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[0:00] Heather Bedor: We're gonna try this again. We love technology. So I was trying to add myself with my phone, and somehow it ended the stream. So that's cool. Hopefully, your friends will be able to join us. Otherwise, it'll just be the two of us talking your faces off. Amber, what's going on with your Wi-Fi?

[0:16] Amber Brzezinski: Your Wi-Fi's completely out. Um, my Wi-Fi was completely out. It's back. I am just going really quickly to put this right back in the Broadway Fan Club.

[0:27] Heather Bedor: Look at you're so damn good. So the weather is funky or what's happening?

[0:33] Amber Brzezinski: I have no idea. I'm checking my weather to make sure this doesn't happen again.

[0:41] Heather Bedor: Oh, come on. Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi, pay for 12. Oh, it's gonna be raining the next 500 days. Thank you, Florida.

[0:52] Amber Brzezinski: All right, are we all shared?

[0:54] Heather Bedor: We're shared. You are the best. Anyways, let's move right along into our next topic. You're talking about openings and closings.

[1:03] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[1:04] Heather Bedor: So we did have an opening this week.

[1:07] Amber Brzezinski: We did.

[1:08] Heather Bedor: We did, and that was Once Upon a Mattress, which is very exciting. And I love that they were doing so much cool social media stuff.

[1:16] Amber Brzezinski: They were encouraging people to come and do trivia. Um, they gave us sleep masks.

[1:22] Heather Bedor: Yes, the sleep mask for first previews. So cool. Um, our Once Upon a Mattress group members there that have been posting some amazing photos, and they seem to have had amazing seats.

[1:35] Amber Brzezinski: Now, I personally haven't seen a show in Hudson in a long, long time, but you saw Marilee there.

[1:41] Heather Bedor: So I did.

[1:45] Amber Brzezinski: No, it's not like a huge theater. Um, so basically all the seats are pretty, uh, they have a pretty good view no matter where you're sitting.

[1:55] Heather Bedor: There are some obstructed seats, just like from the sides.

[1:59] Amber Brzezinski: Okay.

[2:00] Heather Bedor: Um, but for the most part, it's a pretty good view. I mean, what an incredible cast too. You've got Sutton, you've got Michael Urie, you've got Newsy's bingo, Carol Lindsay.

[2:11] Amber Brzezinski: Um, 500 other incredible, incredible casts, but go see it if you can. It's only a limited run, too.

[2:18] Heather Bedor: They're only running through what, mid-September of my mind?

[2:22] Amber Brzezinski: I believe November.

[2:24] Heather Bedor: Oh, I'm just completely wrong today. It's fine.

[2:26] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[2:27] Heather Bedor: I believe November. I think it's maybe I'm planning on seeing them when I go up for Broadway flea. So that's my intention.

[2:33] Amber Brzezinski: And I'll tell you, I keep seeing people selling their tickets real cheap online, y'all. So keep an eye out for it because it seems like one of those shows everybody bought out tickets and they're just ready to go sew another night.

[2:45] Heather Bedor: So we have that. What else do we have, Amber?

[2:50] Amber Brzezinski: Um, let's see. That's for openings. Then we also have some closings coming up.

[3:00] Heather Bedor: We have on Saturday, August 10th, Illinois will be playing their final show.

[3:06] Amber Brzezinski: That's crazy.

[3:07] Heather Bedor: It's such a limited run, too. And it, I mean, uh, it wasn't my type of show, but it really is beautiful.

[3:13] Amber Brzezinski: And it's been getting such an incredible re uh review and sparking a lot of people's, I guess, creativity when they're seeing it.

[3:20] Heather Bedor: It's really kind of cool to see. And I feel like it's kind of one of those shows that's changing the way you think of Broadway.

[3:29] Amber Brzezinski: 100%.

[3:30] Heather Bedor: So it's one of those groundbreaking shows.

[3:34] Amber Brzezinski: It is, but is it going in the direction of like Six, where a lot of people say it shouldn't be in the category of musical or Broadway because it's an hour and a half long, you know, concert?

[3:45] Heather Bedor: Or is it going into look more interpretive dance can be seen as a Broadway play because it's not a musical, um, so you know, is that something or would it play better to an off-Broadway house?

[3:59] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, then the second closing we have coming up in a couple of weeks will be The Wiz.

[4:07] Heather Bedor: They will be playing their final show on August 18th, 2024.

[4:14] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, and Olivia just mentioned The Wiz is closing too.

[4:17] Heather Bedor: Yep, Olivia, you're right there with us. I mean, I get it. Here's my thing, and maybe correct me if I'm wrong, Chris Levy, especially, but I don't ever remember a season like this where it was just so many short run shows.

[4:32] Amber Brzezinski: It feels like this is like a lot of short run shows are just thrown into the 2023, 2024, in between the 2024-2025 season.

[4:41] Heather Bedor: Right. Do you recall in recent years anything being this like, you know, okay, we're only running for six weeks?

[4:47] Amber Brzezinski: Uh hey, Jeffrey Cohen came in late.

[4:50] Heather Bedor: What show?

[4:50] Amber Brzezinski: Uh, we're talking about Illinois.

[4:53] Heather Bedor: Um, and then The Wiz also closing for a limited.

[4:55] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I'll no Olivia. We're talking about the limited engagements that these shows are having.

[5:00] Heather Bedor: It seems like a lot of these shows are coming out as a limited run.

[5:04] Amber Brzezinski: Like, let's look at the last five years. Limited.

[5:08] Heather Bedor: There's so many things that are coming out that Once Upon a Mattress, limited.

[5:13] Amber Brzezinski: But is it, and I mean, Sweeney Todd, a lot of people thought was considered limited, and it was an open run.

[5:19] Heather Bedor: Right.

[5:20] Amber Brzezinski: And they were like, no, no, no, it's limited. No, no, no, no, it was not. Bringing in Erin and Sutton was not a Hail Mary. That was the plan all along, but that was an open run show.

[5:30] Heather Bedor: It's just really fascinating to me. It feels like there's so many limited run short-term shows that are kind of renting the space, playing, doing their thing, and pacing out.

[5:41] Amber Brzezinski: And I hate that. I want more longevity.

[5:44] Heather Bedor: Let's see. Chris.

[5:45] Chris Levy: I'm used to short runs because that just there you go.

