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[0:21] Heather Bedor: I'm enjoying like our jam.

[0:25] Amber Brzezinski: So what you guys don't get to see is me and Amber just like jamming, uh awkwardly, like white girl dancing.

[0:34] Heather Bedor: If that like night at the Roxbury, there we go. It's like you guys can see a little bit of a night at the Roxbury. Like I can't bob my head with a concussion, but like I can do this, and it's really awkward and it's fun. And then Amber is like, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So we're good.

[0:49] Heather Bedor: Anyways, hello, happy Monday, Monday, Monday. Happy. For those of you just watching and not listening, I look naked because I'm wearing a pink shirt. Good job. Um, yeah, this is the Broadway Fan Club. I am Heather, the lovely lady with the pink and purple locks to my left. Your right is the wonderful Amber.

[1:11] Heather Bedor: And you can hear the text type type pip type type, and that means she is sending all of our group members and all of our pages, like 73 of them. I've seen it in person. It's a real thing. Um, she's letting everybody know that we've got a show tonight.

[1:27] Amber Brzezinski: True.

[1:28] Heather Bedor: They know they're like, we know we're getting the notifications. All of them. That's good. I want to know who gets the most notifications. Like, I really want to take a poll and be like, who is part of all of our ultimate super fan? Like fight it out to the death.

[1:44] Heather Bedor: Um, and I feel bad because remember, my one of my New Year's resolutions was to like look nice for the podcast, like do it up and like whatever. I'm like, I got like some like crazy kinky hair. Um, I put lipstick on for you guys. You're welcome.

[2:04] Heather Bedor: And I think I still have some like black face paint on my face somewhere because I did, uh, I was at MegaCon, Comic Con for the last four days, and I did Jennifer Skillington yesterday. Hey Olivia. Oh, my voice went really high. That was fun.

[2:21] Heather Bedor: And I have to show this. I have not shown Amber this yet, and I'm so freaking excited. So MegaCon here in Orlando, super massive Comic Con. Um, I hosted a couple of trivia panels. I got to see our friends. Um, I don't know if you guys are part of like Spirit Jersey social media, but if you are, you would have seen me like all over it.

[2:43] Heather Bedor: I got to do a fun live with Bippity Bop the Beard and um Don. Oh my god, he's gonna be killing me for messing up his last name, but he's like the guy that knows way too much about Lord of the Rings, and they're both lovely and wonderful. Um, and we're gonna have a whole video together because it was a whole Lord of the Rings release, and I'm super excited. Hi Dad.

[3:02] Heather Bedor: Oh, Dad loves you too, Amber. Congratulations. I can't see the screen right now because I'm in post heaven. I told you posting heaven. Um, but um oh Cheyenne, well, hello one and all to say it's been an interesting 12 hours for this guy was an understatement.

[3:19] Heather Bedor: Oh Cheyenne, I one of these days I just want you to come in. If you want to join us right now, you're more than welcome to if you want to throw that cam on. That's fine. Um, it's been a weird I haven't stopped.

[3:31] Heather Bedor: I have I have not stopped. Let's see. I went up. Amber, what day did I go up to meet up with you? The 23rd?

[3:40] Amber Brzezinski: Let me look.

[3:40] Heather Bedor: I'm gonna look at my calendar. Thank goodness for calendars in my phone. I went up to New York on the 24th of January.

[3:51] Heather Bedor: My camera just got light. Um and oh god, don't apologize, Cheyenne. Um, and so I did that. And then that night I saw Ryan and Gadsby. That was a happy girl. Um, and we'll talk about that.

[4:07] Heather Bedor: And then the next day, Amber and I met up with Rachel and Sebastian. Um, so Rachel, Amber, and I went to Cabaret. Whoop, whoop. Um, and Amber has now been collecting MCs like the Infinity Stones.

[4:21] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[4:22] Heather Bedor: All she's missing is Marsha Marsha Marsha.

[4:26] Amber Brzezinski: One day, one day.

[4:27] Heather Bedor: One day. But you're collecting them like Infinity Stones or Pokemon. Totally fine.

[4:32] Amber Brzezinski: Cheyenne says, I gotta figure out how to do it via my phone since that's how I watch.

[4:37] Heather Bedor: Let's see. Let's just let's just invite her to join us. Why not? Um, this is fun. Hold on, Cheyenne. Cheyenne, send me a message on Facebook so I can pop it up.

[4:50] Heather Bedor: Um, and it'll pop you up. This is fun. This is what happens.

[4:53] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, you're apologizing to Olivia.

[4:55] Heather Bedor: Oh. Oh, I just saw Olivia saying, oh my god, I'm sorry. I'm an idiot. Olivia says, I need to see one of my closest friends just passed away unexpectedly last night.

[5:03] Heather Bedor: Olivia, I am so so so sorry. Well, hopefully, um me drinking caffeine and telling you guys all about our crazy adventures will help cheer you up, this midgen. Um, but we're gonna do that.

[5:15] Heather Bedor: I mean, and we get to talk about Olivia in our adventures because you are.

[5:19] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, we do!

[5:20] Heather Bedor: You're part of it, Olivia.

[5:22] Amber Brzezinski: Part of it, Olivia.

[5:24] Heather Bedor: Yes, you were part of the adventures, um, which is so much fun.

[5:27] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, we actually, yes, we'll talk about that in extent.

[5:31] Heather Bedor: I'm so excited. Um, because we did our meetup, which was so much fun. We got to hang out with Olivia for a little bit and eat cookies at our favorite place, the schmackeries.

[5:40] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, yeah.

[5:41] Heather Bedor: I think I might have like eight more schmackery cookies in my freezer.

[5:46] Amber Brzezinski: That's so funny.

[5:47] Heather Bedor: And we'll tell you why. Um, which is so fantastic. So we did that, and then that night, so Saturday night, Amber and I went back to Connecticut, and then we saw Cabaret.

[6:02] Heather Bedor: Oh, I'm sorry. We did see another show. What show did we see, Amber?

[6:06] Amber Brzezinski: We saw Drag the Musical.

[6:08] Heather Bedor: Yes, we did.

[6:10] Amber Brzezinski: And who did we meet?

[6:13] Heather Bedor: I mean, we met everybody, but we got to meet our new bestie Ariel there.

[6:17] Amber Brzezinski: Hello.

[6:17] Heather Bedor: I mean our new bestie Ariel, and who did we get to meet that we didn't think we would get to meet?

[6:24] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, but we have a spot.

[6:28] Heather Bedor: Oh, you mean Adam Pascal?

[6:32] Amber Brzezinski: Uh yes.

[6:35] Heather Bedor: Oh, that did happen.

[6:36] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[6:38] Heather Bedor: Oh saving that for the meetup. Guys, I'm such a Rent head and I love it.

[6:42] Heather Bedor: And like I've had the opportunity to meet Anthony Rapp. Um, Adam Pascal is like one more check away, and then I will have met like the entire original cast.

[6:53] Amber Brzezinski: Um, and so yeah, Adam came out. I had actually messaged Tomas. I was like, I would love to be able to meet up with him because he's gonna be on the Broadway cruise next week or next week, next month.

[7:03] Heather Bedor: And Tomas is like, he's next week.

[7:06] Amber Brzezinski: What?

[7:07] Heather Bedor: We have next week.

[7:08] Amber Brzezinski: A very important show.

[7:11] Heather Bedor: Yes, we have lots of important shows, but we have a really important show next week.

[7:15] Amber Brzezinski: We'll tell you about in a hot second.

[7:18] Heather Bedor: I thought, haha, I can't talk. This is great.

[7:21] Amber Brzezinski: Um, but yes, so but Adam came out, and like literally Amber and I were like one of four people at the stage door because everyone else is like coming from the show.

[7:30] Heather Bedor: So um, yes, hold on. Cheyenne says message sent, and there's there it is testing's testing, not super up for coming on tonight. I get it.

[7:39] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, next week done.

[7:42] Heather Bedor: But we love you, Cheyenne. Um, so yeah, so Adam came out and I was like, hi, and I was like, We're gonna be on a cruise together. He's like, Oh, you're gonna be on the Broadway cruise. I'll see you then.

[7:51] Heather Bedor: And like that was my whole interaction. I was like, just want to say you are amazing, and we love you, and you might be better than Joey McIntyre.

[8:00] Amber Brzezinski: He went to the stream.

[8:02] Heather Bedor: Um, then we went back to Connecticut, right?

[8:07] Amber Brzezinski: Where I had a boatload of puppies.

[8:10] Heather Bedor: Oh my god, guys. How many puppies were there?

[8:13] Amber Brzezinski: Seven, six, eight puppies, eight, there was around there.

[8:17] Heather Bedor: Amber was fostering a really cute pity, and she had all the babies, and we got back.

[8:25] Heather Bedor: I think it was like 3:30 or 4 o'clock in the morning, and we had to move like the giant crate that they were all in. And here I am completely delirious, and I'm just playing with all the potatoes, and there were so many of them, and one of them has like the phantom mask that I just named Fanny because that's a girl P H A N Y N Y.

[8:45] Amber Brzezinski: And then Amber has her favorite, Fiona, Fiona.

[8:50] Heather Bedor: Um, yes, we were just having fun naming and renaming the puppies, and she's no longer fostering the pups.

[8:56] Amber Brzezinski: Um, but yeah, and then we all and separated from mama now in their own individual foster homes.

[9:04] Heather Bedor: Poor babies. They're little grown-ups now, they're learning how to be big grown-up pups, and they all have like the blue eyes coming in, which I didn't know was a puppy thing.

[9:14] Amber Brzezinski: That's really so cute.

[9:15] Heather Bedor: Oh my god, so cute. It's like a puppy and a kitten thing.

[9:19] Amber Brzezinski: It is, and you've got kittens coming soon too, but you have plenty of fur tax coming your way, guys.

[9:25] Heather Bedor: Um, and then let's see, on the 27th, oh my god, we had the one and only Michael Drillet on the show.

[9:31] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, and we had like a very wicked episode, so we got to hang out a little bit, not really talk much show stuff, and then um, yeah, I went back down to New York on the 31st.

[9:44] Heather Bedor: It's weird to say down to New York because I'm always going up to New York, and um I did something really cool on the 31st. You guys may have seen some pictures and videos and social media stuff on.

[9:58] Amber Brzezinski: Anybody want to take a stab at it?

[10:03] Heather Bedor: Anyone? Anyone, Amber, what did I do with the 31st?

[10:08] Amber Brzezinski: I'm so bad with dates, but you know what?

[10:11] Amber Brzezinski: I was just thinking.

[10:12] Heather Bedor: What?

[10:13] Amber Brzezinski: Um, it was so good that we were together for the Michael episode because we had tech issues that we've never had before, and we like needed to be together to troubleshoot those issues.

[10:26] Heather Bedor: Oh, Amber just said we needed to be together. You really do love me.

[10:30] Amber Brzezinski: Do you know what I mean? Because like the only way to troubleshoot those issues was from the being in the same room, exactly.

[10:38] Heather Bedor: Yeah, no, a hundred percent. You're right.

[10:40] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[10:41] Heather Bedor: Um, that was let me re let me refresh your memory on the 31st. We were invited as the Broadway Fan Club. Amber was unable to get off, but we were able to Influencers Hour and Friends and Family at the brand new schmackeries at Union Square.

[10:58] Amber Brzezinski: Um, so we have lots of cookies.

[11:03] Heather Bedor: And got to hang out.

[11:05] Amber Brzezinski: Go ahead.

[11:06] Heather Bedor: Okay. I said we had I was just agreeing with you.

[11:09] Amber Brzezinski: Oh yeah.

[11:09] Heather Bedor: We hung out with the new owners, Alex and Stacey and Johnny and Zach were there.

