(trilling)
- Ready when you are.
(intense drum music)
- [Zach] One of us will be chosen to make our official
Broadway debut as part of the cast for
"Beetlejuice The Musical."
- It's a job that thousands of people would want
and it's happening tomorrow night,
so we got to make a decision, yeah?
- Yep.
(dramatic suspenseful music)
- [Keith] Oh shoot, oh shoot, shoot.
It's up, it's up.
(sneakers squeaking)
(all cheering)
- Oh my God!
Oh my God.
- Congratulations. (clapping hands)
- Yeah, congratulations, Keith.
- [Kwesi] Oh!
- [Keith] Today I'm performing for the first time
on Broadway
(explosive dramatic whirring)
- What a crazy day, it is!
(whimsical music)
Today is my official Broadway debut.
Yesterday was so fun.
It was like the greatest theatre workshop day of all time.
But then it was auditions,
and honestly auditions brought back a lot of trauma.
- Yesterday taught me that if I had any acting chops,
I was pretty much a high school player
and I had a chance to play with people who
were like in the NBA.
- In just a few hours, Keith Douglas Habersberger
is making his Broadway debut.
And me and Kwesi are gonna be taking edibles
and sittin' in the audience.
- There's two reasons I might be in this show.
One might be I'm just the most amazing performer
they've ever seen and they were so taken aback
with my singing, they were like
"Keith has to be in the show."
♪ The Whole Being Dead Thing ♪ (yelps) ♪
(piano resonates)
- We gonna do it one more time.
- [Keith] Sure.
But the other reason might be (whimsical fairytale music)
that my face looks like it belongs in this show.
(Keith growling)
Yeah. It's probably 'cause I look
like a gangly little freak, but I'll take it.
(rhythmic drum music) I'll be playing the role of
Mover #3 in "Beetlejuice."
I actually know nothing about this character, yet.
I assume they move.
Today, I will be doing what a normal cast member would do.
I'm going to have a costume fitting.
I'm going to have a rehearsal with the cast.
I'm going to go in through hair and makeup.
I'm going to warm-up stretching,
and warming up with the cast.
And then, I'm gonna be backstage freaking out
until the stage manager has somebody tap me
on the shoulder and say,
"Now."
And I'll go out and I'll do it.
I'm working on like doing a show Off-Broadway
next spring with Lewberger down the street from here.
This experience would only make me want
to make that dream happen even more.
It's so surreal.
I'm probably gonna cry at the end of the show.
(intense percussive tone)
- How much privacy do you want
to get into your first costume?
- Oh, I'm naked all the time on the internet, so.
- Are you? - I don't need anything.
- If you wouldn't mind going down to your skivvies.
- You got it.
Okay. - Into those.
- Wow.
First Broadway costume.
(fantastical musical buildup)
We're pinning.
- We're pinning.
- It's like my wedding day, kind of.
- So there you go.
- Whoa.
- First costume.
- Wow.
I feel like a mover, I feel like a shaker.
How many costumes do you think are in this whole production?
- [Lee] Roughly 500 in a musical this size.
Roughly 10 costumes per person.
- [Keith] There's roughly 10 costumes per person?
Like in a night's show?
- [Lee] Yes.
- [Keith] How do you keep track of it?
How do you know where everything is?
- You'll see your name
is inside your costume and that's how we maintain it.
- Wow. - [Lee] We track it.
- Wow, so of all these costumes, do you have a favorite?
- [Lee] I think the signature costumes, I'm going to say.
Which is Beetlejuice and Lydia.
- [Keith] You know, it has more razzle-dazzle
on it than I thought.
- Well that's the finale.
- That's the finale.
- Okay. - And your next costume
is the finale costume.
- My next costume.
How'd you know how my size is and so perfectly?
- Someone sent them to me.
- [Keith] Wow.
What is that? - It's a shoehorn.
- Oh, it's a shoe horn.
I thought this was like you're giving me,
like I had a whip as part of my costume.
I was like, wow, that's sick.
With these suspenders and the bow tie,
I feel like the most adorable
little Beetlejuice friend.
(rasping voice) Hey, it's me, Roachsoda.
I'm Beetlejuice's cousin.
- [Zach] Tonight, I am the swing for Keith.
So if anything should happen, say he falls suddenly ill,
or breaks an ankle, I'm ready at any time.
I'm the swing tonight for Keith, so if anything happens
or if you guys need anything, let me know.
- I have full trust that you know what you're doing.
- Yeah, all right.
- I got to get into makeup.
- Okay. (somber tone)
So, I guess I just wait.
(intense percussive tone)
- [Keith] How's it going?
- [Kelvin] Hi, great.
- I'm Keith.
- Hi Keith. - Nice to meet you.
- I'm Kelvin. - Kelvin.
- Graham. - Graham.
- I'm in the ensemble.
