--What's up Broadway.com? Welcome to episode 4 of Too Grool for School.
On this episode... cast recording. Get ready for it. It was awesome.
We had like full day and a half recording so you'll see behind the
scenes of that, which is pretty cool. And also my lovely cast mates and I took
some of your questions. We couldn't get to all of them, but I really tried and so
you'll see people's answers to that on this episode. Thanks for watching!
--Broadway.com. It's cast recording day! Woo!
I gotta go. I'm late. We are
approaching the recording studio. It's a very um we wouldn't
know from looking at it that this is
where all the magic is about to happen. Oh...
--I'm in! We're in!
--Hi Jeff Richmond. Okay goodbye.
--Guys what's happening today? --Eating.
--We're just gonna eat here for the next
five hours? --Five hours? Ten hours
--Free food, mario kart.
--Mario kart?
--A friendship for the ages. And we're recording an album, too.
--In that order. Mario first, recording an album later.
Tina's doing double duty and editing Kimmy Schmidt right now as we speak.
--I definitely got that's
Barrett what are we about to sing?
--Predatress
There they come. There they come. There
they come. Grey, trying to film everyone else!
--This is sopranos, this is altos, tenors,
baritones
--What do you have to do? -- I have to sing a song in this manhole?
--This Man hole is this only where the men come?
--This is where the men are actually --What song are
you doing? --Excuse me.
--[laughs] --Are you ready?
[singing]
--Give us a little sneak peek --Okay.
[singing]
--That's all you get Broadway.com.
--So a lot of people think that the best
thing about cast recording is cast recording, but let's tell them what's really
up.
Curtis Holland what do you got there? --A tuna salad sandwich.
[music]
--Barrett
--[singing] This is a cautionary
--We're recording the song that happens in math class, so I wanted you to meet my AP
calculus classmates.
North Shore's tightest and brightest.
I don't know what
Tightest means but that's them
--And we're done, leaving. Oh I took this cannoli to
go from our dinner break. Guys this album is going to be fricking off the
chain, like I cannot wait! I'm stuck in here. Excuse me can you let me out.
Wait but like I really don't know how to get out
Oh there we go. I
just need to push harder.
This cast album is going to be sick!
Jeff Richmond, our orchestrations Mary
Mitchell Campbell Nell Benjamin like unreal job. And of course this cast
singing to music is not to be beat. It's gonna be like the new soundtrack to
every person's life ever! No that's no yes I'm going with it. That so we're
gonna do. I'm gonna eat the rest of my cannoli now and shut up cause I've been singing
all day long. Bye guys
--What's up Broadway.com. We are at 30 Rock right now. I'm about to be on New York Live
You can tell we're at NBC because there's a photo of Jimmy Fallon, of course.
So tune in. It's going to be fun.
I'm wearing a dress for the first time in months
Kevin and I figured out in DC that we have a really nice telepathic connection. We're gonna
show you it right now. You're gonna tell us to think of like something and on the
count of three we're gonna say like you'd be like today
--Like a day of the week --A color.
--Or a season
A season.
--Don't mess this up for me.
--Okay ready?
--Month
--Okay one two three
--March! --March!
--[laughs]
--Woah woah --That's hard cause there's 12
--Okay l let's let's give it less okay color one two three.
--Purple! --Purple
[laughs]
--Day of
the week. One two three --Wednesday
--Tuesday.
--Damnit!
[laughs]
--What's up Broadway.com. Okay,
people sent some questions in and I'm just gonna ask them of a bunch of people
in the cast because why do you want to know all my opinions about everything.
That would be boring. Cheech is
number one. So, Cheech, one of my favorite questions I was asked was if
you were a pet what would you be and which cast member would you like to be
your owner?
That is from Nadia. That's my favorite question I've ever been asked.
--Incredible question. If I was a pet, I would want to be one of Kate Rockwell's dogs
because she treats those two like her own flesh and blood.
And I would love to just sit around and be pampered all day.
--I would want to be Kate Rockwell's dog. I could totally see that.
From Julia, if you could do a jukebox musical with songs from any one artist,
who would it be and why?
Or band.
--I feel like there should be an Amy Winehouse musical.
--Oh --Wouldn't that be so good? I wouldn't be in it.
--Why hasn't there been like a Michael Jackson musical
--Oh that's a really good point.
--It's kind of hard to touch that. --You would be in that.
--Hard to touch that, but there's so many songs you
could really put something together. --Like a story you could do a storyline
--This is a care this is
a question from Barbara. If you could play any other character Mean Girls who
would it be?
