All right, Mary, thank you so much.
The Tony nominated Broadway have Beetlejuice,
based on the 1988 Tim Burton movie,
has returned home to DC.
Yes, Beetlejuice actually got its
start right at National Theatre
before heading to Broadway and
earning those Tony nominations.
And it has developed quite a bit.
Take a look,
I'm
going to need some help.
And joining us now is one of the cast
members, Jesse Sharpe, who plays Charles.
Just a little snippet of Beatles.
Yeah, a little snippet, yeah.
But we appreciate you
being here this morning.
You know, we had a show last night.
Yeah. And, you know,
it's one thing to be able to.
Be a part of such an iconic show.
But it's come home.
Like, yeah, I saw it before,
went to Broadway.
You saw it this week,
but you say it's changed a little bit.
It's changed a little bit.
It's evolved over the years,
but we actually have several
of the original out of town
Broadway actors in our production.
So it's a homecoming for them.
And it's, it's fantastic.
And our audiences have been insane.
OK, that's what I was not
ready for Tuesday night.
People were dressed up.
Everyone, everyone is dressed up.
And even on the opening song,
people were cheering like it was a rock
concert. No, no pressure before we walk out.
OK, Well, we better deliver. Yeah.
Is that every audience like that?
Nearly every audience.
Yeah, I'm kidding. It's. The
show has taken on a life of its own.
And, you know, the original Broadway
production had such a TikTok presence.
And there's just this amazing swell of,
like, young theater audiences who love it.
There's people like me who grew
up with the original movie.
So it's it's, you know,
it's it's really special.
And that's what the cool things.
Because you haven't seen the movie. Never.
Oh yeah, I've never seen the movie.
I told her I'm like,
maybe see the movie because when the
snake comes out in the short head,
I'm like, I don't, you know,
I couldn't remember if you would
really pick it up on there.
But yeah, you don't have to have seen, you
don't have to have seen it.
But if there's, they'll be sneaky
little Easter eggs throughout
the show for people who have seen
it. I did have that question, too,
because you had some things that seem
to be for the local DC audience.
You had an NPR bag that
came out at one point.
There were some jokes about Bernie
or banning and burning books,
and I think some
of those things were like the things
they experimented with when they were
developing the show and opened in DC,
Like they're like, oh,
this will really play.
And it's amazing to see how some of
those jokes play across the country.
And it's just things land. You know,
we there's a joke about you don't
know, we don't change it ever.
There's a joke about the
Electoral College in Ohio.
So when we're in Ohio, they go crazy.
Like there's just so many different things.
But it's it's the exact,
it's the exact same. Oh,
it felt so much like it was to a DC.
There's a little improv.
Beetlejuice will sort of throw. You know,
if the audience gives him something,
he's going to play it right back. But
they did. They yelled at him on
Tuesday night. They the one guy
yelled 4 at the end, like 4.
It played it off really well.
He did. And then as yeah,
after curtain close like,
oh, I could have said this.
I could have said this.
That's exactly Justin's
like a an improviser.
He definitely has that brain.
Yeah. He took a long pause.
I was like, let's see that to say,
well, I love to your wife's in the show.
Yes. And you guys are travel.
You got your pop that you travel.
We have our dog Chip.
My wife Lexie's a swing on the show
and we met 10 years ago on tour
with the Addams family musical.
So we've been sort of
doing this crazy carnival
life to do it together.
We're together, cuz I know
touring can be. It's a long haul.
It's a long haul. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now we have each other and we drive
all over the country with our
nine pound little Chihuahua. Wow,
are you doing anything
while you're here in DC?
Honestly, we're living in
the Logan Circle area.
We have a little Airbnb,
so I'm just exploring the neighborhood.
It's amazing to.
To actually get to be in DC and not
just go to monuments and museums,
which we're doing that too.
But I'm like, yeah.
No, this is a neighborhood
where people live.
Like, that's very
cool. And not too far from the theme.
Not too far. Yeah.
Well, you've been super busy.
Not just theater, but lots of TV work.
You were on her favorite show,
The Marvelous Mrs.
Nasal. Congratulations.
Thank you. Yeah.
You played a TV reporter. I
played a TV reporter. Yeah.
I hope I did All right. Yes. No,
actually, I've not caught up.
I haven't seen your part yet.
I saw, like, the first
three episodes, like, Yeah.
Don't tell me anything,
please. Yeah, I know.
It was great. Such an amazing show.
And you know, as New York working actor,
we're always auditioning and trying
to get on these great shows.
And it took me five seasons,
but I finally made it to Basil. So you
got in there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Enjoy your time here.
And they see again.
I appreciate you joining us this morning.
Beetlejuice is now playing at the
National Theatre through May 28th,
so you have time to go see it.