[11:14] Amber Brzezinski: And Amber and I made bracelets and we just had a great time.

[11:18] Heather Bedor: Um, and then I brought Amber cookies when she came back on Saturday, where we got to see Romeo and Juliet.

[11:25] Amber Brzezinski: Holy moly.

[11:27] Heather Bedor: Holy moly, guys. I cannot wait for us to talk about it.

[11:31] Amber Brzezinski: Whoa.

[11:32] Heather Bedor: Whoa.

[11:33] Amber Brzezinski: Like, well.

[11:34] Heather Bedor: And then Amber finally got to come with me to go see the 20 Sided Tavern.

[11:39] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, that was such a fun night.

[11:42] Heather Bedor: It was so much fun. Um yeah, no, it was like one of those things that was just I was happy she was there.

[11:51] Amber Brzezinski: It was a really fun night.

[11:52] Heather Bedor: Um, we got some great photos and videos, and got to see Shelby and got to hang out with San Diego for a little bit, got to meet like Murray and like the rest of the cast that's there.

[12:03] Amber Brzezinski: And guys, you guys are gonna get really tired of seeing the 20 Sided Tavern, but in the best way possible because we love them and they say they love us, so we'll see what happened.

[12:12] Heather Bedor: Jasmo's supposed to be on the show tonight. Um, but they had to do a show, so no harm, no foul, and uh we'll eventually have them back on the show.

[12:21] Heather Bedor: And then um, yeah, Sunday I decided I was gonna take off from a matinee, and I did something really crazy, and so exciting. Amber, do you remember what I did then?

[12:34] Amber Brzezinski: What did you do?

[12:35] Heather Bedor: Oh, you went.

[12:38] Amber Brzezinski: Oh shit.

[12:40] Heather Bedor: So there's like an event.

[12:42] Amber Brzezinski: I went to Life and Trust.

[12:45] Heather Bedor: Oh no, I was confusing this with the boating.

[12:50] Amber Brzezinski: Was it a boating thing that you were supposed to go to?

[12:54] Heather Bedor: Boating?

[12:56] Amber Brzezinski: A boating thing.

[12:58] Heather Bedor: Your friend like had a thing you were supposed to go.

[13:05] Amber Brzezinski: I don't know.

[13:06] Heather Bedor: I'm okay. Amber and I both have migraines tonight, so this is gonna be yeah, I don't know show.

[13:11] Amber Brzezinski: And it's our 40th, so that works.

[13:14] Heather Bedor: Rare form, rare form.

[13:16] Amber Brzezinski: Rare form, guys.

[13:17] Heather Bedor: Um, but yeah, so I did Life and Trust, and that was insanity. Um, I cannot wait to talk about that. Um, so much cool stuff happened.

[13:27] Heather Bedor: And then yeah, I went home Monday, and that's when we did our podcast last Tuesday. I'm catching you guys all up on the schedule. When I got back Tuesday, or when we got back Monday, we had Steven Shakespeare on the show Tuesday, which we are so appreciative of, and we love Duke so much. I literally had one day, and then I went into MegaCon, which is where this whole damn conversation started from. Amber, can I show you my new obsession now?

[13:51] Amber Brzezinski: Absolutely.

[14:00] Heather Bedor: Hold on one second. Oh my god. Trying to switch screens. Switch screens. Ooh. Okay. Cute. It's not as big as it looks, but this one's really inappropriate. Um, for those of you just listening, um, I have this really cool bag from a new line called Vendula, which my friend Shauna over at Cordy's Corner like had me wear all week because it matched all my spooky little cosplays. There is a black and white stripe like awning, and this all glows in the dark, and it's an ice cream parlor. So on the back it says I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream, and then wait, wait for it. So all the flavors, but then these doors freaking open.

[14:43] Amber Brzezinski: I was gonna say the doors are super cute.

[14:45] Heather Bedor: I have to like get my finger into it because doing this backwards looks really really weird. But the doors open, and inside of it it has like obsessed with the door once or ice cream bowl. We all scream for ice cream, and then there's chilling eats and terrifying treats, and then like this artist always sneaks in like cats and bats and stuff. So they love it, and yeah, so this is my new like obsession, and then um Shauna actually is generous, and she said if anybody is interested in looking at the new Vendula line that she'll give them 15% off. So I will post a code later. If you guys want 15% off for a new bag, um it's like they have a whole city, it's so cool. Um, yeah, Cheyenne's super cute. What goes better with Broadway hand in hand than like spooky Halloween?

[15:35] Amber Brzezinski: Spooky.

[15:35] Heather Bedor: Well, they also have everything's like dogs and cats. They have um like a tax the front of a taxi cab and it's a dog and a cat driving. They have like the Statue of Liberty and it's a cat, or like they have like a clock shop, and there's like pocket watches like legit tells time, like really cool stuff. So I'm excited for that. But yeah, um, did I talk enough for you to send everything to all of her groups?

[16:00] Amber Brzezinski: You did.

[16:01] Heather Bedor: I nailed it. She makes me do this every week, guys. You're like, oh my god, Heather, shut up. And I'm like, nope. Um, that's what there's a message behind our madness.

[16:11] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, most of the time.

[16:14] Heather Bedor: Sometimes. Um, hold on. Jukes is messaging right now because we had a member reach out um for questions. So I'm responding to him right now. Amber, take it away. They're tired of listening to me talk.

[16:25] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yes, we have some Broadway news. Um, some of it is from last week. We're just merging our news. So, you know, you might have heard this, you know, previously, but that's okay. We're just recapping what's been going on the last couple of weeks. Um, we have Boop the Musical getting ready for its Broadway debut. They have their previews beginning on March 11th, uh, opening at the Broadhurst Theater. The box office will open on February 11th. So, in like tomorrow. Is that tomorrow? Is it February 7th? 11th. So tomorrow.

[17:09] Heather Bedor: Yeah, that's tomorrow at 10. Well, come tomorrow.

[17:13] Amber Brzezinski: Okay. Um, in-person ticket buyers will be able to participate in giveaways and buy from a number of a limited number of $50 tickets to the preview performances. So that's pretty exciting. Um, I'm really excited for boop. I can't wait to see how they bring this cartoon to Broadway.

[17:36] Heather Bedor: And I am a tap, a tapid ass bitch. I am tempted to go to the other side of my crazy room and get the giant. I'm gonna wait till next week. My Pauline Commander dedicated to me drawing of Betty Boop. Um when I was five and a half. Um, yes. Yes. So I'm very excited. I love Betty Boop. Love, love.

[18:02] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[18:02] Heather Bedor: I just look I like I love tap. I'm a tap girl. I think it's a very tap-heavy musical from what I hear. So ooh, look at this fancy new layout. I I'm here for it. So Stream Yard changes stuff on us all of the time, and that's totally fine.

[18:19] Amber Brzezinski: But yes, it is a new fancy layout, isn't it?

[18:22] Heather Bedor: Totally fine, yeah. And S Science is right new. Next up on Broadway News, we have our uh robotic future show, maybe happy ending. Robotic future show, a robotic future show. I'm trying to do the robot. Um, they have some announced shows for their understudies, so that's really awesome in the roles of Claire and Oliver.

[18:47] Amber Brzezinski: Cool.

[18:48] Heather Bedor: Um, we have Hannah Cavett playing Claire February 18th through the 23rd, and Steven Hun and Christopher James Tamayo will be alternating as Oliver March 22nd through 29th. Yeah, these roles are typically played by Helen Jay Shen and Darren Chris, as we know, so good for them getting some time off that means they're doing something right. I love that.

[19:11] Amber Brzezinski: It's kind of a conversation. Oh my god, was there like the Super Bowl or something last night? Um, but there was a whole conversation I had with one of my friends of like, I'm wondering if they're doing it so people could say, okay, our understudies have had the opportunity to blossom, like other shows are doing, or are they required by contract to be put in for a certain amount of shows? It's very interesting.

[19:34] Heather Bedor: Yeah. I don't know. I'm maybe the uh stars are just taking a vacation. You never know. I mean they're allowed to I cannot wait for you to actually see maybe happy ending. I'm so excited to see this show. I cannot wait. You're gonna lose your mind. You're gonna become a fellow Firefly. It's gonna be great.

[19:50] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. Yes. Um soon the countdown is on. When is it that you're seeing the month March 8th. It's the same day as Redwood. Oh did you also get me a ticket for baby happy ending or am I on my own that night?

[20:03] Heather Bedor: Um I mean I bought two tickets to every show that I'm that I'm seeing so if you'd like to get to me um but I yes go ahead yes um but yeah I'm very excited um the dates not that I don't love an understudy but the dates that these understudies are performing are not the dates that I have tickets to the show. So I'm very excited to see the show in all its glory.

[20:33] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah one song glory Adam freaking Pascal was so cool.

[20:42] Heather Bedor: Oh wait has Bob freaking Mackie been replaced with Adam freaking basket I mean I'll freaking freaking everything I'll put the freak in everything guys I think we have a new merch amber puts the freak in everything the Broadway fan club amber puts the freaking I told you guys it's gonna be a weird 40th episode.

[21:05] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[21:07] Heather Bedor: And honestly, I can't so I came up with the this fun fact that we're actually I misnumbered the episodes way early on. We had two episode number twos. Um and it's only because I've been uploading our episodes of Spotify. And I was like, oh, act one, act two, act two. Nope, those are different shows. So um if you want to listen on Spotify, you can. You can also watch us on Spotify, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

[21:35] Amber Brzezinski: Very cool.

[21:36] Heather Bedor: Book of Faces.

[21:37] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, it's very exciting. I love it.

[21:40] Heather Bedor: Very cool. You can freak both of them.

[21:45] Amber Brzezinski: Thank you.

[21:46] Heather Bedor: Thank you so much for that permission. I will honestly take it. I love Diane. We love you. Love you so much.

[21:54] Amber Brzezinski: All right. Next up on the news, Olivier Winner Operation Mince Meet will be getting performances at the Golden Gate Theater on February 15th. Um that they will open on officially on March 20th.

[22:10] Heather Bedor: Oh hey, Amber, do we run the fan group for that?

[22:13] Amber Brzezinski: We do join us. Um the the crew has been fully assembled from the London cast, so the full London cast is transferring and making their Broadway debut, which is very exciting.

[22:26] Heather Bedor: It's so cool. It's like record breaking everything. Just announced all their understudies. So check out our groups, you can find out the full cast, which we have announced. Um, and it will be very cool.

[22:40] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, absolutely. Jeffrey Cohen, will you ever do a Zoom show?

[22:45] Heather Bedor: I don't know if you mean what do you mean by that. Um, interact with us too. That's a kind of cool idea. Um, like a full like round table, yeah. I mean, maybe down the road.

[22:55] Amber Brzezinski: So right now with Stream Air, we're only allowed a certain amount of people in the studio.

[23:00] Heather Bedor: Um, but maybe down the road, it's something we're shopping. We're looking at different virtual studios to make it more accessible for our guests.

[23:09] Amber Brzezinski: Um, should we tell people about our guest lineup right now, just so you know what to expect when upcoming.

[23:14] Heather Bedor: Honestly, it's a natural segue. We might as well.

[23:17] Amber Brzezinski: It is a natural segue. Um, I know Amber is like bursting from the scenes to announce our guests for next week.

[23:24] Heather Bedor: So excited. Go ahead.

[23:27] Amber Brzezinski: Her name is Gloria Schmidt.

[23:29] Heather Bedor: Her name is Gloria Schmidt.

[23:33] Amber Brzezinski: She something, something, something, and she don't give a shit. So if you haven't seen Drag's musical, um, that is a song.

[23:41] Heather Bedor: Very, very lovely performance there, Amber.

