robert Peterpaul: Um, such a wonderful job. I mean, overall, but that one was really special to watch.

[5:22] Samantha Tuozzolo: It was hard to hear because the carpet is so loud. So when you hear these interviews, you'll hear that atmosphere. And Sam and I may have been shouting, but everyone else had normal volume.

[5:34] Robert Peterpaul: We were shouting.

[5:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: It also is my first time—like, shout out to Robert Peterpaul for having his equipment. You know, Jason and I over at Survival Jobs need to invest in some of our own tech.

[5:45] Robert Peterpaul: But it was my first time using your fancy mic. So I, when I got home that night, I had a panic attack of thinking like, oh my gosh, I hope I turned the mic on every single time because it was sometimes it would be red, but it wasn't on, and then it was blinking, and I was like, what's going on? Just cross my fingers and hope this is recording.

[6:05] Samantha Tuozzolo: And it did. We'll find out.

[6:07] Robert Peterpaul: You will all find out what made it into the episode.

[6:10] Samantha Tuozzolo: I was nervous when I talked to Nicholas Sparks because—and not necessarily because he's an icon, because I feel like I'm just down to clown with whoever, but I was honored. And then he started to take the microphone. So every time I asked him a question, he would take it and bring it up to his mouth, which was nice because he probably wanted good sound and knew it was loud. But every time he took it, I thought he was clicking the record button and shutting it off. I was having many panic attacks each time, sort of like, can you imagine?

[6:37] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[6:38] Samantha Tuozzolo: Like if we lost the Nicholas Sparks interview, what a tragedy.

[6:43] Robert Peterpaul: Speaking of tragedies, there was no—we should address the other water for elephant in the room. There was no—sorry, that was funny. We didn't get the cameos that some people were hoping for on that carpet, which was Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, the two R's.

[7:01] Samantha Tuozzolo: The two R's.

[7:02] Robert Peterpaul: But you know what? I attended the opening night for An Enemy of the People last week. And there she was, Rachel McAdams.

[7:10] Samantha Tuozzolo: Attended the end.

[7:11] Robert Peterpaul: She was at that opening.

[7:14] Samantha Tuozzolo: Wow.

[7:14] Robert Peterpaul: Tragedy.

[7:16] Samantha Tuozzolo: Maybe she didn't want to steal the thunder of the cast at The Notebook.

[7:19] Robert Peterpaul: You know, that's a very good point because people were expecting her to be there, especially since she's right there in New York.

[7:26] Samantha Tuozzolo: And it was not her night for to be Allie.

[7:29] Robert Peterpaul: It was the three Allie's nights.

[7:31] Samantha Tuozzolo: And to be out so good.

[7:32] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, they're so good. Wait, how is An Enemy of the People?

[7:36] Samantha Tuozzolo: I want to stop there just for a moment. Blood sidebar everyone, run to see it. It is such a unique production in the way that it's staged. The set is really cool. There's a cool interactive part at intermission, which it's not really an intermission, it's a little pause. Jeremy Strong is my—I mean, like we all know Jeremy Strong, aka Kendall Roy. But he is just amazing.

[8:02] Robert Peterpaul: And Victoria—I can't remember her last name.

[8:08] Samantha Tuozzolo: People Padretti, I think.

[8:10] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you. Incredible. I'm obsessed with her. And the story, it's just the adaptation. You know, this is written a long time ago. I don't want to say the year because I'm not sure, and I don't want to look like a dingling. Don't back check us. Um, it's so good. And Sam Gold is an amazing director. I've seen his work a few times, and it just never disappoints. So definitely get a ticket. I think it's a limited run as well.

[8:36] Samantha Tuozzolo: Um, but it was a super star-studded opening, literal Bradley Cooper, and—

[8:43] Robert Peterpaul: Guys, I just—I don't know if I should share the story, but I have to.

[8:47] Samantha Tuozzolo: Oh, please. You can't start a story like that now.

[8:49] Robert Peterpaul: I have to. So I grew up with Lin-Manuel Miranda. He was my theater teacher, and then we grew to be best friends. We lived together, whatever. So I had met Lin a few times, years ago. He has no idea who I am. But another friend of ours, Ben Simpson, who never listens to any of my podcasts, so he won't be listening to this. When Robin was in In the Heights, off-off-off Broadway on 37th Street, literal 20 years ago, Wicked had just come out. Exactly 20 years ago. And so we were obsessed with Defying Gravity. And Ben, being the theater lover that he still is, was trying to hit the note of fi, like defy in gravity and would always go see In the Heights and go, fi, fi, fi, like on the piano to try to hit the note.

[9:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: And Lin-Manuel remembers that for all these years.

[9:38] Robert Peterpaul: So we were at the opening of An Enemy of the People, and Lin saw Ben and comes over and starts screaming fi fi fi in the middle of the lobby. And then he's like, oh, you know, Samantha, like one of Robin's very good friends. And he was like, yeah, oh my god, no memory. But he literally goes, you're memorable.

[9:56] Samantha Tuozzolo: I'm sure he remembered you.

[9:59] Robert Peterpaul: I think I met him when I was 17, so it's a different version of myself, but maybe.

[10:04] Samantha Tuozzolo: Okay.

[10:05] Robert Peterpaul: He goes, let's take a selfie and send it to Robin. So currently on his phone, there's a selfie of Lin-Manuel, myself, and Ben Simpson. Has not been sent to anyone yet. And I just—Lin, if you're listening, send the selfie because my mom needs it.

[10:22] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah, I need it.

[10:24] Robert Peterpaul: Selfie, my mom does.

[10:26] Samantha Tuozzolo: We all need it.

[10:27] Robert Peterpaul: That's incredible.

[10:28] Samantha Tuozzolo: It kind of was so Broadway. And if he has an iPhone, then maybe your—his phone will start to recognize you, and then you'll get one of those little circles on his phone, and then he'll say, wait, who is it? And then you'll be just be friends.

[10:41] Robert Peterpaul: Can you imagine? And then you'll be in Moana 2.

[10:44] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah.

[10:45] Robert Peterpaul: I can't sing. And I'm white.

[10:48] Samantha Tuozzolo: No, but you could be like a seashell or like a talking snail.

[10:51] Robert Peterpaul: Um, helps us in that movie.

[10:53] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yeah, I could definitely be a seashell. A wave, a wave of water.

[10:58] Robert Peterpaul: I would love to be a wave of water.

[11:00] Samantha Tuozzolo: Me too.

[11:01] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. Anyway, I rambled, but yes, it was a star-studded opening.

[11:05] Samantha Tuozzolo: That's a great story.

[11:06] Robert Peterpaul: Bradley Cooper, Lin-Manuel. Go see An Enemy of the People. It's one not to miss.

[11:12] Samantha Tuozzolo: It's—you know when those plays come along that's like art, I love it. I live for those plays that are just giving acting and art and so artistic and artsy. For example, something else I love, Dana H, for example, adults part two, like these plays that come along that are just iconic. So run.

[11:33] Robert Peterpaul: What a good review.

[11:35] Samantha Tuozzolo: Wow. Thank you. I gotta run to see that.

