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[0:03] Joshua Turchin: Hello and welcome to The Early Night Show live from the Broadway Makers Marketplace here in Turnstyle Underground in the heart of New York City.

[0:14] Joshua Turchin: I'm Joshua Turchin, and thank you all so so much for being here today.

[0:18] Joshua Turchin: So something I find very interesting is how the song "Seasons of Love" from Rent, its chords fit literally any other song you can think of.

[0:27] Joshua Turchin: I tested this theory out a couple days ago here at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, and I was proved correct.

[0:34] Joshua Turchin: For example, we have "We're All in This Together."

[0:49] Joshua Turchin: "Once we know who we are, we're all stars, and we'll see that."

[0:55] Joshua Turchin: "So if you care to find me, look to the western sky."

[0:59] Joshua Turchin: "As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly," and then finally, "never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and hurt you."

[1:13] Joshua Turchin: It literally fits with every song, which is something I find very cool.

[1:18] Joshua Turchin: Now, for today's show, I'm gonna be singing one of my favorite songs from a show called A New Brain.

[1:23] Joshua Turchin: It's called "I'd Rather Be Sailing," and I hope you all like it.

[1:40] Joshua Turchin: Yes, I would.

[1:51] Joshua Turchin: "I'd stand at the railing if I could feeling wild and free."

[2:06] Joshua Turchin: "The sun is on my neck, the wind is on my face, the waters incredibly blue, and I'd rather be sailing."

[2:23] Joshua Turchin: "Yes, I'd wanna go sail and then come home to you."

[2:35] Joshua Turchin: "But I'd rather be sailing."

[2:40] Joshua Turchin: "Food is nice, but I'd rather be sailing."

[2:45] Joshua Turchin: "People are swell, but I'd rather be sailing over the horizon and I'd rather be sailing."

[3:02] Joshua Turchin: "Yes, I would on an open sea I'd stay there, inhaling if I could feeling wild and free."

[3:41] Joshua Turchin: "Yes, I'd wanna go sail and then come home to you."

[3:52] Joshua Turchin: "I'd rather be sailing."

[3:57] Joshua Turchin: "Yes, I wanna go sailing then."

[4:03] Joshua Turchin: "Come home to the back."

[4:23] Joshua Turchin: So the long-running Broadway show, The Lion King was actually fun fact, one of the no, it was the first Broadway show I've ever seen 11 years ago.

[4:33] Joshua Turchin: Joining me this episode are the Lion King Cubs, currently starring in The Lion King on Broadway.

[4:40] Joshua Turchin: Hey, how are you all doing?

[4:42] Lion King Cubs: Good.

[4:43] Lion King Cubs: Really good.

[4:44] Joshua Turchin: So you all just came from a show, right?

[4:46] Lion King Cubs: Yes.

[4:47] Joshua Turchin: How'd it go?

[4:49] Lion King Cubs: It was amazing.

[4:50] Lion King Cubs: Oh yes, yes.

[4:51] Lion King Cubs: Um, I had like a little um mishap on stage.

[4:55] Lion King Cubs: I got stuck, but it's alright because that's how live performing is, and it was a great show overall.

[5:01] Lion King Cubs: Oh, my tail gets stuck in the rock almost every time.

[5:04] Joshua Turchin: Oh wait, saying on that, what are your all favorite mishaps that have ever happened on stage?

[5:12] Lion King Cubs: Oh well, so I have a harness that attaches to um something that I have on for the stampede, and I fly up to a tree, and then Mufasa catches me because they let me down, but they didn't let me down.

[5:25] Lion King Cubs: So I was just hanging in the air, the branch was up, I was like frozen.

[5:30] Lion King Cubs: It was just it my heart dropped, but it was fun.

[5:36] Lion King Cubs: Well, uh, I fell on stage on the same scene as he has multiple times.

[5:42] Lion King Cubs: One being um in our put-in rehearsal.

[5:45] Lion King Cubs: I would I need I have to catch um the actor who plays Scar's tail, and I literally fell and bumped into the scenery.

[5:55] Lion King Cubs: Oh no.

[5:56] Lion King Cubs: Ouch.

[5:57] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[5:58] Lion King Cubs: And then I fell off the ledge when I was trying to get down.

[6:02] Lion King Cubs: I fell off the ledge on an actual performance.

[6:05] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[6:06] Lion King Cubs: So that was fun.

[6:08] Joshua Turchin: Is the scenery made of like like metal?

