(MUSIC) GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND
WELCOME TO THE BALANCING ACT.
WE ARE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I'M JULIE MORAN.
AND I'M OLGA VILLAVERDE.
OKAY, DID YOU EAT YOUR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING?
EHH, YOU KNOW I'M NOT A BREAKFAST EATER.
SHE NEVER EATS HER BREAKFAST.
I DON'T.
OKAY, THIS IS FOR YOUR TODAY.
WE HAVE GOT SOME GREAT HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR ANY MEAL THAT ALLOW
YOU TO GET YOUR VEGGIES IN A PRACTICAL AND EASY, ECONOMICAL
WAY.
OKAY.
I'M IN THERE WITH THE BLENDER.
I'M BRINGING IT OUT TO YOUR DRESSING ROOM.
I'M GONNA' TRY IT.
OKAY.
I PROMISE.
ALSO, BERRY GORDY CERTAINLY
PAVED THE WAY FOR SO MANY HIS MOTOWN
ARTISTS.
YES.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC AS WE GO BEHIND
THE SCENES- THIS IS EXCITING- FUN.
-OF MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, AS WE CONCLUDE OUR BROADWAY BALANCES
AMERICA SERIES.
OKAY, PLUS A SOLUTION TO A COMMON
MEDICAL PROBLEM THAT PLAGUES OUR PIGGIES.
IT'S A RIDDLE.
PLAGUES OUR PIGGIES?
PLAGUES OUR PIGGIES.
I LIKE THAT ALLITERATION THERE.
HA-HA (LAUGHTER) THE BALANCING ACT STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
STAY WITH US.
IT'S A RIDDLE, RIGHT?
IT IS.
(LAUGHTER) (MUSIC)
WORDS AND PHRASES LIKE, CARBS AND STARCHES HAVE GOTTEN A BAD
RAP.
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO EAT HEALTHY.
IN ACTUALITY, THEY ARE
VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO OUR DAILY NUTRITION.
JOINING US TO SHARE
WORDS, FOODS AND FABULOUS FLAVOR, IS
REGISTERED DIETICIAN AND SELF-DESCRIBED
POLYTARIAN, ASHLEY KOFF.
SO GREAT
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THIS KITCHEN.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW AS A POLYTARIAN, HOW DO YOU
RECOMMEND PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THOSE,
"HOT POTATO WORDS" THAT THEY, YA KNOW,
DON'T REALLY WANT TO TOUCH.
RIGHT, PUN INTENDED, WITH THE POTATO RIGHT?
YEAH, YEAH.
SAID VERY INTENTIONALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW,
CARBS GOT THIS BAD RAP AND I THINK THAT'S
FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, CARBS-
WE WERE HAVING WAY TOO MUCH OF THEM,
SO, YOU KNOW WHEN WE THINK, WHEN WE
LEARN THAT WE'RE HAVING TOO MUCH OF
SOMETHING, THEN WE THINK, 'OH, WE'VE
JUST 'GOTTA GIVE IT UP.'
AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND THE OTHER PART, IS THE QUALITY
OF THE- UMMMM.
-CARBOHYDRATE IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
SO, WHEN
IT COMES TO QUANTITY, THE EASIEST
WAY TO THINK ABOUT CARBOHYDRATE, IS
THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A SERVING PRETTY
MUCH EVERY TIME WE HAVE, WHAT I CALL
A NUTRITION PIT STOP OR AN EATING
OCCASION, BECAUSE CARBOHYDRATES ARE
OUR BODIES PREFERRED SOURCE OF ENERGY.
SO THEY ARE WHAT GIVES OUR BRAIN FUEL.
THEY GIVE US, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY
TO THINK AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE NEED TO DO AND THEY ALSO WILL KEEP US FROM GRABBING SOMETHING
ELSE LATER THAT'S GOING TO BE LESS
GOOD FOR US.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO SKIP THE CARBS.