[11:37] Robert Peterpaul: And I would say run to see The Notebook. I tried—I was actively trying not to cry for a full two and a half hours. So warning, you might leave with a headache, but it's a good headache. It's very cathartic. And by the end, everyone's crying around you, and it's kind of funny because you're all just sitting there, no matter who you are, with like snot down your face, Viola Davis style, and it's beautiful.

[12:00] Samantha Tuozzolo: It's such a beautiful show. I did not know what to expect, but they really hit home.

[12:05] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, in a very marvelous way. We love everything in the artful way today, and the art of kindness.

[12:13] Samantha Tuozzolo: And the truth is, survivors—is that what you call your listeners?

[12:17] Robert Peterpaul: Yes, we do.

[12:18] Samantha Tuozzolo: Survivors. We—I love Survival Jobs, first of all. So thank you for tuning in.

[12:22] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you.

[12:23] Samantha Tuozzolo: And I love The Art of Kindness. So we're just a big love fest of loving and kindness.

[12:31] Robert Peterpaul: We're just gonna keep loving and rolling into these interviews now. We're gonna lead with love, and we hope you enjoy them.

[12:39] Samantha Tuozzolo: Anything else you want to say before we play the clips?

[12:41] Robert Peterpaul: I love you, and this is so fun.

[12:43] Samantha Tuozzolo: Oh, I love you too.

[12:45] Robert Peterpaul: Crossovers to come.

[12:46] Samantha Tuozzolo: More crossovers. I guess we should say, I think the clips are gonna start with each guest just saying their name because you won't be able to see them, and then we'll roll into some wacky questions and moments with the two of us.

[12:57] Robert Peterpaul: And I had so much fun asking about survival jobs, and I had so much fun asking for kindness tips.

[13:02] Samantha Tuozzolo: So we're getting more on this episode, y'all. Kindness tips, survival jobs, maybe some pickup lines.

[13:10] Robert Peterpaul: Those were fun, especially when people were like, nah, I don't have one.

[13:15] Samantha Tuozzolo: I know. They're like, I have no game, and I'm like, same.

[13:18] Robert Peterpaul: Well, I will say, are you a podcast? Because I'm tuning in.

[13:25] Samantha Tuozzolo: And we end on that.

[13:27] Robert Peterpaul: That was so good.

[13:29] Samantha Tuozzolo: That is so good. Okay, everyone, enjoy The Notebook.

[13:32] Robert Peterpaul: Enjoy, we love you. It's The Notebook red carpet, not the actual notebook.

[13:37] Samantha Tuozzolo: Yes, live from the red carpet. You will be standing right next to us.

[13:40] Robert Peterpaul: You're there.

[13:41] Samantha Tuozzolo: You're there.

[13:47] Robert Peterpaul: Love you.

[13:48] Samantha Tuozzolo: Love you.

[13:57] Schele Williams: My name is Schele Williams, co-director of The Notebook.

[14:00] Michael Greif: I'm Michael Greif, co-director of The Notebook.

[14:02] Schele Williams: I saw the show Sunday, and I'm still trying not to cry and feel all the emotions. It's such a catharsis. As the directors, when you first started out on this project, which is obviously such an iconic property, where did you start in the process? Did you have a question you wanted to answer with this show?

[14:17] Michael Greif: I mean, it's just so striking. I'm wondering where you started as directors.

[14:22] Schele Williams: In so many ways, everything flows from what Ingrid and Bekah are up to. Ingrid had such a personal idiosyncratic take on this material. It made it very easy for us to know how to begin.

[14:35] Schele Williams: It made it very easy for us to know that older Allie and Noah were absolutely the beginning, middle, and end of this piece. It's when you listen to the score and you hear Ingrid's music, you hear all of these layers. And all those layers represent memories. The way that they overflow really becomes the way that the show is all of these memories intersect, they overlap, they kind of haunt you in moments, they reassure you in others. So that really became the vocabulary. You know, we started with the music and everything kind of came away from there. You have such beautiful layers.

[15:14] Michael Greif: Layers is the perfect word. You know, to keep it light and fun on the carpet, as we have to do, the question we're asking for social is what's your favorite cheesy romantic pickup line? If you have one.

[15:27] Schele Williams: I know it's so silly.

[15:32] Michael Greif: Directed The Notebook, no.

[15:34] Schele Williams: Oh yeah.

[15:36] Michael Greif: Well, we can skip that one if you want. I'm reading it in your eyes. I'm seeing it.

[15:40] Schele Williams: My podcast is The Art of Kindness, so we spotlight people in the arts who use their platform to give back, make the world better. I would love to know if you each had just an actionable kindness tip, something you would love people out there to do every day in their own lives just to try to make the world a little bit brighter.

[15:54] Schele Williams: Yeah, my act of kindness is to be brave. You know, be brave when you are facing a situation that you feel is unjust. Be brave and speak up. Be brave to lead with your authentic self. Be brave to admit your dreams and be brave enough to go for it. Because we lead by example, and I think that's how we change the world.

[16:16] Michael Greif: So beautiful. Kindness is courageous. And you both created something that when we walk out, we feel like a community. It's such a story about humanity. I can't say enough about it. But do you have one you would mind sharing with us?

[16:26] Schele Williams: Just that old adage about, you know, put yourself in someone else's shoes and just always make sure that you can empathize and understand where someone else is coming from.

[16:37] Michael Greif: I put myself in these shoes. Look at these.

[16:39] Schele Williams: Uh, the final question. I know these are amazing. You're star-studded. Uh, our friend Sam here has a podcast called Survival Jobs. So the last question I would ask is do either of you have a story or a survival job you can share from when you were first starting out, just anything like a funny survival job.

[16:55] Joy Woods: I sold t-shirts and hats and souvenirs at Rent when it opened on Broadway, and then six months later became the dance captain.

[17:02] Michael Greif: Oh, that's incredible. So everybody's selling merch. Just listen to that story. Watch the show every night, get to know it and kill it in your audition. That's a free class.

[17:11] Ryan Vasquez: Free class. I was a terrible waiter for quite a while.

[17:17] Michael Greif: Well, check, please. Thank you both. It was so nice to meet you. Enjoy tonight, and congratulations.

[17:22] Jordan Tyson: Jordan Tyson, and I'm playing young Allie in The Notebook.

[17:26] Robert Peterpaul: Jordan, what an amazing night this is. I am overwhelmed by the energy, especially from the cast. Everyone is so great. If you could pick one word to describe what you're feeling on opening night, what is that word?

[17:39] Jordan Tyson: I feel full.

[17:41] Robert Peterpaul: I love that so much. Um, what are you looking forward to the most about this evening?

[17:47] Jordan Tyson: I am looking forward to celebrating with my loved ones. I am here because of them, and I get to be here with them. It's so exciting. I eavesdropped in another one of your interviews, and you were shouting out Women's History Month and how important it is to be here as a woman with all these other women. Can you talk a little bit about that?