[6:11] Lion King Cubs: No, not metal, more like wood.

[6:14] Lion King Cubs: No.

[6:14] Lion King Cubs: No.

[6:15] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[6:15] Lion King Cubs: Kind of like what do you call it?

[6:17] Lion King Cubs: Something.

[6:18] Lion King Cubs: It's something.

[6:22] Lion King Cubs: It's a material and it's hard.

[6:23] Lion King Cubs: Yes, exactly.

[6:25] Lion King Cubs: It's hard in that.

[6:27] Lion King Cubs: Scrape me.

[6:27] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[6:29] Lion King Cubs: Ouch.

[6:30] Lion King Cubs: I um say uh this happens to almost all of us every day, but um, right before "Just Can't Wait to Be King" starts, we jump back and uh surprise, there's a curtain and it drops down.

[6:41] Lion King Cubs: We have to jump back and we can't like you can't get hit by the curtain, and because I got hit.

[6:46] Lion King Cubs: So it went down and uh um and uh um the boys were told uh um to jump back on I, but we weren't.

[6:54] Lion King Cubs: So I remember I was on Jane.

[6:56] Lion King Cubs: Jaden jumped back on I and I looked at him and then it hit my head.

[7:00] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[7:01] Lion King Cubs: And I had a bump.

[7:02] Lion King Cubs: That curtain hits us a lot.

[7:03] Lion King Cubs: One time it hit me on the eye, so my eye was sore for the entire song.

[7:07] Lion King Cubs: I was blinking like really quickly.

[7:11] Lion King Cubs: The entire time.

[7:12] Lion King Cubs: It was like one time it literally just hit my buttons.

[7:15] Lion King Cubs: But the thing is, the bottom of the curtain has changed the metal chilling.

[7:20] Lion King Cubs: So it hurts.

[7:22] Lion King Cubs: Oh no, so it like hurts one fall.

[7:24] Lion King Cubs: Yeah, it's not no slow curtain, too.

[7:26] Lion King Cubs: It's not soft.

[7:27] Lion King Cubs: It's free falls.

[7:28] Lion King Cubs: Yeah, it's like they just let it go.

[7:30] Lion King Cubs: It's one of those curtains that like it's like one of those quick quote unquote quick change curtains for example.

[7:35] Lion King Cubs: Yes, yeah.

[7:36] Lion King Cubs: It's not like horrible to it.

[7:40] Lion King Cubs: It flies free and it goes like they like pack it up, they roll it up, and then on the line on their queue, boom.

[7:46] Lion King Cubs: They unchain it and it flies down.

[7:48] Lion King Cubs: And you're down.

[7:51] Lion King Cubs: In the summer.

[7:52] Lion King Cubs: They said that in the summer the air conditioning will be on, so it's gonna hit us a lot.

[7:57] Lion King Cubs: So you have to be prepared for that.

[7:59] Lion King Cubs: Um you may have to take a back straight an extra big jump back.

[8:04] Lion King Cubs: Right.

[8:05] Lion King Cubs: Oh, one time I went so far back, I literally think I almost went to the other side.

[8:11] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[8:12] Lion King Cubs: I was like, that hitting me again.

[8:14] Lion King Cubs: No.

[8:17] Joshua Turchin: Now, Jaden, you are no stranger to the Broadway world.

[8:21] Joshua Turchin: Uh you were in multiple Broadway shows, right?

[8:24] Jayden Theophile: Yes.

[8:25] Jayden Theophile: Um, including Tina Turner, the Tina the Turner the Tina the Tina Turner musical and Caroline, or Change, right?

[8:32] Jayden Theophile: Yes.

[8:33] Joshua Turchin: So what was your journey to Broadway like?

[8:36] Jayden Theophile: Well, you know, it really all started um almost when I was born.

[8:42] Jayden Theophile: I felt like I always wanted to do the acting.

[8:46] Jayden Theophile: Um yeah, and so my mom noticed that, and so she took me to this place where um they auditioned for like managers, and I was so scared, and I like ruined it.

[8:57] Jayden Theophile: But the person who was holding auditions gave me another chance and so I did it again.

[9:02] Jayden Theophile: I did a little monologue in front of some managers which are my managers now, um, and they liked me, and so I've been auditioning ever since and got my third role um today on Broadway.

[9:19] Jayden Theophile: Not today, but yes, but to this day I've still been auditioning.

