--Hello. Welcome to another edition of magic to do. That's right.
I'm James Snyder here at the Lyric Theatre once again. It's good to see you
guys. Today we have some building to do. That's right. So if you
can see, I pulled apart some pallets some wood pallets that I found in the garbage.
I made this lovely wall— actually me and Matt Muller the gorgeous Matt Muller. And
so I've got a little bit of scrap left. Let's see what we can make.
Okay, so I decided is this gonna be too hard to build something else. I kind of
have a job to do, so I'm gonna go do that job. Okay?
But I got plenty of other things I can build like...
--78, 79, 80
Today, we're building
muscles instead!
81!
82
80.. thanks Jonno.
I think we're good
--All right guys. I am here with James Brown III, actor extraordinaire.
This is what? How many Broadway shows have you done?
--This is 10. --This is
number 10. Geez Louise!
What was number 1. Do we even know? --Frogs
--No way! Really? --Yeah.
--Oh that's exciting! -- I know. Lincoln Center
back in the day, Stroman, Nathan Lane, Sandeep Sandeep
--Well, then let's just dive into your past right now.
--Yeah. What are we diving into? --Well, where did you like
where did you go to school? How did you end up in The Frogs?
--Oh my gosh. I went to Brown, and then I
-- Rachel Stone a stage manager
--Yeah, I was doing the Lion King first national tour, and I was ready to go.
So I was flying back and forth to audition, and you know... and
Stroman, crazy enough, she hired me to be her dance captain like out of
the gate.
--Wow.
--Crazy, and then I had like a long
career with Stro --Oh god I'd love to work with her
--Amazing --She's like an angel just in the audition
so so president all that, even. Okay so
why are we wearing no sleeves. --Oh yeah
--So, James Brown not only plays Bain and a
lot of other characters, which we're allowed to say now.
--Yes, we are --Finally.
He's also sort of in he's in charge of what would you say the physical wellness
or the physical... --Life of the show. Life of the show.
--Technically, the movement
captain. And because we're a British run show, we do warm-ups every day.
--Yeah, so we're here normally we just show up
like I would show up it like half
hour and warm up and whatever. We're here 90 minutes before the show, and James is
pushing us to be stronger, to stay healthier. Like, we asked him questions
about like my knee hurts you know like what should I do about this? And then he
also makes sure that our movement the wand dance and other stuff is is in
tip-top shape. Fight calls, all of that... And you've been here since a little
bit into year one. --Yeah.
--So, you've been here for a while. --Been here a while
you know into the year two contract, so I got a feel of of the world and how we
move in this world. And it's been cool --Yeah, what was it
what was the challenge for you like
getting us ready as a new cast to to be able to step in and make this magical
Wizarding World happen?
--Yeah. I mean, I think one reason why the warm-ups are
great and we had that time together is because most of the cast are coming from
strictly the play, TV-film world, and so they're not, they don't come from the
musical theatre world where they're constantly, you think, they know how to
walk whether in shows where they have to move. The show is so physical, and so much
of the magic is created by us, all the illusions are created by us. It's not
technology. So it really will it's a matter of getting a full company to feel
comfortable and ready and technically proficient to do all the
stuff and not hurt you know not hurt ourselves. And yeah
--You're a great
example to all of us of how to do this right, in my opinion
From all of it, if you guys come
see the show, you'll know what I'm talking about .
--Come see the show! --You bet. But thank you sir.
It was a pleasure. And what's your Instagram handle? James BrownIII
James Brown i i i
--All right.
--Should be the first thing that pops up when you type it.
I'm verified! --Yeah, oh, you are?
Oh , I wish I could do that.
All right, so we call them
JB three. So anyway James, thanks so much. --Thank you.
--But first...
--And now, shower thoughts!
--An apple a day keeps the apple industry
thriving.
--For those of you playing at home, for the Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child home game, we're about to circuit, which is six different stations. And we
do them twice. And then we do two shows today.
Pew...
--First station, we're going to do ...
we're going to do push ups for the first thirty seconds.
And then the second thirty seconds —
we've done them before— we're going to do thrusters,
so it's a squat, and then above the head.
Cool?
So, push ups and thrusters over here. Over here, we're gonna do calf raises for
the first 30 seconds, and then second 30 seconds, we'll do two lunges.
--Did he say lunches? --Lunches, yes.
--Here, we'll do swimmers
and our slow supermans
Cool.
Here let's do the half burpees again. Can't do those right now, but so you just
go from plank to here. Let's do that for
a minute. So, half burpees here, and then here... let's
do...
to coccyx balance. No, not good. But yes, coccyx balance.
And and these.
Yeah?
--Oh snap.
It's time, people.
We're getting pumped!
Okay, it's the workout episode. I'm doing push-ups right now. Give it to me!
That's right. It's time, people, for circuits.
--Go! --Go!
One! Two! Three!
Four!
Five!
Six!
Seven—my feet
up on a chair right now. And we're working out.
We still got two shows to go.
I love
spaghetti!
Gross!
Not for me.
Hoo!
Ah!
Heh!
--That's it.
That's the workout. Now for fight call.
--So, people have been complaining that last week's
mediocre moments in magic weren't mediocre enough.
Challenge accepted!
--Don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't don't
doo doo doo doo da da da da da
mmmm!
Mediocre, indeed.
--What's the big news, Nadia?
--Hey, guys!
So, the power is out. --The power is out all
over Broadway and Times Square
--Subways are done.
--What is going on?
--So, all of the power went out in midtown from 59th to 40th.
All of the theaters are closed, so what better opportunity than the huge box that
I just got from
Australia from Becca.
Becca, Becky...
Rebecca Robins. Becks.
Look at this. What do we got? We got Burger Rings
--Okay. --These are chicken
--Coconut cookie
--Vanilla Butter biscuits
--Ooh! Tim Tams!
--Oh!
--I don't even know what that is. --They smell really good you guys.
--You guys... --Vegemite!
--No one else is going to eat this. This is mine!
This is vegemite toothpaste. I'm gonna use—not really.
--These are from a fan in Australia!
Say thanks to Becca! Say thanks, Becs!
--Thanks, Becca!
--Woo! --475, 476, 477,
478, 4—Oh, hi guys. Sorry. I was just doing my wand wrist
exercises to make my Leviosa work better. All right, guys. That's it. Magic to do.
We're all done for the week. What a week! We had a blackout, we had snacks, we had
magic, we had working out, we had guys in in sleeveless shirts as usual. Sleeves
are banned in the Wizarding World now. That's a new rule they just made up.
Anyway, you guys, I'll see you next week. Oh, don't forget. Birdland July 22nd. Our
wacky cast at 7:00 p.m. is gonna be on. Go to Birdland jazz. com @theJamesSnyder
Let me know how you guys are doing, if you're having fun.
And I will see you guys next week.
--When accio goes wrong.
--Accio shoes! --Hey guys!
What's [screams]
God! --James!
--What? Why did --Magic! --Why didn't you tell
me?
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