--Hey guys! And welcome to week five of my vlog Lady in Red and thank you for
coming back. This week, we are gonna be getting to know the cast a little bit
better. So I asked on Twitter if you guys would send me some of your questions so
we're gonna be getting diary room's big brother style this week and getting to
know people. Keep your questions coming as well because I'll sort of keep you
know putting them in every now and then because I know there's lots of things
you want to ask the cast and get to know. So, yeah, enjoy! Also, I've got a special
guest, my first guest on the show, which is very exciting for me and and yeah
thank you for joining. Enjoy!
--Guys, I wanted to just show you this. This is the
kind of soul Ivy is. This toy she sort of doesn't play
with anymore. She just sort of looks after it like this. Look which one it is
guys. It's the one that's lost its leg and its ear. Look at the face. Aren't you nice
Ivy, to look after him. She just loves him./
Last week was a bit interesting
didn't it? --It did
--And Tommy did sort of mock me a little bit basically -- I mean I
don't think so. I think it's all fun and games here in the Nederlander
--It's fun oh it's fun! --It's just some good
competition --Like some good competition. So, this week, it's hating up.
--It is heating up
--This is what are we calling
--A Word Off
--We're having a word off
--A word off
--Okay. I'm mixing it up a little bit this week because I've
had some tweets thank you guys saying I'm American I don't know what
Tommy's words are. --Well it's not American it's Staten Island
Staten Island Italian --We're gonna get a little bit specific.
--Oh great. --I'm gonna
go, so I'm actually from the Isle of Mann which makes me Manx so I'm gonna give
you some Manx words cause not a lot of Brits know Manx words, so it's gonna get
interesting. Okay, first word
--Mm-hmm -- Skeet
--It's what Lil John says in his in his rap for Get Low down Skeet Skeet Skeet
Skeet Skeet Skeet down
--What does it mean? --Um it's like really down and like dirty and fun
and dancing.
--No no --What is it
--Nice try. I like you get a point for the
you know. And it's the gossip. What's the skeet?
--Oh, I love that --Okay
--Places. By the end of this, I'm gonna start just adapting all of your words. I know
that's what's going to happen. All right so my word right now God
Forbid. So, in a sentence, if I could have --God forbid
--What do you mean?
--God forbid --Like, well, God forbid I was to get sick,
--Damnit you got it!
Because we in Staten Island we put the two words together. You can't even tell
that we're saying god forbid. --It sounds a bit different
--It's Godforbid
-- I do like
this. -- She got that that was a trick
question. She got it. Darnit! --All right I got oh you go
first. --Okay. What am I saying if I'm
saying, all right yeah,
--Is that one of
the daughter's names of Fiddler on the Roof?
[laughs]
--What?
--Right? --I love you so much.
It means mate, like All right, mate!
--Yezzer --Yezzer
--All right all right yeah
--Okay hit me. --All right galmad
--Galmad?
--Yeah I went to the store to see if the, oh, no, no, what do you think do
you think the galmad is uh mushy or crunchy?
--Oh, I don't know
--It's calamari.
--Oh, that's a good one. --Squid, fried squid.
--And, --We're
having our word off. --Word off
--Okay --Word off
--I'm going to, that's my Manx words. I'm gonna go
and this is one at stage door they asked me to play the game just like on the
spot. Skive, to skive. This is for both of you. To skive.
Get get down cuz we're getting a nice crotch shot here.
--It's like yeah so the skive is like
I'm when you are in the airplane skydiving, but you don't have time to say
skydiving because you're about to jump out, so you just I say skive!
[laughs] --Again, a point for effort.
--Skive...
I'm gonna say it's like maybe it's
--Skive!
--I'm gonna say it's a when you do a
high-five while skydiving. --No.
--Nice attempt
--It's basically a nurse um it's
what you guys call I think playing hooky. Like I'm sick and you're not. It's it's
skiving. You're a skiver --I actually like our version better for that
one, you know? So I don't know. --That's conveinient
for you
-- One point --One point for us!
--We're not playing for points we're playing for pride and I don't
know if either of us have any --I'm not walking out of here feeling great.
Let's just say that. All right one more --Thank you for playing oh one more!
--Agita --Agita
-- I was so I was so
--Agitated!
--No...
that's not it. That's not it. No. Agita,
it's like when you get acid reflux from eating certain foods.
--Really? --I get Agita
--Agita.
--Huh --I get that.
--You know Agita, right? -- I'm going to say that at the
pharmacy. I got Agita what can you
--I've got agita
yeah in your accent. They're gonna love that!
They'll be like what does she have? Skive?Oh god.
--Thanks for playing! --Thank you!
Thank you for joining us!
--I have been asked since
last week for this little little surprise. I mentioned a certain little diva and
a certain little present and she has been planning this for days, so you are
welcome. Bring on the music.
["Sex and the City Theme" plays]
--Hello everybody! --It's Fra Fee!
-- EEEyah! It's me!
--So me and Fra met on the Les Mis movie and we he is here now. Tell us what
you're doing!
--So, I'm just checking out my friend Sam starring in Pretty Woman
the musical on Broadway! And she was amazing. And then what are you doing here?
What am I doing here? What am I doing here in your room. I'm hanging out with your dog.
--On Broadway! What you doing a little just a little thing
--Just wee play called
The Ferryman, started previews this week. It's really very very good. I urge you all to
come and see it. Are you going to come see it?
--Of course, hello! Obvs
--Yeah -- I can't wait. I didn't get
to see it when it was in London.
Everyone just raved, so I was super jealous, but now I get to!
--You get to see it!