So I play a bunch of small parts.
I'm a mourner in the beginning
and I also play Mover #1.
- I play lots of different stuff. I do
a little bit of your guru, Otho.
But most importantly, Mover #2.
- I am excited to say that today I will be
playing the roles of Mover #2.
- Two!? - And guy who also bows-
No! Mover #3!
- [Graham] Wow, you're already-
- I'm I you know your job is never safe,
in theater.
- [Rachel] The role of director today will be played by me.
- Rachel B., welcome.
- Thank you.
Basically, there's a scene in the show
where Adam and Barbara have just died.
They meet Beetlejuice, and they think
everything's going to be fine until movers come in
and start to take their furniture out of the house.
- [Keith] Okay.
- And the boss mover is Mover #3.
- That can't.
How is the third the mo-
You would think #1.
- You'd think.
- All right, are you guys standing by?
- [Movers] Yep. Yep.
- All right, the people who bought your house.
(soft suspenseful music)
- Okay. - [Rachel] There ya go.
- Now, we do that.
Yeah? - Perfect.
- That felt good?
- That looked pretty good. - It felt good to me.
- Yeah. - Perfect.
- What do you think? - That looked pretty good.
- Perfect. - You thought it was perfect?
- Excellent. - Really?
- Really. - Really?
And I know that we're all pretending this is a big deal,
but for me it's a huge deal.
(laughter)
I know you guys are being great.
You're playing the part great, but I'm excited.
- Your mission is is to kind of direct them.
Also on stage with you are Adam and Barbara and Beetlejuice.
- [Keith] Uh huh. - And the trick
of that is, you cannot see them.
They are all dead. - Right.
- So do not look at them.
- Don't look at them.
- Or else you will ruin the whole show.
- Okay. - So aggressive.
- I will not look at them. - I'm just sayin'.
- I will not look at anyone.
- Do not make eye contact.
And feel free to build out your backstory too,
like who is Mover #3?
What did he do right before he came to work?
- For the first time ever,
ate two breakfast burritos this morning
and they were really good.
I thought I would need it though, for the big job.
My name is Carl.
I ate a lot, so I'm a little weighed down.
Which is why I'm really letting them handle the work.
But I'm thinkin' it's a good day.
It's a good paycheck today, for sure.
And then after this, I was going to take you guys for pizza.
- Hey. - Hey, thanks boss.
- [Keith] Yeah. (laughter)
- They approve of this backstory.
All right. Stand by, folks.
Stand by, please.
- [Kwesi] Hooray for Keith.
I think his call time was about 9:00 AM
and mine was about 4:00 PM
- [Zach] Keith is doing a lot.
He's getting into costume, he's getting into makeup,
he's learning the blocking.
Kwesi and I had a lovely day.
- My went to The High Line and I walked.
And I bought some cool T-shirts with Zach, drank coffee.
- [Zach] I kind of relaxed in my hotel room
until about 4 o'clock.
- I put on a robe.
- That's all they take out or do I we come back in?
- Just in this first trip.
That's it.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- So I'm out.
Great job guys.
- [Zach] It was nice.
I took a nice long shower.
Oh, the water pressure at this place, it's to die for.
(Keith grunts) - Mover #3.
- Mover #3.
- Follow right behind me.
- Pretty big deal.
- Do you want to try this again?
- I think we should run it again.
- Yeah.
(intense percussive tone)
- [Keith] I assume you're hair and makeup?
- Correct. - Yep.
- You are? - I'm Kai.
- Kai, nice to meet you.
- I'm Tish, I'll be doing your makeup.
- Tish is going to make me look beautiful.
So what are we doing today?
What are we what look are we going for?
How are we transforming?
I'm the Mover #3.
Coveted role.
- Okay.
- And what who does who do you think he looks like?
- So Mover #3 is gonna have great skin.
Okay. - Okay, I like that for me.
- So I'm going to make sure that you have great skin.
- Okay.
- But you are matte so that the lights on stage
are not making you shiny. - Reflecting.
- Exactly. - I can be a shiny boy.
- Exactly. You know, I shine bright.
But sometimes you don't want to shine that bright.
- Yep, so I'm going to put a little bit
of product and hairspray into your hair.
That's gonna go right under a hat.
- Yeah, it's going to go in a hat so
- Great. - Not a ton of stakes.
This is fast too 'cause on this schedule,
I have five minutes to get my hair and makeup done.
Is how long does it take each person to be done?
- So normally, the cast member would be
doing their own makeup.
- Keith is unteachable, so we're just gonna
do it for him real quick.
Besides Mover #3, the coveted role,
who else gets their makeup done by you all, tonight?
- Beetlejuice and Miss Argentina will have help.
- So Beetlejuice, Miss Argentina, Mover # 3.
In order of importance in the show.
(lifting accordion music)
- Sure. You might even say Mover #3, Beetlejuice,
and then Miss Argentina.
