ANTHONY.
HE JUST WENT FOR IT HE'S
A LITTLE KID.
10:33 IN THE MORNING.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU
MADE DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN
YOUR LIFE?
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THE MUSIC HALL GIFT THAT
CONSIDERS NOW ON STAGE AT
THE FISHER THEATRE IT
FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF
ELIZABETH WHO EXPERIENCES
PARALLEL LIVES AT THE SAME
MOMENT.
THE SHOW STARS BROADWAY STAR
JACKIE BURNS AND ANTHONY WHO
IS HERE NOW HE PLAYS LUCAS
-- HE PLAYS LUCAS HE'S ALSO
BEEN IN RENT ON BROADWAY, IN
FILM, HE'S IN DETROIT FOR
THIS.
SO GLAD TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
SO, TELL US ABOUT THE
ROLE.
NOW WHEN I HEARD ABOUT
"IF/THEN" OBVIOUSLY I PUT
MYSELF IN IT AND THOUGHT I
DODGED SOME BULLETS THIS IS
MY LIFE.
IS THAT WHAT THE ROLE KIND
OF LIKE FOR YOU OR THE PLAY
IS LIKE YOU HAVE THOSE
MOMENTS?
AND I MEAN THE MAIN
CHARACTER IS ELIZABETH BUT
I'M AN OLD FRIEND AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THE SHOW IS
REALLY ABOUT BUT THE LIVES
OF THE PEOPLE IN HER LIFE.
THE THING OF IT THE CHOICE
YOU MAKE IT COULD AFFECT
HIM.
SO MY CHARACTER'S LIVES IN
BOTH THE STORY LINE IS BASED
IN LARGE PART HOW SHE TREATS
ME IN A WAY.
SO I FIND THAT REALLY
INTERESTING.
WE HAVE HEARD OF THAT IN THE
BROADER SENSE.
YOU START TO GET
PHILOSOPHICAL THE BUTTERFLY
EFFECT.
THE BUTTERFLY FLAPS ITS
WINGS ITS AFFECTS OTHER
THINGS THAT'S SORT OF THE
PREMISE HERE.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME IN
TOWN?
NO THIS IS MY THIRD TIME
PERFORMING I DID CHARLIE
BROWN IN 2008, AND I SAW A
BALL GAME AT COMERICA PARK.
MY FOURTH TIME BACK BEING IN
THE CITY.
Tati: VERY COOL.
IT'S ENCOURAGING.
I'M WORKING IN PITTSBURGH
AND CLEVELAND THESE ARE THE
CITIES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU DID
IT ON BROADWAY WHAT WAS THAT
LIKE?
IT CHANGED MY LIFE IN
EVERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
IT HAS BEEN MOTIVATING.
TOTALLY.
WHEN I FIRST AUDITIONED FOR
IT I WAS WORKING AT
STARBUCKS I WAS WORKING
PROFESSIONALLY AS A KID I
WAS IN A TOUGH MOMENT,
BROKE.
I HAD GOTTEN CLOSE TO
GETTING SOME OTHER BIG JOBS
SEEMINGLY BIG JOBS I
COULDN'T TELL YOU NOW WHAT
THOSE JOBS WERE, I DON'T
EVEN REMEMBER.
JUST LITTLE 10 PERFORMANCE
LITTLE WORKSHOP I DID.
IF I WAS FREE TO DO IT I
NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
"IF/THEN" WAS WRITTEN FOR
YOU.
I HAVE THE WRITERS I KNOW
IT'S THE SAME DIRECTOR AS
DIRECTOR OF RENT.
IT'S KIND OF A BONUS ROUND
WORKING WITH THESE PRODUCERS
AND COLLABORATORS.
Chuck: DID YOU HAVE ANY
INPUT IN THIS COLLABORATION.
A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE
WRITER WE'RE PRETTY
SYMPATICO.
IF HE RANG A LITTLE THING
THAT RING TRUE HE WOULD
USUALLY FEEL IT.
I FEEL LIKE MY JOB AS AN
ACTOR THEY WRITE IT I HAVE
TO BRING IT TO LIFE.
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO WRITE
EXACTLY.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT WORKING.
HOW MUCH OF YOU DO WE SEE
IN YOUR ROLE?
OH, I DON'T KNOW IT'S
HARD TO TELL.
MAYBE MY SORT OF ESSENCE
KIND OF.
BUT I LIKE TO PLAY REALLY
DARK WEIRD TWISTED
CHARACTERS, TOO.
I DON'T THINK I'M DARK AND
WEIRD AND TWISTED.
Tati: YOU DON'T COME
ACROSS LIKE THAT NOT AT ALL.
NO CREEP FACTOR AT ALL.
I JUST DID A LITTLE PART
I PLAYED THIS REALLY
TERRORIST RACIST PERSON
THAT'S NOT ME AT ALL.
BUT I THINK I GUESS THE
CHARACTER IS ARTICULATE.
I CAN BE THAT.
Chuck: WE HAVE SOMETHING
IN COMMON I WAS CHARLIE
BROWN IN EIGHTH GRADE.
THAT'S NOT WIDELY KNOWN.
WERE YOU GOOD?
Chuck: NO.
Tati: THAT'S WHY HE'S
STUCK WITH ME NOW.
SO WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS?
WELL, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO
CONSIDER BUT ALSO NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS IN LIFE YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EITHER EMBRACE IT OR RESIST
IT, YOU KNOW.
IT'S AN UNUSUAL PIECE OF
THEATRE IN THE SENSE THAT I
THINK IT REALLY MAKES YOU
REFLECT ON YOUR OWN LIFE AND
BEING ENTERTAINED.
I LIKE THAT.
THAT'S AWESOME.
Chuck: WE'RE GLAD YOU
WALKED INTO STARBUCKS.
I HAD SOME OATMEAL.
Chuck: "IF/10" RUNS AT
THE FISHER THEATRE.
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