GOOD TO KNOW.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE QUALITY,
I RECOMMEND LOOKING FOR WHOLE GRAINS.
YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR IT IN THE WAY
THAT IT'S FOUND IN NATURE.
SO BY THAT WE MEAN, THE WHOLE GRAINS,
NOT THE REFINED WHITE FLOUR.
UMM, WE ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHOLE
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, WHICH ARE GREAT SOURCES OF CARBOHYDRATE
AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR THINGS
LIKE, 'ORGANIC' ON A LOGO OR NON-GMO
AS WELL TO KNOW THAT IT'S 'AS IT'S
GROWN IN NATURE.'
WILD VEGGIE MAKES THESE VEGGIE PUREES
AND THEY ARE PHENOMENAL.
THEY MAKE IT
SO EASY TO ACTUALLY GET VEGETABLES
IN A BREAKFAST.
YES!
SO I WANTED TO START WITH VEGETABLES
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T
THINK OF VEGETABLES FOR BREAKFAST.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BREAKFAST BOWLS.
AND, YA KNOW THIS MIGHT, YOU MIGHT SAY,
'OH, I HAVE OATS OR I HAVE QUINOA FOR
BREAKFAST, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A
BOWL THAT'S A BLEND OF THREE WHOLE
GRAINS.
GREAT.
SO, YOU'VE GOT THE PEARLED BARLEY,
QUINOA AND OATS ALL BLENDED TOGETHER
AND THE FRUIT.
AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS, IS THAT IT'S IN A
PORTION SIZE THAT'S CONTROLLED FOR THE
QUANTITY.
OKAY, SO THESE ARE FOR SHAQILLE O'NEAL,
BUT THESE ARE A LITTLE SMALLER.
EXACTLY, THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
THEY'RE LIKE ABOUT THAT MUCH AND THEY'RE
ACTUALLY IN YOUR FREEZER.
WHICH IS ONE
OF THE HEALTHIEST PLACES FOR YOU IN THE KITCHEN.
OH, GREAT!
SO YOU DON'T NEED TO EAT ADDITIONAL
SWEETENERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IN TWO MINUTES, BECAUSE THEY'RE
PRECOOKED, OUT OF THE FREEZER, DONE,
COOKED AND READY TO EAT.
AND GOOD FOOD VALUE AS FAR AS COST?
ABSOLUTELY.
SO, YOU KNOW THE BOWLS
ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT TWO DOLLARS,
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU'RE SPENDING, YOU KNOW FROM A
BREAKFAST STANDPOINT, PUREES ARE GOING TO
BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AH, PROBABLY IN THE THREE TO FOUR
DOLLAR RANGE, BUT YOU KNOW, KEEPING
IN MIND THE CONVENIENCE FACTOR AND
ALSO, A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE PUREES, WHAT I'M FINDING IS
PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE BUYING SMOOTHIES,
ARE GETTING SO MUCH ADDED SUGAR OR NOT GREAT QUALITY
INGREDIENTS.
AND THEY'RE SPENDING YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN DOLLARS ON THE
SMOOTHIE, SO UMM, I THINK GREAT VALUE FROM THAT STAND
POINT.
THESE PUREES ARE SO HANDY, RIGHT?
THEY ARE SO EASY TO USE AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT, IS YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE ONE PERSON, YOU MIGHT WANT
A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FLAVORS AT A TIME, BUT MANY OF US HAVE TWO,
THREE, FIVE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.
EVERYBODY WANTS A DIFFERENT FLAVOR OF SOMETHING SO WHETHER
IT'S THE BREAKFAST BOWL OR THE PUREE,
YOU CAN GO WITH THE FLAVOR THAT YOU LIKE OR YOU CAN TAKE THE
PUREES AND YOU CAN BLEND THEM ALL UP.
SO ONE OF THE GENESIS'S ABOUT PUREES
WITH THE SMOOTHIES YOU CAN HIDE SOME OF THOSE INGREDIENTS IN
THERE.
SURE.
