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[0:19] Heather Bedor: Sorry for late. I've got the giggles so bad. Anyways, happy Monday. Hola. Um, plainos. I don't know. I can't even right now. I just thought Revenge of the Fifth. That's what it is today. Cinco de Mayo. Um, for all the Star Wars yards out there. Be great. Amber is frozen in laughter. You get over there.

[0:47] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I'm totally good. I'm just do you want to tell the people why I've got the giggles?

[0:53] Heather Bedor: Yeah, absolutely. Go on. Um, so the weirdest thing happened to me, and I was like, you know, like when you like go on Google and it like shows you like your like on your homepage, it shows you like your most frequently visited things. Like there. So I click it and I'm looking and I was like, what the actual F is going on? I need to tell Heather immediately, like what my top I know it wasn't anything incriminating like my shortcuts are like this is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen in my life. Here are my shortcuts as swallowed. Number one, StreamYard. That's as you know, I use it weekly. I use it here all the time. Number two, Facebook Messenger. Logical. Also, use it all the time. Yeah.

Number three, Facebook itself. I am a social media addict. Well, we also run 102 fan groups on Facebook, so that makes sense. Yeah. Number three, Mega, a storage site that I used regularly to store my data. Number four, swept away. Because I was just creeping the website very recently. Because I wanted to look up information about the cast. I was nosy. So I was just on it in detail.

[2:20] Heather Bedor: At least you're honest. Get off of my back. Playbill news, which I also go on pretty regularly, which was is also on there. And then last but certainly not least, Tommy Braco's Instagram. Now, for those of you who not or might not remember, like months ago, I giggle because love Tommy, love him dearly. Um, but whenever I go onto Instagram, because we also stream between going live here on StreamYard, we are on YouTube, we're on Facebook, we're on Insta. So when you go into Instagram, you have to go in, you have to create a public video, you have to title the public video, and literally like two seconds before this goes live. Before this goes live, I have to click go live. So like if I type in the I and the N, it automatically pulls up Tommy Braco's Instagram, which is weird because I've never visited it on my computer.

Like obviously I've visited it to like shoot a message or something on my phone, but it just goes to Tommy's Insta. And like somehow Amber's is now going to Tommy's, even though um, yeah, it's just so weird.

[3:37] Amber Brzezinski: I mean, let's let's just be real. At least it's Tommy Bracco's Instagram. It could be somebody else's, and it'd be really weird. But now at least it's like fun to see like his face like popping up randomly when we're not expecting it. And congratulations to him, he just got married. Congratulations, Tommy, for the marriage for the thing, and how to hack the internet so that his Instagram posts or his socials come up no matter what.

[4:04] Heather Bedor: Everywhere, yeah. Apparently, Tommy Braco is where you want to be. Um, but welcome to another thrilling evening of the Broadway Fan Club podcast. Um, I have had half a can of Coca-Cola. Um, no sponsors. Um, you know, if they want to sponsor that's fine. But also can't full can of Coca-Cola sponsor us, please.

[4:27] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. I don't know if I want to say we've been sponsored by Coke, but hey, eat your own. Um, but I've had half a can of soda, and I usually don't drink it, but I'm like, I can smell colors and taste sounds, you know what I mean? Like, it's there. The caffeine is just flying. Um, so yeah, it has been it's weird because we did our Tony's episode Wednesday. You know, Amber, we should have like gone to like a bookie and put money on 98% of what we said.

[4:59] Heather Bedor: Don't laugh at me, but this morning I like had like a minor panic attack because I was like, we have the episode tonight, and like I don't remember who won the Tony.

[5:19] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, I'm sorry, you said don't laugh at you.

[5:24] Heather Bedor: They're there, friend. They're there. I like I like panicked. I like I was like, I like jumped in time. I didn't know what was going on for a minute. But yeah.

[5:34] Amber Brzezinski: Maybe you did jump in time. It is it is possible. Maybe you like took a DeLorean unexpectedly and you woke up and you're like, okay, it's like June 10th. Who won the bam Tonies?

[5:47] Heather Bedor: Yeah. I guess honestly, I just like don't even want to think about it anymore. I just like want it to be over. So I'm just like projecting. Because it's like really stressful.

[6:00] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, you want me to tell you what's stressful and like sound off in like in the comment section if you guys it look, no sides, okay? Like it's fine. But something that I've been seeing an uprising of and like us seeing a lot of people say no no, don't do that. And I agree with them. Stop saying somebody got snubbed.

[6:17] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Yes. Right. We all wanted so and so to be nominated for that award. We all wanted this person, they should have got great. But don't say snub because that kind of downplays the other nominees. Like, I think that's so icky. It gives me the ick. Um, and I'll talk about something else that gives me the ick. But it's really been interesting for sure. I don't know, Amber, what do you think about that?

[6:45] Amber Brzezinski: Um, I mean, I definitely don't like appreciate the term. I feel like it's like it's just not polite.

[6:54] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[6:55] Amber Brzezinski: You know, and and you know, I'm I'm like a manners kind of gal. If you know me.

[7:02] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[7:03] Amber Brzezinski: Yes. Um, so I just like um, you know, I just like I also don't really I don't really love the use of snub because everyone you know has worked very hard to get where they are.

[7:22] Heather Bedor: Um, I also don't like the word deserve that makes me feel icky too.

[7:26] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[7:28] Heather Bedor: Um, I'm weird, it's fine.

[7:30] Amber Brzezinski: No, it's totally fine. I I just think that it's it's a it's a very tough race and it's it's it's a tough competition out there. Is there anybody that was nominated? Should we go through the actual nominations?

[7:41] Heather Bedor: I think that might help.

[7:43] Amber Brzezinski: Sure. Let me pull those up. I'm just sharing a group, so you you can Yeah, I'm gonna do that while I'm doing this. That'd be a good mama right now, so she's not with us tonight, and then she won't be with us the rest of May. So Amber is back to sharing to all 102 groups. Go Amber Go. So it's the Heather show right now, so it's great.

[8:05] Heather Bedor: Uh okay. So so so well, apparently I'm Canadian, so um we're gonna start. Don't ever have me drink soda. Um, we will start with um nominees for best musical. The nominees are One of Us the Social Club. I have not gotten a chance to see it. Um I have heard incredible things about the choreo, the music, um, the scene itself is great. Operation Mince Meat, I've seen Death Becomes Her. Amber and I have seen clearly you've seen our costumes for Halloween. That was probably my favorite Halloween, like Hollow Weekend. We had a good time. We went to Salem that weekend too.

[8:48] Amber Brzezinski: Uh maybe Happy Ending, clearly, like, you know, one of those really badass shows.

[8:54] Heather Bedor: And Dead Outlaw, which everybody was already saying was gonna get there. And um, for those of you who might not know, the first half of the cast recording is out on Spotify right now. Um, go listen to it obsessively. Do you know? Um there are, I believe, seven tracks released.

[9:15] Amber Brzezinski: I think it was seven.

[9:18] Heather Bedor: Hi, and he's proud of us. Hi, Dad. Um, I don't. Do you?

[9:23] Amber Brzezinski: I do.

[9:25] Heather Bedor: Okay, go on with your bad self. Um, there were seven tracks released, I believe, because there were seven Tony nominations.

[9:36] Amber Brzezinski: Okay.

[9:37] Heather Bedor: I like that. That's kind of cool. Because I think the next round is coming May 7th.

[9:43] Amber Brzezinski: Cute.

[9:43] Heather Bedor: Well, uh Easter egg. Yeah, I like that. Um, go listen to the music, Amber. So you can become obsessed with the show. So when we go see it, you'll be even happier. Um, for a lead actress in a musical, you have Audra McDonald for Gypsy, Nicole Scherzinger, Sons of Boulevard, Jennifer Samar, Death Becomes Her, also Megan Hilty that Death Becomes Her, and Jasmine Amy Rogers, boop, the Betty Boop musical.