[9:24] Joshua Turchin: What was each experience like for you as compared to Lion King?

[9:28] Jayden Theophile: Um, they were all different, you know, like the cast, it's all on the cast and the theater and the audience.

[9:36] Jayden Theophile: So like in Tina, the audience was um amazing, you know, because you know, Tina Turner was such a big, you know, a big star, you know, back in the day.

[9:47] Jayden Theophile: Not too back in the day, but back in the day.

[9:50] Jayden Theophile: And so everybody knew her and was familiar with her, and it was kind of like a Tina Turner concert.

[9:55] Jayden Theophile: So it was all um, you know, a lot of people who knew her.

[10:00] Jayden Theophile: It was just um it was very fun and uh, you know, to like bow every night because everybody was so excited because they knew who she was.

[10:10] Jayden Theophile: So um everybody would be like clapping and cheering and jumping up and down.

[10:15] Lion King Cubs: Yeah.

[10:15] Jayden Theophile: Whereas Caroline, Caroline or Change, they would like um it it depends on the day and you know, and the group of people, you know, and how it touches other people.

[10:26] Jayden Theophile: You know, same thing with Tina and same thing with Lion King and same thing with Caroline.

[10:30] Jayden Theophile: It depends on the audience, I think, and the cast, um, on how they portray the roles.

[10:37] Jayden Theophile: Um, so yeah, really, um if you have a good show, like you know, and make sure you really get your point across on the story, then um the audience, you know, will react to that, and I think that's the best thing about live theater and what makes me really want to do it.

[10:54] Joshua Turchin: Yeah.

[10:54] Joshua Turchin: And on top of being in many Broadway shows, you've also done some TV and film stuff, right?

[11:01] Joshua Turchin: You were on Disney Channel in Puppy Dog Pals, right?

[11:05] Jayden Theophile: Yes.

[11:06] Joshua Turchin: What was doing voiceover like compared to being in like theater acting?

[11:11] Jayden Theophile: Yeah, you know, it's completely different because um like in back in two thousand and twenty yeah, it was two thousand twenty, I recorded like the full season.

[11:22] Jayden Theophile: I would like do every single day.

[11:25] Jayden Theophile: Um I would like almost like once a week at least, I would record, I would record the show, and then like two years later, because it's it was animation too, which was different.

[11:36] Jayden Theophile: So they had to animate it and you know, add the voices to it, so it would take like it apparently took two two years.

[11:44] Jayden Theophile: Wow.

[11:45] Jayden Theophile: Yeah, to come out and now finally every Friday it comes out.

[11:49] Jayden Theophile: So I think it's definitely different because you don't you can't just say on live theater, you know, oh can we stop for a second?

[11:56] Jayden Theophile: Oh, can we redo that?

[11:57] Jayden Theophile: But whereas, you know, um animation you can do you can do that.

[12:03] Jayden Theophile: You can pause and redo the line and say things differently, you know.

[12:08] Jayden Theophile: So I think those are two different things, very different things, and I like about that.

[12:14] Joshua Turchin: Yeah.

[12:15] Joshua Turchin: That's so cool.

[12:16] Joshua Turchin: And now, Mari, you were not only in The Lion King on Broadway, but you're in multiple TV shows and tours as well.

[12:22] Mariama Diop: Yes, yes.

[12:23] Mariama Diop: You played the little girl in Once on This Island on the first national tour.

[12:27] Mariama Diop: What was that like for you?

[12:28] Mariama Diop: So it was um pretty crazy because um when I uh got the role I wasn't very into I wasn't very deeply into acting, so like I did like auditions, but I was very new at it.

[12:41] Mariama Diop: And actually I first auditioned for the role when I was seven.

[12:44] Mariama Diop: Um and but then like I auditioned like multiple times, I think two times before I got it, and it was crazy.

[12:51] Mariama Diop: I live in New York City, so uh um we were touring and uh when we were touring we were like in different states like every week.

[12:59] Mariama Diop: So it was very different.

[13:00] Mariama Diop: I uh said goodbye to uh school, so we had a tutor and she'd help me with like my school work.

[13:05] Mariama Diop: There was another little girl and she tutored us both and it was such an amazing experience because I feel like the show was so cool.

[13:13] Jayden Theophile: It's very realistic, like the floor it has sand on it and like there's trees that I had to climb in a boat and I had to run through water and it was like it was such an amazing experience because I felt like first off, like the cast was wonderful and I met so many friends that are still my friends to this day.