[23:44] Amber Brzezinski: Uh Jalen Marcos, we cannot wait to have her on the show. She is hysterical and lovely.

[23:54] Heather Bedor: She has like five bajillion characters drag the musical.

[23:57] Amber Brzezinski: She does. She plays three characters, and the majority of her characters are like the bad guys of the show.

[24:04] Heather Bedor: So it's very, I'm very uh uh interested to see. Well, I mean, they're just like they're like the IRS and like list.

[24:14] Amber Brzezinski: The IRS is wonderful.

[24:15] Heather Bedor: The IRS are not the best.

[24:17] Amber Brzezinski: That's what I mean.

[24:18] Heather Bedor: She's holding the law.

[24:22] Amber Brzezinski: Put it in quotes because I didn't mean it.

[24:25] Heather Bedor: No, but people can't hear the quotes.

[24:28] Amber Brzezinski: Oh.

[24:30] Heather Bedor: Start quote end quote.

[24:32] Amber Brzezinski: And then we're uh who do we have on the 24th?

[24:36] Heather Bedor: And then on the 24th, we have Matt DeAngelis, the coolest guy around.

[24:44] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[24:44] Heather Bedor: And if that name sounds familiar to you, or if it doesn't, Shaman is swept away.

[24:49] Amber Brzezinski: Come on.

[24:50] Heather Bedor: Swept away. Sleep sessions.

[24:55] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. We are freaking excited.

[24:58] Heather Bedor: And if you watched our Justin Sgt episode, Matt is Justin's workout buddy.

[25:03] Amber Brzezinski: So Matt was so kind and ready to jump in.

[25:09] Heather Bedor: And then we love the IRS.

[25:17] Amber Brzezinski: I'm dead. First off, I'm cracking up. That's amazing.

[25:23] Heather Bedor: That's so funny.

[25:25] Amber Brzezinski: Should we announce who's on the third yet?

[25:28] Heather Bedor: By golly, let's do it.

[25:31] Amber Brzezinski: I don't know. Have you guys ever heard of like um a show called like Princess Die, like the musical.

[25:40] Heather Bedor: Or like, I don't know, Sweeney Todd, the demon barber.

[25:45] Amber Brzezinski: Throwback to last week's episode.

[25:48] Heather Bedor: City on fire. Um, the one and the only Jenna DeWall is gonna be here, guys.

[25:53] Amber Brzezinski: So excited.

[25:55] Heather Bedor: Um, so we'll be Grace with her lovely self and her lovely accent, and I'm very excited for that.

[26:01] Amber Brzezinski: And then I'm gonna call it the sweetest episode of all time for March 10th.

[26:01] Heather Bedor: The sweetest episode of all.

[26:09] Amber Brzezinski: The sweetest episode of all guys, it's gonna sound so silly, but I I think Amber and I are the biggest fans of Johnny and Sach from Schmackery's Schmackery's in the house.

[26:34] Heather Bedor: I'm gonna ask them if they brought cookies for everybody.

[26:38] Amber Brzezinski: But they I literally you created a monster. I cannot go to New York without having uh at least a cookie or two.

[26:49] Heather Bedor: I will not show you my freezer right now, and Amber and I had a great opportunity.

[26:54] Heather Bedor: Oh, yeah, that's what we didn't mention in between Romeo and Juliet and Drag.

[27:00] Amber Brzezinski: No, Romeo and Juliet and 27 Tower Dungeons and Dragons.

[27:09] Heather Bedor: We went over to the Schmackeries event that was featuring the Book of Mormon because they now have a new collaboration.

[27:17] Amber Brzezinski: So fun.

[27:17] Heather Bedor: Amber fangirled so hard.

[27:19] Amber Brzezinski: I fangirled so hard.

[27:21] Heather Bedor: I was like geeking out.

[27:23] Amber Brzezinski: So hard.

[27:23] Heather Bedor: All right. Should we actually do a show now?

[27:26] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, okay. Back to news.

[27:27] Heather Bedor: Back to news.

[27:28] Amber Brzezinski: Sorry. That's what happens.

[27:30] Heather Bedor: I haven't heard of everyone else watch. But we had Trisha's Big Broadway dream that played last week at the St. James with humongous names like Sutton Foster, Rachel Zegler, Joy Woods, Ben Platt.

[27:44] Amber Brzezinski: Um, so let us know if you watched you know Amber Artolino. I kind of wanted to, but I haven't had a chance to yet, so I don't know if you still can like live stream.

[27:54] Heather Bedor: There's more important things we have to watch, like the um 150th celebration of the Palais Garnier for the fan movie opera hosting the entire event.

[28:03] Amber Brzezinski: I know, but Joy Woods.

[28:07] Heather Bedor: I know, but but Phantom.

[28:10] Amber Brzezinski: But I heard Joy didn't even sing, so that's okay.

[28:13] Heather Bedor: Blasphemy.

[28:14] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Well, go see Joy Woods sing at Gypsy.

[28:18] Heather Bedor: At Gypsy. And speaking of, this is going to be the highly caffeinated migrant episode.

[28:24] Amber Brzezinski: This is great. ADHD or you night. Um, what's going on at your house with the fur tax that we've got?

[28:30] Heather Bedor: She's asleep. I don't want to go. I'll get her at the end of the day. You can tell them about her.

[28:36] Amber Brzezinski: I have a pregnant cat. And I'm calling her mama Rose. And I hope that she has babies that I can call baby June and Louise and Herbie and Chowzy and Tulsa.

[28:49] Heather Bedor: Uh-huh.

[28:50] Amber Brzezinski: And someone said egg roll, which is really cute. And I said that you're missing Carolina Cal because you love going too.

[28:59] Heather Bedor: I do.

[29:00] Amber Brzezinski: Mam meow, mumm.

[29:04] Heather Bedor: And so we don't get censored. Amber was trying to figure out like I don't want to count my eggs before they hatch. And she's like, my kittens before they hatch. And I said, you're blank before they pop. Um and it was very inappropriate, but only Amber would appreciate that joke.

[29:20] Amber Brzezinski: So yeah, it's been a really entertaining last couple of days. Last year.

[29:24] Heather Bedor: But I will I will bring the cat over before the end of the episode.

[29:28] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, she's gorgeous. She deserves to have her moment.

[29:32] Heather Bedor: Ooh, Carlos. Let's read this. Hold on. Someone read that Audra can't belt, so it's just Soprano. Any thoughts?

[29:39] Amber Brzezinski: I love Audra, so it makes me a tad sad. It's not a Patty earthquake for me, if and when I see it.

[29:46] Heather Bedor: Carlos, you have come to the right place because Amber loves Gypsy.

[29:52] Amber Brzezinski: Loves it. Loved it.

[29:54] Heather Bedor: I don't necessarily disagree that it wasn't like a full-blown earthquake. Me, it wasn't about the power behind the note because it was so much power behind the emotion and the story.

[30:20] Amber Brzezinski: And the way that this whole production is told. And it's using some of like the original vaudeville set design. Like people, and I have I've had friends that have been going from Orlando up to see it. I mean, it's Audra Gypsy. Like really, like they're selling that.

[30:40] Heather Bedor: Audra does an incredible job, but I feel like, in order, like, I get it, like that Patty rumble that earthquake, but also be in the room and see how it hits because I feel like it's going to hit you in a different way.

[30:55] Amber Brzezinski: And yes, Jeff Cohen, where does it say Rose has to be a belter?

[30:59] Heather Bedor: It doesn't say Rose has to be a belter. I think it's just what we've come to expect, especially during Rose's turn, to just bam, like hit you upside the head with it because it's very powerful of a song.

[31:10] Amber Brzezinski: Um so Carlos, when you go see it, please let us know because it's such a powerful emotional thing when you're in the majestic and sitting there and watching this really talented cast.

[31:22] Heather Bedor: It's a great freaking cast. It hits, but it doesn't knock you over the head where you're done the rest of the show. You're still alive and breathing.

[31:33] Amber Brzezinski: And I it gave me it gave me goosebumps in a different way.

[31:39] Heather Bedor: Did it give you cow bumps?

[31:42] Amber Brzezinski: It did. It gave me it gave me Caroline Cow Bumps.

[31:46] Heather Bedor: Caroline Holmes. Amber doesn't stop quoting Gypsy.

[31:49] Amber Brzezinski: I will never stop moo memooing memoing.

[31:53] Heather Bedor: I really think that you're gonna have to do Sunset Boulevard walk with Caroline the Cow.

[31:59] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. That's my dream. If there was a cow in Sunset Boulevard, I think it would be like a perfect musical.

[32:06] Heather Bedor: There might be a cow in Sunset Boulevard.

[32:09] Amber Brzezinski: There might be.

[32:24] Heather Bedor: Carlos says the challenging music, Ethel Merman was always in mind, yep, when they wrote it for her.

[32:30] Amber Brzezinski: So it's usually equal or better than the original. That's all I meant. It's not necessarily meant to be pretty.

[32:35] Heather Bedor: No, I agree. It is it is rough.

[32:39] Amber Brzezinski: Um there you go. Take it.

[32:43] Heather Bedor: I haven't seen Mandy, so I can't. I'm dying to see Mandy.

[32:48] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Dying to see Mandy.

[32:52] Heather Bedor: I just like need to make it on a weeknight into the city when I'm like not broke. And to me, I think it's like better or worse, is very much like perception because you can be in a mindset where you really need this performer to be on.

[33:10] Amber Brzezinski: Um, for example, let's go to Cabaret, my wheelhouse for a second. I've seen everybody except Marsha Marsha Marcia. Um, I really enjoyed Eddie's creepiness. I love David Merino's like cat like movements and vocal range. Adam is like a freaking rock god. Um and is a little bit saucy and spicy. So like blended together, they make a perfect MC.

[33:37] Heather Bedor: But sometimes I'm really in the mood for an Adam MC. Sometimes I'm really in the mood for a David Merino MC. Like, I think it's just a matter of like what you're in the mood for, what's gonna happen.

[33:49] Amber Brzezinski: Manny Gonzalez is incredible. Um, and I just posted in our group that we do have an official date for the additional standby Rashidra Scott on the April 20th matinee. It was officially announced via SeatGeek that she will be making her um Norma Desmond debut on that day pending illness or injury prior to that performance that she doesn't need to jump in and stand by before.

[34:27] Heather Bedor: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But I'm very excited. People are in the group are very excited, and they're um buying tickets left and right already. People are like, I'm so excited. Thank you for sharing about this, so I can check out this cover.

[34:42] Amber Brzezinski: So people I think aren't just interested in this Sunset Boulevard for Nicole. I think they just like the production and want to see different takes on it.

[34:55] Heather Bedor: I agree. Sorry guys, I am dealing with um somebody in one of our groups got scammed outside of our group and came to us asking for help with legitimacy.

[35:12] Amber Brzezinski: So I'm gonna take this moment of to interrupt. Please, when you are purchasing something, if you're unsure, I know it can be exciting and you're in the moment. Make sure you ask exactly what you need. Make sure there's a reason that we have name and date cards.

[35:27] Heather Bedor: Amber, I've lost you. You look like you're sleeping.

[35:30] Amber Brzezinski: No, I'm checking. I'm just going through my notes.

[35:34] Heather Bedor: Ah, um, I was like, and Amber's asleep. But there's lots of ways. And if you ever question the legitimacy of something, please, please reach out because very quickly I was able to confirm with somebody from that show whom the signature was from, and uh the legitimacy of it. So we got you guys. Please know that.

[35:57] Amber Brzezinski: Oh Cheyenne, I love what you said. And that's the beauty of theater. Every role can be played a different way.

[36:04] Heather Bedor: Damn right.

[36:05] Amber Brzezinski: Damn right. And it can also be enjoyed every single different way.