SO YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW BUTTERNUT SQUASH OR BROCCOLI OR SOMETHING
WAS IN THERE.
AND WILD VEGGIE PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE WHERE?
YEAH, IN ALL OF YOUR MAJOR GROCERY
STORES.
SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO TO
WILDVEGGIE.COM AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE
LOCAL TO YOU.
IF ALSO WANT GREAT RECIPES
IDEAS ON THERE AS WELL.
THIS IS FABULOUS.
I KNOW WHAT I'M HAVING FOR BREAKFAST.
GOOD.
ME TOO.
ASHLEY THIS IS- SUPER EASY.
-SO GREAT.
SIMPLE.
YES.
IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO AND -
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
-TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
YOU'VE GOTTA COME BACK- ABSOLUTELY.
-REAL SOON.
I WOULD LOVE TO.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE ADDITIONAL NUTRITIOUS FOOD IDEAS, VISIT US
AT THEBALANCINGACT.COM
OR SHARE WITH US HOW YOU'RE USING
VEGETABLES IN YOUR FAMILY'S DIET BY LOGGING ON TO
FACEBOOK.COM/THEBALANCINGACTFANS
(MUSIC) IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON HEALTH
ISSUE WE DON'T GENERALLY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT AND IT AFFECTS UP TO 20% OF
AMERICAN WOMEN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOENAIL FUNGUS.
AND WITH US THIS MORNING IS DR.
PAUL KINSINGER, WHO IS HERE TODAY, HE'S GONNA'-
IT'S A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE BUT WE'RE GONNA' TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SET.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON JULIE.
PAUL, YOU KNOW, MEDICALLY SPEAKING,
REALLY, WHAT IS TOENAIL FUNGUS?
TOENAIL FUNGUS IS ACTUALLY A FUNGAL
INFECTION OF TOENAILS OR IT CAN BE FINGERNAILS, BUT 99% OF THE
TIME IT'S TOENAILS AND IT AFFECTS THE
NAIL BECAUSE YOUR TOENAILS HAVE
LITTLE PORES AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE
FORMICA, SO FUNGAL SPORES CAN JUMP IN.
AND WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS THAT IT AFFECTS ONE IN FIVE WOMEN.
VERY, VERY COMMON.
AS A FAMILY PHYSICIAN, THERE'S MEDICATIONS,
THERE'S LASERS, AND I DIDN'T LIKE THE
TOPICAL PRODUCTS THAT WERE OUT THERE.
SO YOU CREATED, AND I LOVE THE NAME OF
THE PRODUCT, PIGGY PASTE.
I LOVE IT.
IT'S FUN.
NOW TELL ME WHY AND HOW
YOU CREATED IT.
WHEN YOU HAVE MEDICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
AS A PHYSICIAN, YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM
SAFE, YOU WANT THEM EASY TO USE, AND
FOR PIGGY PASTE, I HAVE SAFE INGREDIENTS.
I'M A HOSPICE PHYSICIAN, SO I'VE PUT
THE BEST INGREDIENTS IN THE BEST PENETRATING GEL AND I FIGURED
OUT ALL THE OTHER TOPICAL PRODUCTS
YOU PUT OUT HERE ON THE NAIL, YOU
PUT PIGGY PASTE BACK HERE AT THE
CUTICLE NAIL JUNCTION, PUT A BAND AID ON IT OR DO A HAIR
DRYER FOR THREE MINUTES AND SO IT'S
EASY TO USE, ONCE A DAY.
THERE'S ENOUGH IN THE PRODUCT FOR
THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AND A NORMAL NAIL GROWS OUT IN THAT
AMOUNT OF TIME.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I LOVE ON YOUR WEBSITE IT SAYS, "A FUNNY NAME
FOR A SERIOUS PROBLEM"
AND THIS IS SERIOUS.
IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE
PEOPLE CAN GET, DIABETIC PATIENTS
CAN GET INFECTIONS ABOUT THEIR NAIL.
IT CAN BE PAINFUL TO WALK IN SHOES.