[5:48] Amber Brzezinski: But that's because they just fail to find an audience.

[5:51] Heather Bedor: This whole limited run thing, I guess they feel they can make their budget and get out okay.

[5:55] Chris Levy: But most of us can't just hop up to New York for the day to see something that's going to close in six weeks, except Amber, who takes the train for two and a half hours.

[6:04] Amber Brzezinski: Or Friends in a City.

[6:06] Heather Bedor: I know that um they're really trying to get more like suburbanites and the people that are more in the tri-state area to come.

[6:14] Amber Brzezinski: So I don't know if that's maybe their intention.

[6:16] Heather Bedor: Yes, oh Mary as well. Thank you, Jeffrey. Um maybe it's because they're trying to get more locals to come and they're like, hey, locals, come do this.

[6:25] Amber Brzezinski: It's a short-term thing.

[6:26] Heather Bedor: Or are they trying to do a power push like video gaming today?

[6:30] Amber Brzezinski: Like a all right, everybody, you only have three months to go see the last five months, or last five years.

[6:37] Heather Bedor: Last five months, jeez, last five years. Hurry, go, go, go, and then like New York sells out, and it's crazy.

[6:44] Amber Brzezinski: It's just right not making sense, not making sense at all.

[6:49] Heather Bedor: Yes, Olivia just takes the five minutes subway.

[6:52] Amber Brzezinski: We're very jealous.

[6:54] Heather Bedor: We are very jealous of that.

[6:56] Amber Brzezinski: That's okay. Um, and you're talking about the cost to run the shows too, yes, but the investors have it for that short period of time, and they're constantly making money to put back into the show.

[7:08] Heather Bedor: Um, I think was it Marilee?

[7:11] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, there was another one, and Juliet just hit it as well that they've actually paid off all debt, and now they're completely in like the black, like they're completely profiting from the show.

[7:23] Heather Bedor: Um, it's just kind of bonkers. And let us know. Do you like these limited engagement short runs, or do you prefer knowing there's an open-run show?

[7:32] Amber Brzezinski: You never know what something is gonna close, but we know for right now those anchor shows Wicked, Lion King, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, and Juliet seems to have some staying power.

[7:44] Heather Bedor: Shockingly, I mean these are the shows that you know you can go to Chicago, longest running, these are the shows you know you can go to New York, go check out, go do it.

[7:58] Amber Brzezinski: Oh what Book of Mormon.

[8:05] Heather Bedor: How dare we forget?

[8:06] Amber Brzezinski: We're just talking about Andrew Randles.

[8:08] Heather Bedor: Artists don't want to commit to long runs, especially Hollywood actors.

[8:12] Amber Brzezinski: And Jeffrey, that brings up a good point too. You know, I think we're having more of an open forum conversation tonight.

[8:18] Heather Bedor: What do you guys think about stunt casting?

[8:20] Amber Brzezinski: And if you're not familiar with that, stunt casting is when a cast, and we talked a little bit about the show before, it's when a show casts a well-known Hollywood actor, actress, or singer, somebody, uh Sarah Brolis with Waitress.

[8:36] Heather Bedor: Um, you know, something to that effect where they know it's gonna bring people in quickly.

[8:42] Amber Brzezinski: Let's talk about Adam Lambert and Alili Cavallo coming in for Cabaret.

[8:47] Heather Bedor: We have in our Kit Kat Club group has grown exponentially since the announcement came out with Glamberts, which is freaking awesome.

[8:56] Amber Brzezinski: And we're learning a lot more about that fandom as well. Do we like the stunt castings where we can go see, you know, Adam Lambert as the MC or you don't care about Adam Lambert, you know, Wayne Brady in The Wiz.

[9:11] Heather Bedor: Ariana Maddox just returned to Chicago that week.

[9:15] Amber Brzezinski: This is her second run because let's talk about Jinx Monsoon casting, like everywhere.

[9:23] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[9:24] Amber Brzezinski: I know particularly, I'm not going, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. But if it was somebody Broadway royalty, like if Alan Cumming came into a show, I'm like, I'm there because I appreciate what Alan Cumming can do.

[9:35] Heather Bedor: Right.

[9:36] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, Little Shop of Horrors, Jeffrey, absolutely. Um, they're constantly stunt casting.

[9:42] Heather Bedor: And if you've ever been to the West Side Theater, which I absolutely love that theater, it is an off-Broadway theater down ninth.

[9:49] Amber Brzezinski: It's like two blocks away from like Broadway theaters.

[9:53] Heather Bedor: It's the cutest little thing. I think pretty much Amber and I have been to it numerous times.

[9:58] Amber Brzezinski: It's tiny, you go upstairs, you wait.

[10:00] Heather Bedor: It looks like an old school movie theater, and literally you go in.

[10:04] Amber Brzezinski: There's not a bad seat in the house.

[10:06] Heather Bedor: I was gonna say that's another one where there's no bad seat in that house.

[10:09] Amber Brzezinski: Well, Little Shop was written specifically to be off-Broadway.

[10:13] Heather Bedor: You can't put Little Shop on Broadway, too big of houses.

[10:17] Amber Brzezinski: It needs to be an intimate show for us sick and twisted individuals.

[10:20] Heather Bedor: Um, Darren Criss, holy cow, Evan and Rachel Wood, they sold out that house way in advance.

[10:28] Amber Brzezinski: Corbin Bleu, Jordan Fisher.

[10:32] Heather Bedor: Um, so it's really been interesting.

[10:34] Amber Brzezinski: And then now you've got Nick Jonas.

[10:37] Heather Bedor: Mm-hmm.

[10:38] Amber Brzezinski: But let's talk about even more exciting stuff. Talking about stuff that's coming.

[10:41] Heather Bedor: Freaking Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter.

[10:47] Amber Brzezinski: That's on our list.

[10:48] Heather Bedor: Waiting for my go.

[10:50] Amber Brzezinski: Waiting for Godot.

[10:51] Heather Bedor: What a sh—first off, what a show. If you guys don't know Waiting for Godot, um, I strongly encourage you.

[10:56] Amber Brzezinski: What is going on here?

[10:57] Heather Bedor: I strongly encourage you to read the book. Do whatever you can. It is a hell of a show.

[11:01] Amber Brzezinski: And for those two, I can't.

[11:05] Heather Bedor: Mind blown.