[36:10] Heather Bedor: All right. What's left of the notes, my friend?

[36:13] Amber Brzezinski: This is actually personal for us. Um, the February 1st matinee of Redwood was canceled due to cast illness. Uh, and then later that evening, Jessica Phillips made her Jesse debut. Jessie is the Dita Menzel character. Um so she made her Broadway debut, not her Broadway debut, but her uh her debut of Jessie as that character on Broadway uh for Redwood.

[36:45] Heather Bedor: So that was very exciting. And ask Heather what I made her do that that day for our members.

[36:53] Amber Brzezinski: Um, Heather's very passionate, so am I, and we were like, well, fuck it, we're gonna go do it. So while we were walking over towards 20 sided, right? Because I think we did DD soup dumpling and we were like scheduling it. Amber wanted to go to the Redwood box office to confirm if Idina was going to be in or not.

[37:15] Heather Bedor: Because yes, it's really incredible what Broadway Direct is doing. If you buy a ticket for the show and Idina is not in, you are still welcome to sit there for the understudies. Absolutely. And you're invited back with tickets to come see Idina at a future date.

[37:30] Amber Brzezinski: So, yes, we walked over to the Redwood box office.

[37:34] Heather Bedor: We did. We walked over just for you guys to confirm whether or not it would be Idina so we could post in our group for our members that we knew would be.

[37:43] Amber Brzezinski: And Amber the entire day and night after that. She was like, We were the first ones to break that. We broke it. We broke it. We beat understudies.org and we love understudies.org.

[37:51] Heather Bedor: We love understudies.org. We love you. But we broke it.

[37:59] Amber Brzezinski: So funny. Carlos is full of these great questions tonight. Um, and I'll help answer questions. But I know neither one of us had the opportunity to see Tammy Faye, but several of our friends and family did.

[38:10] Heather Bedor: So Carlos says, So I saw the tag with Tammy Faye, saw it twice and thought it deserved a chance. What went wrong? Inflated material could maybe the big actor names made it too long, like Boral and Cerberus. Didn't need those big full blown songs. In my opinion, and again, this is strictly my opinion.

[38:30] Amber Brzezinski: Um, in talking with um different people like Ginger Minge, who was actually at Opening Night, and several friends who attended the show um during previews. It was not the right time for the show to be out. And I think the world needed a little uh I would love to see that show out all the time. I think it just wasn't given the opportunity this season and last season, especially this season though, is seeing so many really incredible shows open and close really quick.

[39:02] Heather Bedor: Swept away.

[39:02] Amber Brzezinski: Right. Like I'm not trying to make it about another show, but swept away had such a fan base. They just released their cast recording. People are losing their ever loving minds over it, and we're never gonna see that show on Broadway.

[39:17] Heather Bedor: Right. For the foreseeable future. And they spent like five or six years on that show, and they were open. What did what was it? 29 how many performances, Amber?

[39:28] Amber Brzezinski: You know this. I don't remember.

[39:30] Heather Bedor: Um, but yeah, it's it's important to support shows when they're out because you never know what their expiration date is or why. Um it could have been marketing, it could have been any any of the above, but I just think it was just not that.

[39:48] Amber Brzezinski: There was a lot of competition, yeah.

[39:50] Heather Bedor: It's just there's so many shows that's throwing themselves right out there.

[39:53] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yeah, and Livia, exactly. There was just so much competition. Limpica, which spent 14 years, you absolutely have a point there.

[40:00] Heather Bedor: And Jeff asks, will your and town move to Broadway like Studio 54?

[40:04] Amber Brzezinski: Don't know. I mean, that'd be really cool. Um, Josh Breckenridge, when he is done with that run, is gonna be coming on the podcast, and we can ask him.

[40:14] Heather Bedor: So, all right, Amber.

[40:16] Amber Brzezinski: All right, next up we have some Gatsby news.

[40:20] Heather Bedor: Sarah Highland starting as Daisy as of today, because even though Blizzada played her final performance on the 30th of January. Because we had to go to London in the UK. She just did her Reva show, which I saw pictures on Instagram. They looked adorable. Um, and then she will be doing the pro shoot and then back to the US for cabaret. Very exciting. And news about the Hades Town um pro shoot, uh, is that Philip Boykin had to step in for Patrick Page because Patrick Page was out due to injury. So we're we're interested to see what will happen with that. Um for now, it's just a week, and the um filming hasn't isn't due to begin until I believe like the 22nd, so there's still time. Um, and people it uh from what I've been reading on the pages, like the Hades Town pages, people seem to be excited to get the chance to see Philip over there, but I'm I'm sure amazing. Okay, the somebody now have you you haven't seen both of them, right? If you want to see my touring, correct.

[41:34] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, so I saw Hades Town in 2019, it was the very last show. Actually, I take that back. That and little shop I saw the same day was the last shows I saw before COVID. Um, and Hades Town was like brand new. I actually held the microphone that Andre DeShields was using as Hermes. Um, and it was the original cast, which was mind-blowing and incredible. Patrick Page is on the original Broadway cast recording. He's got the low central, and he's so sweet, so good. And then I had the opportunity to meet with Philip last year with the Hintons, uh last year's the 2024 Broadway con. Um Hintons and I. That's the infamous show where we were tapped on the shoulder at the stage door, and the lady complained because Jordan Fisher didn't come out.

But Philip is lovely and my own does he have a velvet voice too. Voice. The voice. Yeah. A voice. Um so we'll see how it goes. Um, but yeah, I mean, would I be upset if I paid to go to the UK um to go see Patrick Page? Yes, but am I an understandable person? Absolutely. He got injured, they're not gonna release any more information, they're gonna do the best they can. I mean, it happens, guys. Like people have to be considerate and understanding. But these people, their whole livelihood depends on their voice, their their eyes, their voice, their move body movement. Like if you can't perform, you don't have a job, and they're not just getting paid to sit around. Like, this is their livelihood.

So they're gonna do whatever they can to get better. And if that means sitting out a couple of shows, let them sit out a couple of shows without making them feel like the worst person in the world. Right.

[43:10] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Yep. Okay. Next up, the swept away album was released, I believe, Friday. Right, if dates serve me correctly.

[43:21] Amber Brzezinski: I believe you're right. It's absolutely incredible the way that it was mixed to the dialogue and the music, it makes you feel like you're part of that show again. It reminds me of how Haney's Town Cast recording is too much. Yeah, it's fantastic, it's really, really good. Um, and again, we'll be having Madzi Angelis on the show on the 24th, which is a day after their saloon sessions, which will be February 23rd at Hurley's, which I believe is all sold out. So congrats to them for another sold out. And let me tell you guys, if you've never been to Hurley's, I they're not a sponsor. Maybe one day. I love going to Hurley's. It's an Irish pub, it's been around for forever. They have sounds so weird.

The best baked potato skins. And like it's so close to everything in the theater district, and that's a lot of people go there and just hang out, and it's like dark and danky, but they're open late, and that's what I love about it. A lot of our members have been asking, like, where do I go to eat? Or where do and like I'm always gonna be like DD soup dumpling because it's just easy. Amber and I have lots of meetings there.

[44:26] Heather Bedor: We do. We destroyed the menu there last time you were there. We were starving. We were like we were starving. We ate like eight different things off the menu. All right, I have two more bits of news. Let me rush through them. I'm here. Um, this is huge. Natasha Yvette Williams, Jenna Bainbridge, and Daniel Cochino will be joining Broadway's Wicked. That means that Saf Salum Jenna Bainbridge will become the first wheelchair using actor to take on the role of Nessa Rose on stage. So not only do we have the first African-American. Why am I about to say Glinda? Because we already had one of those Alphaba, but we also now have the first wheelchair using Nessa Rhodes, which 20 years too late to say.

[45:17] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. Well, yeah, but you know, it had to happen. What yes, and then last but certainly not least Titus Freaking Burgess, you guys. Titus Burgess is going to be our next Mary Todd Lincoln in O'Marry. I really, really I love Titus. I need to go see it now. Right now. Do we know the dates he's actually in?

[45:48] Heather Bedor: Yes. Beginning March 18th with a final performance set for April 6th. So I just might need to be at your house half of March.

[45:58] Amber Brzezinski: Cool. I'm just gonna stay at your house, and then I'm just gonna fly down to Miami and go on my car. That is just the coolest thing I've ever heard in my entire life.

[46:08] Heather Bedor: Yeah, that is really incredible. It's gonna be I saw an interview with Cole saying where they were saying that like if they want anyone to play the next like iteration, they want it to be Titus, and here we are with that fruition.

[46:24] Amber Brzezinski: Yep. I love it. Yeah, I yes. I can't say anything more. Like, yes, yes, it's gonna be hella amazing and incredibly cool, and I'm very jealous of the people that get to see it.

[46:35] Heather Bedor: Yes, it's amazing. It's amazing. All right, that's my last bit of Broadway news. So let's talk about some shows.

[46:43] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, you're driving the bus here, Ben. First up, you saw Gatsby, so you first.

[46:51] Heather Bedor: I know you kind of briefly talked about it when we talked with Michael and Matz. Um my oh my, I love me some Ryan McCartan. I really do. Um, I think ask me twice. I saw Jeremy Jordan, like right when the show was coming out. Um, and I saw Ryan. I specifically wanted to see Gatsby because I love Ryan. I mean, how do you JD as Gatsby? Come on, it's a national. The J Gatsby Pipe Blast is so strong. Yeah, and for those who don't know why Ryan and now Jamie Moscato in the West End. I love it. I love it. It's like a natural, it's so weird, but it's a natural fit. And if you guys don't know who JD is, Heather's a musical. Guys, so incredible. He doesn't do the okay. He does a little bit of that like accent that Jeremy had, but it's not so heavy.

It's actually more like more normal. And I saw him do it with Yvonne, obviously it was with Sam was there. Um he was so damn good. And it was really fun to watch him. Um, I was talking to our friends that you know worked the lobby like merch, and they were like, wait till you hear this, wait till you see this. And like the fans are different because the JJ fans are very like newsies and has been hotel, um, and like anything Jeremy Jordan has ever done ever. And then the Ryan McCartan fans are like live and Maddie, like Disney kids. Um, but Ryan was so good, his notes just hit a different way. His options and his ops to go are mind blowing. And then I stage ordered because why not? I wanted to introduce myself to him, represent the brand and the company and the group and everything else.

Words would be great because everyone's blowing me up on Discord right now. This is fun. Um, I talked to Sam because for those of you that don't know, is the associate producer live with Ryan Friends. Last January, we had Sam Paulie as our guest, right before it was announced that she was doing Gatsby, and it was right after when I talked to her at stage Door that Friday, right after she had that viral video about somebody getting violent at the stage door. And so I told her she needs to come on the pod, and she said she's down, so we're so excited to hopefully be able to have her on the show sooner rather than later because she is great. But Ryan was just the loveliest creature. And when I tell you guys, like I talked to security, you know, we're all just hanging out.

He took his time with every single fan. When we told him about the fan group and the fact that his family was in the fan group, he was flabbergasted and just like, oh my god, I had to call them. He's delightful. Please go see him and go support the show because the show is incredible on its own. And it just like reinvigorated my love for it. But like, please go see him and support the show. And now with Sarah Highland, I did see that Carlos had posted earlier about Sarah Highland, um, that she was constantly on late night shows singing, claiming she's not a singer, so vague. Why was she highlighting now she's a lead? Hmm, very odd. That was what Carlos stated. I heard Sarah sing when they did the Audrey 2 statue dedication in Times Square for Little Shop's fifth anniversary.