I HAD POLICEMAN AND OTHER SOLDIERS
THAT HAVE CHRONIC PAIN IN THEIR FEET BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY
HAVE SUCH A THICK NAIL THAT IT HURTS
ON THE INSIDE.
IT SURPRISED ME THAT IT AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, ONE IN FIVE WOMEN.
WE'VE KIND OF PUT IT TOWARD THE MEN,
BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
YOU CAN GET MICRO-TRAUMA JUST BY KICKING A COFFEE TABLE OR BY
SOMEBODY STEPPING ON YOUR SHOES, BECAUSE
THEN THE SPORES, IT'S DARK AND MOIST
ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR SHOE, THAT'S
WHY MOSS GROWS ON THE NORHT SIDE OF A TREE-
UGH.
-AND SO YOU HAVE FUNGUS SITTING IN
YOUR SHOES THAT JUST JUMPS IN THAT
COMPROMISED EXTERNAL NAIL SURFACE.
WELL, IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON
AND I HEAR YOU MIGHT HAVE A SURPRISE
FOR ME THIS MORNING.
I, I DO.
I WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE
JOYCE WOLKALY FROM SARASOTA COME ON?
ABSOLUTELY, JOYCE, COME ON OUT.
JOYCE, THANKS FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE GOTTA' TELL ME YOUR STORY.
WELL ABOUT 14 MONTHS AGO, UMMM, I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT PIGGY
PASTE.
AND UHH, I HAD TOENAILS THAT LOOKED
LIKE THIS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
WOW.
I TRIED EVERYTHING.
I TRIED ALL THE LIQUIDS.
I TRIED ALL THE CREAMS.
I TRIED ALL THE HOME REMEDIES.
I TRIED THE, YOU KNOW, THE VAPOR RUBS, YOU KNOW, YOU
COVER IT.
I TRIED THE BLEACH.
I EVEN TRIED THE, THE...
EVERYTHING.
YOU NAME IT, I TRIED IT.
AND IT JUST WASN'T WORKING.
SO THEN,
I TRIED PIGGY PASTE.
AND WITHIN FOUR DAYS I SAW A HEALTHY
CUTICLE AND I WENT, 'WOW!
THIS REALLY WORKS!'
AND I KEPT ON USING IT.
AND I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, EXACTLY TWELVE
MONTHS LATER, I HAVE TEN PERFECT PIGGIES.
AND NOW I'M NOT ASHAMED TO GET A PEDICURE.
DOCTOR, IS THIS TYPICAL OF THE STORIES YOU HEAR?
WE THINK THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR ACTUALLY, THAT I WORKS THIS
WELL.
OKAY, IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT DOES, IN FACT,
WE HAVE THESE KINDS OF TESTIMONIES
ON OUR WEBSITE THAT I COULDN'T MAKE UP AND I HAD TO MEET JOYCE
BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST SO PASSIONATE
ABOUT HAVING A MEDICAL PROBLEM FOR SO LONG AND BEING ABLE TO
USE AN OVER THE COUNTER PRODUCT THAT
WAS SAFE AND EASY TO USE.
DOCTOR, WHERE CAN WE FIND PIGGY PASTE?
IT'S NATIONWIDE AT WALGREENS AND IT'S AT SOME WALMARTS RIGHT
NOW.
AND INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES IN ILLINOIS.
FANTASTIC.
I MEAN THIS GREAT.
JOYCE, THANKS FOR COMING ON.
THANKS.
GREAT STORY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT WORKS.
I'M SURE THERE A LOT OF WOMEN OUT
THERE WHO- IT REALLY, REALLY WORKS.
-FEEL THE SAME WAY.
THANK YOU TOO PAUL.
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT TODAY'S TOPIC, VISIT US AT
THEBALANCINGACT.COM OR GET A LITTLE BIT SOCIAL AND
MOVE THOSE LITTLE PIGGIES AND LOG ON
TO SHARE ON FACEBOOK.COM/THEBALANCINGACTFANS
(MUSIC) BROADWAY BALANCES AMERICA,
BROUGHT TO YOU BY BROADWAY ACROSS
AMERICA.