[11:07] Amber Brzezinski: Mind freaking blown.

[11:08] Heather Bedor: I don't think that any Bill and Ted's fans are gonna know what freaking hit them.

[11:13] Amber Brzezinski: Tom Hiddleston hitting the West, Eaking Loki.

[11:17] Heather Bedor: I would go see Tom Hiddleston, but also because he's a classic trained Shakespearean actor who happened to fall into Marvel.

[11:24] Amber Brzezinski: Um, Christian Borle, and Jeffrey just brought up Christian Borle.

[11:27] Heather Bedor: Yeah, but Christian's a Broadway guy.

[11:28] Amber Brzezinski: And remember, Christian Borle and Sutton Foster were married for several years.

[11:33] Heather Bedor: They were like the it couple of Broadway for a very long time.

[11:37] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, that's true.

[11:38] Heather Bedor: And Olivia makes a comment, and I agree. I have a feeling Cabaret is going to do the same thing Chicago is doing.

[11:44] Amber Brzezinski: Absolutely.

[11:45] Heather Bedor: Well, that's what London does.

[11:47] Amber Brzezinski: And London has been doing it for what, three years successfully?

[11:51] Heather Bedor: And I still want to see Mason.

[11:53] Amber Brzezinski: I still want Mason to come and do the New York Cabaret.

[11:57] Heather Bedor: I do.

[11:58] Amber Brzezinski: I would love if they could make an appearance.

[12:01] Heather Bedor: I'm gonna—oh yeah, Robert Downey Jr., Olivia also has a point.

[12:06] Amber Brzezinski: It's like a lot of Marvel people are hitting up Broadway all of a sudden.

[12:10] Heather Bedor: It's really incredible to see.

[12:12] Amber Brzezinski: Um, I'm here for it, and I'm hoping that it does Broadway well, but I don't want a show to rely on it because the story and the books suffer.

[12:21] Heather Bedor: I think that's my point. Like, we know the book of Cabaret for those who are Cabaret fans.

[12:26] Chris Levy: That book's incredible. It's very hard material, and you have to be right in two different places at once. One fantasy and you know, craziness and music and sexy people. On the other hand, oh my god, Nazis and death and crazy actual historical shit happening. And you have to find that parallel. Um, I've been really been watching Fringe, the TV show. Um, for those of you that have not, you really have to have those compartmentalized, like parallel universes to be able to enjoy a show, and you need to be able to appreciate what these performers are doing. Um, but also support the understudies. We were talking about this last week. I think we always talk about this is look. Just because it's Eddie Redmayne is out, those understudies are freaking good. Go see them, go support them.

[13:15] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, absolutely. I just saw uh Tracy Lane Lee uh in the role of Jordan Baker when I saw The Great Gatsby because Samantha Paul is out with pneumonia. I can't believe Sam's still out. But uh, she came back, I think yesterday. She was supposed to have three two full weeks, yeah. So that was a long, a long out. Um, but Tracy was amazing. She was she had me. Yeah, I almost was like watching her like 90% of the time. She was so good.

[13:48] Chris Levy: Yeah, it's like look at Samantha Paulino too. She just hit her like swing bingo, her swing bingo. Yes, where every single role that she is trained in and you know can perform, she has now performed, right? Um, guys, that's that's a feat in itself. Yeah, usually it's like seven different tracks, at least, at least because you're alternate swing understudy. I mean, and you're just you have to be ready at a moment's notice these understudies and alternates like swings whatever the terminology you want to call them they are getting ready just like they're going on they are half makeup out like stuff that would take less than two minutes to apply and go and they are ready alongside of the leads that if they need to go they go just like when I saw Gatsby they switched out um for the second half for Muriel when I when I saw Cabaret um they switched out second half for Rosie which is crazy and Olivia some Marty they were fabulous yes marshmallows marsha um that would be incredible incredible.

[14:13] Amber Brzezinski: All right, what's next on our agenda? That actually brings us right into our next uh topic there which is that there is at this performance the concert series at Green Room 42 on August 19th which is an event that actually features standby's understudies and alternates which is like a very awesome kind of live concert cabaret event um it's their time to shine it gives them the opportunity to be in the spotlight and be appreciated and recognized for what they're doing.

[14:13] Chris Levy: Yeah, we have understudies from SUFs, Moulin Rouge, Hell's Kitchen, um let's see. And Juliet, Sign of the Times, Back to the Future. I I only say Sign of the Times to interrupt you because um wonderful friend to me and the show. Uh Justin Sargent is driving as we speak to hit the Angelica Tour for Hamilton as King George. Um, so happy trails and and uh not happy trails, but happy, happy show, happy tour. Um, but that was the last show that I got to see my body in with Sign of the Times, and it was so much fun.

[16:19] Amber Brzezinski: And this is just a really cool fact about the emphasis performance series. It debuted in October of 2003, so it's been taking place for over 20 years. It's crazy, and it has showcased the talents of over a thousand standbys, understudies and all and alternates who covered over six thousand roles.

[16:44] Chris Levy: That's incredible. I remember I was watching, was it TikTok or something like at three o'clock in the morning one of these days, and it was I don't know what's going on today. Um, it was all of the understudies. Oh my goodness, was it Neil Patrick Harris? It was one of the Tony Awards where they brought on all of the ensemble, the understudies, everybody, and had them do performance, and that's so cool. Like Stage Door last week, like what we were talking about on Friday's show, was we had Stage Door Back to the Future, and people are waiting for Roger Bart or Casey Likes or Jelani, and they couldn't come out. Totally fine. What about the freaking understudies, the ensembles, the swings are coming? JJ came out, like guys, yeah, JJ's incredible, and he's also Marty.

[17:34] Amber Brzezinski: Right. Absolutely. You never know who's coming out.

[17:37] Chris Levy: Yeah. And that's the reason that I love those free Broadway kind of extra events, like the Pride events, like the Broadway in the Park events, because a lot of times it's understudies and it's swings that finally get a chance to showcase their talents.

[17:55] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. So it's amazing to get to see, you know, another perspective. And then you can say, like, oh, hey, I got to see this song from this show from an understudy, and they were amazing. I think I'd really like to see them in the performance. I mean, didn't Jeremy Jordan star as an understudy slash alternate? Look at him.

