(cheerful upbeat music)
- Hi everyone.
I'm Cherry Valance. Well, not quite.
My name's Emma and I play Cherry Valance
in "The Outsiders" on Broadway.
Right now you're in my dressing room,
dressing room 13, in the Jacobs Theatre,
and I'm really grateful for you being here with me today.
Call me Cherry. (happy music)
Okay. It is daytime.
It is our first two show day, Wednesday,
which means we are one day, I repeat,
one day away from opening.
It is kind of crazy that we're finally here,
but in the same breath, it feels like the right time.
And also it feels like we've been open.
How can you feel so many things
that are literally the opposite?
So I've done one other opening before.
I opened "Back to the Future"
last year at the Winter Garden.
And that opening night was a little different from this one
because we had a pre-opening opening.
We had what we called the gala night.
So tonight is technically my first official opening night.
Susie Hinton is gonna be here,
which is really exciting and super special.
It's a big day. Tomorrow's a big day.
(cheerful upbeat music)
Tell me what's your name, what you do,
and what you're most excited for opening night on Broadway?
- My name's Kelly Kinsella.
I am dresser to the ladies here at "The Outsiders"
and I am laying down Cherry's panties as we speak.
- [Emma] Well, yes.
- I put down the undergarments.
(Emma laughing) I steam, I press, I do it all.
And I'm excited about tomorrow because I don't know
who's gonna pop up and could be Tom Cruise.
(Emma gasping) Soft spot for him.
- [Emma] If Tom Cruise comes, what will you say to him?
- Oh my God, I don't know. I actually met him once.
- [Emma] Really?
- Briefly backstage over at Madison Square Garden,
we were seeing a Tina Turner concert
and I snuck my way into the VIP lounge.
(Emma gasping)
And it was like me, Tom Cruise, and Katie Holmes.
And I was like trying to act like I belonged there.
And I was like, "Can you pass that wine?"
(Emma laughing)
Like, I was like "Tom, can you get me a glass of that wine?"
(Emma gasping) And he was like,
"What the hell is this?"
- [Emma] That's amazing.
- 'Cause I was so nervous, I didn't know what to do.
(both laughing)
- [Emma] That's incredible!
(peppy music) Okay, what's your name,
What do you do, and what are you most excited about
for opening night on Broadway?
- My name is Mark G. Meadows.
I'm the associate music director and piano player
for this amazing, incredible show.
And what am I most excited about?
I'm most excited about that moment that it hits me
and that it hits everyone that we have opened this show.
All of the work that we put into it over the past years.
Just that sense of overwhelming joy and spirit
that I'll feel when it hits me, which I can't wait for it.
(Emma squealing)
- [Emma] Okay, who are you, what do you do
and what are you most excited about for opening night?
- My name is Mona Pittman, aka Cherry's mom.
I'm a lawyer and the most thing I'm excited about is you.
(Emma giggling)
- [Emma] What about you Scotty?
- My name is Scotty Tompkins.
I'm a property manager and stepfather.
And of course I'm excited to see Cherry Valance.
- [Emma] Well, yes.
- Yes! And you're fabulous. You look great.
- [Emma] Thanks, mom.
- We love you.
- [Emma] Okay everybody, this is Ana.
This is the assistant hair head.
And we are wondering about what's your favorite,
most excited for moment opening night tomorrow?
- For the show to be done so we can start drinking.
- [Emma] Well, yeah!
(all laughing)
Hi, Sky, how are you today? - I'm doing good.
- [Emma] Doing good.
Okay, and who do you play in the play?
- I play Jonathan Cade.
- Jonathan what a nice guy. Yeah, he's a great kid.
- He's cute. He's super cute.
What are you most excited about for opening night tomorrow?
- I'm most excited about going out
with my friends and family
and letting my body heal the day after.
And then being able to breathe the next day for two shows.
- Two shows. (Sky laughing)
So for opening night, you're excited about two shows.
Lemme just make sure I get that correct.
- Yeah. (all laughing)
- [Emma] Okay. Dressing room 12.
What are you two most excited about for opening night?
- You wanna go first? - Sure.
I'm most excited for my family to come
and watch me make my Broadway debut.
- Yeah. - It's gonna be special.
- I'm very excited for my mom to finally see me
in a opening night of something.
And my cousin Maya, who hasn't seen me perform
since I was a kid. - Wow.
- Special. (cheerful upbeat music)
Morning, mama. - Morning, Emma.