BRINGING THE BEST OF BROADWAY TO A CITY NEAR YOU.
OKAY TIME NOW FOR OUR LAST INSTALLMENT
OF BROADWAY BALANCES AMERICA.
OUR SERIES THAT TAKES YOU BEHIND THE
SCENES OF SOME OF THE MOST BELOVED
BROADWAY MUSICALS AS THEY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO A STAGE
NEAR YOU.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
TODAY, BALANCING ACT CORRESPONDENT,
AMBER MILT IS, "STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE"
(SINGING IN UNISON) GOSH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO
THAT.
WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD, BUT WE TRIED, OKAY?
AS SHE LEARNS HOW THE LEGENDARY BERRY
GORDY TURNED HIS LIFE AND HIS LOVE OF
MUSIC INTO A HUGE BROADWAY HIT.
YES, AND WHAT BEGAN AS ONE MAN'S STORY
BECAME EVERYBODY'S MUSIC.
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL IS NOW HITTING THE
ROAD AND AMBER, WE UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU LEARNED JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
BECOME A SUPREME.
THAT'S RIGHT LADIES.
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL IS THE TRUE AMERICAN DREAM STORY OF MOTOWN
FOUNDER, BERRY GORDY'S JOURNEY FROM
FEATHER WEIGHT BOXER TO HEAVY WEIGHT
MUSIC MOGUL.
HE LAUNCHED THE CAREERS
OF DIANA ROSS, MICHAEL JACKSON, SMOKEY ROBINSON AND SO MANY
MORE.
AND SO I DECIDED TO MAKE A SUPREME
EFFORT TO SEE WHAT GOES IN TO TRANSFORMING INTO ONE OF THESE
LEGENDARY SINGERS.
(MUSIC) ALL RIGHT GUYS, SO WE'RE BACK
STAGE AT MOTOWN.
WE'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF
KRYSTAL JOY BROWN'S DRESSING ROOM.
SHE PLAYS THE LEGENDARY DIANA ROSS.
LET'S GO INSIDE AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
(KNOCKING) HI.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S SO GREAT TO MEET YOU.
OH, IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
COME INTO MY SHRINE; TO DIANA.
-OH MY GOODNESS.
THIS IS LIKE A PALACE IN HERE.
(LAUGHTER) OH AND LOOKS, IT'S THE DIRECTOR
CHARLES.
OH.
YEAH.
HI.
HOW NICE TO MEET YOU.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
(MUSIC) I'VE GOTTA' ASK, DIANA ROSS WAS
NAMED ENTERTAINER OF THE CENTURY BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE.
SHE BROKE THROUGH SO MANY BARRIERS IN
TERMS OF IT BEING AN ALL MALE
INDUSTRY.
MOSTLY MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO PORTRAY THIS ICONIC FIGURE?
SHE REPRESENTS SO MANY THINGS TO ME;
HER FEMINISM, HER ABILITY TO BE SO
STRONG AND STILL SEXY AND FEMININE,
IS SOMETHING THAT ALL WOMEN NOW, ALL POP STARS, ALL WOMEN ARE
STILL TRYING TO EMULATE.
SO ME HAVING THE
ABILITY TO JUST DO THAT 8 SHOWS A WEEK
AND HOPEFULLY DO HER JUSTICE, IS A
DREAM COME TRUE.
(MUSIC-JACKSON 5 'OH BABY GIVE ME ONE
MORE CHANCE') YOU ARE PUTTING ON EIGHT SHOWS A
WEEK.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY DEMANDING INDUSTRY,
HOW DO YOU FIND TIME TO BALANCE YOUR LIFE?
THIS IS MY SECOND APARTMENT AND IT'S DEFINITELY A FUN KIND OF
SITUATION WHERE I GET TO COME AND DO THE SHOW BUT THEN ALSO
GET TO GO OUT AND DO EVENTS AND MEET LOTS OF PEOPLE.