[13:30] Jayden Theophile: But it was also great because it was new and really introduced me to theater and uh I that's where I really felt like I wanted to do this continually as a career.

[13:40] Joshua Turchin: Now what was your favorite stop on the tour?

[13:42] Jayden Theophile: I feel like I loved um this is my fourth stop, um in Greenville, uh, South Carolina. It was it was so beautiful and it was there you said this nice um hotel that had like a little pool and that was super fun.

[13:57] Jayden Theophile: And then like the people there were so nice. The audience was always like clapping after every song and sometimes they clapped at very sad moments, but that's okay because they're just learning.

[14:09] Jayden Theophile: And the place was lovely and it was super warm. It was when it was like everything was starting to get a little bit warmer. And it was super cool because like on the tour I was able to go to states and places that I've never been before, so that was really um changing and I'll forever be grateful for that.

[14:25] Joshua Turchin: And you were also on Sesame Street, right?

[14:28] Jayden Theophile: Yes, yes. Uh who do you play on Sesame Street?

[14:31] Jayden Theophile: So I was um one I had uh this little um Juneteenth song and scene and so I was one of those uh um I did some singing on that, so I was one of the um uh little girls that were celebrating that and it was super fun and I always I loved watching Sesame Street a lot when I was younger, so it was really cool, and uh I felt and uh yeah, so I was able to meet some uh other friends and uh some other people.

[14:58] Jayden Theophile: It was super cool seeing like the behind the scenes and stuff like that. So yeah.

[15:03] Joshua Turchin: Did you grow up with Sesame Street too?

[15:05] Jayden Theophile: I did.

[15:06] Joshua Turchin: What was it like to be on set and basically see how the puppets are being controlled?

[15:10] Jayden Theophile: I was it was scary. I feel like not scary like in a bad way, but scary, like really, really cool because I remember when I was little I had this imagination, like I thought that Elmo was a real person, and like Elmo just a talking puppet, which obviously isn't true, but it was super cool, like I was able to see like people are literally like sitting under um and it's super I was locked in and it was super amazing and like that little little kid of little kid of me, um, came out and it was super exciting and I was like but I couldn't really go because it was about to film, so I was like, ee in my head.

[15:47] Jayden Theophile: But it was such a cool experience, and I was super excited and it brought back a lot of memories.

[15:54] Joshua Turchin: And you were on Kids Say the Darndest Things, right?

[15:57] Jayden Theophile: Yes, yes. What was being on that like?

[16:00] Jayden Theophile: That was also super cool too. I remember it was like seven in the morning and I was like eight, seven. And uh it was so cool. I had it with Tiffany Haddish and I used to play chess a lot.

[16:12] Jayden Theophile: So I'd go to like little tournaments. I even like went to Disney World for a chess tournament instead of playing. But it was uh so basically we played like a little round of chess, but she did it her way, so it was really silly, not how you actually play chess.

[16:26] Jayden Theophile: But it was such a cool experience and it was so funny because I like like sometimes when I'll turn on the TV, I'll see that like kids say the darndest things. And I always wanted to be like in a photo where I could just uh like in a video or on a TV show where I could just like be ridiculous. And that show is basically about kids being ridiculous.

[16:44] Jayden Theophile: And I was one of those kids, so that was really fun.

[16:46] Joshua Turchin: How was Tiffany Haddish to work with?

[16:49] Jayden Theophile: Oh, she was very sweet, very sassy, but that's all right because that's what the whole thing was about. And I felt like um we matched each other's energy, which was really cool because I was a very sassy young little girl too, which is probably why I played my character so well.

[17:03] Jayden Theophile: But it was super fun. She's actually very nice, and I loved playing chess with her even if it wasn't the correct rules.

[17:14] Joshua Turchin: That does actually sound really fun though.

[17:16] Jayden Theophile: Mm-hmm.

[17:17] Joshua Turchin: I think that you know, if you ever wanted to make a chess game that is completely made up, I think that would be very fun.

[17:28] Jayden Theophile: Yes, it would.

[17:31] Joshua Turchin: Now, Donovan, you were in tons of TV shows on top of The Lion King. You were in The Last OG and FBI Most Wanted, right?

[17:38] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Yep. Uh, what was being in the shows like?

[17:42] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Well, it was fun. Um, and I had like two completely different characters on FBI. Um, my character was like a scared child, a scared eight-year-old, and on The Last OG, I was like a sassy person who talked back to adults all the time.

