--What up Broadway.com? Welcome to week 8 of Too Grool for School. Week 8. It's the last
episode, it's the last vlog.
Um yeah guys this may be it
I think it might be it. I mean we'll probably still continue to do things for
your own enjoyment, but for right now this week 8 countdown. On this episode
you're gonna see water break out at the August Wilson Theatre with Yanny
and Laurel. And um what else we had Jonalyn make her
principal debut on the B-way and our listening party, where we heard our cast
album for the first time. It was really cool you won't be able to hear the album
in the background cuz we were just screaming over it, but it was really a
fun evening. We went after the show our show last Thursday and we all walked
over to Atlantic Records and listened to our album and there were grilled cheese
and there were cupcakes with Tina's face on them. So like what more could you want
in life? Um that's all I have to say yeah that is all I have to say. Enjoy this
episode. There's some other fun things sprinkled in there of course a backstage
stuff, but that's week 8! Enjoy!
--There's no Laurel.
--How can you hear Laurel? --I hear Laurel? --You're hearing Laurel?
--Yes Wait you say it
--Where do you hear the Laurel?
--Yanny
--Saw it with it.
--Laurel
--ah!
--No way --it's really low.
--No! I don't belive you! --What do you hear?
--Yanny!
--Wait. --It's only saying Yanny
--What the **** is wrong with me? --Nothing but Yanny you're probably
sick. -- I heard Laurel
earlier with my sister sent it. --Now you're hearing Yanny? That's weird
--It's something about is Yanny high in your voice register? So when I hear Laurel
it's really low it's like Laurel and what do you hear? --Sounds like a distorted yammy
--Wait that is so weird because no Laurel is really low, so I don't hear
the higher version --We need more people to weigh in
--How many Yanny's do we have here? --What?
--Yannys? --I'm a laurel
--I'm a yanny!
--Laurel laurel laure --Thank you!
--Yanny. --
--Laurel is the
--Does Yanny sound high to you?
--Yes. --See Laurel you hear both?
--No I just hear Laurel, --Ben tell
us the truth
--Okay I am a Laurel full blown hands-down and then my roommate was playing my
roommate was playing with the pitches
--Manipulating it so you could hear something else.
--I hear laurel --Also the moon landing is fake cause you can see the
shadows, also JFK is still alive.
--Kyle before we do the show this evening I
really need to know if I can trust you on the stage. Do you hear Laurel or yanny
--Yanny.
--I cannot act with you tonight are you a monster! --Just get over
Becca's on tonight. Well la dee fricking da
Becca's on!
--Apparently my low frequencies.
--It was you.
-- Me. It's your birthday wait can
I interview you for a second? --Yes
--How do you feel?
--It's my first Broadway birthday really exciting
--The first of many --Thank you so much
--Happy birthday do you
have how do you feel does 27th feel any different can I share your age I'm sorry?
--Yeah! [laughs] I'm 17. Uhh
--Do it I mean you truly look unreal what's your
skin regimen?
--Murad does it feel any different?
no no I'm still feeling like a 17 year old
Lizzie Thurman
--Where were you last year when you turn 26? --Where was I last year I
turned 26? I was still in the city. I knew I had this coming up, but like we
haven't started anything yet living my best summer life
and now it's real I'm here I'm on Broadway! --Happy birthday girlie!
--Guys, what are we doing today? We
can't show it but can you tell us what we're doing?
--The Tony rehearsals!
--We're all gonna be on the
Tonys! --We're doing a performance from Hairspray
--You're nominated for one
--This is our album listening party!
--Oh, boy. Tina in the house!
--Wait some band aids, what do we
got we got some blisters?
--I borrowed some cool shoes from SNL and immediately got blister
--Even Tina Fey gets blisters
--Hello! --Hey are you excited to hear your songs?
--I'm nervous
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--Hi!
--What are you doing?
I'm making my Broadway principal debut!
--Oh my god it's your principal debut!
--Ah!
--Oh my gosh so exciting?
---How do you feel
--Um I feel great. I'm excited.
--We are not totally ready. --Jonalyn, you got
through act 1. You didn't just get through Act One. --Hi!