- You might even say it. Let's f-.
End the conversation now so we can't correct it.
(upbeat swing music)
- [Zach] Just want to check in one last time.
How are you feeling?
'Cause I'm the swing.
I'm here if you need anything.
- Right now, everything's good.
- Okay. - [Voiceover] Making his
Broadway debut as Mover #3,
Keith Habersberger will be on stage tonight.
Get excited.
(cheering excitedly)
- Let's go, Keith! - That's wild.
- Wow!
That's crazy.
It's really happening now because now we're like what?
20 min- 29 minutes away from showtime?
- You gotta go.
- You gotta go. - Have you gotten changed?
- Make sure you use the bathroom before you get on stage.
- You know, I have to pee right now.
- Yeah.
- Should I?
Ima pee right now.
- [Zach] Okay, Keith.
- If you've ever seen a Broadway show,
you get your playbill, and in the middle
they have like the role of this will be played by this.
In our playbill today, we have
introducing Keith Habersberger.
Keith is in the playbill.
He's the little slip.
- Wow.
This is gonna be in everybody's program?
This is gonna be in there?
- He's the little slip.
- We saw it.
- Let's go. - He's not lyin'.
- Let's go.
- [Crew Member] You're not going to change while we film it?
- It's cool that they gave me this private dressing room
just so I could do it with the door open.
What's in here?
I feel like this.
Ugh, excuse me.
(laughter)
- [Kwesi] Not the hat, dude.
(rasping voice) - Carl.
I'm Carl.
I shouldn't had that second breakfast burrito.
(soft xylophone music)
I'm acting, I'm still Keith.
Beetlejuice.
- Hey Man. (Keith screaming)
- Beetlejuice! - How's it going?
Hey everybody.
It's me, Beetlejuice. - Wow.
- Break a leg tonight, Carl.
- Thank you so much, Beetlejuice.
- All right.
- It's a pleasure to be in your show bro.
- It's showtime.
- So what's your pre-show ritual?
- My pre-show ritual is I listen to stand up for 15 minutes.
I listen to it 'cause I like to hear live audience
before I go on stage.
I drink a lot of water.
I stretch and I do a nine minute vocal warm-up
that I've done for like, two years.
The same one.
And then I rev up the sort of voice.
(grunting)
- I have some hot sauce for you.
Doesn't have to be. - No, you don't.
Do you really? - Yeah, I really do.
- Are you being serious?
- I do, it's right here.
- Do are you aware that like hot that I-
in my old dressing room, I had a wall of hot sauce?
- [Keith] No.
- Oh my God!
- How could I how could I not?
- I can't.
Dude, this is ama- I've seen this all over.
- Yeah. - And I've wanted to try it.
- Add it to the wall.
- I'm so thankful.
- Yeah, of course, dude.
- Oh my God, I cannot wait to try these.
- [Zach] He didn't pay you to say this?
- No! This is real, this is real.
You can see all of my cynicism and sarcasm went away.
- Can you? (crowd cackling)
- Now, can you look right there
and say, "Beetlejuice loves Keith's hot sauce?"
- (low raspy voice) When I want to reach for a hot sauce,
I reach for Keith's.
(melodic bell rings)
(gentle guitar music)
- [Keith] All right.
So we're going to go meet the cast.
Normally backstage you think is like backstage,
but I feel like it's above.
Okay, okay.
- [Danny] Hey Keith.
- Hey, how you doing? - Nice to see you.
Good luck today.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah, it's gonna be great.
- Thanks for having me. - Sure.
- [Crew Member] Hey, Keith! - Hi again.
This place is huge.
- [Adam] You ready to go?
- I mean, I feel ready.
- You look like a mover. - I feel good.
- And a shaker too.
Do you have lines? - No.
- [Andrew] Oh wow, you look great.
- Thanks so much.
- Hey, welcome! What a thrill.
- Nice to meet you all.
Yeah, thanks.
- You look terrific.
I think you're wearing my costume.
- [Kerry] I told you I'm going to try and break you.
- Yeah, so she said that she's gonna try to make me look
at her when I'm not supposed to see her.
So. - I'm going to do it.
- I appreciate it, but I'm gonna-
- Be afraid.
- I'm going to really try.
This is how it's going to be.
I'm just going to be not lookin' at you.
(Kerry growling)
And I'm just going to not look and-
- And you're going to have your wedding ring on.
That's a back story right there.
- You know, actually, I was thinking about taking off
because I think Carl's not married.
- Okay, see? - You know?
And I don't want to confuse the audience.
I'm so excited, this is a dream come true.
I really appreciate you guys - Oh, cool.
letting me come in. - Fantastic.
- Yeah.
- We weren't asked.
- Congratulations, debut!
- Thank you.
- I think we're going to be on stage together
for a hot second. - Are we?