[18:15] Chris Levy: Everyone's everyone starts as an understudy alternate. And that's like Jennifer Lynn's favorite thing to be like, I and I I love you, Jennifer. But like she just happened to become friends with somebody that happened to be an understudy in for that night, and now they're you know thick as thieves. I think that's so cool. Like you never know who's coming out those doors and who's going right onto a stage. So it's really incredible.

[18:40] Amber Brzezinski: Absolutely. What is our next agenda topic, madam?

[18:46] Chris Levy: Our next topic. I know.

[18:51] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, Olivia said they met Marty at stage door too. That's awesome that you got to meet Marty. I love Marty. I'm very jealous of that.

[19:03] Chris Levy: But our um next topic goes hand in hand with um Cabaret because it is that Fat Ham's Calvin Leo Smith is coming in to replace 80 Blan's and Wood and Cabaret on Broadway starting on September 16th. So when Adam Lambert and oh got it. I can never say her full name. Um in. Uh we will just call her adult Moana. It's fine. We will also be having Calvin Leo Smith coming in as well.

[19:46] Amber Brzezinski: So it seems, and you know, that brings up a good topic and and question too is that people are coming. Like we have people in our Cabaret group that are coming from Scotland that want to see BB and want to see Steven Skybell. And now they're making like, hey, by the way, Ada's not going to be there, and oh, business person. Still go attend the show. You might say, all right, everybody is in, and then somebody gets sick. And that's frustrating too. Um, and we get it, but like all we say is don't start spreading the rumors until we know they're true.

[20:22] Chris Levy: Right. Everyone speculates, it causes a kerfuffle, and I think that just goes for life in general. Um, it's just a little like don't kick them out the door yet. Baby hasn't said she's going anywhere.

[20:36] Amber Brzezinski: Right, exactly. Exactly. I completely agree.

[20:41] Chris Levy: Yeah, let them you know do their run as long as they choose to do it.

[20:45] Amber Brzezinski: Exactly. Exactly. And you know what? Somebody will be in that role for a long time.

[20:51] Chris Levy: Yeah. Um, there are speaking of Book of Mormon, uh, Louis Cleel has literally been in the Book of Mormon since the original cast has started there. Some of the Moulin Rouge guys have been there since some of the last five days. OBC of Hamilton.

[21:11] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, Thane. I can't wait to share that video. I'm still still trying to figure out the best way of releasing it. It was just the best thing in the entire universe.

[21:20] Chris Levy: It's so good. It really was.

[21:22] Amber Brzezinski: I think that I you know what I'd like to do. I think I want to get 2,000 views for our podcast. And once we hit 2,000 views, then next Monday I'll play the video exclusively for those watching our podcast. What do you think?

[21:35] Chris Levy: That'd be great. I'd love that.

[21:37] Amber Brzezinski: All right. So share share our podcast. Get the news out there. Get the word out there. When we hit 2,000 views for for the Act 14, part one or part two, then we will release this really fun video from Thane that we took over at Broadway Con. Um, and we might have some more exciting information at that point too.

[21:56] Chris Levy: Absolutely. Uh Christopher Levy says we have an Orlando boy, Tony Marino swinging in Book of Mormon right now.

[22:04] Amber Brzezinski: We sure do. We have there's a lot, there's a lot of Orlando kids on the stage right now. Let's look at Jasmine. Uh hanging out six, kicking some ass. Orlando is a very talented, talented city.

[22:18] Chris Levy: Lots of talent comes out of that place.

[22:21] Amber Brzezinski: It does. Thank you. Present company included. Um just saying the Backstreet Boys came from Orlando.

[22:28] Chris Levy: Backstreet Boys and Sink matchbook matchbox 20.

[22:32] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[22:33] Chris Levy: Yeah. Um, which they used to play at the Sapphire Supper Club in downtown Orlando. Um, so many more others, but we won't get into that.

[22:41] Amber Brzezinski: And yeah, even talking about Justin Sargent. Homegrown Orlando boy. I mean, we we pump them out. We're not just full of theme parks, we're full of Broadway stores.

[22:51] Chris Levy: Yeah, Alexander. We're good christening this. Alex Ferguson, Sophia Diller, and Sir Sarah Phonics. We're full of them. So if you're looking to make your Broadway dreams a success, and New York is too overwhelming for you, come to Orlando.

[23:04] Amber Brzezinski: No, don't because the rent is way overpriced, and we don't want it to go up anymore.

[23:10] Chris Levy: Um, and Jeffrey said that he is looking forward to Ragtime at City Center.

[23:16] Amber Brzezinski: I am so looking forward to Ragtime City Center. I that's one of my favorite shows.

[23:25] Chris Levy: I love Ragtime.

[23:27] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. I love you. Leah Michelle was in it in like the 1998 revival as like a child.

[23:37] Chris Levy: That doesn't win any points for me.

[23:40] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Like I was one day I was watching the YouTube performance from the Tonies, and I'm like, God, that child looks familiar. And I'm like, holy crap, that's Leah Michelle.

[23:55] Chris Levy: Um disrespect to Leah Michelle. But when JJ and I, not JJ Demon, but my buddy JJ and I, when we went to go see Funny Girl, we were very happy Leah was out that day.

[24:09] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I mean, she's not I I don't really go out of my way to see her, but it was just one of those moments where I was like, man, I've seen that child before. And she looks exactly the same as a child as she does now.

[24:23] Chris Levy: Yes, to just it's like you like those little pellets you put into water and they grew into dinosaurs. It's just like that.

[24:29] Amber Brzezinski: It's just like Pokey evolved.

[24:31] Chris Levy: Yes, exactly. Exactly. Well, so can I just say so? I live in Florida. We know this. It's raining and it's gross outside, and like I keep my house like at a nice cool 72. And I just have to say, I'm cuddling with my uh jacket that I specifically bought because of Gail Rankin's costume in Cabaret. I love it.

[24:52] Amber Brzezinski: I'm wearing my Book of Mormon hoodie.

[24:54] Heather Bedor: Um, I am wearing my pajamas that I slept in last night because I have not left my house because there was a hurricane outside.

[25:01] Amber Brzezinski: I just honestly, I put my air conditioner on super low, so it's freezing in my apartment. I've just been bundled up in hoodies and blankets all day long.

[25:12] Heather Bedor: I just I have my fans going. I have my blackout curtains, and I live in like a courtyard, so I get no sun. This vampire is very happy, vampire.