- How you doing? - I'm great. How are you?
- You know what today is? - April 11th?
- It's a pretty big day. - You know, it is a big day.
- It's opening night for "The Outsiders" on Broadway.
- It's opening night for "The Outsiders!"
(Emma exclaiming)
- Okay, we got lots of things to do this morning.
- Yes. - What's on our plan?
I gotta eat some breakfast. - Eat first.
- I already got my hair done. - Got your hair did.
- Ooh, it looks amazing. - Right?
- Gotta do my makeup. - Gotta do your makeup.
- Gotta do the dress. - Gotta do the dress.
Everybody's so excited about the dress.
- So excited about the dress. And we gotta hang out.
That's kind of the plan. - Then what?
- Then we'll go to the red carpet.
- Then we're going to the red carpet.
(Emma squealing) - How's my look?
What's my best side?
All the decisions we have to make.
(Emma laughing)
- It's gonna be a great day.
This is the one and only Anna Cate
who created this beautiful opening night gown for me.
Wow!
(Emma and Mona laughing and exclaiming)
That's amazing.
Hello. There we go.
Well, yes. Well yes.
Oh my God. It's so beautiful!
Everybody's here! (friend exclaiming)
We got my best friend. We got Anna Cate, my mom.
And we got the one and only Rebecca to capture the moment.
(all cheering)
Okay, my makeup is done. I think it looks kind of good.
What does everyone think? What does the room think?
- [Friend] Beautiful.
- For the win. - For the win.
(friend cheering)
And now it is time to put on the dress.
And now my best friend Brendan is here
and he has the exciting news of dropping new merch.
Let's see. - New merch just dropped.
- [Emma] Well, yeah.
(Brendan and Emma trumpeting)
- For the evening. - For the evening.
(paper rustling)
Oh my God, it's so beautiful.
Oh, I forgot, I forgot, this side is so cute. (gasps)
And then look at that. Are you just dead inside?
- [Mona] Oh my god. Crying.
(happy music)
- We are loading in. (friend squealing)
We are heading to the venue.
Right? It's the Jacobs Theatre.
(all laughing) That's right.
- And don't forget it.
- [Emma] Are you my bodyguard?
- Please. (Emma laughing)
Clear, clear. Don't...
- And we're on the way.
- If this dress gets caught in the escalator.
- I'm gonna cry. - I'll die.
- Thank you. (cheerful upbeat music)
Shout out to Broadway.com for helping me make
my Broadway debut here at the Ambassador Theatre. (screams)
And of course I had to stop by
and say hello to the Winter Garden.
Hi!
Okay. I am on my way to the stage door to the Jacobs.
We are going in to do a photo shoot with Broadway.com
and I can't wait to see what it looks like.
'Cause from what I understand,
we're going to be on the stage.
We're here live with Broadway.com's own Paul Wontorek.
We've got Caitlin. - Mwah.
- Mwah! You guys, I'm so excited.
Look at how amazing this is.
This is the real, what is it? Backstage scoop.
Look at that, right here.
- [Paul] It's an open portrait studio on the set too.
- On the stage? Unheard of, unheard of.
- Honestly. Yeah. (peppy music)
- [Emma] We got Dan Berry in here who plays Paul.
How are you feeling? It's opening night.
- I'm so ready.
I'm so excited for the world to see this show.
It's really special. And I can't wait.
- [Emma] RJ who plays Chett.
It is opening night. How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling amazing. Let's get this thing open.
- [Emma] You look amazing. Well, yes.
Okay, we've got Brent. We've got Kevin.
Who do you guys play in the show?
- I play Darrel Curtis. - I play Bob.
- [Emma] That's right. And how are you guys feeling?
It's opening night. - I'm feeling privileged.
- [Emma] Aw.
- Okay. I'm feeling electric.
- [Emma] Electric. Are you guys excited about tonight?
- I'm so excited. Like, I'm a ball of energy right now.
I want the curtain to drop. (laughs)
- [Emma] Yeah! We got some time before that.
That's fine. - I know, I'm excited.
I'm like, building up. (Emma squealing)
(cheerful upbeat music)
- Okay, we just finished the red carpet, which was amazing
and super fabulously done.
Can I just shout out to the whole team,
everybody who was doing interviews,
all of the questions were so great.
I cried a couple of times. This was amazing.
And now we have done the legacy robe,
which Tilly got, which is so special.
I got some footage of that.