[10:09] Amber Brzezinski: Um, so you've got two Broadway debuts nominated for lead actress, Jasmine and Nicole.

[10:16] Heather Bedor: Um, and people are saying that Megan and Jennifer should share if they win.

[10:22] Amber Brzezinski: Yes.

[10:23] Heather Bedor: Um, featured actress in a musical. You're looking at Joy Woods for Gypsy, Gracie Lawrence for Justin Time, Julia Niddle, um, Dead Outlaw. She is like 500 different characters in that show. It's fantastic. Natalie Venetia Balcon from One of Us is Social Club, and Justina Machado from Real Women Have Curves.

[10:41] Amber Brzezinski: Yet another show I didn't get the opportunity to see it. Literally opened like that Thursday when I was in the city and it just didn't line up.

[10:48] Heather Bedor: Um, but one of our friends is in the pit, and it's a water for elephants musician. So good job from that.

[10:56] Amber Brzezinski: Um for best book of a musical, you have a lot. Um you have Natasha Hodgson for Operation Mincemeat, Zoe Roberts, Operation Mince Meat, so attached, uh, David, so Davy Cumming, uh, Operation Mincemeat, Felix Hagen, Operation Mincemeat.

[11:14] Heather Bedor: Um, and then you go into Marco Ramirez from Buenos Air Social Club, Will Aronson from Maybe Happy Ending, including Hugh Park for Maybe Happy Ending, and Itamar Moses for Dead Outlaw.

[11:27] Amber Brzezinski: And then Original Score.

[11:29] Heather Bedor: You have Real Women Have Curves, Operation Mincemeat, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and Dead Outlaw.

[11:36] Amber Brzezinski: That'll be really interesting.

[11:38] Heather Bedor: I don't know. What do you think of whatever? We didn't really talk about original score last week.

[11:43] Amber Brzezinski: I think that's gonna be, I think book and score are gonna be a toss-up between Outlaw and Happy Ending.

[11:53] Heather Bedor: Really?

[11:54] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, because I was thinking more Death Becomes Her versus Dead Outlaw.

[11:57] Heather Bedor: Two very different shows, though.

[11:59] Amber Brzezinski: Sound off in the comments. So if you guys think something like give it up. I know Jeffrey Cohen says maybe Happy Annie gets his vote for that, and Jasmine gets his vote for Best Actress for lead actor in a musical.

[12:08] Heather Bedor: The one that I think kind of surprised both Amber and I, and it's not that he doesn't hate almost use the word deserve, not that he doesn't um place in this, but it was just like, oh wow, that's cool that they considered it. James Monroe Eichelhart for Wonderful World, the Louie Armstrong musical, Jeremy Jordan for Floyd Collins, which was a given, Darren Chris from Maybe Happy Ending, Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard, Jonathan Groff for Justin Time, and Andrew Duran for Dead Outlaw.

[12:37] Amber Brzezinski: And then lead actor in a play, George Clooney for Goodnight and Good Luck, Daniel Day Kim from Yellow Face, John Michael Hill for Purpose, Harry Lennox in Purpose, Cole Escola, I already know where Amber's Road is going, and Lewis McCartney for Stranger Things of Her Shadow.

[12:55] Heather Bedor: For Best Featured Actor in a Play, Bob Odenkirk for Glenn Gary Glenn Ross, Gabriel Ebert for John Proctor is the villain, Conrad Rika Mora for O'Mary, Francis Ju, uh Yellowface and Glenn Davis in Purpose.

[13:09] Amber Brzezinski: And Heather, I don't know if you saw, but O'Mary was extended again.

[13:12] Heather Bedor: I did uh again.

[13:17] Amber Brzezinski: Uh, Jeffrey, uh, Groff two in a row. He's gotten, I think, more of a just two at this point. But yeah, Jonathan Groff nominated again. Like, I remember crying during his Tony Acceptance speech last year. Like, Skylar Austin was hosting the party I was at, and like he was crying. Johnny, like Johnny's crying, I'm crying. Like, it was such a beautiful moment to see that.

[13:42] Heather Bedor: Um, lead actress in a play, Sadie Sink for John Proctor is a Villain, Sarah Snook for The Picture of Dorian Gray, Maya Farrow for The Roommate, Latanya Richardson Jackson for Purpose, and Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California. I don't know. I think I'm going Sarah Snook with that. Yeah, I think I think Sarah Snook's gonna take it because I think that role, it's like 90 different characters.

[14:06] Amber Brzezinski: So I've heard, I've heard the show itself isn't that great.

[14:16] Heather Bedor: See, I've heard a very different story. I've heard people are like it's good, but I'll have to specifically quote it so I'm not misquoting. Because people say that you just miss certain elements because of the way it's done, because you're not getting certain aspects of it.

[14:45] Amber Brzezinski: Because everything's done on stage, there's no magic, it's kind of, yeah, right. That makes sense. Um, and Joy.

[14:51] Heather Bedor: Oh, we're delayed. Uh-oh. Um, but Joy said my partner and I have been watching rewatching Lost, and Daniel J. Kim really is a great actor. Good to see him getting props.

[15:01] Amber Brzezinski: Absolutely. Absolutely. Alright. Moving on to featured actor in a musical. We have Danny Berstein and Gypsy. Love him. I do love Nanny. Uh, Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw, Brooks Ashmanskis from Smash. I think he is the strongest contender from what I'm hearing. Taylor Trench from Floyd Collins, but then you also have Jack Malone from Operation Mince Meet. Um, who does that heart-wrenching like Deer Bill? Um, so it'll be interesting for sure.

[15:36] Heather Bedor: For best play, uh, nominations are English, The Hills of California, Oh Mary, John Proctor is a Villain, and Purpose. What do you think, Amber?

[15:50] Amber Brzezinski: I I'm really genuinely torn. I'm genuinely torn.

[15:56] Heather Bedor: I know. Yeah. And for those of you wondering what she's generally torn between.

[16:02] Amber Brzezinski: O'Mary and John Proctor. Two completely different pieces.

[16:08] Heather Bedor: Oh yeah. But yeah, I'm very torn. For Best Revival of a Musical, you've got Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Pirates at Penzance, and Sunset Boulevard. I already have a feeling I know where that one's going. I already know where Amber's vote is going.

[16:25] Amber Brzezinski: Is it my personal favorite? No, but I definitely think Sunset's gonna take it for sure.

[16:30] Heather Bedor: For sure. Costume design. This one's hard too, guys. This one's really hard. Um, Clint Ramos for Maybe Happy Ending. Paul Tazewell for Death Becomes Her. Those costumes are freaking ridiculously gorgeous, and I want to live inside of the Amethyst. Um, Greg Barnes for Boop, the Betty Me Boop musical. Again, like that second act opening number with the half in color and the half in grayscale, like blew my mind.

[16:57] Amber Brzezinski: Didi Aietti. Um, I'm probably butchering her last name. I'm so sorry. For Bone of Us a Social Club, and Katherine Zuber for Just in Time. Um, personally, for me, I think it's gonna come down to Paul Tazewell or Greg Barnes for sure.

[17:10] Heather Bedor: Um, Bess Corio, uh, Camille A. Brown for Gypsy, Christopher Gatel for Death Becomes Her, Patricia Delgado for Bone of Us a Social Club, Justin Peck for Bone of Us a Social Club. I like when there's two people up for an award. Um, Jerry Mitchell for Boop the Betty Boop, Betty Boop, that's fun. Benny Boop musical and Joshua Burgas for uh Smash for Direction of a Musical, Michael Arden for Maybe Happy Ending, David Cromer for Dead Outlaw, Christopher Gatelli for Death Becomes Her, Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard, and Sahim Ali for Bonne Vista Social Club for Best Revival of a Play, Our Town, Yellow Face, Romeo and Juliet, and Eureka Day.

[17:55] Amber Brzezinski: That's hard. That's hard. I would think it'd be between Romeo and Julia and Our Town.