SO, IT'S A FINE LINED BALANCE OF A 'NORMAL'
LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW IF BROADWAY IS EVER A NORMAL LIFE BUT IT'S,
UMMM, IT'S AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE.
INTERESTING BALANCE.
EVERYTHING'S A BALANCING ACT, ESPECIALLY ON BROADWAY.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SORT OF WALK AWAY, WHO'VE
COME TO SEE MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO WALK
AWAY AND FEEL?
THAT YOU CAN DREAM AND DO ANYTHING
YOU WANT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FROM SMALL TOWN AMERICA AND YOU
THINK, 'I CAN'T DO THIS.
I CAN'T BE THIS', MOTOWN'S ABOUT
DREAMING.
IT'S ABOUT REALLY GOING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND THAT YOU
CAN DO IT.
(THE TEMPTATIONS SINGING- GET READY, 'CUZ HERE I COME)
IT BEGAN AS ONE MAN'S STORY, BECAME EVERYONE'S MUSIC AND NOW
EVERYONE AN ENJOY.
I ALWAYS THINK OF MOTOWN AS A MOVEMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST MUSIC.
IT'S A MOVEMENT, PHYSICALLY IT'S IN
THE COSTUMES THAT YOU SAY AND IN IT'S MUSIC, IN IT'S POLITIC AND
ALL OF IT.
IT REALLY, LITERALLY CHANGED
THE WORLD.
AND I LOVE TO SEE THAT
WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
(MUSIC) KRYSTAL TRANSFORMS INTO DIANA
EIGHT TIMES A WEEK AND I'M ABOUT TO GET ONE SHOT AT BECOMING A
SUPREME.
BUT FIRST, THE INSPIRATION
BEHIND THE COSTUMES.
TELL ME ABOUT THESE INCREDIBLE DRESSES HERE.
WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE MOTOWN LEGACY
IS MORE THAN JUST THE MUSIC.
IT INVOLVES
THE CLOTHING.
MOTOWN NOT ONLY CHANGED
THE WAY PEOPLE LOOKED AT MUSIC BUT
IT ALSO CHANGED THE WAY THAT PEOPLE
OF COLOR WERE LOOKED AT BY THE WORLD.
BECAUSE THE MOTOWN PHILOSOPHY WAS
NOT JUST MUSIC, BUT HOW YOU DRESSED.
HOW YOU ACT, HOW YOU INTERVIEWED, AND
CLOTHING WAS A HUGE PART OF THAT.
(MUSIC - DO YOU LOVE ME) SO IS ONE OF THESE YOUR
FAVORITE?
IF YOU CAN EVEN PICK A FAVORITE OUT OF ALL OF THESE?
WELL, YOU KNOW, PICKING FAVORITES
IS LIKE PICKING YOUR CHILDREN.
RIGHT.
YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW.
RIGHT, OKAY.
ARE YOU A FAVORITE, SHHHHHH.
HA-HA (LAUGHTER) BUT FOR ME, MY FAVORITE REALLY,
IS THIS RED BEADED DRESS.
IT'S FROMT HE NUMBER FOR 'REMEMBER
ME' WHEN SHE BREAKS AWAY FROM MOTOWN AND
BECOMES THE DIANA ROSS THAT WORLD
LOVES AND THE ICONIC KNOWN.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HIS DRESS IS
THAT IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR WEEKS JUST TO BEAD THE FABRIC.
OH MY GOODNESS.
EACH BEAD IS DONE INDIVIDUALLY.
THERE'S OVER 100,000 BEADS IN THIS DRESS, ALL HAND DONE.
I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED DONNING A GLAMOUROUS DRESS LIKE THIS
AND CHANNELING MY INNER-POP STAR.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MOTOWN WIGS PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART.
(MUSIC) OKAY HEATHER, SO THAT WIG ROOM
WAS PHENOMENAL.