And she can sing, she can this girl can sing. And I think knowing how Eva sings and knowing how Sarah sings, I think it's gonna be great. Um, I feel like she's gonna play it just a little bit younger than Eva plays. Um, but Ryan also plays a younger Gatsby. Jeremy played this like love learned full and a little bit like aggressively obsessive, and Ryan played it as like this mopy golden retriever, but like ready to die for love, and it was a very different kind of Gatsby than I experienced before. And then I walked in too, and I was very happy to see the show. And I like squeed as I walked away. Um I did call Amber like right afterwards because the same guy who's been harassing everybody at stage doors and box offices showed up, and security was not freaking having it and kicked them out. So security's on it. We love everybody that is on top of it. Be safe at the stage door, be kind of a stage door. Um, which brings us to like the Romeo and Juliet stage door, too.

[51:30] Amber Brzezinski: So all right, moving on. Moving on, our next show was.

[51:43] Heather Bedor: No, it wasn't. It was cabaret. It was cabaret, thank you. I was more sober. Happy Monday to us. It was cabinet. Because I wanted to see Adam and Alee in the role. And we got to hang out with Olivia at Schmax. We got to. Um, this was actually we also got to hang out with Rachel. We also got to hang out with Sebastian. We had a very busy day. We did, and it was fun. Um, and I'm gonna give a warning now. Heed my advice. Should I? Should I give them my warning?

[52:21] Amber Brzezinski: Sure. Do you know what warning I'm giving them?

[52:25] Heather Bedor: Don't laugh during the gorilla song. No, my experience with my ticket.

[52:32] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, yes. Okay, so I got permission from Amber. Alright, we love a TDF or a TKTS ticket. Discetta tickets are wonderful, especially if it's a show that's like crazily sold out. I came specifically to New York to go hang out with Amber and Rachel and see Olivia and see Sebastian. But I didn't have a ticket for cab because Amber didn't know I was gonna come up just for the show. She only had one ticket. So I went to T ATS. I specifically spent the night in New York near TKTS at our new friends at the West in Times Square. Um, which we'll tell you guys all about later. Um, but uh I asked for a ticket. I very specifically asked for the traditional seating side. So if you're ever looking at the map or cabaret, there's a circle in the middle, there's a top, and there's a bottom.

The bottom is where the traditional audience side is, the top is what used to be the stage that's now been renovated. It's just personal preference for me because it's closer to the accessible restroom, at least in my opinion. You don't have to walk straight across the entire theater to get to your seating. Um, it's quicker for the stage door.

[53:47] Amber Brzezinski: Like I just have come become accustomed to sitting everywhere. The seats, the view, everything is great. But I asked the guy very specifically where it was. He goes, Oh, I've got a great center orchestra seat. Hold on, my computer is dying, so it starts to die. I'll let you know. I said, Okay, and it's not under the overhang of the mess. And he was like, nope, blah blah blah blah blah. I dropped some money on it. I was like, okay, I'm excited. We went in, yes, confirming they do no longer have the snapshots, and that's fine. Went in. Amber was like running late from the train. That was a whole hell of a day for you too. And went in. She met she missed the exit, and that was fun, and then missed the train, and but you made it.

[54:29] Heather Bedor: By the skin of my teeth.

[54:33] Amber Brzezinski: Um, went to go load into the theater, and I already knew. And we love the house management over there, and they're all wonderful. And the head ushers, everyone's great. My seat was on the non-traditional side, it was on the stage side, the traditional stage side. It was under the hang of the mess, and it was a very uncomfortable seat for me in a couple of different ways. One, I felt very far back with my concussion. I'm hyper aware of everything. So when somebody has their cell phone out, the light is now also reflecting onto the overhang above us, or there was an older lady using her phone's flashlight to look for something for about 10 minutes, or the people to my left, uh, because I was third in had like tiger bomb or something very heavily fragranced and were snoring because they were sick. Um, or people were talking, and it was just like, guys, the show might be called Cabaret, but it is not meant to just sit and hang out with your friends, it's a freaking show.

[55:33] Heather Bedor: And I talked during intermission to the head usher, and she was so wonderful. She moved me to the other side. There were very little seats, it was just because somebody went up not coming, like it was practically a sold-out show, and I enjoyed the rest of the show, but it was just a little bit overwhelming and stressful. And I put a complaint in with TKTS because when I asked specifically at the window where the seats were, there were reasons for it because of my accessibility needs and you know what I need to not want to punch people. Um, and I'm paying money for it. Like, please help. So it has nothing to do with the August Wilson and their staff, they're amazing. And honestly, like I buy from TKTS all the time. I've maybe had like two or three issues in 20 years.

[56:18] Amber Brzezinski: So it's a little bit yes, the head usher is so amazing, exactly. Um, head usher, there we go. Um, as Livia says, just really frustrating. Um, but yes, we went there, and then um all of us went over to Ellen Stardust Diner for lunch. Should we talk about the gorilla song? Do we want to?

[56:38] Heather Bedor: I don't know, should we? I'll tell you about it. I'm gonna let you talk about it while I get the power chord because I think I'll get over the industry.

[56:49] Amber Brzezinski: Uh, you know, Adam has been making his presence known as moment.

[56:58] Heather Bedor: Exactly. And if nobody knows what we're talking about. There is a moment in the show where there is a song about um a being in love with someone who's different, and in the end the big reveal is that the person who is different, it's played by a gorilla the whole time is actually a metaphor for a Jewish person.

[57:27] Amber Brzezinski: The line in the show is she wouldn't look Jewish at all, instead of you know, she wouldn't be this gorilla at all. So it's a metaphor for you know what people deal with the racisms, the experiences that people have, and it's a very solemn, serious moment, and people laugh regularly because where people didn't laugh at all and this one was excessive, right?

[58:09] Heather Bedor: Right.

[58:09] Amber Brzezinski: Um excessive. Like I'm going to say that three times. It was bad, guys.

[58:16] Heather Bedor: And yeah, people were like straight up like belly laughing.

[58:20] Amber Brzezinski: Belly laughing, chortling, snorting, and Adam repeated it again. That it was she wouldn't look no, he's it was kind of like, no, you're not understanding. She wouldn't look Jewish at all. And he gave them a second opportunity to not laugh, and they laughed harder.

[58:39] Heather Bedor: And I don't know Adam, you know, as intimately as some people do. I know him from having a lovely conversation with him at the stage door several times. The look on his face was hurt, disgust, and just utter disappointment.

[58:58] Amber Brzezinski: Right.

[58:58] Heather Bedor: And he just had this like his whole demeanor changed. And I sat there with chills with chills. And um, yeah, we talked about that at lunch. So our happy fun booth at lunch at Ellen's was very much like, oh yeah, Adam was fucking pissed. Like that was that was pretty much the connotation of it. But it speaks a lot for someone of Adam's caliber to use that moment as a teaching moment for an audience you can tell that is not understanding.

[59:34] Amber Brzezinski: So good on camp can't take, yeah, exactly. That's what I mean. So, like, so thank you, Adam, for doing that. Like, he he doesn't have to take the weight of that teaching moment on. But he does. And to do that is truly, I just appreciate it. It was it's so meaningful to see that and like that's that like standing up to it.

[59:59] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Um Melly says it great. She says, I love how I said his grand and spoke up and out, I would have balled my face off.

[1:00:06] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, probably.

[1:00:08] Heather Bedor: Cheyenne, I agree. To quote one Stephanie J. With Tanner, how rude.

[1:00:13] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yeah, it just it's it's kind of mind boggling. Um, but we won't get into the politics of it. And I will say here in Orlando, they are doing a local presentation of cabaret, and friends of mine are scared to even attend this in the Jewish faith because they know how politically charged it is, and you know, they're already hurt. And I'm like, yeah, hi, welcome to Cabaret. I think it's an important show. I'm gonna keep preaching, go freaking see it if you can. If you have kids and your kids are mature enough to see girls running around and stuff and seeing, you know, uh magnets pulled out of people's bums, right?

[1:00:53] Heather Bedor: Plungers being yeah, whatever, but it's fine. Like, if you're go see it, it's an important message. It it's like um H's Avenue Q against cabaret, my god. It's entertainment to make the depth of this the seriousness of what's actually happening digestible.

[1:01:15] Amber Brzezinski: Exactly.

[1:01:15] Heather Bedor: Hell of a job doing it.

[1:01:17] Amber Brzezinski: No, I completely agree with that.

[1:01:19] Heather Bedor: Yeah, all right. So what's next?

[1:01:21] Amber Brzezinski: So then after that, we had a lovely dinner at Ellen's. We saw some wonderful performers. They were fantastic. We had some really ooey gooey cheesy quesadillas and mac and cheese bites. Delicious food. And then we went to our Drag the Musical meetup at Schmackery's where we met up with Olivia. It was very fun.

[1:01:39] Heather Bedor: Um we got to hang out.

[1:01:41] Amber Brzezinski: Melly said, well said, thank you. Have some delicious cookies. Um and just talk Broadway stuff. So that was very fun. Then we went over to Drag the Musical where we met more of our members um in the vestibule there.

[1:01:59] Heather Bedor: The festival.

[1:02:01] Amber Brzezinski: And we got new members too. Waiting for the show. We got some new members there as well. So shout out to I believe Steven.

[1:02:09] Heather Bedor: So many.

[1:02:10] Amber Brzezinski: We met there. I believe we met Steven there.

[1:02:14] Heather Bedor: Um and then we went, and then we saw Drag the Musical with We had the best seats.

[1:02:14] Amber Brzezinski: The best seats.

[1:02:20] Heather Bedor: The best seats with um the new Shredder Ariel with um who was just on the podcast.

[1:02:28] Amber Brzezinski: Who's just on the podcast with Jimbo and with Adam Pascal?

[1:02:32] Heather Bedor: Um, since we had both seen it, wait, wait, wait. You just said Adam Pascal, you mean Adam freaking Pascal.

[1:02:34] Amber Brzezinski: Adam freaking Pascal.

[1:02:39] Heather Bedor: Yes, much better. And yeah, um, was on for Remy and was on for Brendan, and neither of them had we had not seen him. We saw Remy last time, so we got some new cast members.

[1:02:51] Amber Brzezinski: I got to see some new costumes because when I saw it, it was in previews, so that was everybody got to see Jimbo's boobs grow every single day.

[1:02:59] Heather Bedor: And everybody got to see Jimbo's boobs grow with every moment that you could get. Um her last performance in drag the musical, and now Alaska is back.

[1:03:11] Amber Brzezinski: So if you do want to go see drag the musical, you will get to see the OG Kitty Galloway.

[1:03:17] Heather Bedor: Alaska.

[1:03:19] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, and hey, we run that fan group too. Go to WWE the Broadway Fit Club.com. Um we want to extend a thank you to Tomas and company for um sponsoring tickets for us.

[1:03:31] Heather Bedor: So we had a nice hosted show, and then we went to the stage tour and got so many.

[1:03:38] Amber Brzezinski: I think every cast member that was there came out.

[1:03:41] Heather Bedor: Oh Melly, you definitely want to see drag the musical.

[1:03:44] Amber Brzezinski: 100%.

[1:03:45] Heather Bedor: Such a fun show.

[1:03:47] Amber Brzezinski: 100%.

[1:03:49] Heather Bedor: 100%.

[1:03:50] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, no, it was it was so much fun. And then we have that playbill that we're doing our giveaway for. So make sure you join the drag the musical fan group.

[1:03:59] Heather Bedor: Um and participate, and we'll be doing that giveaway. Um, and many, many more. And again, we will have another drag the musical cast member on next week.

[1:04:10] Amber Brzezinski: J Lane Marcos.

[1:04:11] Heather Bedor: So super excited about that.

[1:04:12] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[1:04:13] Heather Bedor: And then we um got to the train.

[1:04:18] Amber Brzezinski: I took my my usual train nap.

[1:04:21] Heather Bedor: I heather took pictures of me as she decided that your hip-hop rapper name was like burnt marshmallow now.