[18:01] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Um, direction of a play, Sam Pinkleton for O'Mary, Jane Timor for John Proctor Civilian, Kit Williams, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Knud Adams for English, and Sam Mendes, A Hills of California. Best Orchestrations, you've got Marco Pagoya.

[18:19] Amber Brzezinski: I am butchering everyone's last name right now.

[18:21] Heather Bedor: Bonifesa Social Club, Michael Thurber, Just in Time. I could 100% see that. Andrew Lloyd Webber, clearly, um, along with David Cullen for Sunset Boulevard, Will Aronson's for Maybe Happy Ending, Andrew Resnick along with Michael Thurber for Just in Time, and Bruce Coughlin for Floyd Collins.

[18:39] Amber Brzezinski: For Best Lighting Design, this one made me like frustrated. Um, because I feel like it can go really one direction for it. For best lighting design of a musical, you have Scott Zelinski from Floyd Collins, Jack Knowles from Sunset Boulevard, Ray Sun.

[18:59] Heather Bedor: I wish I put these in order. Justin Townsend for Death Becomes Her, Tyler McEloo for Bonifesa Social Club, and Ben Stanton Maybe Happy Ending. I understand lighting design. Do I think it still needs to be a Tony category? I don't necessarily agree with that because I think it goes more into Scenic.

[19:20] Amber Brzezinski: Um, Scenic made me really happy. You know why?

[19:25] Heather Bedor: Why?

[19:26] Amber Brzezinski: Because our show is in there, our little baby show.

[19:31] Heather Bedor: Yeah. So Swept actually got a toning on, and that makes me really happy. That boat itself, that scenic design.

[19:37] Amber Brzezinski: Rachel Hawk Swept Away. Scenic design. Um, Derek McLean, Death Becomes Her, also Just in Time. Gotta love it when you've got multiple shows under your belt. Dane Laffery and George Reeve for Maybe Happy Ending and Arnolfo Maldonado for Buena Vista's Social Club.

[19:55] Heather Bedor: Featured actress in a play, Carol Young for Purpose, Finn Estraza for John Proctor's a Villain, Marja Nashat for English, Tala Ash for English, and Jessica Hecht for Eureka Day. Momistan, I promise. Costume Design for a play.

[20:11] Amber Brzezinski: Brenda Ab, I feel like these names are getting more ridiculous, but in the best way. Abad and Dentalo, Goodnight and Good Luck.

[20:17] Heather Bedor: Brigitte Rifles Stuhl for Stranger Things or Foreshadow, which I enjoyed tremendously. The Netflix um behind the scenes, the one in the West End. Very cool to watch if you want to get an idea of what to expect here.

[20:32] Amber Brzezinski: Marge Horall for The Picture of Dorian Gray, Rob Howell for The Hills of California, and Holly Pearson for O'Mary.

[20:41] Heather Bedor: Sound design, Peter Halinski for both Just in Time and Maybe Happy Ending, double dipping there a little bit in the best way.

[20:48] Amber Brzezinski: Jonathan, you know you're good when you get nominated for not one Tony, but two Tonys in the same category. You know?

[20:54] Heather Bedor: Jonathan, One of Us The Social Club, Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard, Dan Moses Schreier for Floyd Collins, lighting design of a play.

[21:03] Amber Brzezinski: I mean, it goes on and on. There's like eight.

[21:06] Heather Bedor: Oh, that's it for the cactus. But it's sound design, lighting design, scenic design. It's so much.

[21:12] Amber Brzezinski: And it's really cool. So there's a lot of heavy contenders.

[21:16] Heather Bedor: Um, I wish Swept got more. I really do.

[21:20] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yes, Redwood was left out.

[21:26] Heather Bedor: I wouldn't say snubbed. Um, and the Redwood group has been very vocal about it.

[21:31] Amber Brzezinski: And a lot of people have said, you know, it was a good show, but I don't think it was up to par with Tonys.

[21:36] Heather Bedor: But it's the Tony's committee and what's going on. Let's see.

[21:39] Amber Brzezinski: So Joy asks, and this is a great question, Joy. So, what are the rules about what counts as a revival?

[21:47] Heather Bedor: Since Pirates has a new book, adapted score, and new lyrics. Do you want the industry answer or do you want the real answer?

[21:56] Amber Brzezinski: Um, something that not a lot of people know about, too, is shows have the opportunity to choose what categories they could be nominated in.

[22:06] Heather Bedor: Um, so for example, last year, Gutenberg was put in for um best revival. Um, right? Were they best revival or best new?

[22:17] Amber Brzezinski: I think they were revival.

[22:18] Heather Bedor: Best revival. They were put into best revival, but they had never actually been on Broadway, they've been off Broadway, but they were able to choose a category for best revival to be put into that category, so there's more of an opportunity to contend.

[22:31] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yeah, look at my little concussion brain getting better in my memory.

[22:37] Heather Bedor: Um, so it's really kind of a fascinating process for sure, Joy. It really just comes down to what the show thinks is gonna be best for them.

[22:46] Amber Brzezinski: And yes, with Pirates, it has a new book, the adaptive score, and new lyrics, but it's also based off of a show, so it can be put in um as a revival.

[22:55] Heather Bedor: I would not say it's new, it's just a quote spin on a classic.

[23:00] Amber Brzezinski: Um, for sure. Now I know a lot of people were disappointed that Jinx didn't get nominated.

[23:05] Heather Bedor: Um, and Ramin didn't get nominated. David Hyde Pierce didn't get nominated.

[23:09] Amber Brzezinski: It's such a limited run. I think it, I mean, it literally opened what, uh, two weeks ago? Not even.

[23:20] Heather Bedor: Let's see. How long have I been back? It feels like April. I want to say like April 15th or like something like that. Oh, they're there, let's see. I'll tell you in a second. Uh no, April 24th. Because that was the opening for the other show. April 24th was when, um, Pirates, uh, the Pennsylvania's musical opened. So, so do you?

[23:42] Heather Bedor: Yeah, let's see. I'm going through our comments section.

[23:48] Amber Brzezinski: Will there be a UK backlash?

[23:50] Heather Bedor: What do you mean, Jeffrey? Will there be a UK backlash?

[23:53] Amber Brzezinski: And then will they go bigger, small musical this year? That's a great question.

[23:57] Heather Bedor: Um, because you do have the flash year musicals based, you know, all the way drilled down to something like Dead Outlaw and Floyd Collins, where it's a minimal set and a minimal design and minimal cast.

[24:09] Amber Brzezinski: And then what's the other question you asked?

[24:11] Heather Bedor: Do you think the non-nominated musicals perform at the Tonies?

[24:14] Amber Brzezinski: No.

[24:15] Heather Bedor: Um, so the shows that perform at the Tony Awards are the ones that are nominated for Best Musical.

[24:21] Amber Brzezinski: Um, does that mean some of the shows, if they're still running, can perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

[24:28] Heather Bedor: Sometimes. Um, if it's a usually your newer shows, too.

[24:33] Amber Brzezinski: So uh Joy says, Gotcha, thanks.

[24:36] Heather Bedor: Let's see. I know they could choose where to put it just to know if there were certain roles, if people are feeling like an appropriate place, makes sense.

[24:42] Amber Brzezinski: No, for sure. Um, it is really kind of dealer's choice, it's very unique of a situation for sure.

[24:51] Heather Bedor: Um, like last five years could have technically been up um for best new because it's never been on Broadway, but it also could have gone up for best revival because it's been off Broadway, so it is quite a challenge.

[25:08] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, and Jeffrey says the UK transfer is not doing well.

[25:11] Heather Bedor: No, I think anything coming from the West End has been doing pretty good.

[25:15] Amber Brzezinski: Timmy Faye didn't do great.

[25:21] Heather Bedor: Yeah, you know, so it's feed's doing okay.

[25:26] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, oh yeah. I think it's just I I don't think it's the West End versus Broadway thing.