So my good friend Nick will put that in this.
(happy music)
- It's my great pleasure to present the legacy robe
for "The Outsiders" to Tilly.
(all cheering and applauding)
- Thank you for passing it down.
Like, this is such a beautiful tradition and it's,
yeah, I can't believe this.
- Yeah! (all applauding)
(energetic music) Broadway.com, what's up?
Today's a really exciting day and I just wanted to, like,
loop you in on what's happening here.
Today we are recording our cast album. Ah!
I'm so excited. I've never done one of these before.
I think for many of us, it's a first.
And I'd like to take you with me if you're interested.
Something you're interested in, maybe. Could be cool.
Yeah, come on, let's, that'll be fine. Yeah.
First let me take you on a tour of my outfit.
I got my cherry earrings. Ooh.
I got my cherry shirt. It says Prettiest Girl in Tulsa.
Got my cherry necklace.
I got my stay gold bracelet and my cherry bracelet as well.
I'm ready to go. So let's get outta here.
(happy music)
Can we just take a moment for this beautiful day?
It's, like, finally above 70 degrees.
The sun is shining. There's a nice breeze.
I mean, it seems like the perfect day
to record a cast album. (squeals)
And we are arriving at the historic Power Station.
I'm so excited.
It's time to record
some songs. (laughs)
Oh, really?
- [Brody] Do you know Carol Pastra, the cellist?
She does a lot of shows. So her husband is the artist.
- Okay, Brody, where are we? - We are at Power Station.
- That's right, Power Station. What's happening?
- What are we doing today?
- We're in the stew. - We're in the stew.
- You know, we're in the stew. We're doing stew stuff.
Yeah. (Emma squealing)
- Stew stuff.
- We're gonna lay down a record.
- And this means, hold on everybody.
Oh, I didn't know stuff was gonna be playing.
♪ Ooh, baby ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- Yeah, we're laying down some Mario.
♪ You should let me love you ♪
♪ Baby be the one to ♪
- [Emma] Hi Jordan. How are you doing today?
- What's up, Emma Pittman? I'm doing really well.
I can't believe we're here.
We're recording the cast album for "The Outsiders."
(Emma squealing)
- [Emma] Have you ever recorded a cast album before?
- I have not. (Emma gasping)
I am a virgin. I'm popping my album cherry.
- [Emma] That's right. Thank you, Cherry.
- Thank you, Cherry.
- [Emma] Right.
- But I've seen so many videos of other casts
recording their albums and it's so iconic.
Like, you know, it becomes historic.
- [Emma] Heck, yeah.
- Like "In the Heights," "Bring It On."
I remember watching those videos and being just like,
"Wow, what is that like?"
- [Emma] And now we're gonna be part of it.
- Here we are.
- [Emma] SarahGrace. Hi.
(all laughing)
How are you feeling today knowing that we're going to record
an original Broadway cast recording?
- It's kind of very surreal and crazy. It's really crazy.
It's really crazy. I'm a little tired, but that's okay.
- [Emma] That's okay.
- Very excited to be here.
- [Emma] What's an original Broadway cast recording
that you listened to that you absolutely loved?
- Probably, like, "Les Miz" is what we would,
like, belt in the car.
- [Emma] What was your go to belt song?
Was it like end of act one or was it a solo?
- No, no, no. It was the Javert and Valjean.
- [Emma] Nice.
- What is that?
♪ Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum ♪
That one.
- [Emma] That's what the people needs to hear.
Henry. Hello. Hello.
- [Emma] Hello. (laughs)
How are you feeling knowing that we are going to record
an original Broadway cast recording?
- Stoked.
- [Emma] Yes. Thank you.
- So grateful.
- [Emma] What's an original Broadway cast recording
that you love to listen to?
- "On Your Feet," "Hamilton,"
most importantly "Sweet Smell of Success."
- [Emma] And two, three.
(all cheering)
Broadway cast recording, let's go!
(Emma laughing)
- Let's get it.
- [Emma] Let's go. (laughs)
- [Speaker] The Moon Man.
(Emma squeaking)
- [Emma] Hi, Danya.
- Hi, Emma.
- [Emma] You're the director of "The Outsiders," aren't you?
- Yes.
- [Emma] And today we're here at Power Station recording
the original Broadway cast recording of your musical.
How are you feeling?
- So excited.
It's my first original Broadway cast recording.
(Emma gasping)
And everybody sounds amazing.