--Are you enjoying New York by the way? --Superstar
--I am. I'm loving it. It's mad to be here. It's
quite surreal actually. It is weird isn't it? I genuinely dreamt of living
here for as long as I can remember and now that I'm here it's like it's just a
bit nuts.
--Do you have like I keep having these moments. It's been like all right
four months since I've been here yeah I have these moments where I just like go
let you get on with your day. You haven't even been here as long so you haven't
relaxed into --Yeah
--But then you get a moment when you just go oh!
--You have a lot of --It's
New York. It's like the buzz hits you. It's like oh my. --You have a stop and
take stock moment. I just went for a run in between you know after rehearsals
the other day. I run to Central Park and you're like whoa this is my Kevin
McCallister moment. I'm having it. I'm running around in Central Park.
[all sing "Happy Birthday"]
--Happy Birthday! --Thank you
--What's your birthday wish, not the main one
you can't tell us. What's your second birthday wish?
--Not the main one!
--Hmm. That my apartment
goes into contract today. --All right, well, fingers crossed for that
--Welcome to our very own Pretty Woman Big Brother diary
room. So here I'm gonna be asking questions for the cast that you guys
have been sending me via Twitter. So keep them coming and get to know our wonderful
cast.
--Welcome to the Big Brother diary room thank you for coming. And I have a
question for you from @anywherebuthere Alison, how hard is it keeping your
voice in shape to sing opera every night?
--Very hard. I'm usually on vocal rest all
day and yeah it's hard, but it's great because it's a great scene, and I have
fun and I love the cast, so. But it's hard. But you can do it. Vocal rest, water, tea,
ginger, throw coat. --Anna, also from @anywherebuthere, how
does it feel to have your own song in the cast recording? --Umm, amazing. It's
really cool. This is my first original Broadway company cast album, so that in
itself was a complete treat but then to also get my own song was such a amazing
gift. I mean Brian and Jim wrote this really cool, jazzy, ballad, standard-kind
of feeling song. And I mean I remember I was first given it during readings that
I was just like so excited to get to sing it for everybody. And I get to do it every
night! --From @RoseHadleyJones, what is your
favorite track to cover?
--My favorite track to cover would be Jennifer
Sanchez's cuz she gets to be the snooty shop girl and she also gets to
be a fun kind of lazy hooker.
--So these are from @KatieTellers.
Favorite go-to song to sing at the top of your lungs in the shower.
--We Belong. -- Can we have a rendition now?
--[sings] We Belong!
We belong,
we belong together.
--Thank you for joining us on the diary room couch, you know?
--This is
fantastic. I could stay here all day.
--You're welcome to. --I actually think I'd
like to do the next eight shows from here, right here with these around me.
--Wouldn't that be a dream!
--Fantastic. My sunglasses match your room. --Oh
yeah! -- I wore them for you --Thank you very much
planning. Planning ahead. Um okay this is from @itsMarissaFaith -- Okay
--What is your favorite vocal warmup that you do before slaying on stage?
--Ha! Literally it's very simple.
[trills lips]
--So, guys, do that and you'll sound like Orfeh!
--That's it.
I do this thing that Samantha I used to get in trouble during rehearsals for
doing. We do this thing. It kind of sounds like a horror movie. We go
[vocal fry]
So it kind of sounds like The Ring, the creature that comes you know. What it
does is it massages your vocal cords and it does it in a way that it makes the
mucous fly off and all sorts of good things happen with the most wretched
sound you could possibly imagine.
--All worth it.
--All worth it. --Welcome to the
diary room. Thank you for joining us.
--Mmm feels nice. --I've got
a question from
from KJCarteral --KJ Carteral?
So that is, What was your favorite memory so far with Pretty Woman.
--So far with Pretty Woman, my favorite memory is
when this was previews, my suspenders got caught in the
piano chair as I was trying to have piano sex with with Samantha, So I was
got up, I was like huh! Aw, this is the sexiest thing ever. But got up and I actually
brought the chair with me it was kind of hilarious. Therefore, I don't worry
suspenders in that scene anymore.
True fact. --Okay, so I'm gonna answer a few
questions now. And I'm gonna go straight to it. So, what's my favorite Vivienne
outfit? I actually love the first outfit, that sort of the blonde wig and the
cut out of it because I feel like it's just so iconic, and it always brings me
such like memories of growing up and watching this movie this amazing movie
and falling in love with this character. So, I love it. The minute I get in the hat and
the necklace and everything, I feel like feel badass, feel ready to go.
@shamelessLodge: Do you like living in New York? I really do you
know. I for a few years would would be in New York for a couple of weeks here and
there doing a workshop or things like that. And I whilst enjoying being here, I
found it's sometimes a little bit intimidating. Like I'd leave
the door because I didn't know where I was going and like you know just a bit
frantic, but I really really love that frantic energy now and it feels very
feel at home here. I'm really enjoying it. I love I love it's always something to do,
and if you want to like order takeout 2:00 in the morning,
easy-peasy. Done. It's it's kind of a fast-paced busy world and it really is a
city that never sleeps and it's exciting to exciting to be a part of it.
How does
it feel to be working with the bend and snap Saturday Night Fever queen Miss Orfeh
Well, honestly, she is such a dream and we have such a close friendship. And
we have since day one. Not only has she just got an unreal voice, it's unreal,
it's unreal. Night after night is so fun to get to sing with her and get to
hear her. But she's just the best soul and we've just had this really really
instant connection since the moment we met. And I feel so lucky. It's like having
a sister here. And those kind of friendships are so special, and you
cherish them forever, so we have the best time. Yeah. I feel very, very lucky to have
met her.
--Thank you so much for watching my show. Come back next week because
me, Orfeh and Jake have prepared a little something for you. So, yeah, tune in!
["Can't Go Back" from Pretty Woman the Musical]