[25:34] Heather Bedor: I think that it's a very different climate to where these shows are coming out, so different shows are gonna be hitting differently for sure.

[25:41] Amber Brzezinski: Um, let's let's talk some news.

[25:44] Heather Bedor: Like, I think that's a good segue. Like, what if you know everybody loves Adam Lambert?

[25:51] Amber Brzezinski: We get that all the glamberts in our Capri group are fantastic and we love them, but like now he's performing as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar in California, and there's a whole bunch of people who are super stoked and a whole bunch of people who are super pissed off.

[26:06] Heather Bedor: And it's like this was a casting choice for a reason. Like, I don't know, what do you think about that, Amber?

[26:13] Amber Brzezinski: The my favorite comment that I read today was that Jesus and Judas are supposed to always have like some kind of like sexual tension, and they don't know how we're gonna pull it off with Cynthia and Adam.

[26:27] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, it is quite unusual.

[26:32] Heather Bedor: You know who I'm gonna redefer to and I'll message um when we're done with the show, so I'll ask Justin.

[26:39] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, like I'll I'm morbidly curious what his opinion is.

[26:43] Heather Bedor: Justin Sergeant, prepare yourself for a text message.

[26:46] Amber Brzezinski: Uh just and then all right.

[26:49] Heather Bedor: So Jeffrey says I thought if a musical wants to perform it, the money they can perform.

[26:54] Amber Brzezinski: No, not that I'm aware of at all.

[26:56] Heather Bedor: It needs to be shows that are up for best musical. That way people can see what the shows are. It's great publicity for the people that are actually Tony nominated.

[27:03] Amber Brzezinski: Um UK transfers do not do well in winning Tonies.

[27:07] Heather Bedor: I don't know. Um I genuinely don't know. I think Operation Mince Me will take some Tonies home this year for sure, and that's a West End transfer, and it's supposed to be a limited run. They've extended six different times. We shall see. I think it'll be a unique Tony season for sure.

[27:25] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, it's a stacked season.

[27:27] Heather Bedor: It's loaded, it's fully loaded.

[27:30] Amber Brzezinski: What did they say? There were 81 new shows.

[27:33] Heather Bedor: I don't even remember. And I'm just like, that's and I saw most of them. My mom's like, what shows didn't you see the season? And I said, musicals-wise. Um I didn't see real women have curves. I didn't see Floyd Collins. I didn't see um One of Us a Social Club. And I think that's it.

[27:54] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[27:55] Heather Bedor: I've seen them all. Um, and I love them all. Um really, they're all so unique this year. There are shows that went to the towards the bottom of my list, and there are shows that skyrocketed. Um, to me, and like we've gotten a lot of members. I don't know if Amber, if you've been seeing this like in our chats and stuff too. A lot of our members are like, hey, so should I see this show? Like one of our members in Cabaret was like, what show should I see for five days? And everyone just like 150 comments, which I love so much, but it there's trends of what shows people are recommending, and then there's well, um there's oh how do I put it? I'll have to come back to my thought. I'm like, my brain is not processing what I'm trying to convey. I'll let you off to you, Amber.

[28:53] Amber Brzezinski: I guess Broadway news. Hit it up.

[28:59] Heather Bedor: All right, so the first bit of Broadway news is something that happened today, and it's gonna start off with a story about I'm sure it's uh like a relatable story that everyone can share. At least, like I'm gonna I'm gonna hope it's pretty common. Did like everyone most of you guys when you guys were little, did you guys think it was like the Pulitzer Prize?

[29:17] Amber Brzezinski: Uh-huh.

[29:28] Heather Bedor: You definitely did, right? Tori.

[29:31] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[29:32] Heather Bedor: Well, the Pulitzer Prize was announced, and Purpose won the drama award today.

[29:38] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I saw that. That's fantastic. Um, oh Mary was also one of the finalists, so that was also very cool.

[29:47] Heather Bedor: You want me to tell you anytime I hear a Pulitzer? You think newsies?

[29:53] Amber Brzezinski: Have we got news for you, Mr. Pulitzer?

[29:56] Heather Bedor: Oh my god, yes, I will. But I I mean, like, did if if you are a sane human and you did not spend a significant portion of your life thinking it was not Pulitzer Prize, are you even a human like are you? Are you even a human? It's like one of those things like we all share that common experience, right?

[30:18] Amber Brzezinski: Mm-hmm.

[30:19] Heather Bedor: I I think so.

[30:20] Amber Brzezinski: I think so.

[30:21] Heather Bedor: Yeah, okay. I'm glad I'm glad that's over with. Okay. Also came out today something that I've only watched 13 times thus far today was the Sunset Boulevard Tiny Desk experience.

[30:39] Amber Brzezinski: I was waiting for you to be like, oh my god, Tiny Desk.

[30:42] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[30:43] Amber Brzezinski: It's amazing.

[30:46] Heather Bedor: The like jazzy rendition of like uh this time next year is absolutely amazing. I loved it. It was amazing.

[31:00] Amber Brzezinski: So good.

[31:03] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Loved it. Oh, and I'm gonna answer Jeffrey's question about Funny Girl. I know that he asked about Funny Girl performed. It was two years ago in 2023. I had to look it up because I was like, that doesn't sound I know that they performed. So that year the Tonies, I think there was like due to the writer strikes and due to COVID, like we're coming out of it. That was what the first year back, second year back? Like for first full season. So at that point, they were featuring shows that were also not eligible, not awarded eligible. So they had a beautiful noise sing sweet Caroline, and they had Funny Girl Perform Don't Rain on My Parade. So I think that was more the raw Ross Susan Bob theater going, woo, come back, we're back. Um and they haven't done it since.

[31:52] Amber Brzezinski: Well, there you go.

[31:55] Heather Bedor: There you go.

[31:58] Amber Brzezinski: Joy.

[31:58] Heather Bedor: I was just gonna say, didn't you all see newsies?

[32:00] Amber Brzezinski: Oh joy. Welcome to Newsy's Bingo.

[32:04] Heather Bedor: Uh, which is officially crossed off.

[32:08] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, yes, it is.

[32:09] Heather Bedor: Yes, go on.

[32:11] Amber Brzezinski: So your tiny desk.

[32:13] Heather Bedor: Um, tiny desk. Um, something that I feel like is of no surprise to anyone. A fellow recouped on Broadway.

[32:22] Heather Bedor: I mean, with like $15 tickets.

[32:24] Amber Brzezinski: Well, that's what I'm saying. But and like then you have like Denzel doing these interviews, being like, nobody talks about the $50 tickets, too.

[32:26] Amber Brzezinski: Shocker.

[32:32] Heather Bedor: Are there $50?

[32:33] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, because they're rush or lottery.

[32:35] Heather Bedor: Rush, yeah, their student rush. Let's see. I'm looking up $921 tickets, is what they're saying.

[32:45] Amber Brzezinski: Uh-huh.

[32:45] Heather Bedor: So there's a limited number of $49 partial view seats available through the digital lottery, which is always reseller, it's just seed price. Now it's very difficult to get a digital lottery ticket. The average ticket price for Othello, $374.17.

[32:59] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[33:01] Heather Bedor: Top ticket price, $9.21 for some seats in the center orchestra and front meds. And the lowest regular ticket price was $197 as of last week. But like, I'm gonna be honest with you, like not for like every show, but like Romeo and Julia had shows that were up there at the with the city.

[33:25] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, well, I think that was the resellers because let's think about it this way like just in time. Yeah, I got the last house date for a Sunday matinee the day after their official opening night, yeah, for $149, and that was regular seat, right? Um, which is pretty good, and it was center, like it was a great seat. Um, Romeo and Juliet, I think were mostly resellers, and then Kit.

[33:51] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[33:52] Amber Brzezinski: Um, which didn't he get a nomination today announced?

[33:57] Heather Bedor: I don't know. I think it was I'm gonna pull that up. I believe it was Broadway World announced that they got that standby.

[34:06] Amber Brzezinski: That's the internet's for yes.

