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>>> OH,
>>> OH, IT JUST TAKES YOU AWAY. PLAYING NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 13.
JOINING US NOW IS THE BOOK
WRITER AND GREG GARCIA AND EMMY
NOMINATED MICHAEL MALLY, THANK
YOU FOR BEING ON GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS BIG.
ONLY IN D.C. FOR A WEEK AND
YOU'RE TRAVELING WITH THIS,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >>
RIGHT? >> PRETTY MUCH IN THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. BUT HERE IN THE BEGINNING WE
WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THE
KICKOFF.
KICKOFF.
KICKOFF. >> YES, THEY HAVE DONE AN
AMAZING JOB AND JUST SEEING
THIS COME TO LIFE WITH THIS
PROJECT IN THIS TOWN IS JUST
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. >>
GREAT. >> AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO
JIMMY BUFFETT, HE WAS EXCITED.
HE FELT LIKE THE SHOW WAS MORE
ON THE ROAD AND HE LOVED IT AND
HOPING THAT MAYBE THIS IS A
PLATFORM FOR THE YOUNG ACTORS
TO BECOME A BIG STAR, BUT HE
WAS SO ADAMANT ABOUT FINDING
PEOPLE THAT WILL LIVE THAT
JIMMY BUFFETT LIFESTYLE.
I'M GUESSING YOU GOT THEM
GOING, RIGHT?
GOING, RIGHT? >> YES, WE ARE FORMALLY
DRESSED.
DRESSED.
DRESSED. VERY FORMAL GUYS WHO DON'T HAVE
THE JIMMY BUFFETT VIBE, BUT
YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BIG FANS
AND IT IS REALLY A LOT OF FUN
AND I WAS AN ACTOR ON IT AND SO
WHEN THEY CAME TO ME AND SAID
HEY, WILL YOU BE INTERESTED IN
DOING THIS?
DOING THIS? I SAID I HAVE THE GUY THAT WILL
BE DOING MOST OF THE WORK.
>> WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE SONGS.
THE SONGS. SO IT WAS EASY TO LOOK AT ALL
THE MUSIC AND ALL THE STORY TO
TELL.
TELL.
TELL. >>
TELL. >> THAT WOULD BE THE HARDEST
THING.
THING.
THING. BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY GO
TOGETHER IN ONE COMPLETE STORY.
>> I SAY EASY BECAUSE WE ARE
WILDLY TALENTED.
WILDLY TALENTED. FOR MOST PEOPLE IT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. BUT FOR US, IT WAS EASY.
>> THE THING ABOUT IT, HIS
SONGS ARE FUN AND THEY INPYRE
FUN.
FUN.
FUN. THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT DOING THE MUSICAL THAT IT
IS JUST FUN.
HE WAS REALLY FANTASTIC IN
CRAFTING SO MANY OF THE POINTS,
EXTRACTING FROM THE SONGS,
THINGS THAT MADE IT COHESIVE
AND MIX TOGETHER IN A
STRUCTURAL WAY THAT MADE IT
SEEM LIKE THEY WERE NOT
INTERCONNECTED.
INTERCONNECTED. IT WAS CHALLENGING TO DO SO.
BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A GUY WHO
SHOWS YOU THOSE TELEVISION
SHOWS AND KNOWS SO MUCH ON HOW
TO STRUCTURE THINGS THAT IT WAS
REALLY FUN TO DO THAT PART OF
IT AND MADE IT KIND OF
INSPIRING TO DO IT THAT WAY.
>> CAN YOU TALK TO MY PARENTS?
AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU.
THEY'RE A TALENTED WRITER AND
I'M A RIDING SIDE CAR AND I'M
HAPPY.
HAPPY.
HAPPY. I'M JUST TELLING THE TRUTH,
LIKE WHEN I DIE, I WANT GOD TO
KNOW I TOLD THE TRUTH.
>> AND WAS THIS A FIRST FOR YOU
THOUGH MUSICAL WISE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> FIRST DAY AND LAST.
>> LAST?
>> LAST?
>> LAST? >> I'M SEEING IT.
AND MY SON, MY OLDEST SON IS A
THEATER MAJOR.
THEATER MAJOR. BUT YEAH FIRST TIME FOR THIS
AND HE CALLED ME ONE DAY AND
SAID WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
TALKING ABOUT? AND WE LATCHED ON TO IT AND
WE'VE HAD A BLAST.
>> I'M PUTTING THIS STORY
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WAS IT LIKE WRITING A TV SHOW?
>> I GUESS THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU'RE GOING
TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE A TV
SHOW, YOU FIGURE OUT THE STY
YOU WANT TO TELL.
THIS IS MORE OF A PROJECT IN
THE BEGINNING BECAUSE WE KNEW
WHAT SONGS WE WERE GOING TO
HAVE TO USE, SO WE LISTEN TO
ALL THE SONGS AND STARTED
CREATING CHARACTERS BASED ON
OKAY, CHEESEBURGER AND
PARADISE.
PARADISE.
PARADISE. SOMEBODY REALLY NEEDS THAT
CHEESEBURGER AT THAT POINT,
LET'S START WITH THAT.
SO YOU CREATE THE CHARACTERS
FROM THE SONGS AND STARTED TO
CRAFT THE STORY ALONG THE WAY,
SO IT WAS A LOT OF MATH, BUT
FUN TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> THE FIRST MEETING DIDN'T GO
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. BECAUSE WE SAID WE WOULDN'T USE
MARGARITAVILLE AND JUST FLIP
THAT IN THERE AND SO THEY WERE
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. BUT NO, I MEAN, LOOK, JIMMY'S
BIG, BIG RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW,
PUT THEM OVER THE MAP ARE THE
SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART.
AND THESE PEOPLE WHO COME IN TO
SEE HIS SHOWS, THEY KNOW THESE
SONGS, LITERALLY BY HEART.
SO THERE WERE SONGS THAT WE HAD
TO HAVE ON THE SHOW.
LOOK, WE ARE VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL THAT HE JUST GAVE US
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO, YOU
KNOW, RIDE HIS COAT TAILS ON
THIS PROJECT AND IT COMES,
WHAT'S AMAZING, WE WERE HERE
FOR A SHOW, IT'S OPENING NIGHT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. IT'S TO BE IN AN AUDIENCE,
PEOPLE WHO JUST LOVE MUSICALS,
LOVE HIS SONGS, SEEING THOSE
TWO THINGS COME TOGETHER
BECAUSE THEY REALLY JUST LOVE
TO SEE THESE SONGS DONE ON THE
CLEVER NEW WAY.
>> I LOVE IT.
AND YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
OUT?
OUT?
OUT? >>
OUT? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WENT TO THE GAME WITH MY
FATHER, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN
AND GAME FIVE TONIGHT.
LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.
LET'S GO. LET'S SPEAK TO LOS ANGELES.
I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND THEY
DESERVE TO BE BEATEN.
YOU HEARD IT FROM HIM.
MARGARITAVILLE ALL WEEK UNTIL
THE NATIONAL THEATER TO GET OUT
THERE TO