[1:04:28] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, because she's got like a big furry black jacket. She said she's burnt marshmallow now, and then she hid in it, so it's just her feet, and yeah.

[1:04:38] Heather Bedor: Yes, it was we have a good time when we're together, guys.

[1:04:41] Amber Brzezinski: Sure.

[1:04:42] Heather Bedor: Oh, Melly says Alaska's still in it.

[1:04:44] Amber Brzezinski: Um, Melly Alaska is back.

[1:04:46] Heather Bedor: Alaska went out to the UK for hot minute.

[1:04:48] Amber Brzezinski: Alaska is back.

[1:04:50] Heather Bedor: Alaska is back, yes.

[1:04:52] Amber Brzezinski: So Alaska.

[1:04:56] Heather Bedor: Back in action.

[1:04:57] Amber Brzezinski: Very exciting stuff.

[1:04:59] Heather Bedor: So then we had a week without shows in Connecticut where we just hung out.

[1:05:04] Amber Brzezinski: But we also worked in my Carrie the Musical cosplay and weather outside.

[1:05:08] Heather Bedor: We did do some things.

[1:05:11] Amber Brzezinski: And then we went back to the city for Heather went there for the Schmackery's thing, which I will let you know.

[1:05:23] Heather Bedor: So they're our uh friends and family.

[1:05:25] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[1:05:25] Heather Bedor: So it's the new location in Indian Square, Alex Assisi, or the new franchise owners of that location. Um first time ever running restaurant in New York, but so so nice. Um that entire staff is ready to take your damn order and met some really nice influencers in New York area.

[1:05:43] Amber Brzezinski: We're not influencers, but you know, we kind of get lumped into that into that, and that's okay.

[1:05:47] Heather Bedor: But we met some really incredible people.

[1:05:50] Amber Brzezinski: Um I made bracelets.

[1:05:54] Heather Bedor: Amber helped me because we're like, what should we put? So um both Zach and Johnny have cookie daddy bracelets, and they also have a potato bracelet because they look like cookies, they look like cookies, so that was super fun.

[1:06:08] Amber Brzezinski: Great things happen when we're together.

[1:06:10] Heather Bedor: Um, but yeah, so I've got a giant box of cookies so that the next morning um all we ate before we went to Romeo and Juliet were cookies, cookies, yeah.

[1:06:19] Amber Brzezinski: And let us tell you about Romeo and Juliet.

[1:06:24] Heather Bedor: I know we're running over an hour, but I don't really care because I could do songs.

[1:06:24] Amber Brzezinski: I don't really care either.

[1:06:28] Heather Bedor: Um, it was so fun. First off, Heather won a bear out of the scene.

[1:06:35] Amber Brzezinski: So stop.

[1:06:36] Heather Bedor: Um, so I've never been into the circle in the square theater. Have you?

[1:06:40] Amber Brzezinski: No.

[1:06:41] Heather Bedor: Okay. So guys, it's like you wouldn't even know it's a theater if you didn't know it existed. It's like literally in the like it kind of reminds me of like a mall movie theater.

[1:06:51] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, well, that's what New World Stages was.

[1:06:54] Heather Bedor: Yes. So like you go underground, and then it's like it was very 80s night, like early early 90s, early 2000s. Um, neon, and then um, I had heard rumors that there was a teddy bear crane machine, but like it's a dollar, and then like it goes to a foundation.

[1:07:12] Heather Bedor: And then teddy bear out, like if you buy it from the merch table, it's like $35.

[1:07:16] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, I didn't even know if they had it at the merch.

[1:07:18] Heather Bedor: Oh, I didn't even look.

[1:07:19] Amber Brzezinski: It's like they had so much fun merch.

[1:07:21] Heather Bedor: Um, they had like the youth is fucked, which is definitely the shirt that I got.

[1:07:26] Amber Brzezinski: It was like Romeo and Juliet established whatever $1597.

[1:07:30] Heather Bedor: Um, Amber got her magnet because you guys can see the most expensive refrigerator behind her.

[1:07:36] Amber Brzezinski: Um we counted up what we're at $2,400 so far.

[1:07:40] Heather Bedor: Yeah, it's like a stupid amount of money that I spent on a magnet.

[1:07:43] Amber Brzezinski: So weird, anyways.

[1:07:45] Heather Bedor: Um, but yeah, that's all her thing is her magnet.

[1:07:48] Amber Brzezinski: And I was like, I'm gonna go try to win a bear, and I did, and then Amber's like, well, you no, I don't need you to.

[1:07:53] Heather Bedor: No, we'll we'll do it.

[1:07:54] Amber Brzezinski: That was like during intermission, and I totally messed it up and I was sad.

[1:07:58] Heather Bedor: But you had a great idea.

[1:08:00] Amber Brzezinski: We went over to the snack area, like the concessions, even though we both had bottles of water, and you found what did you find, Amber?

[1:08:08] Heather Bedor: They had really cool aluminum water bottles for sale.

[1:08:11] Amber Brzezinski: Reusable water bottles, yeah.

[1:08:14] Heather Bedor: They were very cool.

[1:08:15] Amber Brzezinski: More shows to definitely start doing that.

[1:08:17] Heather Bedor: And it was like six or seven dollars.

[1:08:19] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I think it was like eight bucks.

[1:08:20] Heather Bedor: Yeah, and like it's it's like pH balanced water, whatever.

[1:08:24] Amber Brzezinski: It was very cool.

[1:08:26] Heather Bedor: Um, we met the very nice house manager um who's gonna be doing that.

[1:08:30] Amber Brzezinski: That's also gonna be where Justin Time is gonna be.

[1:08:32] Heather Bedor: Yes.

[1:08:33] Amber Brzezinski: Um, and we got a little bit of insight in that.

[1:08:36] Heather Bedor: But yeah, we had the tickets were from TDF, and let me tell you, I think our seats were so freaking good.

[1:08:45] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, we had great seats.

[1:08:46] Heather Bedor: Like the theater is pretty small, but there's really not a bad seat in the house.

[1:08:52] Amber Brzezinski: And this cast used the entire theater.

[1:08:57] Heather Bedor: Um, like they were running up and down the catwalks, and like they like so Rachel would be on one side, so you had like the Capulet side and the Monte Yu side.

[1:09:07] Amber Brzezinski: So uh Kit would be on one side, like leaning against a giant teddy bear, and like Rachel would be like hanging out, and there's like the like musical director who's pretty much just a DJ, right?

[1:09:18] Heather Bedor: Um, oh hold on, Marco says stand by.

[1:09:21] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, were you there for the matinee?

[1:09:23] Heather Bedor: Yes, Marco says I was there Romeo and Juliet Saturday for the MA.

[1:09:27] Amber Brzezinski: I won standing room only tickets, but right before the show started, they offered a seat on the fourth row, the Romeo side.

[1:09:32] Heather Bedor: We love the show and had a great time.

[1:09:34] Amber Brzezinski: I love that.

[1:09:35] Heather Bedor: Yes, I like this.

[1:09:38] Amber Brzezinski: So this it's a theater in the round, um, circle in the square, hello.

[1:09:43] Heather Bedor: And so you can kind of see everything, and they have the storytellers come out.

[1:09:47] Amber Brzezinski: And go ahead, Amber.

[1:09:48] Heather Bedor: I know you've got like like a theater bower.

[1:09:51] Amber Brzezinski: It was like the 1998 Leonardo DiCaprio movie was performed on stage.

[1:09:59] Heather Bedor: Like it was like there was like glitter and stuffed animals.

[1:10:03] Amber Brzezinski: My whole life.

[1:10:04] Heather Bedor: Like holographics sequence.

[1:10:06] Amber Brzezinski: And like graphics and graphic keys, and like it was no sets.

[1:10:06] Heather Bedor: No sets.

[1:10:12] Amber Brzezinski: The only set is like a suspended bed.

[1:10:15] Heather Bedor: A suspended bed back to the rock.

[1:10:18] Amber Brzezinski: And a blow-up chair.

[1:10:19] Heather Bedor: Um, which I was laughing at because Kit would like throw himself, it's only like the first scene.

[1:10:24] Amber Brzezinski: Kit would like flop himself down and like a blow-up couch, essentially.

[1:10:28] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[1:10:29] Amber Brzezinski: And it kept scooting onto laps the people in the front row, and I'd be like, oh my god.

[1:10:33] Heather Bedor: I don't know if I'd be mad because all I have is a giant inflatable chair on me, or like so excited that Kit Connor's pretty much sitting on my face.

[1:10:40] Amber Brzezinski: That sounds cool.

[1:10:41] Heather Bedor: It was so cool.

[1:10:43] Amber Brzezinski: I like loved every second of it.

[1:10:45] Heather Bedor: Like I I loved every minute of it.

[1:10:49] Amber Brzezinski: I love Shakespeare.

[1:10:50] Heather Bedor: I took a British literature class in high school and like love Shakespeare.

[1:10:55] Amber Brzezinski: Love, love, love, love, love.

[1:10:56] Heather Bedor: And I saw some people talking about Rome and Juliet.

[1:10:59] Amber Brzezinski: They're like, oh my god, I was so bored.

[1:11:01] Heather Bedor: And I couldn't believe that people were laughing at it.

[1:11:04] Amber Brzezinski: Guys, Romeo and Juliet is written to be a comedy.

[1:11:06] Heather Bedor: Funny.

[1:11:07] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[1:11:07] Heather Bedor: It's a very funny show.

[1:11:09] Amber Brzezinski: And there's some cast members who play multiple roles.

[1:11:13] Heather Bedor: Um there's it was just so good.

[1:11:16] Amber Brzezinski: It was like if you've ever seen a show at the Renaissance, like Renaissance like festivals.

[1:11:21] Heather Bedor: It was like that, but in a theater, we're like, it was just them.

[1:11:25] Amber Brzezinski: And like there was this one cool thing, and I'm not gonna really give away the scene, but like the freaking stage flips open to reveal like a flower bed.

[1:11:34] Heather Bedor: Right.

[1:11:35] Amber Brzezinski: Amber and I were just like that's so cool, but it was so much fun, and it's not a musical.

[1:11:43] Heather Bedor: There are a couple songs, yeah.

[1:11:45] Amber Brzezinski: And there's technically almost the third, and then that Paris tries to do it, and then it just kind of squashed.

[1:11:52] Heather Bedor: But it was really fun.

[1:11:53] Amber Brzezinski: They're running around, they're like talking to the ushers.

[1:11:57] Heather Bedor: It's it's very well done.

[1:11:59] Amber Brzezinski: Um, I can't believe they're run.

[1:12:01] Heather Bedor: Yeah, Cheyenne.

[1:12:02] Amber Brzezinski: Holy crap, that sounds awesome.

[1:12:04] Heather Bedor: It is, it is it was so fun.

[1:12:07] Amber Brzezinski: And Marco says, Sola, who played both Juliet's mother and father.

[1:12:11] Heather Bedor: Oh, yeah, it was amazing, had such a powerful voice.

[1:12:14] Amber Brzezinski: They were incredible.

[1:12:17] Heather Bedor: I'm not sure.

[1:12:17] Amber Brzezinski: Everyone is like a powerhouse.

[1:12:20] Heather Bedor: Exactly.

[1:12:20] Amber Brzezinski: I don't think there was some beat that.

[1:12:26] Heather Bedor: Yes.

[1:12:27] Amber Brzezinski: Yep.

[1:12:28] Heather Bedor: And they made him a douchebag.

[1:12:29] Amber Brzezinski: I mean, because I can do that.

[1:12:31] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[1:12:32] Amber Brzezinski: But it was so good.

[1:12:33] Heather Bedor: And Amber and I were both like, oh my god, this is amazing.