--If I could play any other character in Mean Girls mm probably
Karen. I feel like Karen would be fun yeah cuz
there's jokes there
--Done period.
--I literally just like Karen
--Kevin, um Anders is a bear has a question for you what
are some of your pre-show rituals?
--Pre-show ritual would be --I wanted that one. Damn.
--Actually it's not much isn't for me it's more mentally getting read, so
--[laughs]
--What's so funny.
--First, Nikhil gives me a head massage every day.
Then I get a lot of
Getting the right tunes on
--What has been the most rewarding thing about being in Mean Girls on Broadway?
--Aww, um
truly having, on opening night, having my mom here to experience that cuz she like
we've never done like a big party, just because when I started on tours, she
didn't come out because we like she came
out like the next day. She usually got
like the next day to be here for a while as opposed to the parties, but to have
her here at the party and like experience in that moment and turning up
and dancing
--She was fun I liked meeting your mom
--All right. Some young
women want to know how can they juggle life, homework, musical theater, and all
their extra curricular activities? --That's easy
[laughs]
--If you were a pet what kind of pet would you be and who in
the cast would you like to be your owner?
--Oh wow that's like weirdly sexual. --Take it there but
--If I was
a pet, I would probably be Penelope the paanut and have Jonalyn be my owner.
A really good mom.
--So many people have said. It's fine CAMILLE, do you
have any pre-show rituals?
--Oh always a good warm-up -- Oh, this girl is always
warming up, body is ready.
--Pilates yoga situation.
--She does it all.--
Boom ladies room. Thanks for answering questions!
--So Sammy asked if Veronica met Janice what do you think their relationship
would be like?
--I think they would be friends.,
--Besties? -- I don't think they would
be besties because I think Janice would be like why are you so weak?
Like the
whole time she'd be like can you not roll over on every
single thing? What is wrong with you?
--And then from the roles
you've played which one do you relate to the most? Or, is another role in the show
or other shows you've been in do you relate to more? -- I always think it's like
the one that I'm working on. yeah it just means that sooner I'm
spending those time with but I actually actually really do think it's this one
--You are Janice
--Not all of
--Janice Sarkisian
--If you were to play another part in the show a male or
female which one would you want to play?
--Umm, I would want to play any of the girls
But I'm too old!
--She does all of them.
--A miracle would happen, and every other girl fly away. And it'd be me and Kathy, and
nothing else wouldn't matter.
How's that?
--We don't need any more today
thanks Norbert. So much for your time big fans.
--Hey I have to go do My Fair
Lady right now anyway
--Yeah, you're at the wrong theater
--Oh shit. --Get out of here.
--What is your Hogwarts house? --Hufflepuff
--You're a Hufflepuff?
--Well, --Are you?
--No, okay so I took the test. I am a Hufflepuff
I'm 50% true a true 50% Gryffindor and
50%Hufflepuff
but I choose to be in Hufflepuff because I'm scared of
everything. There's no way that I could
--Yeah you're not brave enough too scared.
Yeah I'm 100% Hufflepuff. My Patronus is the Badger, which is the house mascot.
--Oh really? I forget what my Patronus is. I took that test
--Who when you were growing up who were the Broadway idols you looked up to?
--Kelli O'Hara and Sheri Renee Scott and Annaleigh Ashford --What advice
would you give to a theater major who dreams of being on Broadway someday?
Taylor
[laughs]
--Work hard! Truly everyday. Do something everyday that helps you with
your craft, and it doesn't mean you have to be performing, it doesn't mean you
have to be in class. You should be reading, researching, learning
learning yeah as much knowledge as you can about the field that you want to
excel in. Because it will serve you I promise.
--Favorite book? -- Mine is a tie between the
Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael
Chabon and East of Eden, John Steinbeck
--I like Give and Take by Adam Grant
or I like The Alchemist.
--That's all the time we have for today! It's Sunday
matinee! Thanks for tuning in! --Thanks for tuning in!
--That was episode 4 of Too Grool for School. Next week, people have asked
to see how we get ready for the show, so you'll see that. And I finally feel like
we've settled into the show enough, so I'm gonna bring my camera back Stage
while the show is happening
[gasps] --So you'll see the madness
that occurs during Mean Girls on Broadway
So stay tuned for that. It'll be
a bunch of backstage sneak peeks at things, and thank you all for sticking
with me and supporting Too Grool for School and our show. We love you all here at the
August Wilson very much! Bye!