[25:21] Amber Brzezinski: All right, what's next on the agenda with 15 minutes left?

[25:24] Heather Bedor: We were so good. We were on time, then the internet happened. Now we're on part two.

[25:29] Amber Brzezinski: Honestly, that's all we have for the agenda. So let's think about it. Can't end up show early. What is this?

[25:36] Heather Bedor: I know. I was gonna say, let's put it out to the people. Does anyone have anything they want to bring up? Any anything anyone wants to talk about in the comments?

[25:44] Amber Brzezinski: You know, I think I want to talk about something I wasn't gonna bring up for the show today.

[25:49] Heather Bedor: Okay, and I think you know what I'm talking about.

[25:52] Amber Brzezinski: Bring it up. There's a very interesting thing going around right now that's kind of like influencers, um, Broadway theater influencers compared to social media marketing compared to marketing, compared to like we get asked on a daily basis, like what like, oh, you guys are great influencers, and we're like, we have like 415,000 followers, but we're not out there making TikTok videos or intentionally making stuff that's viral.

[26:19] Heather Bedor: We're here. We want to create the community and make it a safe environment and keep it open.

[26:24] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, theater etiquette, Olivia. We will always talk about that.

[26:26] Heather Bedor: Let me get off my soapbox for a second, my friend.

[26:30] Amber Brzezinski: We will.

[26:31] Heather Bedor: Oh, we will. But it's really interesting because we're never like I was talking to a friend of mine for BroadwayCon earlier today, and they are very much like fighting for influencers and saying that influencers um and TikTokers are like really doing Broadway right.

[26:52] Amber Brzezinski: I personally, and there's nothing wrong with it. Chris Levy had a great talk. He's actually reading a book about TikTok and Broadway. It's really fascinating. Um, very dry, but interesting.

[27:03] Heather Bedor: And it's a matter of we're all here, we're all one community. Whatever we can do to help build the fandom and create the community is really important.

[27:10] Amber Brzezinski: It doesn't matter that we're not out there. There's no way of tracking ticketing ticket sale, tracking ticket sales or return tickets, like when people are coming back.

[27:19] Heather Bedor: All we know is that us personally, we can look at our groups, we can see the growth of our groups, whether it's in membership or whether it's in viewership and how many how many things get shared and how many people participate.

[27:32] Amber Brzezinski: If a show is slow and a group is slow, all we can do is continue to grow that community.

[27:38] Heather Bedor: We're not looking at doing a video of us going into a theater. Hey, check out we're at whatever theater, whatever show.

[27:44] Amber Brzezinski: There's nothing wrong with that. It's just not the way that we operate.

[27:47] Heather Bedor: But we're here to create and incorporate everybody and make a safe space that kind of again bridges that gap between the fan and the show and makes it safe and welcoming for everyone.

[27:58] Amber Brzezinski: And I think that again, sound off in the comments because I think Heather and I have been able to create this kind of opening and welcoming communities.

[28:07] Heather Bedor: We have family members, cast members, production, like people are eyeing all of this, guys. You never know who's looking.

[28:13] Amber Brzezinski: That includes us.

[28:15] Heather Bedor: That includes us because I've been told by some pretty big names in the industry, like, oh hey, we're part of this group, but we really enjoy this.

[28:25] Amber Brzezinski: And I'm like, oh wow, okay.

[28:28] Heather Bedor: That's crazy. Um sometimes I'll scroll through like the members list and I'll be like, whoa.

[28:35] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, yes, we'll send screenshots at like two o'clock in the morning going, Hey, did you know that so and so is in the group?

[28:40] Heather Bedor: No, I had no idea. But that also is a testament to our members because our members are constantly, you know, helping the community evolve and getting involved and participating and not misbehaving.

[28:53] Amber Brzezinski: And if you're misbehaving, you get a spanking and not in a good way.

[28:57] Heather Bedor: But we just want to make sure that you guys are enjoying the communities. Um, and know that if you want to call us influencers, that's fine. Um, but know that you're never really gonna see like crazy TikToks and viral videos from us.

[29:10] Amber Brzezinski: We're here to have an open conversation just like this. Um, and to be able to have friends and family um and increase and expand our social circles just like you guys are, so that if you're looking at going to a show, you know, let's talk about cabaret.

[29:27] Heather Bedor: I wanted to sit at a table seat, they're hella expensive, and you have to buy them in pairs. One of our members wound up having an extra seat.

[29:35] Amber Brzezinski: That was really cool.

[29:37] Heather Bedor: And I bought the ticket and we saw it together, and now I have a new friend out of that, and I really love that. That's the environment we want to create.

[29:44] Amber Brzezinski: Absolutely. We're not here for like the big hit and then we're done.

[29:48] Heather Bedor: Anyways, let's go back into theater etiquette because we can oh, Jimmy, we have a Jimmy tax too.

[29:54] Amber Brzezinski: Everybody enjoy Amber's best friend, Jimmy's, but there you go.

[30:02] Heather Bedor: There you go. He just he's completely oblivious because we're in her ear.

[30:02] Amber Brzezinski: Completely oblivious.

[30:08] Heather Bedor: Um actually, I'm gonna since we're so on topic. Chris just wrote, Do you think part of it is that quote influencer has become a generic name for content creator or person who facilitates fandom?

[30:19] Amber Brzezinski: Um, I think it's a great question.

[30:20] Heather Bedor: I'm gonna take a pause to answer that effectively, Chris. And Amber, of course, can answer this as well.

[30:26] Amber Brzezinski: I think when it comes to the word influencer, like I think of like trends that are like Regina George with the freaking holes in the shirt. You guys know what I'm talking about.

[30:34] Heather Bedor: It is definitely a reference that you guys should all get with Mean Girls.

[30:38] Amber Brzezinski: Um we're not looking at hey, look, Heather's hair is this, or Amber put pink and purple in her hair, or she adopts or fosters.

[30:47] Heather Bedor: Like we are trying to influence you to see shows, but we are cultivating the communities around those.

[30:53] Amber Brzezinski: Um, we're not trying to create content that's are you okay?

[30:59] Heather Bedor: She's making a face. What are you doing?

[31:01] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, Jeffrey just shared a picture of a very cool ragtime merch shirt, which is awesome. Thank you for sharing that with us, Jenny.