[1:12:38] Amber Brzezinski: Um and then we went to the city.

[1:12:39] Heather Bedor: We're hard to impress.

[1:12:41] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[1:12:42] Heather Bedor: Um, but we were like, oh, we don't want to like leave too early.

[1:12:45] Amber Brzezinski: But like, okay, everyone's standing.

[1:12:46] Heather Bedor: We happen to be like have an aisle, and we like hauled ass out.

[1:12:49] Amber Brzezinski: The freaking stage door had already had like 200 people there.

[1:12:54] Heather Bedor: Freezing cold.

[1:12:55] Amber Brzezinski: And we were both like, I don't think they're coming out.

[1:12:58] Heather Bedor: No, I don't think they're coming out.

[1:12:59] Amber Brzezinski: Do you want to wait?

[1:13:00] Heather Bedor: I don't know.

[1:13:01] Amber Brzezinski: Do you want to wait a couple minutes?

[1:13:02] Heather Bedor: We can wait like five more minutes, and sure enough, security's like, it's too cold.

[1:13:05] Amber Brzezinski: Thanks for hanging out.

[1:13:06] Heather Bedor: People were like, I paid money for this.

[1:13:09] Amber Brzezinski: I'm like, no, you paid money for the show.

[1:13:10] Heather Bedor: Maybe you did not pay money for that.

[1:13:12] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[1:13:12] Heather Bedor: It is not a it's not a thing that it's not a guaranteed thing, but like we had a bunch of bracelets.

[1:13:17] Amber Brzezinski: Heather busted her ass on um to get all these bracelets made for the casting crew, and we were very fortunate to be able to hand them off to the head of security who brought them over.

[1:13:27] Heather Bedor: So thank you for that.

[1:13:28] Amber Brzezinski: And then we were like, Well, we're gonna be right on time for the thing at Schmack Ray's with Book of Mormon, and I recorded, I'll put a post it on the group.

[1:13:37] Heather Bedor: Um, which reminds me, guys, keep an eye out on the groups this week because we're gonna be releasing our Patreon link, and you can see all the behind the scenes craziness and all sorts of weird crazy stuff that Amber and I were up to.

[1:13:52] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, Melia says if you're comparing it to the Bozlerman movie, I'm so down.

[1:13:56] Heather Bedor: Yes, except no Leonardo DiCaprio, but Kit Connor and his place.

[1:14:00] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, it was so good.

[1:14:02] Heather Bedor: It was very, very good.

[1:14:05] Amber Brzezinski: Um, and I have to tell you guys when we went to the Book of Mormon event, uh, PJ Ed Zemo was there who plays Elder McKinley, and I walked up to the counter and he goes, hi, and I was like, No, no, can you do that again?

[1:14:21] Heather Bedor: Can you do it again but say hello?

[1:14:23] Amber Brzezinski: Like, I have it on camera.

[1:14:25] Heather Bedor: I'm expecting like a Book of Mormon, like, hello, hello.

[1:14:30] Amber Brzezinski: So I literally like made him give me a hello.

[1:14:34] Heather Bedor: It was amazing.

[1:14:35] Amber Brzezinski: Um you too can watch that video on our Patreon, release later sweet.

[1:14:40] Heather Bedor: Literally my favorite Elder McKinley.

[1:14:43] Amber Brzezinski: I love him.

[1:14:43] Heather Bedor: He's so good hard, but those boys are so nice.

[1:14:48] Amber Brzezinski: They were great, it was so good.

[1:14:50] Heather Bedor: The cookie was really good.

[1:14:51] Amber Brzezinski: Oreo, but like with like a cream cheesy thing, and like they actually helped decorate them, and so it's like a little Oreo crust tie.

[1:14:58] Heather Bedor: And it was called This Cookie Will Change Your Life.

[1:15:01] Amber Brzezinski: And oh boy, did it change our life?

[1:15:05] Heather Bedor: We had a good time, and then what else did we do?

[1:15:08] Amber Brzezinski: And then we froze our asses walking all the way to stage 42.

[1:15:14] Heather Bedor: Is that the name of it?

[1:15:15] Amber Brzezinski: We missed two things in between that.

[1:15:17] Heather Bedor: We already talked about us going to Redwood, and then we ate on the menu at Didi's.

[1:15:21] Amber Brzezinski: We ate everything on the menu at Didi's.

[1:15:23] Heather Bedor: Oh no, I don't remember.

[1:15:28] Amber Brzezinski: We walked over to the little pie company.

[1:15:31] Heather Bedor: Oh yeah, we went over to the little pie company and we got little pies.

[1:15:34] Amber Brzezinski: That's right.

[1:15:35] Heather Bedor: And they were we got one medium sized pie that they cut in half, and they really didn't eat any of it because we went right in and then we ate it in the middle of the show.

[1:15:45] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[1:15:48] Heather Bedor: We did 20 sided tavern and it was so much fun.

[1:15:52] Amber Brzezinski: Neil Nubon was there, and it was a lot of fun.

[1:15:56] Heather Bedor: And um Diego, who was on the show a couple months ago, um was warrior, and it kept hitting that 20s.

[1:16:03] Amber Brzezinski: Um like three times.

[1:16:05] Heather Bedor: And he he did some like so you get to like do a toast, and he made his toast like it was a little bit political, but very understandable.

[1:16:05] Amber Brzezinski: Very understandable.

[1:16:14] Heather Bedor: Um, but we actually made a lot of new friends and some new members, and everybody's been so kind.

[1:16:20] Amber Brzezinski: But Amber left us like so because she's like, I don't know anything about DD, and I don't know if I would really like D D because I'm really competitive when I play games, which I know and I love about you.

[1:16:29] Heather Bedor: And I'm like, no, but you're like playing with your party against like the common factor, and this bitch.

[1:16:39] Amber Brzezinski: I was like, Did you have a good time?

[1:16:41] Heather Bedor: She's like, I still managed to be on the losing team when I was like, okay, okay, listen, there were three point bars on the top of the screen with numbered points on it.

[1:16:55] Amber Brzezinski: So it's HP, which is our high.

[1:16:57] Heather Bedor: I was on the team with the lowest points.

[1:17:01] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, but here's the thing.

[1:17:02] Heather Bedor: So we had D8 Loser, we had a warrior, a trickster, and a spellcaster, which is now what they call a mage, and Neil Newbound, who's like famous celebrity, and everybody in DD freaking loves him, and he's very good looking.

[1:17:17] Amber Brzezinski: So cute.

[1:17:18] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[1:17:19] Amber Brzezinski: And Amber was on his team.

[1:17:23] Heather Bedor: And yeah, he might have had the least amount of health, but she was on the freaking celebrity guest team.

[1:17:29] Amber Brzezinski: And I was like, are you freaking kidding me right now?

[1:17:34] Heather Bedor: I lost.

[1:17:35] Amber Brzezinski: I lost.

[1:17:35] Heather Bedor: I would have thrown the game board.

[1:17:37] Amber Brzezinski: She said this in the girls' bathroom.

[1:17:39] Heather Bedor: And when I called out the fact that she was on Neil's team, all the girls were like, not fair.

[1:17:45] Amber Brzezinski: And then we stage ordered.

[1:17:46] Heather Bedor: I've never stage toward that show because usually I'm just sitting and talking to like Shelby or somebody in the theater.

[1:17:52] Amber Brzezinski: Um, and we were talking to the wonderful venue manager, and we went out to the stage door and met the entire rest of the cast.

[1:18:00] Heather Bedor: Um, and Murray was there.

[1:18:02] Amber Brzezinski: Mary actually runs her Discord too.

[1:18:04] Heather Bedor: Um, so we're gonna have all sorts of 20 sided tavern friends in here.

[1:18:08] Amber Brzezinski: So it's great.

[1:18:08] Heather Bedor: What are you doing?

[1:18:09] Amber Brzezinski: I'm trying to get the cat.

[1:18:11] Heather Bedor: Oh.

[1:18:11] Amber Brzezinski: It looked like you were like trying to eat me.

[1:18:15] Heather Bedor: She's canning.

[1:18:17] Amber Brzezinski: Where's Mama Rose?

[1:18:18] Heather Bedor: Oh, yes, we're gonna get her fruit tax in.

[1:18:22] Amber Brzezinski: But yeah, so we had a really good time.

[1:18:24] Heather Bedor: Um, because I was staying I stayed at our friends over at the W in Times Square.

[1:18:29] Amber Brzezinski: Um for uh I it came in Friday, so it did Friday, Saturday, Sunday, left Monday, and then sent oh.

[1:18:39] Heather Bedor: I'm just gonna stop talking because there's a kitty out of the screen.

[1:18:43] Amber Brzezinski: Hi, Mama Rose, she's so cute.

[1:18:47] Heather Bedor: Amber says she's a year and a half old.

[1:18:50] Amber Brzezinski: Like between one and two.

[1:18:52] Heather Bedor: We don't really know.

[1:18:53] Amber Brzezinski: And she's pregnant.

[1:18:55] Heather Bedor: And Amber has her for the next three months.

[1:18:58] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[1:18:59] Heather Bedor: Which means that when I go up in a couple of weeks, I get to hopefully see kittens.

[1:19:07] Amber Brzezinski: All the meow meows.

[1:19:09] Heather Bedor: So um, but yeah, we had a good time.

[1:19:11] Amber Brzezinski: And then Amber and I froze our asses off walking over to Grand Central for you to catch a train.

[1:19:18] Heather Bedor: Um, and then because we had to go back to the hotel.

[1:19:22] Amber Brzezinski: And then somehow we got there, and you were like, You only have five minutes.

[1:19:25] Heather Bedor: I was like, oh my god.

[1:19:26] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, my train leaves in like four minutes, and you're like, okay, bye.

[1:19:31] Heather Bedor: Bye.

[1:19:32] Amber Brzezinski: Nice to see you.

[1:19:33] Heather Bedor: Bye.

[1:19:34] Amber Brzezinski: Bye bye.

[1:19:35] Heather Bedor: And then um, yeah, I went back to the W.

[1:19:39] Amber Brzezinski: And I love them.

[1:19:40] Heather Bedor: They really are so wonderful over there.

[1:19:42] Amber Brzezinski: They were trying to booze me up the whole time, and they're so great to remember too.

[1:19:46] Heather Bedor: And then um, yeah, I went over to drama bookshop on Monday to go get my Carol Carmelo coffee.

[1:19:53] Amber Brzezinski: No, you did something in between that.

[1:19:59] Heather Bedor: Oh, yeah, when I went to Life and Trust.

[1:20:01] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[1:20:03] Heather Bedor: Oh, you made a whole other episode.

[1:20:06] Amber Brzezinski: A whole day.

[1:20:07] Heather Bedor: I was gonna say, should we talk about this a different day so you could really dive in?

[1:20:11] Amber Brzezinski: Probably.

[1:20:12] Heather Bedor: Okay.

[1:20:12] Amber Brzezinski: Um, but I can give a cliff notes version.

[1:20:15] Heather Bedor: So Life and Trust is essentially by the same people that did sleep no more.

[1:20:19] Amber Brzezinski: It is in Fidei, which is the financial district.

[1:20:22] Heather Bedor: It's like a 22 minute subway ride from um Times Square over to the financial district, and it's a very safe walk.

[1:20:30] Amber Brzezinski: Lots of people.

[1:20:31] Heather Bedor: Um, I've gone into Conwell Coffee like during the day and like used my computer, or got like my strawberry matcha um strawberry green tea matcha latte, and my Nada peanut butter and jelly, and so it's good to like go in this time, but I reached out because I was a little bit scared with my concussion.