[34:08] Heather Bedor: So the youth are voted voting, Lincoln Bio to cast your vote. So Romeo and Juliet was nominated for Favorite Play Revival Performance of the Year for a play. Their favorite on stage pair between Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, favorite leading actor in a play, Kit Connor, favorite featured actress in a play, Gabby Beans. Favorite breakthrough performance, Kit Connor, favorite leading actress in a play, Rachel Zegler, favorite featured actress in a play, Tommy Dorfman, and favorite breakthrough performance, Rachel Zegler.

[34:41] Amber Brzezinski: And the font being just a little bit off is making my eyes hurt.

[34:45] Heather Bedor: So I had to put that away. The children loved the Romeo and Juliet.

[34:51] Amber Brzezinski: These children loved Romeo and Juliet.

[34:53] Heather Bedor: We did, we loved it.

[34:54] Amber Brzezinski: We loved it.

[34:56] Heather Bedor: And being in a theater when it was not Romeo and Juliet was weird. But yeah, it was still great.

[35:01] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[35:03] Heather Bedor: Or as Jonathan Croft says, being in the basement of wicked.

[35:07] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[35:08] Heather Bedor: Which is true.

[35:09] Amber Brzezinski: Which is true.

[35:11] Heather Bedor: Cheyenne, oh my god, I'm so late. Got held up on a phone call.

[35:14] Amber Brzezinski: How dare you, Cheyenne?

[35:16] Heather Bedor: It's totally fine. Um, let's see. Oh, with Audra's Tony nomination, she um is the officially most nominated Tony performer in Broadway history.

[35:33] Amber Brzezinski: I think that's crazy.

[35:34] Heather Bedor: I think that is like not only like cool for her, but I think that's like cool for me.

[35:44] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, go on.

[35:45] Heather Bedor: Like, I think that's cool that like I'm alive when like someone is the most nominated Tony performer in history, and that I've like seen them perform, like I have like experienced them as a performer.

[36:01] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, we did.

[36:02] Heather Bedor: Yeah, I think that's that's like super cool for you, Audra. Like, I'm proud of you. Like, I'm happy for you. I mean, we lived in a time when Gavin Creel was performing, we've lived in a time when fan movie opera was created, like we've lived in the time when Megan Helty and Jennifer Smart are killing each other on stage. Like, I think life is so precious, and like this past week has been nuts. Um, and like friends to the show have been in like serious car accidents and like are having like a rethink of life, and yeah, it's like holy cow, like we're alive when all of this is happening. Like that's I'm happy for me.

[36:40] Amber Brzezinski: I'm happy for us, yeah, happy for us.

[36:43] Heather Bedor: So we get to have a show talking about Audra being the most nominated Tony actress. I think it's fabulous.

[36:50] Amber Brzezinski: Didn't she ever take Queen Bernadette?

[36:54] Heather Bedor: Yes, I believe so.

[36:55] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, I believe so.

[36:56] Heather Bedor: Absolutely. I still think that Nicole's gonna take the Tony for best actress.

[37:02] Amber Brzezinski: Um I think what I think see she's broken.

[37:16] Heather Bedor: What I think if anything.

[37:28] Amber Brzezinski: If anything, if anything said it three times it's gonna come true.

[37:34] Heather Bedor: Yes.

[37:36] Amber Brzezinski: Audra will take for best actress and sunset will take best revival.

[37:44] Heather Bedor: Interesting.

[37:47] Amber Brzezinski: Interesting. Okay.

[37:48] Heather Bedor: Because originally you were saying that Nicole was gonna take best.

[37:51] Amber Brzezinski: I mean, I do I do think Nicole will take it, but I think like it's like yeah, which is frustrating because yeah, it's an honor just to be nominated, but look at the freaking nominees. Like I think they're both like I think everybody in that category is incredible.

[38:13] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[38:13] Amber Brzezinski: Like, I mean, how do you have Megan and Jennifer against each other?

[38:17] Heather Bedor: Right.

[38:18] Amber Brzezinski: You can't, yeah. And then Jasmine, like, she carries this entire show. She's tap dancing, she's singing, she's doing the Betty Boop voice, she's like doing costume changes as a Broadway debut. Nicole is kicking ass. She's, you know, standing or sitting on that stage the entire second half of Sunset. Like, it's incredible to see Audra. I'm an Audra fan, I get it, but like, is it bad that I want to see somebody also get it, not her? Like, can't they do like a like a special, like instead of like a lifetime achievement like they're doing for Harvey Feierstein, like, can't they do like a special, like, congratulations? Here's the Tony for being the most Tony.

[39:05] Heather Bedor: You know, the Tony for the most.

[39:09] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Yeah.

[39:10] Heather Bedor: I don't know.

[39:11] Amber Brzezinski: It's tough.

[39:13] Heather Bedor: It's like really tough. Like I said, I'm like, I like literally had anxiety this morning. I was like, did I miss it? Like, did I forget? Like, what is happening? I don't know what to do.

[39:23] Amber Brzezinski: Well, I think what'll help this year is that you and I are gonna put together for anyone's Tony's party or for like keeping track at home. We're gonna make a Tony like award like sheet. So like play along at home as things are being nominated, or if you want to like play a contest at home, and I think maybe you know, we'll do a couple of giveaways too.

[39:43] Heather Bedor: But um, you know, people should do Amber.

[39:48] Amber Brzezinski: So um, I don't know if you guys remember, we have this great Etsy shop. Amber is like whittling her little fingers away on these gorgeous bracelets, which she should have somewhere in her vicinity. I do look at that vicinity. That's a quick one. Um, our shop is going on hiatus starting next Monday through the following Monday, but you can still order bracelets for your Tony's party. So if you want to wear a bracelet in solidarity for your favorite show, or if you want to gift it at the stage tour, or if you want to make them for your Tony party like attendees, like do it for sure. The link is WWF. You can do WWW or H G T P S call it slash slash the Broadway fanclub.etsy dot com go right there. You can also go right to our website. It'll say merch madness www dot thebroadwayfanclub.com. You can also find most of our groups there.

[40:41] Heather Bedor: Something fun one of our members asked the other day Amber um in Sunset and they were very sweet about it. And they said um is this group gonna close when the show closes and I was like no we don't ever close our groups. We keep our groups groups running. So at the very bottom of our website you'll actually see shows that are closed but the groups are still operational. We're never gonna take away your community like that ever.

[41:08] Amber Brzezinski: Never so Carol says Kit should have been nominated. Yeah I mean I think Kit did a great job the way that I kind of see the nominees are if you're looking between performances it's not even the number of performances although I do notice that shows that open towards the end of a season with exceptions being made generally tend to miss out. Like if you remember last year it was like Gatsby outsiders and they still were like knocking stuff out of the park. And this year you know literally Jonathan Groff opens like the very last night of the season and outlaw too. Dead outlaw opened up the last day of the Broadway season.

[41:49] Heather Bedor: Yeah so um you just kind of have to compare if one of these days I hope to be on the voting committee um I've met some Tony voters and like they're some of the nicest people and like they're very open to people's opinions. Um, obviously, you're not gonna want to sway them, but um I met one at the swept away reunion concert, and she was like, Yeah, tell me about this. I haven't seen this, and I want to know this. Like, she was so sweet, and I was like, this is why this community does this, and this is how this is, and it's been so cool. And speaking of our boys, our swept away boys. Um, they performed, they did a surprise appearance at the Avett Brothers concert the other night. Very cool. It's good to see them still doing it, and Blake wearing his or Adrian Blake wearing his uh sunflower overalls. Yeah, adorable. Um I think this season has a lot of heart and soul to it, for sure.