And just riding the energy of opening the show
and how deep it is in everybody's bones, it's beautiful.
- [Emma] So cool. So it's your first time too?
- Absolutely.
- [Emma] Okay, do you have any
original Broadway cast recordings that you ever listened to
that you were like, "Wow, I love listening to this"?
Or like a favorite cast recording or CD?
- Absolutely. "The Last Five Years."
- [Emma] Really?
- Oh yeah. (Emma gasping)
- [Emma] Jason Robert Brown.
- I know all the words.
- [Emma] All the words. Okay.
We'll put you in the next production.
- Yeah. (Emma laughing)
But I'm a Jamie.
- [Emma] Oh. (gasps) I love it.
(Danya laughing) Wait, wait, wait.
I think that there's a world where it's a lesbian couple.
- Okay.
- That's what I'm seeing. (cheerful upbeat music)
Hello, it is the last day for this first week of vlogging
and I know what you're thinking.
"Wow. It's been such a jam packed week.
There's no way that anything more exciting
could happen today," and that's where you'd be wrong.
The two people who made their Broadway stage debut
yesterday, Jordan Chin and Victor, are making their debut
yet again today in two completely different tracks.
So I wanted to spend this last day giving you
a chance to get to know them a little bit and what it's like
being a swing slash a cover slash understudy
slash offstage cover on Broadway here at "The Outsiders."
Okay. Who do we have here?
We've got Vic. - Victor Carrillo Tracey.
- [Emma] Well, yes, and we've got Jordan.
- Jordan Chin.
- [Emma] And I was just telling the people
who have been watching the vlog that you you two
made your Broadway debut, like, the stage debut, yesterday.
And today you're doing the same exact thing, right?
- No! (Emma laughing)
- [Emma] So tell us about the differences
that yesterday and today had for you, let's start with Vic.
- So yesterday I had the pleasure,
the honor, of playing Darrel,
was one of the Curtis brothers, Darrel Curtis.
And then today I get to be a Sosh,
I get to be on the exact other side
(Jordan laughing) and I get to play Paul
and they actually fight each other and talk to each other
second act. (Jordan and Emma laughing)
So I was like, "Oh, okay, great.
I'll get to do two sides of this in 24 hours."
- And now we have Jordan,
who tell us who you played yesterday.
- So yesterday I made my Broadway debut playing Steve.
(Jordan sighing) (Emma giggling)
His track. Yeah, it's an ensemble track.
It's very, like, high octane, very athletic.
And then today I, in the matinee, I play Two Bit Matthews.
- [Emma] And is Two-Bit a principle on Broadway? (squeals)
- Two-Bit is a principle. (Victor laughing)
- [Emma] What is some advice or words of wisdom
that you have gained maybe through this process
or just in your time as being a swing or an understudy
that you would like to share?
- You're here to service the show.
It's not, like, about you, but you're here.
You're supporting, you're literally reinforcements.
Like, the battles are raging. Right?
And you're like, "I have shown up. I'm here.
I'm ready for you all and we can hold this thing together."
So I think, like, knowing your role,
knowing your place in the cog, like,
we all have our own roles and I think, like,
knowing that and being proud of that too.
'Cause it does, I don't feel like this era of, like,
swings are less than or not as good, it's over.
- [Emma] Over.
- Over. - Done.
Like, please. We're doing multiple roles here.
- [Emma] That's cut. Thank you.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. (Emma laughs)
So it's, like, really we don't subscribe to that here.
So I just think like, I'm just so grateful
to be in this company. - Yes.
- 'Cause everyone is cheering us on.
- And thank you for highlighting us, you.
- Yeah.
- Absolutely! (happy music)
And with that, it is time to close out the first week
of Call Me Cherry vlogs with Broadway.com.
Can I just say, this has been really fun for me
and I hope it's been really fun for you.
I hope you've enjoyed this little glimpse into what has been
one of the most unforgettable, magnificent,
jam packed weeks of my life.
It's actually crazy to imagine
that this all happened in a span of basically a week.
Thank you so much for joining. Thank you for tuning in.
I cannot wait to continue to do this
for the next eight weeks.
And I hope that if you have any questions
or if you have any thoughts, let me know.
Leave them, DM me on Instagram @emmapittmanofficial
and I will definitely take note of the things
that we're interested in seeing.
I have some ideas in my mind of things I'm excited to share.
But thank you. Thank you so much.
See you next time. (cheerful upbeat music)