[18:00] Joshua Turchin: And that does sound really cool to be on those shows, and how were those shows different from each other?

[18:07] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Well, The Last OG is like a comedy show, kind of like uh The Office or Abbott Elementary, and um FBI Most Wanted is like Law and Order Crime Mysteries and all that.

[18:21] Joshua Turchin: Did you have to change your acting style for both shows?

[18:24] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Yep, definitely.

[18:25] Joshua Turchin: What were being in those shows like really fun as compared to theater?

[18:31] Donovan Louis Bazemore: They were really fun, but they only lasted for a while. As for theater, it lasts for like longer. So this is six months, but the TV shows were like two, three weeks.

[18:45] Jayden Theophile: Mm-hmm.

[18:46] Donovan Louis Bazemore: And especially with theater, it's all live. So anything that you do on stage, you just have to go on with the show.

[18:53] Jayden Theophile: Yep.

[18:54] Joshua Turchin: Now, what was it like finding out that you got Lion King?

[19:00] Donovan Louis Bazemore: I so my dad, he told us to get our shoes on because we were going to dinner. I was like, is something happening? And then he called a family meeting, which we've never had before, like ever.

[19:11] Donovan Louis Bazemore: And then we went into the family room, and on the TV I saw uh Donovan Louis Bazemore. It was my name, and then it said as young Simba, and then out of nowhere I heard Nicole, and then I was like, I got the part, and I started crying.

[19:30] Donovan Louis Bazemore: I called my friends. I was jumping around, running to the house, and my mom even has a video. It's like it was it felt unreal. Like in that moment, it was just like a fever dream.

[19:42] Joshua Turchin: That sounds so cool. And did you grow up like watching like Disney musicals like Lion King and now speaking of musicals? I know that you're a huge theater fan, right? What is your favorite musical and why?

[20:00] Donovan Louis Bazemore: I have a lot of favorite musicals. Um I have to say...

[20:03] Donovan Louis Bazemore: What are your top three?

[20:07] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Jesus Christ Superstar, Ragtime, and Lion King.

[20:14] Jayden Theophile: I don't want to get fired.

[20:18] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Here's the thing though. I agree with all those statements because each one of them, the music is just yes.

[20:19] Jayden Theophile: Right.

[20:19] Donovan Louis Bazemore: The music is just the I don't know how to describe it. The music is just yes.

[20:31] Joshua Turchin: And who is your favorite theater performer?

[20:33] Donovan Louis Bazemore: If you had to choose Brian Stokes Mitchell.

[20:42] Jayden Theophile: Yep.

[20:43] Donovan Louis Bazemore: Stokes is the best.

[20:44] Jayden Theophile: Yep.

[20:45] Donovan Louis Bazemore: He uh he he's just an incredible person, and yeah, that is a very good choice.

[20:52] Joshua Turchin: Now, Evie, you are also starring on Broadway right now in The Lion King, right? Now, was this your first professional show?

[21:02] Evie Winter Lee: Ah first, like big like Broadway or tour show.

[21:11] Evie Winter Lee: Oh yes! Like Yeah.

[21:14] Joshua Turchin: What other shows have you done?

[21:18] Evie Winter Lee: I have done Snow White. I have done I don't have to speak. This Christmas Zoom thing in the...

[21:31] Joshua Turchin: Oh that sounds really cool. What was like the Christmas Zoom thing?

[21:37] Evie Winter Lee: Chris the Christmas Zoom thing, I like was so excited because like personally I love like Disney villains and all that. So like I was like, I wanna play like a villain.

[21:52] Evie Winter Lee: Oh, I'm so excited. So like I really wanted to be like the like ice queen or something.

[21:59] Joshua Turchin: So it was like a Disney villain type Zoom musical?

[22:03] Evie Winter Lee: It was just like a Christmas thing. I don't I don't know how to describe it.

[22:07] Joshua Turchin: What was performing on Zoom like as compared to like Broadway? Cause I know since it Zoom is like like TV and film, it's like right there in your face. Like is the acting style for you at least different?

[22:21] Evie Winter Lee: Like I would say that like I love like being live. I love like I really like to feed off of that energy. Um and I feel like on Zoom, I hate Zoom, like don't tell Zoom, but like I hate it.

[22:40] Evie Winter Lee: Um they were like, oh look there, uh right above the camera. Or put oh put a post it sticky note. And I'm like, why can't I just it's like for me it's it really wasn't the same.