YES.
HOW MANY WIGS ARE IN THE SHOW?
THERE ARE, UMMM, ON STAGE EVERY NIGHT WE PUT ABOUT 150 WIGS
ON STAGE, BUT WE DO HAVE ABOUT 350 WIGS IN THE THEATER BECAUSE
ALL THE UNDERSTUDIES HAVE THEIR OWN WIGS AS WELL.
BECAUSE EACH WIG IS CUSTOM MADE FOR EACH
ACTOR.
SO LACE FRONT, HUMAN HAIR WIG CUSTOM MADE TO FIT THEIR HAIR
LINE AND THEIR HEAD SIZE AND THEIR
HEAD SHAPE AND THE RIGHT HAIR COLOR.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 450 WIGS.
SO WHEN YOU PUT ON A WIG, DO YOU FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT WOMAN?
ABSOLUTELY, EVEN NOW, JUST SITTING
HERE, I'M LIKE, 'OH, THIS IS DIANA WHEN SHE'S BECOME A LADY
AND SHE'S A REAL PERFORMER NOW'.
RIGHT.
IT'S THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW AND NOW
IT JUST NEED MORE FINESSE.
AND YOU
JUST NATURALLY, WHEN YOU PUT IT ON,
YOU'LL FEEL IT IN YOUR NECK, YOUR
BODY JUST FEELS DIFFERENT.
OKAY, THERE.
WE WILL SLIDE IT BACK SO WE CAN SEE YOUR
FACE.
HA-HA.
IT LOOKS GREAT ON YOU!
ALL RIGHT, MAYBE I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG ERA.
(LAUGHTER) LET'S GO OUT THERE AND
SHOW 'EM OUR MOVES.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE THIS HAIR LADIES.
LET'S GO SUPREME IT UP.
WE MIGHT BE HIRING A NEW SUPREME.
HA-HA (LAUGHTER) (MUSIC)
YEAH!
TA DA!
(APPLAUSE) (CHEERS) (LAUGHTER) THEY ARE CALLED SUPREMES
FOR A REASON.
I FEEL AMAZING, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
AND OF COURSE, WE'VE GOTTA' GIVE 'EM A LITTLE SOMETHING; A LITTLE
SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE AT HOME.
YES.
(SINGING-STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE,
BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART, THINK IT
OH-OH-VER) OH MY GOODNESS GUYS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES, THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A SHOW TO GET READY
FOR BUT, AHHH, THIS HAS JUST BEEN A
DREAM COME TRUE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE ALL THOSE QUICK CHANGES
AND TRANSFORMATIONS TO THE
PROFESSIONALS BUT WASN'T IT FUN TO GO BACK
STAGE AND STEP INTO THE WORLD OF
MOTOWN?
YOU TOO CAN GROOVE TO THE BEAT AS MOTOWN THE MUSICAL CONTINUES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JUST HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE, CLICK ON THE
BROADWAY BALANCES AMERICA LINK, WHERE WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE SHOW
INFORMATION, TOUR DATES AND MORE.
(MUSIC) (APPLAUSE)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) (MUSIC)
OH MY WORD!
HOW GREAT DID AMBER LOOK AS A SUPREME?
AMAZING.
I LOVE IT.
JULIE SINGING, THINK IT OH-OH-VER.
REALLY SUPER JOB.
I'M NOT 'GONNA SING ANY MORE.
WONDERFUL SERIES.
I'M GONNA' BRING THAT WIG OVER HERE AND HAVE YOU SING.
HA-HA (LAUGHTER) REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE, THEBALANCINGACT.COM
GREAT INFORMATION THERE FOR YA.
AND DON'T FORGET FACEBOOK AND TWITTER; LOOK US UP.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON AND REMEMBER, FIND YOUR BALANCE.
I'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU WITH THE WIG AND I'LL TWITTER
IT.
HA-HA (LAUGHTER) (MUSIC)
(MUSIC)