[18:09] Jordan Tyson: I mean, yeah. I first of all, my job in this show is to, you know, give life to this young woman who is so empowered. And then my job is also to look at how she grows up, and I get to watch the wonderful work of Joy Woods and Maryann Plunkett and figure out how to seamlessly get to them, you know. So a lot of it's just watching these amazing women artists, and also like I'm making my Broadway debut tonight. Bekah Brunstetter is, Ingrid Michaelson is, Schele's making her Broadway directorial debut tonight. It's just like across the board, so wonderful.

[18:52] Robert Peterpaul: I love that. So the show is about love. We're doing a little trend for our social at BPN. Hey, do you have a go-to pickup line that you use in your dating life?

[19:05] Jordan Tyson: I have no game. I have no game, so no, there's no pickup line. It's more like, hey, how are you? And nobody knows I'm flirting with them, so it's so funny.

[19:18] Robert Peterpaul: Uh, same though, don't you worry. Um, I know we've talked to you before from our podcast, Survival Jobs, and we got a bunch of your survival jobs at one of the other openings. So, my friend Rob here, he has a show on the network called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a tip of kindness that you'd like to share?

[19:34] Jordan Tyson: I always, oh I'm gonna, these days what's on my mind is being generous and living from a place of abundance and saying it wouldn't hurt me at all to give a little more because I know I'm gonna get it back in a different way one day. You know, yeah, what you give. Just keep giving.

[19:56] Robert Peterpaul: Well, happy opening, thank you so much for chatting with us.

[20:01] Jordan Tyson: Thanks for having me.

[20:03] Maryann Plunkett: Hi, I'm Maryann Plunkett, and I play older Allie in The Notebook, which is open tonight here officially, and I'm just thrilled to be here because I love love this place and this company.

[20:20] Robert Peterpaul: I love love love it too. I can't say enough good words about it. One thing as an actor I noticed in particular about you is you have a lot of time when you're just so still and you're sitting there and you're listening. I wonder just how that is for you.

[20:30] Maryann Plunkett: I mean, that's something that's hard to do, is just sit and be present sometimes. But you do it so naturally.

[20:36] Maryann Plunkett: Well, you know, I think what's one helpful thing is I'm a veteran of Richard Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama for over 12 years. Um, 12 plays, and his mantra is listen. So in all those plays, we had to learn how to listen. And in the recording, that almost all of them are recorded, the focus many times is on the person listening rather than the person speaking, because it's like what is the reaction of the person who's listening? And um, so it's just to let it happen to be still.

[21:15] Robert Peterpaul: That's so true. I wonder if that applies to my podcast, The Art of Kindness. So I'd love to know, do you have an actionable kindness tip you could share that you would love for people out there to do in their everyday lives just to try and make the world a better place?

[21:29] Maryann Plunkett: Oh gosh. I mean, kind. Be kind. But an active one would be if you see someone dragging something up, like a stroller with a baby in it, lift it up. Help out, groceries or anything. Just go, do you need help?

[21:46] Robert Peterpaul: Alright, and really quick, did you have a survival job before this that was interesting that you would just shout out and then I have to let you go?

[21:53] Maryann Plunkett: Um, I've done a lot of things. I mean, I've been a waitress, I was a teacher, um, a youth center counselor, and um, just yeah.

[22:05] Robert Peterpaul: That's probably why you're so warm and welcoming. It's so nice to meet you, congratulations.

[22:09] Becca Brunstetter: Thank you.

[22:10] Ingrid Michaelson: Becca Brunstetter, book writer, Ingrid Michaelson music and lyrics. How are you guys feeling? This is such an electric night. The energy on this carpet's amazing. This show is so beautiful, I can't even look at you guys, I will cry.

[22:23] Robert Peterpaul: So you can pick one word to describe a feeling that you're having, what would that be?

[22:27] Becca Brunstetter: Joy.

[22:30] Ingrid Michaelson: It's hard the one-word question.

[22:33] Becca Brunstetter: Anticipation.

[22:34] Ingrid Michaelson: Amazing. I'm huge fans of the both of you. I love This Is Us, I love all your music. So this is a great night. What are you looking forward to the most this evening?

[22:44] Ingrid Michaelson: I am looking forward to the after party.

[22:48] Becca Brunstetter: I'm looking forward to it too. Yes, I'm looking forward to the show. I'm looking forward to the whole thing. I'm looking forward to the show, but I think being able to take off my shoes and hang with my friends and the cast and knowing that they'll feel really free because they'll have been done with the show and just being able to relax and celebrate together.

[23:10] Ingrid Michaelson: Yeah. To celebrate what we've done.

[23:12] Robert Peterpaul: So we're doing a little trend for our socials. Um, what do you, you know this is a love story?

[23:19] Ingrid Michaelson: No, it's okay because we're mostly a podcast, but we come here sometimes. Um, this is a love story, obviously. Do you guys have a go-to pickup line that you like to give off in the world?

[23:31] Becca Brunstetter: Oh my god. I don't, I don't know. I've been married for eight years. I'm trying to think about the last time I tried to express my attraction to someone.

[23:43] Ingrid Michaelson: Um, I just write songs about them.

[23:46] Becca Brunstetter: Yeah. Even better.

[23:49] Ingrid Michaelson: Yeah, I think that's what I do. I write, I secretly write songs about. I feel like I used to see what books boys I liked were reading, and then I would go out and get that book from the library and pretend to also be into that writer, but then also get really into the writer and forget about the boy and just read the book.

[24:08] Robert Peterpaul: Well, hey, it paid off.

[24:10] Ingrid Michaelson: It paid off getting into the writers, okay.

[24:12] Robert Peterpaul: Um, so real quick, we have two shows on the Broadway Podcast Network. My show's called Survival Jobs. Do you guys have a quick survival job that you did along the way before you were writing for TV, film, and Broadway and all this music?

[24:23] Becca Brunstetter: I taught kids theater.

[24:26] Ingrid Michaelson: So did I.

[24:27] Becca Brunstetter: Yeah. It's a good survival job.

[24:29] Ingrid Michaelson: How about you?

[24:29] Becca Brunstetter: Um, I went to corporate housing for many years in temporary furnished apartments, and since I've been out here working on the show, I've been staying in a temporary furnished apartment, so it's been a very hilarious full circle moment.

[24:39] Robert Peterpaul: That is so cool.

[24:40] Ingrid Michaelson: It is so full circle. Uh, and our friend Rob has a show on the network called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a tip of kindness you can share that you like to project into the world?

[24:48] Becca Brunstetter: Oh man, surround yourself by people who think that you're the greatest person in the world and try and give that kind of love back to everyone around you. I think you never know what somebody's going through or what someone has been through. And so hold space for that.

[25:07] Ingrid Michaelson: Yeah. Happy opening.

[25:09] Becca Brunstetter: Thank you for chatting with us. Have a great night. Enjoy the after party.

[25:12] Dorian Harewood: I'm Dorian Harewood and I play Georgie.

[25:14] Carson Stewart: Uh, my name's Carson Stewart and I play Johnny and Finn in the show.

[25:18] Robert Peterpaul: Carson, this is such a cool moment for us.

[25:21] Dorian Harewood: Also for us too.