[31:11] Heather Bedor: Can we get that up on the screen so the rest of the viewers can watch or see?

[31:15] Amber Brzezinski: Let me see if I maybe hold up.

[31:18] Heather Bedor: Oh, yeah, I could I can hold up my phone. Let's see.

[31:21] Amber Brzezinski: Nope. Over, over closer, zoom in.

[31:25] Heather Bedor: There you go.

[31:25] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, that's really cool.

[31:28] Heather Bedor: That's really cool.

[31:29] Amber Brzezinski: Thank you. Quality shows.

[31:31] Heather Bedor: We love it. For those, you know, we want to share the shows as much as we can, and it's all about our members sharing their experiences as well.

[31:39] Amber Brzezinski: You know, with our followers and our groups. Like I sound like a cult leader, it's great.

[31:43] Heather Bedor: But we really just want to encourage people to share and be part of something and feel like they're part of this like special moment that we don't know if this is gonna last forever.

[31:56] Amber Brzezinski: Like, let's talk about Beetlejuice.

[31:58] Heather Bedor: Amber and I are huge Beetlejuice fans, we're both part of a Netherlings group, which has been around since you know previews.

[32:06] Amber Brzezinski: I was at the second preview for Beetlejuice, and it just lives on and on and on and tours and everything, and people just can't get enough of it, and it's incredible.

[32:15] Heather Bedor: Right, and it made it through the pandemic. Like that's crazy.

[32:18] Amber Brzezinski: But there's this online community of people who just really are pushing forward.

[32:24] Heather Bedor: I know Chris and I were talking earlier about um something in this book said like the TikTokers are the ones teaching the dances and the ones that are doing this.

[32:32] Amber Brzezinski: That's mostly social media marketing.

[32:35] Heather Bedor: That's not an influencer's thing, like new money dance.

[32:39] Amber Brzezinski: Um, one Ben Cameron just did it on Dance Cap in Dance Hell, um, or dance whatever.

[32:45] Heather Bedor: Um, but the shows are releasing stuff so you can feel like part of it.

[32:50] Amber Brzezinski: They had panels for the hot honey dance um at Broadway Con. It's encouraging people to do stuff.

[32:56] Heather Bedor: I know that Gatsby, we'll just talk in Gatsby because it's just a dead Gatsby Day. Gatsby asked for people to um sing along to some of the cast recording to be invited to the cast album release.

[33:06] Amber Brzezinski: Cool.

[33:07] Heather Bedor: You didn't just did a tattoo event where if you got a tattoo, you got a free ticket.

[33:13] Amber Brzezinski: You don't have to be an influencer to do that.

[33:15] Heather Bedor: So everybody I think can influence others.

[33:17] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, I still think it's super weird.

[33:20] Heather Bedor: No matter when I walk through the theater district, I get recognized by people that are in our groups, and I'm happy for it, especially because I don't worry these all the time.

[33:26] Amber Brzezinski: This is only when I'm home.

[33:28] Heather Bedor: Um, so super fun.

[33:30] Amber Brzezinski: But uh let's see something that's really fulfilling about our groups too is groups of that we have like Sweetie Todd and Cabaret, where people are like, Oh my god, I saw the performance in 98, or I saw the performance in 87, or as part of the original cast of Tommy, yeah.

[33:49] Heather Bedor: That one was really cool as well.

[33:51] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, yeah.

[33:51] Heather Bedor: And they're like, and I'm so happy I found this group because no one else really understands and gets to talk about it and share with me.

[34:00] Amber Brzezinski: Right.

[34:00] Heather Bedor: So we get, you know, people that are all levels of fandom, all levels of fandom, and then you have these new shows like that becomes her, the great Gatsby, where we have these fans that are part of the, you know, bringing it to life, and they get to share in the experience.

[34:17] Amber Brzezinski: Like I was there in the beginning of this show, you know.

[34:21] Heather Bedor: Like, let's look at it with Water for Elephants. We follow that journey for a while, personally from Atlanta up to Broadway, and it's really incredible to see, and everybody's shopping stuff around.

[34:31] Amber Brzezinski: These shows just don't pop up.

[34:33] Heather Bedor: Um, and that was something else that I had talked about earlier, is that um, and we briefly talked about it last week, but a lot of these shows are releasing the cast recordings or some songs prior to the show coming to Broadway because it's helping people get familiar with the songs.

[34:50] Amber Brzezinski: Somebody had asked in our regular Broadway fan club group, they said, 'Look, my partner's coming, they're not a Broadway fan, they don't even know what wicked is. Um, what show should we take them to?

[35:01] Heather Bedor: And I'm like, 'Look, jukebox musical, as much as people give a shit for them.' They're fun.

[35:07] Amber Brzezinski: People know the music.

[35:09] Heather Bedor: Give them something that they know the music for and enjoy.

[35:11] Amber Brzezinski: My very first show that I saw on Broadway is technically a jukebox musical.

[35:15] Heather Bedor: And for those of you that know, All Shook Up.

[35:18] Amber Brzezinski: It's Elvis Songs.

[35:20] Heather Bedor: Right.

[35:21] Amber Brzezinski: That's a jukebox musical.

[35:23] Heather Bedor: Yeah, Olivia, jukebox for sure.

[35:26] Amber Brzezinski: It's these shows have longevity and Juliet jukebox musical Mulan Rouge, Jukebox musical.

[35:32] Heather Bedor: There's a jukebox musical I really loved that I saw years ago that I think about all the time was Moving Out.

[35:39] Amber Brzezinski: Did you see that one?

[35:41] Heather Bedor: Nope, I didn't.

[35:42] Amber Brzezinski: Nope, I didn't.

[35:43] Heather Bedor: But I mean, hello.

[35:44] Amber Brzezinski: That's amazing.

[35:46] Heather Bedor: Um, it was so good.

[35:48] Amber Brzezinski: Head Over Heels, uh, Once Upon a One More Time. There's so many shows that are doing it.

[35:52] Heather Bedor: And guys, just because it's not a jukebox musical, you're still seeing an IP you're familiar with Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, Mulan Rouge, Wicked, Wicked Story of The Wizard of Oz.

[36:02] Amber Brzezinski: Like, there's so many things.

[36:04] Heather Bedor: Play to what you're comfortable with.

[36:06] Amber Brzezinski: Like, when I took my dad to his first Broadway show last year, yes, this was a real thing we talked about last week.