- Yeah, I think so.
- [Crew Member] No, he's in the main room part.
- I'm sorry to tell-
I'm sorry to break the news to you like this.
- Got to go.
- Any last minute tips?
- Don't mess up.
- That's one of the things I'm constantly screaming.
- [Crew Member] Don't let 'em see you sweat.
- Okay.
- Don't rip your pants.
- If you get nervous, just scream "stop"
as loud as you can and wave your arms.
- Why did I do this? Stop! - Stop! Why is-
- Stop, why did I do this? - Please, god, stop. Yeah.
That'll be cool, people will love that.
- Breathe it in, look out there, and just have a great time
'cause it is really cool and I'm hoping we have
a great audience for you today.
I'm sure we do and-
- I'm sure. - Just enjoy it.
- Any tips right before we go on?
- Ah, yes.
When you pick up something, always make sure you
use your your legs when you lift the-
No, I don't know. - I don't either.
Thanks so much.
I'll get out of your hair, there's not a lot of time left.
The show's starting in nine minutes? 11?
Somewhere in there.
So we gotta go-
- Nine minutes?!
(singing a capella vocal scale)
(dramatic percussive tone)
(suspenseful rock music)
- [Zach] I'm stoked for Keith.
I know how much this means to him.
I'm going to have more fun watching him
than he's going to have doing it.
He's going to black out.
He's not going to remember a second of this.
I'm going to get to be in the crowd
and go, "that's my baby."
- It's crazy that it's happening.
"Ready Set, Not Yet"
Right? The show is just happening and
at some point, I'm in it.
I was just talking to these people 10 minutes ago
in their dress room.
(rousing rock music)
(whispering) Carl is not married.
Carl's not married.
I need you to hold on to this for me.
It's totally a surreal experience.
(fast-paced violin music) I feel like
I do have imposter syndrome right now, though.
'Cause I don't really feel like I deserve it.
I know there's a lot of musical people here
probably watching this video because it has
to do with what they do.
And I'm sure they're so jealous, and I would be so jealous.
It feels like a once in a lifetime opportunity, you know?
Which is why I have to take it.
It was a lifelong dream, absolutely, to be on Broadway.
But it's a dream that I didn't think was mine to have.
- [Beetlejuice] The people who bought your house!
- What?
But how?
We just died.
- [Beetlejuice] Oh yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Time moves differently when you're dead,
but boy does it move.
- [Adam] Hey! Stop that.
- [Beetlejuice] Yeah, tell 'em Adam.
Get in there bad, - Put that down!
- [Beetlejuice] Give 'em both barrels.
- You are stealing! - [Adam] That doesn't belong
To you! - You are thieves!
- [Adam] Hey! They can't see us.
- [Beetlejuice] Keen observation Adam.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
- [Actor] Tell us what to do.
- I was out there.
- You did amazing. - I didn't even see you.
- You didn't. - I didn't look at all.
- Did you see I was trying to get you?
- I felt you, but I didn't look.
Adrenaline, just pounding.
- You nailed it. - Yeah.
- You nailed it.
- I--
- You did.
- I had it was fun.
I remember nothing.
- Good, you did it right.
Here, you can play this part.
- Thank you so much. - Cause I am exhausted.
- Oh, yeah. - Here you go.
- This is my part, right?
- Yeah, you play her father, you've got about 700 lines.
- Oh, oh, you know I have to go to the bathroom.
- Okay, me too. - I'll be right back.
This is, this is too much.
It feels like I don't deserve this.
You know, it feels like a lot.
But this show this show, the people in the show
are just the best people.
They're just going so far out of their way
to make this like a real Broadway experience.
(crowd cheering)
- You're going to join Dana in a second.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Well Dana's the little one.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, she's gonna run up here.
- Cool.
- Ready? - Yeah.
- A 5, 6, 7, 8
(riotous rock music)
(mechanical roaring)
"Jump In Line (Shake Senora)"
(uplifting orchestral music)
- Back up, back over here. (applause)
Keith! (cheering)
Wow!
Oh wow. (crowd clamoring)
Thank you all so much.
That was one of the top 10 experiences you could ever have.
Especially as something I maybe would've done in real life.
- [Crew Member] Keith!
That was the best.
I can't believe it. - Whoo.
- So cool.
- [Crew Member] Yeah.
- It's cool.
It means a lot, thanks so much.
- [Rachel] I knew you'd cry. Can I hug you?
Congratulations.
You were so great.
(somber horn blaring)
- [Kerry] Did people tell you what you're supposed
to do on your Broadway debut?
- [Keith] No. - [Kerry] The tradition?
- [Keith] What?
You're supposed to like spit in your hands,
and then rub them,
and then turn around like 3 times.
- Okay.
(Kerry giggling) - 1, spin.
- I'm just kidding, there's no tradition!