[25:22] Carson Stewart: I don't want to leave you out. But Carson, I literally taught you theater as a child. Crystal Theater shout out, Norwalk, Connecticut. So for me, this is a crazy moment. My body is filled with chills. Um, I just wanted to say that I have no question follow-up for that. I just want to say, like, that is crazy. Life is crazy, and we're both here literally on Broadway.

[25:43] Carson Stewart: I mean, you are on Broadway. I'm on the Broadway Podcast Network. Do you guys have one word of what you're feeling tonight? It's such an electric night. It's your Broadway debut. Is it your Broadway debut?

[25:54] Dorian Harewood: Not your Broadway debut.

[25:55] Carson Stewart: So what is one word to describe what you're feeling?

[25:59] Dorian Harewood: Just a lot of hope. I just feel like the show has been, you know, has gone through so many years of development, and now we're finally here, and like I just think so much about, I don't know, I'm just so grateful and happy to be here, and I'm full of hope for the future and what the show is gonna represent and for people to come see it.

[26:16] Carson Stewart: Similarly, I think just grateful. I think I have the overwhelming sense of gratitude tonight. I started the show as an honor study in Chicago, and now I'm playing a role on the stage every night, so it's just a dream come true, really.

[26:28] Robert Peterpaul: Amazing. We're doing a little trend for our social network. Um, this is a love story. Do you guys have a go-to pickup line when you're in the dating scene or if you were in the dating scene?

[26:42] Carson Stewart: Um, it's stumping everyone.

[26:44] Dorian Harewood: Uh, are you from Nashville? Because you're the only ten I see.

[26:48] Carson Stewart: Wow.

[26:49] Dorian Harewood: So same way. I've never used that, but maybe it's time.

[26:51] Carson Stewart: Yeah. Maybe sometimes. Are you from Nashville because you're the only ten I see?

[26:56] Dorian Harewood: Wow, I love that.

[26:59] Carson Stewart: I don't get it.

[27:00] Dorian Harewood: Just to be honest, I don't get the pickup line, but I'm here.

[27:04] Carson Stewart: You're a ten.

[27:05] Dorian Harewood: You're a ten.

[27:06] Carson Stewart: Tennessee. Ten.

[27:07] Dorian Harewood: Oh my god!

[27:10] Carson Stewart: Oh my god, I feel like an idiot.

[27:12] Robert Peterpaul: We're done. Um, Rob, did you end that?

[27:16] Dorian Harewood: No.

[27:16] Carson Stewart: Oh my god. I thought you were, you're such a good actor.

[27:19] Robert Peterpaul: So Rob has a show on the network called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip that you like to give off into the world, maybe especially in the theater community?

[27:26] Dorian Harewood: I think smiling is a very powerful tool. Honestly, when you're in a bad mood, try to put on a smile and that will spread like wildfire.

[27:34] Carson Stewart: Yeah, I think just asking how somebody's doing, even if it's good or bad, I always try to do that. Just be like, what's up today? How are you?

[27:41] Dorian Harewood: Yeah.

[27:42] Robert Peterpaul: Um, my show on the network is called Survival Jobs. Do you guys have a survival job that you worked in before you were starring on Broadway?

[27:49] Dorian Harewood: Yeah. Um, I waited tables for a while, I bartended for a while. Um, I didn't like that I had to wear a tie. That was really hard for me. And so anytime a friend would pick me up from the restaurant, I'd always take off my tie before they came to me off.

[28:03] Carson Stewart: Yeah, exactly.

[28:05] Dorian Harewood: Uh, I worked as the assistant to the editor in chief of Elm magazine. That was a really cool one. Works at an investment bank and as an EMT, you're all survival jobs I've done.

[28:15] Carson Stewart: Not him saying an EMT as a survival job. That's Benjamin Button.

[28:19] Dorian Harewood: Like you like so many lives.

[28:21] Carson Stewart: So many lives.

[28:22] Dorian Harewood: 100 lives.

[28:24] Robert Peterpaul: Happy opening, you guys. Thank you for chatting.

[28:29] Charles E. Wallace: My name is Charles E. Wallace, and I am excited to be here tonight because it's another opening of another show on Broadway, and it doesn't get much better than that. You know, so I'm here to have a great show to inspire some people and then to have a good time at the park.

[28:49] Jerome Harman Hardeman: Hi, I'm Jerome Harman Hardeman, and I'm happy to be here tonight because it's the opening of The Notebook. And I think that's really special. We were, I was with the Chicago company. And um, yeah, we were hoping and praying that it would get to New York, and it has. So I am gloriously happy that that is happening.

[29:11] Robert Peterpaul: I'm so glad that both of you are here. I saw the show Sunday, and I'm still trying not to cry. It was one of the most beautiful shows I've ever seen in my life, and I just gotta do this. But that said, we're asking a cheesy question for social media. What is either of your favorite romantic pickup lines? Could be from a movie, or just like your favorite pickup line in general for, you know, trying to get the romance started.

[29:34] Dorian Harewood: Oh.

[29:35] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, oh, I see what we did there. Uh, we said, thank you folks, congratulations.

[29:46] Dorian Harewood: Are you going my way?

[29:49] Robert Peterpaul: Sorry. Is that the pickup line?

[29:51] Dorian Harewood: Yes.

[29:51] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, okay. That was smooth. I thought that was really like just you were talking to someone. Delivery, 10 out of 10.

[30:00] Dorian Harewood: I am going to use the line I used with my wife. Do you want any fries with that shake?

[30:07] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, let me tell you, the answer is always yes. Ketchup, honey mustard, little brown sugar, sweet potato fries. So my podcast with the Broadway Podcast Network is called The Art of Kindness, and we spotlight people in the arts who use their platform to give back and make the world better. We just had your friend John on, John Cardoza. So I would love to know if you have a kindness tip you could share with folks, something you would love for everybody out there to do every day just to try and make the world a better place to be as a human.

[30:35] Dorian Harewood: The old golden rule. Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. You can't, you really can't say it much better than that, but yet I have to. I would say always take a breath before you greet or engage anyone under any circumstances, whether you're happy and cheerful, but especially if you feel annoyed or angry or for any reason, just take a breath. And often that when you think about it, you'll just say, uh, you know, it's just life, as opposed to escalating into something that doesn't need to be.

[31:17] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. I love it. Let's all take a breath right now. Montego Glover said that when I asked her.

[31:23] Dorian Harewood: Really?

[31:23] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, said that exact thing, which proves it's a great statement. And yours was great too. Uh, finally, Samantha here has a podcast called Survival Jobs. Could you each shout out a job you had before you were on Broadway?

[31:36] Dorian Harewood: I was the mother shipping manager and bookkeeper for a small La Sports type bag place. It was called Multiple Choice, and they were pretty much did nylon bags and I did the books and did the shipping.

[31:56] Robert Peterpaul: Wow, out of her apartment.

[31:58] Dorian Harewood: Oh my god. What if I was like, check out my bag?

[32:00] Robert Peterpaul: I could yes. That's so cool. What about you, friend?

[32:04] Andréa Burns: Oh, I have a good one for you. I was a manager of a funeral home.

[32:09] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[32:11] Andréa Burns: Oh boo.

[32:15] Robert Peterpaul: It's so much more than that.