[42:49] Amber Brzezinski: What's on the rest of the Broadway news bracket? Um, we had the Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS spring red bucket season. And they raised a record total six million dollars, eight hundred eight hundred and forty-nine five hundred and ten dollars. That's like an incredible amount of dollars. And one of my very favorite facts is that do you know who took second place in the top off-Broadway shows? Yes, it's our friends at Drag. Yes, um, the top of the fundraisers were Sunset Boulevard and Goodnight. Shocking. Good luck. Shocking. Um, Little Shop was the top fundraiser for off-Broadway with 113,982 Little Shop. Gotta love them. But Drag was right behind as first runner up, is 101,239. With Amber over at Titanic, 33,810.

And the third runner-up, the play that goes wrong, 27,561. So that's pretty good for a spring season. People want to spend money. Incredible. Like really, really incredible. And as always, like we love Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Like we love supporting them. Please support them every way you can. So if you buy a Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS bracelet, we will actually donate a portion of the proceeds.

[44:22] Heather Bedor: Yeah. That's a real thing, guys. Yeah. Um exactly. Almost 6.9 million. That is amazing and so awesome for such a worthy cause. Yeah, it's incredible as to like, and we'll go into like our fall fundraiser once we start that back up of like how much money goes to what and what. It's really an incredible cause for sure.

[44:44] Amber Brzezinski: Um, next up on Broadway News, we have in the words of Norma Desmond, a return. Go on. Do you know who's making a return? To where? To the presidency.

[45:06] Heather Bedor: No.

[45:09] Amber Brzezinski: Titus Burgess.

[45:10] Heather Bedor: I said that at the beginning of the show.

[45:15] Amber Brzezinski: Did you say that? I was like I was like, was that I thought that was off air.

[45:20] Heather Bedor: No, that was on air.

[45:22] Amber Brzezinski: Okay. I thought that was off air. All right. Well, then we already knew. We already know. Never mind. All right. We have new people watching. It's totally fine.

[45:29] Heather Bedor: Yeah. And we're excited about it. We're just really excited about it.

[45:31] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, because that means Heather and I are going to go see O'Mary and go see Titus.

[45:37] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[45:38] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Um, and I think that's really just about it.

[45:43] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Um, so notable stuff for Broadway Cares that's coming up once that um we it's wrapped the spring season. Broadway bets, which I keep telling myself every year I'm gonna go do. If you do not know what it is, you're literally playing poker at Sardies with Broadway Stars. Um, it's incredible. The buy-ins are oh cheap.

[46:02] Amber Brzezinski: What? One more thing.

[46:05] Heather Bedor: Oh, just one more thing.

[46:07] Amber Brzezinski: What Olivia posted.

[46:10] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[46:11] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah. Do you want to say it verbally for people to see in the back row?

[46:17] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Gone. Redwood is closing.

[46:23] Amber Brzezinski: The first casualty of Tony season. I saw somebody post something, and I kind of agree with it. Is quote, when will people realize that not getting a Tony nomination is not the death of your show. Um, because it's this trend for those of you who might not see this trend or be on top of it. Every year, once the nominations come, shows hold out as much as they possibly can. If they can. They hold out, and if they get the Tony Nom, they stay open as long as humanly possible hopefully through the Tonies and get like that big boost of people wanting to see one, a Tony nominated show to a Tony Award winning show. If a show doesn't get a nomination, then people kind of go, well, um, and shows start to turn the lights off.

[47:11] Heather Bedor: So there are rumors of other shows that will be quickly following suit, even though some of those shows have been nominated. So my aunt aha, Stephen Miller. I adore you. It is kind of unexpected, unfortunately. It's it's become this trend, and we were talking about this the other day it's become this trend of shut the lights off and just hope that it blows over but right now people like in our groups they're like hey I want to go see this show but I'm gonna wait until August or September to see it I'm like go see the show now if you want to see a show do not put it off guys just very directly Redwood everybody thought yeah the unexpected um Jeffrey I'm not gonna talk about those shows because they are just rumors and I'm not gonna be a rumor spreader um but everyone thought what's a Dina Mendel um it's a really cool show it's a stacked cast it's a beautiful story it should be everlasting and it wasn't um so those fans are heartbroken so be easy on them because it was kind of like the little show that could and I wish it could hold on a little bit longer but yeah it was kind of a surprise I don't use the word snub as we discussed um it was kind of a surprise to get a nomination but also look at everything else that was nominated and celebrate that for sure right for sure but yes and and Olivia has a point mainly gross is too and sales yes a big why are you typing so furiously over there um I'm answering a question about where I sat for O'Mary.

[47:27] Heather Bedor: Oh okay I'm gonna put your ass on mute uh but that theater's not that big um but yeah I think it's just you also have to have a have really good marketing. Um, my soapbox is you can have great TikTok videos and viral videos, but those do not translate into sales. Um, you can have a great Instagram following, those do not translate into sales. You could have a heavy Facebook following. We cultivate our community so that we can encourage people to go or to feel like they have a community and like be part of something special, um, which is different, and that's okay if you don't get it, that's totally fine. But everyone's like, why aren't you on TikTok? And I'm like, because I can make a viral video all day long, but it's not gonna help the show, it's just gonna be like, hey, get ready with Amber and Heather as they head to go see, you know, Cole Scola and Oh Mary. Like, we want to show off the show.

[49:47] Amber Brzezinski: Like, hey, check out Cole, check out the theater, check out the bust of Cole.

[49:54] Heather Bedor: Right. Did you look inside the lobby? Do you want to talk about that for a second?

[49:59] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yes. So Cole Scola is a brilliant maddening genius. I'm gonna love their photo from the Met Gala, by the way.

[50:11] Heather Bedor: Yeah, like it's just ridiculous. They are just I don't know. The merch of O'Mary is brilliant, the art at O'Mary is brilliant. Like, there's a bust of Cole Scola's head in the the um Lyceum lobby, and the paintings are the paintings are like redone. Um, the merge, I think the pin is like the penny, it's like a penny, but instead of Abraham Lincoln, it's Cola Schola, and like it's changed to be each Mary that they've had. It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

[50:55] Amber Brzezinski: I am scrolling, um, looking and obsessing over these costumes. So I'm obsessed with the Met Gala, like obsessed, and this year it was tailored to you. So they were asking um for a theme to be more like men's leisure, like men's wear, um, to be incorporated into the outfit. There are so many gorgeous things. Why is I can't just pull up the main one of Cole? Come on, come on.

[51:22] Heather Bedor: You can do it, little Google. Amber, do you have it quicker? Because mine's just sitting there.

[51:28] Amber Brzezinski: Go to Instagram and go to iHeartRadio Broadway.

[51:31] Heather Bedor: Well, but if I'm on Instagram, then I'm on Tommy Broco's Instagram.

[51:35] Amber Brzezinski: Right.

[51:37] Heather Bedor: I I don't know how he did that. I'm fascinated. Let's see.

[51:43] Amber Brzezinski: Um, all right. Well, entertain the people while I pull this picture up because my So let me entertain you.

[51:54] Heather Bedor: Let me um Yos. But yeah, I mean, I really enjoyed Redwood. Uh more than I thought I would because of the content material, but I thought it was like a really beautiful show.

[52:11] Amber Brzezinski: Even with the people interrupting halfway through the show, yeah.

[52:18] Heather Bedor: It was it was really good.

[52:20] Amber Brzezinski: Look at this costume, like, look at a sudden costume, like, look at just Cole.

[52:23] Heather Bedor: Yeah, or just gorgeous.

[52:26] Amber Brzezinski: I want to go snooping around. So, like, love it, love the almost like MC ish makeup slash hair.

[52:32] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[52:33] Amber Brzezinski: Um, okay, who else should we look at?

[52:35] Heather Bedor: Nicole.

[52:36] Amber Brzezinski: Well, she's right here, but you can't miss her.

[52:41] Heather Bedor: My like, I would wear that in a heartbeat.

[52:44] Amber Brzezinski: That's beautiful. Stunning. Beautiful.

[52:47] Heather Bedor: Go to the next photo.

[52:48] Amber Brzezinski: You're so demanding.

[52:50] Heather Bedor: That's cold.