[1:20:50] Heather Bedor: I didn't know if I'd be able to handle the stairs. Um, but they were really, really, really helpful with the accessibility and the access to the elevator and making sure it was comfortable. The masks are super cool. Um, you wear a mask, you're not supposed to talk or touch anybody, but it's very different, it's extremely immersive, like Life and Trust, or like Sleep No More was the choreography, is from people that choreographed The Outsiders, so it's so cool.

[1:21:17] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, hi Fraser. Is this my first live stream? Welcome. Hi, welcome to the chaos.

[1:21:24] Heather Bedor: But um, yeah, so went through, made some new friends in line. Um, they have like a required um, which I think is smart, a required coat check, and it's like five bucks or whatever, but you don't want to take your phone in. People were checking their watches and stuff, like you gotta really give into it. I think it's six stories. Um, but Sleep No More was more like the story of Macbeth, um, and a little bit of like Rear Window and stuff. And Life and Trust is Faust. Um, still some Alfred Hitchcock and stuff mixed in, but um, there's like 40 cast members, and it's not a lot of talking, it's more interpretive dance or like really beautiful stuff. And the storyline was really well played, it's got a little bit of a spookier edge to it, which I loved.

[1:22:13] Amber Brzezinski: And the cool thing with like these immersive shows like Sleep No More, which is now closed, and Life and Trust is that are they though? Are they actually closed?

[1:22:21] Heather Bedor: Yeah, Sleep No More is actually closed. They've actually started gutting everything out and auctioning everything off. They're closed like a year and five months after the time they made the first announcement, yes. Um, but yeah, it was like a sold-out show at Life and Trust, get there earlier, got their 7:15 hour. Um, you can essentially go right in. I ran into a friend that I haven't talked to since last year, who I've known for years. We kind of had a little bit of a falling out. Um, so I ran into JJ, and that was like crazy. I was like, I'm so emotional right now. Okay, bye. Um, ran into the show, and the thing between Sleep No More audiences and now Life and Trust is you go for these one-on-ones, and the one-on-ones is where traditionally, like the cast member will remove your mask and like recite a monologue with you, or like give you something to take to another character, like it's more of an immersive experience.

[1:22:55] Amber Brzezinski: She's so cute, more of an immersive experience.

[1:23:19] Heather Bedor: And so I go out onto this floor that has like a cinema, and like I was researching stuff, but I didn't want to be too much. And within five minutes, I had my first interaction and one-on-one, and it was really cool, and I'm not gonna give it away, maybe on the Patreon. Um, but it was kind of it was much more about being the observer, and it was really beautiful, and it was a great way to start. And I felt very comfortable. Um, the set design was insane. Um, I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. There were some people who didn't really pay attention where they were like holding hands, and you're not supposed to like block people or shove or run, and people were just crazy, but they get a little obsessive. Um, and then Dorian Gray is in it, and I love The Portrait of Dorian Gray, so that was really cool.

[1:24:08] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, Fraser says, I'm going to go see Back to the Future, the musical tomorrow night.

[1:24:12] Heather Bedor: Oh, Fraser, that's awesome. It's a great show. Seen it a bunch of times on Broadway. I'm glad we could see it on the tour. But yeah, so Life and Trust, like, please go see it. We run the fan group for it. We're going to be doing a lot more stuff with them. So we're super excited. The ticket price is about the average price of a Broadway show, but it's a three-hour immersive experience. Something you're never going to experience. We always talk about it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience when you see a show, even if you've seen a show over and over again. But truly, Life and Trust is like a very unique once-in-a-lifetime show, even if you go 10 times, 50 times. So it's very cool. I cannot wait for Amber to go with me.

Look at that face. She's like looking at the cat. She's gonna ignore what I said. We're gonna have a great time. We're gonna have fun. Um, but yeah, I got back to the hotel and I was like, I'm going to sleep now. And I did. And then I left the next day. And then I'm like, when am I going back?

[1:25:15] Amber Brzezinski: Oh my god, not sponsored by Hershey World, but I also got to make a giant freezy cup.

[1:25:20] Heather Bedor: Oh, yeah. We got I really wanted to do that. Like, I was like, Heather, can I be like the biggest tourist? And I said, No, it's totally fine because I want to do that too. I want to make a giant Hershey cup. I it's already gone. I ate the whole thing, it was delicious. But we also made friends with management there, and they gave us like bags of candy bars. So it's in my hands. It's outside my door in my candy basket. Um, so yeah, it was it was a very it was a crazy, I don't even know how it was gone, like essentially two weeks and then right back to reality here. Um, but yeah, it's going to be um a really interesting rest of the month with all of our special guests and getting our Patreon up and running and getting our Spotify up and running. Um so please please make sure you go check out again www.thebroadwayfanclub.com. And oh my god, am I really a month and a half away from the freaking Broadway cruise?

[1:26:13] Amber Brzezinski: You are dude.

[1:26:14] Heather Bedor: I am insanely crazy to do this, and I love it. Um, Marcos, um, how much was Life and Trust? He said I've heard about it. Um, I believe my ticket was 160, including fees. You can actually buy it at Conwell, and then you don't have to pay the service fees, which are like 18 bucks. Um, so it's definitely worth it. Um, but hit us up and we'll give you some more details with that. I'm gonna show you guys the Broadway Cruise website because why not? Oh, the I think was like 2499. It was like like bigger than Amber's head. It was so good.

[1:26:53] Amber Brzezinski: All right, here.

[1:26:53] Heather Bedor: Yeah. I do not work for the Broadway cruise, nor am I sponsored by the Broadway cruise. I have a referral code you can use, which is the number two, and then BFC like Broadway Fan Club. It used to say big freaking coupon, and then I was like, oh, like the Broadway Fan Club. So it's two BFC. It'll save you $100 in your booking fee. This is what I've been obsessing about for almost a year. March 31st, your April 4th is a Broadway Cruise 3, Miami to Cozumel, Roger freaking Bart, Shoshana Bean, Lauren Bananti, Wayne Brady, Corey Cott, his arms, Casey Levy, Elsa herself, Brian Stokes, Mitchell. Oh my god. Are you Adam freaking Pascal? Is that what we're going with right now?

[1:27:39] Amber Brzezinski: Adam freaking Pascal.

[1:27:39] Heather Bedor: So Leigh Pfeiffer, Anthony Rapp, Jeffrey Seller, come on, Bob freaking Mackie and Will Van Dijk so super excited about that um yeah so it's a Monday through Friday you leave Monday early morning come back Friday early morning you're um a day at sea you have one day in Cozumel you have a day at sea and you're back um let me see if I can pull up any of this other stuff and then I agree Marcos I thought it was gonna be more expensive too I was willing to pay at least 40 for it but I was pleasantly surprised by the 25 price tag that's fun and Hershey World is very fun they also they do like promos with Broadway shows and you could like put your face on like chocolate bars of like Broadway shows like I have a Chicago chocolate bar.

[1:28:28] Amber Brzezinski: Are we going back to me at any point somewhere you get Amber talking about chocolate or candy stop.

[1:28:39] Heather Bedor: It's like me and random stuff anyway so back to the cruise the two days at sea you get a stagedoor autograph experience where the the celebrity guests are separated out and you get to have one thing signed by all of them so you can either get like the ship bill which is super fun it's like your itinerary um they have posters for sale there's gonna be a couple of panels there's gonna be like women in Broadway panels there's dance classes like children like different dance choreography from different shows there's Broadway karaoke um there's like Q&As like full panels the sing along movies are fun the theme nights this year oh my god I'm so sorry he looked amazing last year, by the way. Um, but the sing along or the theme nights this year are going to be um high school reunions, so it's like high school based, and um I am doing my Carrie the Musical.

I'm so excited. Amber was so amazing in helping me do that, and then um I have the um Broadway divas and kings and queens or whatever it was, and that's where my Mackie inspired, fully customized and self-created uh Audrey 2 is gonna be here. It is Broadway Divas costume contest and parade, hosted by freaking Bob Mackie. Dude, I am dying. Dying. Um, Shoshana Beans has single whiskey tasting. There's a wine tasting with Casey Levy. Um Your Drag Queen Girl, Summer Orlando, who you said is from like somewhere in Connecticut nearby, right?

[1:30:05] Amber Brzezinski: She's local to me.

[1:30:06] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Um is testing a drag brunch. There's the dance party, which is so much fun. These guys are so much fun. Oh, look, there's Austin Hinton and Kara. Oh, I love that. Oh, wait, there's my head. No, seriously, that's my hair. Okay, cool. I love that. So we have they were the poster children of the Broadway cruise too. Let me tell you. Because they did their full there's you could actually see her Persephone and his Hermes. Um, that's hysterical. I haven't looked through this in a while. They keep updating the photos. Um, but yeah, so I'm really excited. And it's taking place on the Norwegian Gem, which is a little bit smaller of a ship. And the cool thing is it's just the people that are gonna be on the for the Broadway cruise.

They have a Starbucks, they have dining halls. Um it's gonna be a hell of a lot of fun. They have different tickets, so you can either get them where they are um like part of your itinerary, like you're paying for these individual shows that are all part of that like club um or the level. Um, or if you're doing something like me, like I'm just basic and I don't need to sit through like these cabaret shows um because they're live streamed throughout the ship, but you're entering into a lottery every day, which I think is really cool too. So I will stop sharing that. But yeah, I'm excited. I'm like in cruise brain already, which I love. Um, so yeah, if you're interested in going on the cruise, the BroadwayCruise.com promo code the number two BFC.

It'll save you a hundred dollars on your boarding or your uh booking, and then the W Times Square, which is Amber and my favorite place in Times Square for hotels. Um, if you use their cluster code E7103, that will get you um a nice discount both there and the Weston Hotel in Times Square and your destination fees will be removed. Um so yeah, keep keep on keeping the good fight. Umber, anything you'd like me to add to me just rambling the whole day?

[1:32:03] Amber Brzezinski: No, I think that's all I wrote.

[1:32:06] Heather Bedor: That's all she wrote, folks. Um, we're so excited. There's a lot of really cool stuff coming up soon for the Broadway Fan Club. So please keep your eyes on the prize here. Um and it always blows my mind because some people don't know that we run so many groups and have so many people that like this stuff. We love it. Um we can't open up our wait to open up our Patreon because we're gonna be doing um exclusive um podcast episodes, exclusive blogs, like there's gonna be all sorts of cool stuff. So we're here for it. We're here for you guys. We want to bring you guys Broadway whenever we can. That's why when Broadway is dark on Mondays, we keep the ghost light burning. But I have been your faithful host, Heather, and that right there is Amber looking for her cat, Mama Rose. What are you doing?

[1:33:05] Amber Brzezinski: Breaking news.

[1:33:07] Heather Bedor: Oh.

[1:33:05] Amber Brzezinski: Misscast 2025. Announced. Annaly Ashford, Danielle Brooks, Titus, Cola Scola, Jordan Fisher, Andrew Randles, Nicole Scherzinger, Philip Asue, Aaron Jimette.

[1:33:20] Heather Bedor: Isn't that the article I sent you like five hours ago?

[1:33:23] Amber Brzezinski: Jordan Tyson, I was at work.

[1:33:27] Heather Bedor: She's at your mind. Marcos, Marcos says thank you both. Very fun and informative. Enjoyed it.

[1:33:28] Amber Brzezinski: Thank you.

[1:33:32] Heather Bedor: Um, this is us tired, migrainey, and just rambling. So definitely join us every Monday, 8 p.m. Eastern time. Um, sign up for the groups on www.thebroadwayfanclub.com. If there's questions that you guys have for us, don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to help. We want to make sure that you guys have the best experience, whether you're visiting um from outside of you know New York or if you're a local and you want to learn something new. We're happy to help. We love it. We love you guys, and we'll see you next week.

[1:33:57] Amber Brzezinski: We'll see you next week. Ciao for now.