[32:17] Andréa Burns: I can't.

[32:17] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, no, it is.

[32:18] Andréa Burns: But yeah. I'm Andréa Burns. I play Mother and Nurse Lori in The Notebook.

[32:23] Robert Peterpaul: So you are certainly not a newcomer to Broadway and Broadway opening night. Are you still so excited that it's opening night? How are you feeling?

[32:30] Andréa Burns: I'm still so excited. A brand new musical is born tonight, and I get to be one of the midwives that brings it to the world. It's an extraordinary privilege. Uh, particularly Ingrid Michaelson and Becca Brunstetter's first piece. I mean, they are extraordinary writers, and um you're not ready for what they got. You are not ready, and how beautiful it's Women's History Month, and we have these two strong talented women like pumping out this show.

[32:57] Robert Peterpaul: Yes. So for our social, we're doing a quick little fun trend, and this is a love story. So do you have a pickup line that you used to go to that you would like to go to, or that you tell people to use?

[33:09] Andréa Burns: Uh, I don't have a pickup line. I fell in love with my husband playing Maria to his Tony in West Side Story. And now we have a pickup.

[33:14] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you.

[33:14] Andréa Burns: And now we have a son who's half jet, half shark. So yeah, that just happened through the theater, so God bless the American musical theater.

[33:26] Robert Peterpaul: God bless. So Rob has a um show on the network called Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip that you would like to project into the theater industry?

[33:34] Andréa Burns: Yes. Always look for the light in others and celebrate that. And thank you for doing that because I feel like kindness is the only answer. And uh, it's what is going to get us through in the hardest of times. So thank you.

[33:47] Robert Peterpaul: Totally. Um, and just to wrap it up, my show on the network is called Survival Jobs. So not as light and nice as Rob's, but do you have a job that you did before you were a Broadway icon?

[33:57] Andréa Burns: Um, thank you for that. Literally, you are a Broadway icon. Um, are you ready for this? This is like so dated. I sold, I was a telemarketer and I sold magazine subscriptions.

[34:08] Robert Peterpaul: Everything about that is like dinosaur.

[34:10] Andréa Burns: Yes, I could call people and be like, would you like to renew your subscription to the New Yorker magazine? And this, that is what I did. And I got hung up on a lot of times. But I tried.

[34:21] Robert Peterpaul: Beauty of sales jobs. Well happy opening, thanks for chatting.

[34:24] Andréa Burns: Yes, my name is Happy McPartland, and I am a swing. I cover older Allie and uh mother nurse Lori.

[34:30] Alex Benoit: Uh, I'm Alex Benoit. I am a swing as well. I cover middle Noah, Lon, Finn, Johnny, father son, and I'm the dance captain.

[34:38] Robert Peterpaul: By the way, can we all just take a moment for the swings? You guys are the hardest workers on Broadway and can just swing and slip into roles. So thank you for your work and for giving your art to audiences who are coming and, you know, not letting them know that you're sliding in. So congratulations. Um, we're playing a little fun trend for our social. This is a love story. Noah and Allie fell in love. Do you guys have a pickup line that you'd like to share with the social medias of the Broadway Podcast Network?

[35:09] Happy McPartland: Oh, a pickup line. I mean, it's been a really long time since the pickup lines. I could tell you what my husband's pickup line was.

[35:19] Alex Benoit: Give me a week.

[35:21] Happy McPartland: Give me a week. Are you Edward Cullen girl? Because you shine.

[35:25] Alex Benoit: Wow, I love that one.

[35:29] Happy McPartland: I've been getting some good ones tonight. We love the listen, I still am obsessed with Twilight from my like earlier teen days. Whatever.

[35:40] Robert Peterpaul: So we have two podcasts on the Broadway Podcast Network. Rob's podcast is called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip?

[35:48] Alex Benoit: Kindness tip that you can share with us. Well, I was on the show Come From Away, which y'all may know is all about kindness, and I feel like I learned so much from that. The way that I offer kindness is I leave myself open, right? Because we're all so closed and so busy and so worried about getting things done and leaving myself open to hear what people need and supply it if I can. That's my tip. You know, I just throughout my life I've been reminded that you never know the things a person's going through, and it's always best to just treat them the way that you'd like to be treated because sometimes you need that pick me up and sometimes they can use it too.

[36:27] Robert Peterpaul: Totally. Um, and just to wrap it up, my show on the network is called Survival Jobs. Do you have a job that you did before you were killing it on the Broadway stage?

[36:35] Alex Benoit: Yes, I've had many survival jobs, but actually I worked on and off for many, many years as an executive assistant at investment banks.

[36:44] Robert Peterpaul: Yep. That's where the cash is.

[36:45] Alex Benoit: That's right. So I was an ice dancer. Um, I retired in 2018. Uh, but yeah, I teach and choreograph ice skating. So, yeah.

[36:55] Robert Peterpaul: Wow, I love those survival jobs. Well, happy opening night. Thank you for chatting with us.

[36:57] Alex Benoit: Thank you. It's gonna be a great night.

[37:00] Wesley Taylor: Hi home listeners. This is Wesley Taylor.

[37:03] Robert Peterpaul: Wesley, so you're not a stranger to Broadway openings.

[37:06] Wesley Taylor: No.

[37:07] Robert Peterpaul: How does it feel on opening night? Does it ever get old?

[37:10] Wesley Taylor: Honestly, it really doesn't, and I love an opening night. It's like a Broadway party, you know. We don't always get to support each other's work, we don't always get to celebrate each other. So it really is a party.

[37:21] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. It definitely is. I love opening night. It makes me feel so happy. I'm gonna break into the party.

[37:27] Wesley Taylor: Okay, yeah. See you there.

[37:28] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. So for our social trend, we're doing a little question. This is a love story. Noah and Allie fall in love. Do you have a go-to pickup line that you currently use that you've used in the past that you want to tell the listeners to use?

[37:45] Wesley Taylor: It's been stumping people all day. Well, I think about the line that I got. Um, my, you know, not I got my partner with this line, but I got that first date with this line. And I don't know that it's appropriate. Um, I think you can say it. It was just like no but it worked. Do you need a bully? End scene.

[38:15] Robert Peterpaul: I love that. That's incredible. Honestly, thank you for sharing that.

[38:22] Wesley Taylor: Do not be sorry. It is a gift, okay? So Rob and I both have shows on the podcast network. My show's called Survival Jobs. Do you have a survival job that you worked in before you were a literal Broadway star?

[38:32] Wesley Taylor: Oh, sure, like in college, home um the summers, home from drama school. I was a stilt walker at the theme parks because I'm from Orlando, Florida. So I was literally stilt walking. I was a strolling mime. I worked at NASCAR Cafe, I worked at Coldstone Creamery, and I worked at CVS.

[38:51] Robert Peterpaul: Oh my goodness! You have to come on the show. We need to talk a little bit more detail about that. Um, just to wrap it up, Rob's show is called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip that you like to give out into the world?

[39:02] Wesley Taylor: Uh, especially in the theater industry. Yeah, I think like when you're thinking about someone, like when they pop into your head, reach out to them immediately. Like when you think of a face, send them a text and send them well wishes for anything that's going on in their life and give them a compliment just out of the blue, and it'll make their day.