[36:11] Heather Bedor: Mulan Rouge, New York, New York, and Shocked.

[36:15] Amber Brzezinski: I gave him a trifacta, big, big Broadway musical with music he knew.

[36:22] Heather Bedor: Uh brand new show that was an homage to New York, which was so unincredible and closed way too early.

[36:29] Amber Brzezinski: Yep.

[36:30] Heather Bedor: And a funny show that wasn't necessarily known to be a musical besides Alex Newell's mid-show freaking standing ovation.

[36:38] Amber Brzezinski: Right.

[36:39] Heather Bedor: Independent independently owned and operated, but known for being the musical for hee-haw.

[36:45] Amber Brzezinski: That's literally what Shocked was.

[36:47] Heather Bedor: Right.

[36:49] Amber Brzezinski: And corn pun.

[36:50] Heather Bedor: It's corn puns.

[36:52] Amber Brzezinski: So many corn puns.

[36:53] Heather Bedor: But you know what? I fought. I didn't want to go to that show.

[36:56] Amber Brzezinski: And I'm like, no, stupid, stupid.

[36:57] Heather Bedor: So stupid.

[36:58] Amber Brzezinski: And I loved it.

[36:58] Heather Bedor: It was so good.

[37:00] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[37:00] Heather Bedor: And the story at the end was just so freaking good.

[37:03] Amber Brzezinski: And if you haven't seen it and you didn't see my twist, I'm not giving it away.

[37:06] Heather Bedor: But it was such a great.

[37:08] Amber Brzezinski: And of course, they go to freaking Florida.

[37:10] Heather Bedor: They go to Tampa.

[37:11] Amber Brzezinski: Um, I don't know. We we pumped so many people full into Broadway that now we're in Book of Mormon.

[37:19] Chris Levy: We're in Shocked. We're in every show. It's great. So, all right, let's see. Oh, Jeffrey Cohen out of here. Ha ha. I know Leader of the Pack, Jeffrey Cohen. Bastard Fox musical Leader of the Pack. I don't need to look it up. I'm gonna tell you how I saw Leader of the Pack. You'll enjoy this, I hope. I was on a marching band field trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Oh yeah, baby. And um they decided to take us band nerds to a dinner show. And it was a theater that played the Leader of the Pack while we sat and ate subpar food. That show was so much fun. If you guys don't know it, seriously, actually take Jeffrey's advice and look it up. It's all like the Chandrels, like 50s, 60s, doo-wop music, motorcycles, it's like Grease, but not. It's so much fun. Awesome. Yeah, I love it. Moton, there's so many Jersey boys, but don't fight that.

[38:21] Chris Levy: Um, and we'll touch briefly on Olivia talking about theater etiquette. You know, I'll even talk about movie theater etiquette because I think it applies too. Amber will appreciate this one. Amber is a face right now. You're good? We're almost rocking and rolling around. You're gonna take a nap. I'm gonna I drink a full Red Bull and I'm gonna fall right to sleep. Oh yeah. So um I decided to take myself out on a nice Heather date Saturday night, and I went to go see Deadpool. Hello, Marvel Girl. Um was really excited. I stopped to go get snow caps and uh Cherry Mountain Dew because it's like an almost three-hour long movie, including credits, blah blah blah. I get in. Now it's assigned seating, fine.

Everybody is spread out over the seat that I have, and I'm like, hi, it's my seat. This happens in theaters too. They put their stuff down, they forget about it, or like it's encroaching on your feet, like the one that sprained my foot at The Notebook with their backpack. I'm okay, not bitter. Uh, but people are still on their phones, or they're talking loudly, or singing. This can go anywhere.

[39:32] Chris Levy: And then the biggest thing, and Amber heard this, and like literally my friend Tim, I called him as soon as the movie was over to complain about it. The three idiots next to me, while I'm sitting there going, okay, that movie was incredible. The MCU was back. Um, if you haven't seen it, go see it. It's funny as hell, it's what we wanted, and then some, and it also inspired a new cosplay. Yes. But these three idiots, and I'm not gonna mention their ages, uh, because it makes me look like an elitist. They're like, oh my god, I don't understand where Marvel's going, where they're making the wrong direction, they're making no, you just don't understand from what we've gone through over the last two decades.

It was handed on a silver platter and then sun. There's no spoilers here. But they just went on and on and on. While the credits were still rolling. Now, anybody that knows, that's like a standing O or like, you know, curtain calls. On and on and on. Pissed off everybody in the theater that was there. So it started so many arguments. Or like the couple that was next to me that was having a legit fight. Guys, it happens in the theaters too.

[40:43] Chris Levy: And all we will ever remind you guys to be is be kind, be smart. That's really important. Don't start a fight with somebody like that lady that started a fight with me at The Notebook. Respect your surroundings. If your phone is here, look, I'm not even gonna tell you I have a light this way. Let's see. Light there, I have a light there, and I have a light there right now on me. But can you guys see all of this light that's coming from my phone? And I have a dark background. This lights up everywhere. Be respectful. You're there. My favorite part about theater is disconnecting from the outside world. And I think Amber can attest to this. You kind of like shut off the outside world for a little bit and you're plunged into fantasy.

You're there, you're enjoying it, you have music. There's something different in your soul that kind of re-energizes. At least for me, it re-energizes you. And you're like, wow, I just learned a lesson, or I just cried, or I just laughed at something, or I just learned something, or if it's a show I've seen 500 times, I just noticed this little random thing that just made me so happy. So happy. Don't take me out of that, please.

[41:53] Chris Levy: Um, unless you're cabaret and your Eddie Redmayne, you know, squeezing my shoulder, or um uh Helga coming up and growling at me because I was wearing something low cut. What are you doing? We've got another oh my god, Jeffrey Cohen. A signed playbill. You are seriously becoming one of my favorite people because you have such cool nostalgic memorabilia. Thank you so much for sending that over as I'm ranting and ranting and ranting. But all I'm gonna say, because Olivia got me in my damn soapbox, is that be respectful of the surroundings, not only of the theater, but Chris Levy has it right here. Look at this. We write down the spicy things you say during the show. Yes, we do. Actors can see your phones and hear you talking. Guys, do you remember a couple years ago a very prominent Broadway star stopped a freaking show to yell at somebody to put their phone away?