--Crushed it. Like
unreal unreal how are you feeling as we head into act two?
--Feeling good feelin guys Jonalyn nailed it
--Yeah now you get to enjoy. Is Karen the most fun?
--Yeah
--Did you think it would be
this fun or have you been like too like hyper focused to enjoy?
--Both It's just fun being in a different place.
--Yeah we're having
fun. It's really fun having fresh energy guys when when an understudy goes on it's
very exciting because you know they're gonna nail it but also they do stuff
that's different that keeps you on your toes and makes it an even more enjoyable
show and we've had a long week and I think they're all looking forward to to
Jonalyn being on tonight right?
--It's been like this cool like
revitalizing right right
--Oh we have to go we have to go say goodbye Camille
--How long have you worked at the August Wilson Theater?
--Oh about 16 17 years
--Oh my goodness so you were here during all
Jersey Boys?
--Jersey Boys the whole thing mm-hmm
were you here before Jersey Boys?
--Yeah yeah --What was here before Jersey Boys?
--Oh I've done Flower --Drum song?
--Right right
Little Shop of Horror
--With Kerry Butler? --Yeah yeah.
--Did you --Grand Hotel, but
we love the Mean Girls! --We love the Mean Girls. Do you think Mean
Girls will be here for a while --Yes, indeed. Looking forward to that
--And you're like I mean something a lot of people who don't know
well it happens behind backstage at Broadway theaters you're the gatekeeper
you keep us all safe
--Absolutely
-- Yeah you really do. You are the gaurf of this entire
fortress that is the August Wilson
--Try to do the best for the actors for you
and I love it. I love what I do. Have fun with you guys
--Yeah we have fun --Me too
--You guys want to be a part of real talk? --Do
you mind?
--Real talk is just I to know like what do you guys
do to stay like mentally and physically well? Because this is and like what's
been the hardest part of learning how to do this show eight times a week?
--Why are you starting with that
-- I take lots of vitamin C and that elderberry tea was
something someone in the castle me about and it is let me tell you it's a lifesaver
--Yeah what do you do for your for yourself stuff?
--Creatively I guess I'm go
take class and I try to like keep doing other things,
so that when I come back to the show I'm always excited to come back and do it
because I do other things you know inbetween. We've been doing it for what since last
last year so you don't want to get boring, so it's good to like take a
break or something else then when you come back to it at night you're like oh
I'm excited to do this again
--Yeah that's good like self care health
for your heart.
--What's been do you guys mind time me you know like it's a lot of fun. We
have a lot of fun here. --Yeah.
--Yeah --A lot of fun, but sometimes is hard
yeah yeah we have a lot of fun, but sometimes it's hard. What has there been
like a week or a moment where it was kind of difficult?
--Honestly this past two weeks because we had all the press events, Tony Awards
rehearsals, understudy rehearsals, --Understudies going on
--Yeah it's honestly I did not think it
was gonna be harder than previews, but post-opening night has been harder than
previews like it's just insane --And also the week we did the album
--Tough week. --No day off
--That was the week I had to call out that week. What do you do,
you know sometimes, guys can we be honest and can we say that there some nights
where doing the show is really really tough?
--Absolutely --Two show days.
--How do you dig deep in what do you tap into so that you can give your best
show every night? --People around me!
--White wine preferably a Pinot Grigio, but
I will not chuck a Savignon Blanc out of bed. --What do you say Ben Cook?
--Honestly this show is so fun and positive and everyone here is so wonderful
that it makes it easy once we're in the environment to kind of build
your energy --Once the train gets going
--Yeah but I mean so that's like what like
everyone was saying like it's hard. It's physicall mentally energetically taxing
--Or you see that adorable like teenage girl on the front who's like
this is her dream and you're like I'm doing the show for that girl who just won the
lottery and like these
--Honestly like putting my hands akimbo is really what
helps me get into the show. --Akimbo?
--Yeah --Is that one of your words today?