[39:21] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you so much for chatting with us.

[39:22] Wesley Taylor: Thanks for having me. Enjoy the show.

[39:23] Jay Johnson: Hi, I'm Jay, I'm Sean Johnson, and I'm excited to be here twice. Mostly because of Joy Woods, I think. I've been such a fan of hers for a couple of years now. She's killing it. She's so good in this show.

[39:37] Samantha Tuozzolo: I bet she is.

[39:39] Jay Johnson: I'll bet I will. Well, we're asking a silly social question. You know, tonight it's all about romance. What is, I know you're gonna have a good one, what is your favorite cheesy pickup line when you're trying to get the heat started?

[39:59] Jay Johnson: No. Um, God, this is hard. Whoa, that's intense. Oh God, this is hard. That's coming on a little too strong. Oh God, this is hard. You heard it right here. Wow, live. Good thing we're live. Um, and then as you know, we have two different podcasts. Here's a survival jobs. So if you could shout out a survival job you had before you were this glamorous icon.

[40:27] Jay Johnson: Absolutely. Um, I was a cashier at J. Crew on Fifth Avenue, um, folding cashmere sweaters and checking out at the upper crust New York City. I kind of loved it because I got a 60% discount on like sale items, so I got to revamp my wardrobe, but that was me in college.

[40:44] Jay Johnson: Oh, how did they feel, the cashmere?

[40:47] Jay Johnson: Oh, lovely. Oh, lovely. But then we had to like use the pill shaver to like shave off any of the pilling because those kind of sweaters get pilly, and so that's a useful skill now in life because I just use my razor sometimes now, it doesn't work out. Erin Davy has a pill shaver on her at all points of life right now. I'm doing a workshop with her and she's shaving everyone's sweaters as they come into rehearsal. It's kind of genius actually.

[41:10] Samantha Tuozzolo: Well, on a different note, you know, Rapagus is the art of kindness.

[41:13] Jay Johnson: Oh, yeah.

[41:14] Samantha Tuozzolo: I would love if you could please give us a kindness tip for people to incorporate into their daily lives.

[41:19] Jay Johnson: Absolutely, it's all about empathy, right? So, uh, if you feel like someone is giving you some negative energy, it's just because they're going through something. So empathy is like how I'm trying to lead when I get frustrated or angry or sad or scared when it comes to another human, I have to remind myself they're a human on this planet, just going through life the best way they know how, and I will have the utmost empathy for them.

[41:43] Jay Johnson: I love you, baby girl.

[41:45] Oak: Hi, uh, my name is Oak. Uh, I'm very excited to be here and support Ingrid in The Notebook. I love theater. Uh, I love Ingrid so much, and I'm excited just to see a brand new show on Broadway.

[41:57] Jay Johnson: That makes me very happy.

[41:59] Oak: So good. Well, you won't be happy for long, you're gonna get real sad, but also happy. It's very cathartic. Uh, so since tonight is so cathartic and melancholy, we're trying to do a little fun question on the carpet. What is your favorite cheesy pickup line to get the romance started? Do you have like a cheesy pickup line from a movie or a show?

[42:17] Oak: No, like not in real life that I've ever used.

[42:20] Oak: But one that is always, uh, funny and really sad is, is that a mirror in your pocket? Because I can see myself in your pants.

[42:28] Jay Johnson: Wow.

[42:29] Oak: It's suggestive, but if you, I think if you sling it right, it's silly and so stupid and so overt that you're like, that is the dumbest thing in the world. I appreciate you going there.

[42:37] Jay Johnson: I love that.

[42:41] Oak: Well, we have two podcasts, the two of us with the network. Mine's The Art of Kindness, and so I would love to know if you had a kindness tip, something tangible people could do in their everyday lives just to make the world a little brighter.

[42:52] Oak: Uh, yeah. I don't have a little one, it's like a whole rant.

[42:57] Oak: But we'll take the rant. I know we're like really going into a different direction here from the cheesy pick-up. For me, but honestly, my thing about kindness is you have to find the analogy from everyone to you. Whatever they're feeling, identify the emotion, and then identify in yourself times where you felt that same emotion.

[43:11] Oak: And that's the best way I connect with people. So if you really look at someone and though like they're mad at you, but if they're hurting, if you look at them and see their anger, think about the last time you were that angry. Then think about what you wish someone would have done to you in that moment. You wish someone maybe didn't respond also in anger to that moment of anger. So that is just like my tip to trying to be kindness. I think it's constant work you need to do, and it's beautiful work, like anything, you'll enjoy it. But the results will make the work seem effortless in time.

[43:39] Samantha Tuozzolo: That's so beautiful. And Sam's podcast finally is Survival Jobs.

[43:43] Dorian Harewood: Do you have a survival job you could shout out from before you were this star? Uh I mean, no, I bounced around, I taught. I taught and stretched the money. I taught at different places, and uh yeah, an after-school programs, some um vocational programs, and then I just spread the money and live very, very simply in between. But there is a way, you don't gotta work a job that you hate. There's a way to make money. May not be able to do as much as other people do at the time, but protect your spirit.

[44:07] Robert Peterpaul: I love that. Thanks so much, man. Perfect.

[44:10] Nicholas Sparks: Hey, I'm uh Nicholas Sparks here at the opening of The Notebook, the musical on Broadway. It is opening night. It's the only time ever it's gonna be opening night on Broadway. It's very exciting.

[44:23] Robert Peterpaul: I'm so excited for you. You know, I love this show. I'm wondering for you. This story has transcended time. People love the book, they love the movie. This is its own unique story. What did what is seeing this show for the first time teach you as the author? Did you take away anything different from this version?

[44:38] Nicholas Sparks: Oh, what a great question. I loved, I love the fact that it wasn't the novel. And I love the fact that it wasn't the film. But it is a hundred percent The Notebook. And I just I kind of walked away feeling this great sense of awe that they were able to put this needle between this and this two incredibly well-known things on their own terms and do it again, but make it its own thing. It's really impressive to me.

[45:11] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, I'm so impressed by it. So my podcast with the Broadway Podcast Network is The Art of Kindness. So we focus on people and the arts who use the platform to get back. I would love to know Nicholas Sparks, King of Words. Do you have a kindness tip, something tangible people out there can do every day to make the world better?

[45:29] Nicholas Sparks: Yeah. I would say uh think back on all of those people that have made you who you are in your life. It could be a friend from third grade you haven't talked to in 20 years. Could be a teacher, it could be someone who said something to you that said, hey, maybe you go into broadcast, or maybe you do a podcast, maybe and it was just a comment in passing, but it somehow altered the force of your life. Take a moment to call and thank those people and uh and be grateful for that.

[45:57] Robert Peterpaul: Um we are today.

[46:03] Nicholas Sparks: I love that, and I gotta let you go. Her podcast is Survival Jobs. Do you have a survival job from before you were this icon that you could shout out?

[46:08] Robert Peterpaul: A survival what?

[46:09] Nicholas Sparks: Survival job. Like a job you did before you were an amazing legend.