[42:52] Chris Levy: I can personally attest Amber's gonna laugh at this next comment. I've been on both the Broadway and the off-Broadway stage. Am I lying? No, not at all. I was in the Winter Garden. I did and went stage door and backstage with my girl Amber Artolino. And it was my first time being on that massive Winter Garden stage and looking out. Now there's nobody in the audience, but you can see all the way in the back. Imagine if you have somebody right in front of you who's just down on their phone or doing something inappropriate. So much fun. And I was like, oh, I got they're going on tour, by the way. They are, and they're still like they're in New York, but they're also doing tour, and they did a panel.

I'm so mad I missed it at BroadwayCon. So much fun. No show is ever the same. Um, and if you don't know what we're talking about, it's a literally Dungeons and Dragons live on the screen, and you're doing stuff on your phone while you're doing it, and I have so many photos to upload. But I went up expecting to not be able to see this massive off-Broadway stage of 499 seats, and I can see everybody, even with the lights. So just be respectful. The people on stage who are busting their humps to make sure that you enjoy yourself, and the people around you who paid a lot of money to be there as well.

[44:13] Chris Levy: Absolutely. Let's see, hold on. Oh, Darlene, love signed that by the way. No, okay. Chris, we had someone at a show who once the show started reaching it's not the Olympics, it is not that one guy who's literally knitting during the Olympics. Tom Daly, we love him. It's adorable. Um, but also we're not at the Olympics. And also, he's sitting and taking a break. He's allowed to do that. You're not, you're paying good money. Sit and watch the damn show. Anyways, now that I've lost my high horse. Um, we always encourage you guys to let us know what's going on. Tell us what's bothering you. Did something happen at a show that you didn't like? Did you have something happen at a stage show that you love? Share it with us, share it with our groups.

[44:59] Chris Levy: Um, speaking of sharing, let's tell you a little bit about a couple of things that we've got going on. First off, we always encourage you guys to go to www.thebroadwayfanclub.com. That's gonna take you directly to our link tree, and our link tree is gonna show you all 51 of our groups that we're currently running, and it'll help you get in contact with both myself and Amber. Amber, what else does it take them to?

[45:23] Amber Brzezinski: It will take you to our Etsy shop where you can find bracelets. Why like these beautiful babies? That is the best. There are so many. Let me see. What's the newest one you made on there? Show us, show us.

[45:36] Chris Levy: The newest ones I made were actually some Bonnie and Clyde bracelets. We have some that say Barrow Gang.

[45:44] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, nice.

[45:45] Chris Levy: And we have a Bonnie.

[45:49] Amber Brzezinski: Oh my god, is that adorable?

[45:51] Chris Levy: Yeah. Now we do have some new stuff coming that um I know you, Amber, can't wait for. I'm even more excited about. Um, we have some like team some some and team someone else. We also have like iHearts. Um, so if there's something that you haven't seen yet, tell us. We're gonna make it, we're gonna give you credit for it. It's gonna be your collaboration with us because we want you guys to have a good time. Uh, but yeah, make sure you go to the Broadwayfanclub.etsy.com.

[46:20] Chris Levy: And right now, I think through this weekend, we're running a BroadwayCon promotion, aren't we?

[46:24] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, we are. We are running a special because we brought everything to BroadwayCon. So everything is 25% off if you use the code BroadwayCon24.

[46:36] Chris Levy: That's incredible. Go spend your money and help support the rest of the group because that's how we can afford to keep our StreamYard lights on. I'm not kidding. StreamYard charges us to have this lovely studio. Uh and on top of that, if you're looking for even more Broadway and talking about Beetlejuice and Wayne and Alex, go to the BroadwayCruise.com. It is not Seth Rudetsky's cruise, which everyone wants to ask us through Six Man. It's really fun. Did it this past year? We've done a whole episode about it. Um, it's where I met the crazy Hittens, Kara Hinton that was on last week, which we've got some really exciting stuff coming up. Make sure you follow the website. But if you're looking for more information on who's coming for next year's 2025 Broadway Cruise, go to the BroadwayCruise.com and enter promo code 2 number 2. Be like boy, F like Frank, C like Charlie. Two big freaking coupon. That's what I'm always gonna say.

[47:28] Chris Levy: But with that being said, we are always so honored to have you guys spend your Monday nights with us, your Friday nights with us, any time of the week. We're just happy that you guys are around. Um, we know there's so many other things you guys can be doing. Uh, me personally, the hurricane is a thing that I might go make sure that the plants outside are not flying around. It's cool. And Amber is going to get all cuddly. Um, everybody send some extra love to my dear friend Amber. She needs some virtual hugs right now.

[47:56] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[47:56] Chris Levy: We'll do wait. No, this is not the we're not allowed to do this anymore. This shows our age.

[48:00] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, what is it now?

[48:02] Chris Levy: It's it's the anybody else. Uh it's I don't remember.

[48:06] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I don't remember.

[48:08] Chris Levy: It's a weird thing. I think this is I know it's weird. I know it's weird. I know it's weird.

[48:15] Amber Brzezinski: We're showing our age, guys.

[48:16] Chris Levy: We're showing our age. Um, I can do this, so here, look. This is okay. Um, do you want to say bye to the people? Come here. Come say bye to the people.

[48:25] Amber Brzezinski: We'll be dog sitting for Zen all month.

[48:29] Chris Levy: The entire month of August. Let's see. Come on, Zen.

[48:35] Amber Brzezinski: There we go. Enjoy your puppy tax of evening. It is the one and only Zenjamin.

[48:42] Chris Levy: Hi, Bobbers.

[48:45] Amber Brzezinski: Hello, Zen. Hi.

[48:48] Chris Levy: Always a furry tax, whether it's human or dog or cat. But I'm so happy that you guys have joined us. Please make sure you go check out the rest of our groups. And feel free to comment and message us too. Let us know what you guys want to talk about on our next episode. There's always some crazy Broadway stuff going on. We're here to bring it for you.

[49:07] Chris Levy: But uh, hey Jeffrey, that's a good number to be. Jeffrey Cohen, 69 of the house, Olivia, 29 41 baby 41 this is what the 36 in December look at you I'll be 42 in December anyways uh now that we get to know each other a lot more guys uh thank you for spending your Monday nights with us and remember when Broadway is dark we keep that ghost light burning we'll see y'all next time bye bye.