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[door creaks]
--Oh hey, Broadway.com! [screams]
[laughs] Hey there! It's Michael James Scott, the Genie from Disney's Aladdin.
And welcome to Life in the Lamp, a Broadway.com vlogging series.
Ahhh! Yes!
I am so, so excited to bring you along and show you all the craziness and the fun
and the craziness and the fun and all the craziness that goes on into my life
and everything around me. Let's see, you're gonna meet a prince, a princess
villains, best friends. You're already chatting with the Genie. I
mean, what more can you ask for? Alright so in this first episode, I thought it
would be fun to just get you acclimated with my world and all the fun showing
you where I relax, meet some of my co-stars and my gorgeous cast members,
meet my dog, you know, all the essentials. I am so excited to have you come along
with me for some weeks and you know some summer fun. That's what that's what it's
gonna be, a lot of summer fun. So are you ready for this? Are you ready? Okay, let's
go.
Hah!
--Broadway.com, it's morning time, so you know what that means? I gotta walk the
princess. [laughs]
--What's up Broadway.com? All right, so one of the first things I do is I have to get
my base done, prepped to go down to make up.
And my mic actually, my mic—
do this because my microphone is actually in here, which you'll see in
a little bit. And then I go downstairs and then the lovely Cheryl
Thomas. I call her Aunt Cheryl aka Aunt Cheryl. She will do my little eye moment, give
me some more jush, and that'll be my first Genie look. But this is the first moment.
[gasps] Hi!
--Hello! --Hi Arielle Jacobs! Say hello to Broadway.com!
--Hello, Broadway.com!
--Uh huh, and who's this behind us right here? Is this Ritchy?
--It's Rich!
--Hello! --Yes. What's
happening right now? --About to put on the tiara, the finishing
touch. --O M
Oh look at that. Look how
beautiful. This is really feel like like do you feel like
the princess when this goes on? --Oh this is the moment.
--Is it? --That I transform.
--Yes. I can see. I can tell in
your like posture and everything. --I stand like, yeah...
--[laughs]
--Arielle, how long have you been playing the role of
Princess Jasmine?
--I started over a year ago here in New York. --Yes.
--But before that... --What did you do?
--I played Jasmine in Sydney, Australia
with you!
--Oh! Ah! It was so much fun, wasn't it?
--It was the best. --We should, you know what?
--Ozzy ozzy ozzy! --Ozzy! Oy! Oy!
--Oy! --I just wanted
Broadway.com to see your gorgeousness from the gorgeous Richy.
Giving you
fierceness and to all of your... you know gorgeousness that you're about to give
us gorgeousness on the stage. --Thank you.
--Oh, hey. You know, I just wanted to come in and
meet one of the villains. Who is this we have here today?
--Who, me? --You!
--Me? --[laughs]
--My name is Dennis Stowe. I am the stand by for the role of Jafar.
--Oh. --So is this what's happening before
the show? --This is what's happening. This is the the
finishing touches on my transformation. --Oh.
--You see. --So what happens? Do you really feel
like you're in character at this point? --Yes. After I get this makeup on, I really
do feel.. . --Like you feel it?
--Like you feel you hear my voice dropping.
--I do hear your voice dropping, sir. --Do you hear that?
--I'm getting into character as we speak.
--Broadway.com, all right, I want to introduce you to the
ladies of Agrabah. Are you ready for this?
[knocks]
--Can I come in?
It's Broadway.com!
[Screams]
--Oh my god! Broadway.com, that is the girls of
Agrahbah. And they are fierce!
[screams]
--Broadway.com, are you ready it's time to go meet the
boys?
--Yes ,the boys! Hey, boys!
--Ahh!
--Broadway.com, it's the boys, y'all. It's the boys!
--Thank you, boys!
--Love you! Bye, Broadway.com!
--Okay, so I'm here on sidekick alley!
Okay, I'm in sidekick alley! Want you to meet
the gentlemen of sidekick Alley.
--That's us! --Are you ready?
--Oh! Who's this?
--I'm Don Darryl Rivera. I
play Iago in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway. I've been here for 37 years
and I still love it.
--Oh!
Well, who's here? --Hi,
I'm Brian Gonzalez. I play I play Babkak here on sidekick Ally.
--Yes. --Like
like DDR, I was trained by Alvin Alley.
[laughs] --Oh!
Hey, boys! --Hi!
--What's going on in here?
--Doing some eyeliner. --Studying
--Studying, and eyeliner.
--Some animal work. --Who are you?
Who are you and what do you do in this show?
--I'm Brad Weinstock and I play Omar.
--Who are you and what's
happening? -- I'm Mike Longo.
I play — there you are.
--Yes. -- I'm camera here... I'm
I play Kasim.
--Oh! And what do you...Oh yes
--Now what do you boys do to get
ready for the show?
--Drink coffee, do makeup, you know.
--A half-hour of
otters playing to do some animal work. I think Omar would probably
be an otter, so I'm --An otter?!
--I'm classically trained like that, so it's a big part of
my process.
--He's an otter!
--So if he's an otter, are a...
what are you? --A wombat.
[laughs]
--I think it's time that we meet our hero. You know, the
prince.
Ainsley Melham, who plays Aladdin. You
ready to meet this one?
Oh, hello, Ainsley!
It's Broadway.com!
--Hi, Broadway.com! How are you?
--We're good. How are you ? --Good.
--How are ya mate?
--How are you mate!
--Ha ha! So, are you getting ready for your show?
--I am. --Are you ready?
--I'm basically ready. We're at like five minutes. We're basically done. It doesn't take me
long. Your little face and put my put my little vest on, and that's it.
--And then you got, —oh, places
--Ah!
--That's it.
--Places!
--Oh, we're at places!
--Coming! Oh!
Oh my god. Well... just did a show y'all.
That was fierce though. It was a
fierce audience tonight. They were on fire. Been a long day, long day. But
tonight, I'm actually gonna go have drinks with some good friends of mine
and you probably know them. We were all in the original company a Book of Mormon
together, so it's a fun little reunion. And I don't know I figured I should
bring you along. Would you like to come along?
You know a little something something?
--It's a full-on Mormon reunion.
Are you ready Broadway.com? Are you ready?
--Potts!
--Ah!
--Just screaming --Michael Potts.
--Brian Tyree Henry up
in here! --Ello! I don't know
why I'm English. --Hah!
--I have no idea why I became English, but...
--And Brodway's Asmeret Ghebremichael.
--Hello.
--Ello!
--Who are you? --I don't know why I'm
--Who are you right now?
--We're just having a lovely Mormon reunion. It's so lovely.
Look at that face.
--Brian, --One
--Singular
singular sensation. Every
[laughs]
--Broadway.com, thank you for a wonderful first episode!
I'm so excited to get to
do this and share with you for the next several weeks of just fun and fabulousness
in Life in the Lamp. So, thank you for joining in my first episode.
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