[46:14] Nicholas Sparks: Oh shoot. Um, yeah, well, I ever I did everything from wash dishes, I waited tables, I uh appraised real estate, I gosh, what else? Bought and restored rental properties like Noah in The Notebook. I did a little bit of that. I did a little bit of that. So yeah, I've had uh a number of jobs. Of course, we're construction and landscaping in my teenage years too.

[46:36] Robert Peterpaul: So real jobs.

[46:37] Nicholas Sparks: Oh thank you for sharing that. Congratulations again. This show is so amazing. I'm so happy for you.

[46:44] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: Hi, I'm Kimberly Lane Sprawl. How you doing?

[46:48] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, so how do you feel? Opening night is so electric. I love opening night. How does being and attending an opening night on Broadway make you feel?

[46:56] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: I think there's just nothing like being able to support your friends and being able to see their journey where they came from and where they are now. Ryan Vasquez is one of my closest friends, and I'm just really excited to see him shine, honestly.

[47:10] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, he sure does shine. So we're doing a little trend for our social. Obviously, this is a love story. Uh no one ally fall in love. Do you have a pickup line that you give off in the world or one that you want to like project for others?

[47:25] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: I am very, very engaged. And thank you. I haven't had to pick up anybody in a while. I need some tips though, so can you help me?

[47:35] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: I don't I feel like, ooh. They come to me. I don't know. What would I say? I'm not even trying. I just have no game.

[47:43] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: I have no game. I think I would just say, like, you know, I think you're I think you're dope. I think you're cool. Just do you want to go out? I'm very much. I always tell my girlfriends, I will say, just let people know how you feel. Like, don't play the games, you don't need to pick up lines. Just tell someone I like Noah. He's so courageous with his love. He does not let it go. Just tell someone how you feel, be honest.

[48:07] Robert Peterpaul: You said they come to me.

[48:10] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: So we thank you for sharing that. We both have a show on the network called uh I have a show called Survival Jobs. So do you have a survival job that is from your past that you can share with us?

[48:20] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: Uh yeah. Shout out to super awesome friends. I work the social media for them sometimes and advertising, yeah. Big shout out to them. And to wrap it up, Rob has a show called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip that you like to project into the universe? Specifically around art.

[48:40] Kimberly Lane Sprawl: I would say around art, the kindest you can be is just to listen, to understand, empathy. I try to just really understand and trust why someone is like putting themselves out there because I know how vulnerable it is. And so just listen and lead with empathy.

[49:00] Robert Peterpaul: Thank you for sharing. Enjoy the show. I hope you have your tissues ready.

[49:04] Megan Peterno: I got one from Playboyville. My name is Megan Peterno. I was one of the last Christine Dayers before Phantom Departed U.

[49:15] Robert Peterpaul: You're giving Christine tonight. The hair, the vibe, we're feeling it.

[49:20] Megan Peterno: I was feeling kind of notebook-like, so you know, I wanted to be a little romantic, ready to cry. Christine's romantic, so we're just we're hand in hand.

[49:28] Robert Peterpaul: So you're not a stranger to Broadway, you're not a stranger to opening nights. Does it ever get old? Do you still feel the magic of Broadway tonight?

[49:35] Megan Peterno: Oh my gosh, of course. Look at I wish everyone could see what I'm seeing and feeling. It's a vibe tonight. And it's amazing.

[49:42] Megan Peterno: It's electric, so.

[49:43] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, for sure. Uh so we're doing a little trend for our social media. It's a love story. Noah and Allie are so in love. Do you have a little pickup line that you've used in the past or one you could recommend for some folks who might need some help in the dating world like myself?

[50:01] Megan Peterno: Okay, okay, off the top of my oh, well, I guess we could stick with the angel of music. Uh everyone pretend that I'm looking at her tag. Sorry, I just wanted to see where this was made.

[50:11] Megan Peterno: Oh, in heaven, that's right.

[50:13] Robert Peterpaul: Oh, that's a good one!

[50:16] Megan Peterno: Oh, I love that. We're getting some really good ones. Um, Rob and I both have shows on the network. Mine is called Survival Jobs. Before you were starring on Broadway, did you have a survival job along the way you can share with us?

[50:29] Megan Peterno: Oh, I had many, many. In fact, one of the weirdest ones, it did not last long, but I was a member of the meat cutters union because I worked at a deli and I sliced meat.

[50:42] Megan Peterno: But I was, you know, a waitress, a PA, all that stuff, but that was probably one of the weirder ones.

[50:47] Robert Peterpaul: We've gotten deli recently too, so that's so funny.

[50:50] Megan Peterno: And to wrap it up, Rob has a show called The Art of Kindness. He's projecting kindness into the world. Do you have a kindness tip that you'd like to share with us?

[50:59] Megan Peterno: Especially in the theater community and as being an artist.

[51:02] Megan Peterno: Oh, of course. I really love that. You know, kindness, I think takes a lot of less energy, and but it could give a lot more to everybody else. So I think, you know, just try to find your brightest light for each day, and that will inspire others to be as bright as well.

[51:09] Robert Peterpaul: Try to find your brightest light for each day.

[51:19] Megan Peterno: Thank you for chatting with us. Enjoyed the show.

[51:21] Courtney Reed: My name is Courtney Reed. I'm so excited to be here, mostly for John Cardoza, but also for Andrea Burns, because that's my girl.

[51:27] Courtney Reed: But John Cardoza is my husband. Even though I already have awesome. You know, it's confusing, but I'm sorry. I'm gonna say it out loud. It's complicated.

[51:34] Courtney Reed: You're already here first. It's complicated the musical, that could be good.

[51:39] Robert Peterpaul: Ooh. There's an idea.

[51:40] Courtney Reed: So we're asking people kind of a fun random red carpet question, which is what is your favorite cheesy pickup line?

[51:47] Courtney Reed: Uh uh, are your legs exhausted? You've been running around my mind all day.

[51:54] Robert Peterpaul: That was a really good, no one said that.

[51:58] Courtney Reed: My podcast is The Art of Kindness, so I ask people for tangible kindness tips to try and make the world better. What is one that you think people could do every day just to kind of change the world in their neck of the woods?

[52:08] Courtney Reed: Oh gosh, you know what? Uh just to smile. A smile goes so so so far. Because I think, especially in the city, you you just get so one, you know, one track mind. Get from A to B as fast as you possibly can, and a little smile goes a long way. It makes somebody really happy.

[52:24] Courtney Reed: I know. The pandemic was hard because with masks, I was like, I know, right? Just like you're like, I'm smiling, I'm smizing at you.

[52:34] Courtney Reed: Uh and then her podcast is Survival Jobs. So could you give us a survival job you had before?

[52:39] Courtney Reed: You were this icon before us?

[52:41] Courtney Reed: Oh my gosh. Everyone, all my friends hate me because they're like, Courtney, I never had a real job. But uh when I was in high school, I I was a lifeguard, and I also caddied in the summer.

[52:51] Robert Peterpaul: Lots of tips.

[52:52] Courtney Reed: Yes, but I've never had like a I've never had like a real job.