[52:50] Amber Brzezinski: Go ahead.

[52:51] Heather Bedor: Oh no.

[52:52] Amber Brzezinski: Go like in the middle.

[52:54] Heather Bedor: Nope.

[52:56] Amber Brzezinski: The photo.

[52:57] Heather Bedor: I'm clicking a photo.

[52:58] Amber Brzezinski: Now go to the end of the middle of the screen.

[53:01] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[53:02] Amber Brzezinski: You want me to go back to Nicole?

[53:03] Heather Bedor: Hold on.

[53:04] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[53:06] Heather Bedor: Okay.

[53:08] Amber Brzezinski: Gorgeous.

[53:09] Heather Bedor: I want to see if I can see the bottom of the dress.

[53:12] Amber Brzezinski: Uh, there.

[53:14] Heather Bedor: Okay.

[53:15] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, jacket.

[53:17] Heather Bedor: I would wear that.

[53:19] Amber Brzezinski: That's gorgeous.

[53:20] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[53:21] Amber Brzezinski: It's very Death Becomes Her.

[53:24] Heather Bedor: Kind of.

[53:24] Amber Brzezinski: It's like that ball gown-y.

[53:26] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[53:28] Amber Brzezinski: But like that, um, mermaid.

[53:31] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[53:31] Amber Brzezinski: Gorgeous.

[53:33] Heather Bedor: Gorgeous.

[53:34] Amber Brzezinski: Um, look at Cynthia.

[53:36] Heather Bedor: Okay, little like goth princess.

[53:38] Amber Brzezinski: I'm sorry. Like, I like the lips. The lips are cute.

[53:43] Heather Bedor: Look at this outfit. Like, Queen of Hearts moment.

[53:47] Amber Brzezinski: And of course, the nails are dead.

[53:49] Heather Bedor: Mm-hmm.

[53:50] Amber Brzezinski: For sure.

[53:52] Heather Bedor: Okay. Next on our list.

[53:54] Amber Brzezinski: Let's go.

[53:57] Heather Bedor: Carrie Young.

[54:00] Amber Brzezinski: It's okay.

[54:02] Heather Bedor: I mean, I literally said no filter for description.

[54:06] Amber Brzezinski: I mean, I wouldn't wear it. I think that it creates a unique silhouette.

[54:12] Heather Bedor: Yeah.

[54:13] Amber Brzezinski: That's interesting. It's interesting.

[54:15] Heather Bedor: And if you guys have anything to say about these, dump it off in the comments too, for sure.

[54:19] Amber Brzezinski: Alright, moving on.

[54:21] Heather Bedor: Oh, Sarah Snook.

[54:24] Amber Brzezinski: Sarah Snookous.

[54:26] Heather Bedor: Militant. I think it's appropriate for the picture of Dorian Gray.

[54:30] Amber Brzezinski: Um, love the lining in the cape.

[54:34] Heather Bedor: Yes. Like, I appreciate the famous year.

[54:39] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, gorge. That looks cool. They look great.

[54:43] Heather Bedor: Yes. Um, very similar to my black golf ball gown.

[54:50] Amber Brzezinski: Um, not my favorite.

[54:53] Heather Bedor: Adrian Warren. I need to see the bottom.

[54:55] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, let's see if we can scroll to the bottom.

[54:58] Heather Bedor: I like the corset.

[55:01] Amber Brzezinski: Okay. I've worn something like this.

[55:04] Heather Bedor: But see, to me, the Met Gala is like extraordinarily.

[55:08] Amber Brzezinski: I agree. I like bigger.

[55:10] Heather Bedor: I like it bigger. Like, was it last year was the floral one? Wasn't that Jared Leto dressed like the cat last year or the year before?

[55:19] Amber Brzezinski: I don't know. I don't have time for Jared Leto.

[55:24] Heather Bedor: Okay, Audra.

[55:27] Amber Brzezinski: Mother. Um, I want to see this moment right here.

[55:33] Heather Bedor: I hope everybody's enjoying this Met Gala preview. I love the detail here, but like I want her to have some more like bling.

[55:41] Amber Brzezinski: I see the earrings.

[55:44] Heather Bedor: Oh, wow, that train. Beautiful. Rad that train.

[55:49] Amber Brzezinski: Okay. Now that I'm Hades Towning it. Look at that. She knows it too. She's like, I look amazing.

[55:54] Heather Bedor: Um, but look at the detail here in the peplum.

[55:57] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[55:58] Heather Bedor: Okay. Sadie Sink.

[56:01] Amber Brzezinski: Sadie.

[56:03] Heather Bedor: But gorgeous. I love it. Gorgeous.

[56:06] Amber Brzezinski: Let's see. Looking beautiful. That's a great look.

[56:10] Heather Bedor: That French lace up top.

[56:12] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I think she looks great. Obsessed.

[56:18] Heather Bedor: Somebody definitely like prepped this. I love you can tell, like somebody is holding.

[56:23] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah.

[56:25] Heather Bedor: I love it. It makes the best photo. I think it's great.

[56:28] Amber Brzezinski: Alright. Well, I don't know that guy.

[56:36] Heather Bedor: How are you doing over there, Amber?

[56:38] Amber Brzezinski: Okay. I'm gonna be alright.

[56:41] Heather Bedor: The one and only Tom Francis, which by the way, um, one of our members was like, has anybody watched Tom and you? And I was like, no, but I need to finish the series, and I'm glad I finished the series, and I'm gonna miss that show.

[56:55] Amber Brzezinski: But he is very surprising.

[56:59] Heather Bedor: Um, again, classic. Love the hair.

[57:02] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, I mean, I think it looks very cool. Look at this like choker moment, like a shorter, spikier chain. I'm here for it.

[57:14] Heather Bedor: I want him to hem his pants, and I want him to steam his pants.

[57:19] Amber Brzezinski: Yeah, this comes from a costume fabricator, okay. Like, I'm not trying to be a tick, like gorgeous work, but like everything up is great, but lower, like, come on.

[57:31] Heather Bedor: Okay, we don't need to. I think that was it. I think those are pretty photos from what we've got.

[57:37] Amber Brzezinski: Yep. That's the Broadway.

[57:41] Heather Bedor: That's it. Broadway stars of the Met Gala so far.

[57:45] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, Olivia. I actually want to talk to you about this. I'm glad you brought this up.

[57:49] Heather Bedor: So I will be Olivia says I'll be going to opening night of Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse off-Broadway next Tuesday. I'll be showing up in my scrubs because I'll just be coming out of work.

[57:57] Amber Brzezinski: First off, if you do not know about this show, I think this show is going to like be the next Heathers. I'm sorry. Amber, do you know much about it?

[58:08] Heather Bedor: I don't.

[58:09] Amber Brzezinski: Nothing?

[58:10] Heather Bedor: No.

[58:11] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, I'm gonna read you the official. Um, it's hysterical. And I've been watching some of their socials, and it's fantastic.

[58:18] Heather Bedor: So it's a Pushing Square Theater. Um, we do not have a group for it, surprisingly, but we can make one if need be because I think it's very much our kind of show.

[58:28] Amber Brzezinski: I would like to read the official. Come on, there we go. Okay, the synopsis. Um, in 2006, the New York Post infamously labeled Paris, and Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears as the three bimbos of the apocalypse.

[58:45] Heather Bedor: But who is the fourth girl in this famous photo? This is a real photo, okay. Today, three Gen Z internet sleuths investigate that icon Coco, an early 2000s one-hit wonder who mysteriously vanished.

[59:01] Amber Brzezinski: Their epic musical quest leads them to uncover the truth, deliver justice, and rewrite pop history.

[59:09] Heather Bedor: Yeah. Yeah. It's just utter chaos from what I've heard. Olivia's already seen it twice during previews. You're going to the final show. That's fantastic.

[59:19] Amber Brzezinski: I like weird shows like that. Like, bring it on. Bring it on. I think we need to have fun. There's so many shows through like a little down, and I think you need to bring it back up.