[22:56] Joshua Turchin: Mm-hmm. And you're currently a part of the Alpha NYC theater company right?

[23:01] Evie Winter Lee: I think I that was the Snow White thing and I think that was the Christmas thing.

[23:08] Joshua Turchin: Yeah, that was the Christmas thing too. Cool. Now what is it like to be on stage every night performing in Lion King?

[23:17] Evie Winter Lee: Uh it's magical. Um you know, like it's like it's been like my dream and like all that stuff. Um but like honestly, like I mean, like I agree with all the things they said about it, and I and it's sort of like yeah, it's sort of surreal, but it's also like just awesome.

[23:47] Joshua Turchin: And well, not every night, because I know that you're sharing the stage with the incredible Mari, and then you two are both playing Young Simba, and you're both playing Young Nala, which I find so so cool. How is it like backstage? Like, do you have any fun games you play? Do you like things like that?

[24:04] Evie Winter Lee: We have Connect 4 is neon, and the girls beat us every time.

[24:12] Jayden Theophile: Yeah, every time they're really every time.

[24:15] Evie Winter Lee: We are the best.

[24:16] Jayden Theophile: We are.

[24:17] Evie Winter Lee: I feel like that game is rigged.

[24:21] Jayden Theophile: Completely rigged.

[24:22] Joshua Turchin: Do you all wanna play a game with me?

[24:24] Lion King Cubs: Yes, cool.

[24:25] Joshua Turchin: Let's play name that tune.

[24:27] Joshua Turchin: Okay, I'm gonna try and play something on the piano, and you have to guess what song it is.

[24:31] Lion King Cubs: Are you ready?

[24:32] Joshua Turchin: Yeah. It's gonna get harder as it goes on.

[24:35] Evie Winter Lee: Seasons of Love.

[24:38] Joshua Turchin: Seasons of Love?

[24:39] Jayden Theophile: Is it waving through the window?

[24:41] Joshua Turchin: No, yes, it is waving through the window.

[24:42] Jayden Theophile: Yes.

[24:43] Joshua Turchin: Well, actually, no. It's seasons of love.

[24:48] Jayden Theophile: Oh god, I just gave that answer away.

[24:51] Joshua Turchin: Oh no. Um seasons of love.

[25:00] Lion King Cubs: You are right again, it is seasons of love.

[25:04] Joshua Turchin: Okay. Actually, just joystick with some Hamilton stuff.

[25:08] Lion King Cubs: Yes.

[25:08] Joshua Turchin: Do you want to get songs from Hamilton?

[25:10] Lion King Cubs: Yes, yes, yes.

[25:11] Joshua Turchin: Uh I hold on. You're gonna get this get this by the first thing, because I'm just changing this. Are you ready?

[25:19] Lion King Cubs: Yeah, yeah.

[25:20] Joshua Turchin: Soon you see. You'll remember you belong to me.

[25:25] Lion King Cubs: You'll be back.

[25:27] Joshua Turchin: Time will tell you that I send you well.

[25:34] Lion King Cubs: Empires fall.

[25:36] Joshua Turchin: We've seen each other a little.

[25:39] Lion King Cubs: And when push comes to shop, I will send the foliard battalion to remind me of Mama.

[25:47] Lion King Cubs: Da da da da da da da da.

[26:01] Lion King Cubs: You say your love is raining and you can go on.

[26:08] Lion King Cubs: You'll be the one complaining when I am gone.

[26:15] Joshua Turchin: No, don't change the subject. But guess the song, are you ready?

[26:25] ♪ Musical number: "Dead Mom" — performed by Lion King Cubs ♪

[30:06] ♪ Musical number: "I Will Always Love You" — performed by Lion King Cubs ♪

[34:43] ♪ Musical number: "Speechless" — performed by Lion King Cubs ♪

[38:31] Joshua Turchin: Thank you so much to the Broadway Makers Marketplace for allowing us to be here. Make sure to follow them on all major social media platforms at Broadway Makers Marketplace. If you want to listen to the rest of our episodes, you can stream them now on theearlynightshow.com. Huge thank you to our amazing guests, the Lion King Cubs. Make sure to go see them in The Lion King on Broadway. You can follow me at Joshua Turchin on all major social media platforms as well. Thank you all so, so much for watching. Remember, you're loved, amazing, and valid, and I can't wait to see you all soon. Bye.

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