[52:55] Robert Peterpaul: Isn't that so?

[52:56] Courtney Reed: I mean, you're on Broadway, that's a lot of work.

[52:58] Courtney Reed: That's gross.

[52:59] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah, that's gross. You know who never has had a real job? Kyle Richards, and for some reason you're do you know Kyle Richards?

[53:05] Courtney Reed: The real housewife.

[53:06] Courtney Reed: You kind of remind me of her, like a young version.

[53:08] Courtney Reed: Yeah.

[53:09] Courtney Reed: Yeah. Anyway, that just came to my head. Thank you.

[53:11] Courtney Reed: But you're amazing. Thank you so much for your time. Have fun tonight.

[53:14] Jocelyn Bio: Hi, I'm Jocelyn Bio. Um, I'm a writer and an actor, and I'm so thrilled to see this stage adaptation of an American classic, The Notebook.

[53:24] Jocelyn Bio: I just can't wait. It's so good. I hope you brought tissues.

[53:27] Jocelyn Bio: I brought bounty. I didn't even boggle with regular tissues. Let's say I need the quicker picker up.

[53:33] Jocelyn Bio: Alright, I need something that's gonna soak it all up.

[53:36] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah. Speaking of soaking it all up, we're asking people just a cheesy question. This is a bad transition. What is your go-to pickup line?

[53:43] Jocelyn Bio: Like, what's your favorite cheesy pickup line from a movie?

[53:46] Jocelyn Bio: Oh my god.

[53:47] Jocelyn Bio: Or a TV show. Um God, I think it's probably girl, are you a track star because you've been running through my mind all day?

[53:57] Robert Peterpaul: That's good.

[53:57] Jocelyn Bio: That's good. I don't think anybody said that. That's a really good one.

[54:01] Jocelyn Bio: Um bad.

[54:03] Jocelyn Bio: So good.

[54:04] Jocelyn Bio: And you're so good. On another note, my podcast is The Art of Kindness. So we focus on people in the arts who use their platform to get back and make the world better. I would love thank you.

[54:12] Jocelyn Bio: I would love you could share with our audience a tangible kindness tip, something people could do every day on their own just to make their own neck of the woods a little brighter.

[54:20] Jocelyn Bio: Say excuse me.

[54:23] Jocelyn Bio: It goes such a long way, especially in a busy city like New York that is packed with so many people. Just like, I'm so sorry, excuse me. It would just it goes a long way, especially for somebody who's maybe having a testing.

[54:39] Robert Peterpaul: Consideration.

[54:39] Jocelyn Bio: In over a hundred episodes, and no one's ever said that. I love that.

[54:42] Jocelyn Bio: Her podcast, Sam's podcast, is Survival Jobs.

[54:45] Jocelyn Bio: Oh my god. So could you shout at a survival job you had before you were this Broadway icon?

[54:49] Jocelyn Bio: Bless you for calling me a Broadway icon, I'll take it. I'm such a fan. But before I was a Broadway icon, I was Hawkins Spaghetti over at Carmines on 44th Street.

[55:00] Jocelyn Bio: I was the head Matre D there for like seven or eight months, and it was one of the hardest jobs I've probably ever had in my life.

[55:08] Jocelyn Bio: And uh yeah, so every time I'm in this area, I it brings back painful memory.

[55:13] Robert Peterpaul: Manja.

[55:15] Jocelyn Bio: I love that. It's really good food.

[55:17] Robert Peterpaul: So go to any.

[55:18] Jocelyn Bio: It is so good. I'm about to do that right now. I'm about to pass out.

[55:20] Jocelyn Bio: It is. It's very, very good. They should send me money for this little ad.

[55:23] Robert Peterpaul: They should.

[55:24] Jocelyn Bio: She this is an icon. Thank you so much. Enjoy the show.

[55:28] Julie Portman: I'm Julie Portman. I'm the co-founder of the Museum of Broadway. And you guys, if you have not gone, you need to run. I just went for the first time.

[55:35] Julie Portman: It took me a long time and we did talk about that. Um, but I regret not going sooner, but now I can't wait to go again and again. So run to the Museum of Broadway, everyone.

[55:43] Robert Peterpaul: So you're not a stranger to Broadway or opening nights. How does it feel to be here? Is it still so exciting to come to an opening night on Broadway for you?

[55:52] Julie Portman: It's always so exciting, and this season is so exciting too. There's so many shows, and um, I actually love this movie, so I'm like, how much am I gonna cry today?

[56:01] Julie Portman: A lot. Like so much an unbelievable amount.

[56:04] Robert Peterpaul: Uh, we're doing a little trend with our social. Obviously, it's a love story. Noah and Allie fall in love. Do you have a pickup line that you've used or are continuing to use or want to give advice to someone who has trouble dating to use?

[56:18] Julie Portman: Oh my gosh, I have trouble dating too, Sarah. Same.

[56:22] Julie Portman: Let's go.

[56:23] Julie Portman: Oh, my God. There goes, there goes the camera.

[56:26] Julie Portman: And that is what happens when you have trouble dating. The camera falls.

[56:29] Robert Peterpaul: So no pickup line.

[56:32] Julie Portman: I don't have any good ones, no.

[56:34] Julie Portman: I wish I did. I've only actually picked up one person ever in my life.

[56:38] Julie Portman: So I don't even know if I ever have, I'm sure, but it's not probably I was drunk.

[56:44] Robert Peterpaul: So Rob has a show on the network called The Art of Kindness. Do you have a kindness tip that you want to share with us specifically around the industry and artists?

[56:54] Julie Portman: I yeah, that's a great question, actually. Um I think one one thing I think I was pretty nerdy in high school and things and maybe not as popular. And I I remember for some reason um someone told me just make sure you always smile.

[57:07] Julie Portman: Even if the person doesn't smile back, maybe they will. And um, it just kind of opens the door. And still I've lived in New York now almost 20 years, which is really crazy.

[57:17] Julie Portman: And um I still smile at everyone, so I think they just must be at least she's not a New Yorker at all.

[57:22] Robert Peterpaul: Amazing.

[57:23] Julie Portman: Um New Yorkers, that's we get bad reps, but we are nice and we do smile.

[57:27] Robert Peterpaul: Um I know we talked to you recently at the Survival Jobs season three launch, um, and you shared some survival jobs. But do you have another one just to leave us off with?

[57:35] Julie Portman: I'll cry. Um when I came back from doing the national tour of 42nd Street, I worked at Del Frisco's as a hostess.

[57:43] Julie Portman: So I like ran the door at Del Frisco's.

[57:45] Robert Peterpaul: El Frisco's is so good.

[57:46] Julie Portman: So good.

[57:47] Julie Portman: The food is amazing. I always go back.

[57:49] Robert Peterpaul: Yeah.

[57:49] Julie Portman: Isn't it fun to go back to your survival job once you're out of it?

[57:49] Julie Portman: Once you're out of it is the key.

[57:54] Robert Peterpaul: Well, thanks for chatting with us. Enjoy the show.

[57:56] Julie Portman: Get your tissues.

[57:57] Julie Portman: I'm ready.

[57:59] Julie Portman: Thank you for being here.