--Yes! --[laughs]
-- Oh my god that was such a
Akimbo! Tell the folks
at home what's it mean
--Okay an odd word with a specific meaning
strictly speaking only
the arms can be akimbo. It's the position they're in when you stand with the hands
on hips elbows sticking out away from the body. --Can everybody show us what
akimbo in
--This has been a real talk and Louderman lingo we just did a
two- for one!
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--And that my friends is as much time I have off stage in act two bye!
--It's the littlelest blueiest couch
--You've ever seen!
--Yeah
--Something changes every week.
--Anyway this was sent to us from
@rbynash
--Arby's?
--Is anybody ever thinking Arby's?
--Can you shave my face while you're at it?
--It won't get in your salad I promise.
--Ew!
-- That was a separate issue.
--
--This is little blue couch
Welcome today's guest we have
--Kate Rockwell --Woo!
--Where's your stress coming from?
-- Yeah what do you need?
--Well the rain is making me very stressed
I was supposed to get a poster for charity auction and I didn't get here in t
time because of the rain because the subways are slow.
--
--Sometimes New York is hard you guys yeah
This always happen for you when it rains or is
this just like a one-time. -- I feel like I have pretty consistently bad luck with
rain and travel not like in life just like on the subway like rain on a
subway equals mess
--Well I want to actually know what you do in your spare
time, especially when you're trying to unwind from the show on your ride home?
--Oh well to be fair, if it's like a commuting like back and forth from work
I'm usually there trying to catch up on like emails or like plan. I tend to
be the planner of every group of people I know --Yes. Is that the role you fulfilling your
friend and family group?
The planner?
--I'm usually the one that's like okay we have to --You're very trustworthy
--Very type a --Grey's the antagonizer in his groups
--No. I'm also very type a --Grey's the bully
--I had acupuncture today
--Wait should we do a plug for our favorite?
--One two three
--Sabbath Cooper --And she's at Silver Spring wellness and
acupuncture and herb
like the full name.
--SHe's the best.
--I feel like you would like it Kyle
--Yeah but it's the needles
--They're such teeny
--Guys speaking of irrational fears what are yours?
--Spiders DEATHLY afraid of spiders --Where did that come from you
have a bad experience
--No always I've always been afraid of them ever since
I was little and they're the bigger the spiders the worse the fear.
--Ew!
--Also not like small spiders are okay. Any spider is like a level six
only it goes up from there
--Grey what's your fear? --My fear is of
breaking bones. I broke my arm when I was three. I know, broke my arm when I
was three and I have like a visceral reaction whenever I think like about to break a bone
I dislocated my knee
--Don't see Deadpool
Do not see Deadpool 2
--The sound of fake bones breaking kills me.
--Kate have you broken any bones?
--Uh no actually. I mean I broke a toe once but it doesn't really
count --Did it hurt?
--i mean it hurt yeah, knock on wood though I've
never broken a bone which is funny because I'm really clutzy
so you think by now I would have but
I've sprained my ankle four times.
--Well thank you for joining us --Thanks for
sharing your fears
Thanks for sharing your fears
--This is basically like Oprah I think that's what
little blue couch is. -- Oprah this is an open
invitation. You come on by whenever you want. We'll get the camcorder out.
--Bye! --Bye!
--You guys, that's it. It's over! It's done! No more vlog! No, in
all seriousness, guys doing this vlog has been super fun. I've really enjoyed a, it
allowed me to just find out more things about my super awesome cool cast because
I just stick a camera in their face all the time
but also now I have these cool memories to look back on when I'm old and grey
and I'll be like hey remember that one time we did Mean Girls on Broadway?
--But truly I have been so grateful that people have liked the vlog, that people
have watched the vlog, that people mention it at the stage door. It makes me
happy that people want to know about our lives beyond just what we do on stage
because everybody in this cast is a full, vibrant person with a beautiful
enriching life outside of the theater, and I want you...I'm hoping you got a
sense of everybody's personalities and what makes this group of people so cool
from this experience because I certainly did. I got to learn more about my cast,
and that was a wonderful experience for me. So thanks for giving me the camera
for eight weeks. I thought it was a big mistake when you did it, but it turns
out I had a great time. I'm really happy you guys followed along. Be the buffalo!
Peace out! Love you all!
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