[59:29] Heather Bedor: Like, Boop was that show for me. I was like, I'm gonna be literally like sitting through some like pretty like, although fun shows like Dead Outlaw. Um, you know, or like with Justin Time. It's a great show, but Bobby Darin dies, and you literally spoiler alert, like you know, you see that happen during the show.

[59:47] Amber Brzezinski: Like, this is something you can look up online um of Bobby Darin's life. Like it was like a very like heavy emotional weekend, but like Boop was hysterical and kept it live and fun and colorful, and I really enjoyed that too.

[59:59] Heather Bedor: So I think that's important for sure.

[1:00:02] Amber Brzezinski: Yes, and I know you're Sarah Gettlefinger, um, which I believe you said Sarah was one of your instructors.

[1:00:08] Heather Bedor: So um, speaking in Water for Elephants, um, Easy came on the radio last night, and I just stopped. I just stopped. Um, for those of you who were lucky enough to see that show, like we were, um, that song and that moment stays with me at all times.

[1:00:29] Amber Brzezinski: So, but I'll keep it there.

[1:00:31] Heather Bedor: Anyways, I don't want to add in a sad note. Let's go over weird upcoming weeks, Amber.

[1:00:39] Amber Brzezinski: Um, do you need me to go over the weird upcoming weeks?

[1:00:44] Heather Bedor: Yeah, I forgot.

[1:00:47] Amber Brzezinski: So, um, for those of you who may not know, um, I am heavily involved with the Fringe Festival here in Orlando. Um, so I am very happily doing marketing for a really fun show, um, which takes me out of commission almost nightly from May 14th through the 26th.

[1:01:04] Heather Bedor: But we are still gonna do a weekly show for you guys. So, right now, today is May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, Revenge of the 5th. Next Tuesday will be our next show, next Tuesday, the 13th.

[1:01:17] Amber Brzezinski: And then we go back to a Monday night show, and our special guest, I'm so excited, about damn time he's on the show, is the one and only Alan Seales from Broadway Podcast Network.

[1:01:27] Heather Bedor: So he'll be joining us on May 19th, which is a Monday. And then because everyone and their mom is going to be at a barbecue from Memorial Day on the 26th, we're gonna go right back to the 27th.

[1:01:38] Amber Brzezinski: So we're gonna do a Tuesday show, a Monday show, a Tuesday show, and then the following Monday will be words are great, uh, June 2nd.

[1:01:49] Heather Bedor: So we'll be right back to our regularly scheduled program June 2nd. And um, who knows? Some people in the comment section might actually be our special guest, but we'll keep you guys posted for that.

[1:02:01] Amber Brzezinski: Um, so for sure, make sure that you guys stay on top of it. Please keep in mind if you're trying to order bracelets that the shop is going to be closed next Monday, the 12th through the following Monday the 19th, but you can still make your orders through our Etsy shop.

[1:02:15] Heather Bedor: Um, make sure that you get those in now. I just checked my calendar and it's actually through Friday the 23rd.

[1:02:23] Amber Brzezinski: Oh, she lies.

[1:02:25] Heather Bedor: Okay, well, it's still time for you guys to get your orders in. So you'll be the 12th through the 23rd. Um, so the shop will be closed the 12th through the 23rd, which isn't still too bad.

[1:02:37] Amber Brzezinski: Um, still plenty of time if you want to get your uh Tony bracelets in. The Tonys this year are Sunday, June 8th.

[1:02:45] Heather Bedor: So freaking excited because then our show is the 9th, and then we get to gripe and complain and cheer. Um, so I'm super stoked.

[1:02:53] Amber Brzezinski: And I'll be at Christopher Levy's party for the Tonys, and I'm very excited for that.

[1:02:57] Heather Bedor: So um, yes, make sure you get your orders in. It doesn't even have to be Tony's related or show related. We can do any kind of custom bracelet for you.

[1:03:05] Amber Brzezinski: The Broadway Fan Club.sc.com.

[1:03:08] Heather Bedor: Also, this has been coming up a lot too, and Amber, you reminded me of it asking, and we haven't talked about it a lot. Don't forget, guys, we have some great hotel partners right in the heart of the theater district.

[1:03:14] Amber Brzezinski: Both the W Times Square and the Weston Times Square.

[1:03:22] Heather Bedor: If you put in under corporate code or cluster code, um, or even call them and give them the promo code E, like Edward 7103. They will give you a discount off their best available rate.

[1:03:35] Amber Brzezinski: Um, the W, which does generally charge a destination fee, will also waive a destination fee. They take very good care of us, they will take very good care of you guys.

[1:03:43] Heather Bedor: So please, please make sure to go support them. You cannot go wrong with either one of them. They encompass the full theater district. They have some great views, great rooms, um, and incredible staff.

[1:03:54] Amber Brzezinski: That's the most important part.

[1:03:56] Heather Bedor: And yes, contrary to popular belief, we're not just like, hey, calling up hotel. So we go to every hotel, and by we I mean generally mean that Amber will come visit, but we check out every single hotel partner we have to make sure that they take great care of you guys.

[1:04:09] Amber Brzezinski: So please make sure to go support them.

[1:04:12] Heather Bedor: Uh, other than that, if you guys want to check out any of our other 102 fan groups, I think it's gonna get bigger. Um, www.thebroadwayfanclub.com will take you to our link tree, which you can see almost all of our groups.

[1:04:26] Amber Brzezinski: We're in the process of updating now. If there is a group that you are interested in us creating, don't hesitate to reach out. That's how we've gotten some of our groups because some of our community wanted them.

[1:04:36] Heather Bedor: So anything you'd like to add, Miss Amber.

[1:04:40] Amber Brzezinski: I think that's all that's all I wrote.

[1:04:43] Heather Bedor: And the next show, you should have a furry creature with you, right?

[1:04:46] Amber Brzezinski: Um, the next show, I should be cat sitting at my aunt's house, yes.

[1:04:52] Heather Bedor: Woohoo!

[1:04:53] Amber Brzezinski: So kiddies, kiddies for days.

[1:04:55] Heather Bedor: That's so we'll see if the cat like likes me and wants to like come out. So we'll see.

[1:05:00] Amber Brzezinski: My favorite cat at my friend's cat cafe finally got adopted yesterday.

[1:05:04] Heather Bedor: Oh nice.

[1:05:05] Amber Brzezinski: I know Brooklyn, little black cat. He was like the cutest thing ever, but he finally got adopted, and I like almost cried.

[1:05:12] Heather Bedor: And I text my buddy David, who's the one that owns the cafe, and I was like, I hope he has a good life. And then it made me think of Herbie. I hope Herbie's very good too.

[1:05:21] Amber Brzezinski: I'll send you a picture that I got like the other day of Herbie.

[1:05:25] Heather Bedor: Yay!

[1:05:26] Amber Brzezinski: Okay, sounds good. And hopefully all the puppies got adopted too.

[1:05:29] Heather Bedor: But we love you guys. Thank you for hanging out with us on a Manic Monday.

[1:05:34] Amber Brzezinski: Um, yeah, make sure you check us out. Don't ever hesitate to reach out.

[1:05:36] Heather Bedor: We're here for you guys. We're here to listen to your Tony gripes.

[1:05:41] Amber Brzezinski: Um, and we cannot wait to see who wins.

[1:05:44] Heather Bedor: And we will keep you updated with the Met Gala because these pictures are rolling in, and it's hard for me to not like just keep staring at them.

[1:05:52] Amber Brzezinski: Anyways, have a great week, guys.

[1:05:54] Heather Bedor: Remember, when Broadway is dark, we keep the echo sight burning.

[1:05:58] Amber Brzezinski: I hope we don't have to see Jared Leto.

[1:06:00] Heather Bedor: Oh my god, I love Jared Leto.

[1:06:01] Amber Brzezinski: Don't you do that?

[1:06:02] Heather Bedor: No, no, I love Jared Leto.