(warm upbeat music)
- Guys, I'm so excited about this week.
We have, it's the longest week of all time,
we have tech every day, 12 to 12,
we're gonna finish teching the show,
and then by the very end of the week,
we are gonna do the show for you
for our very first audience of "Jagged Little Pill,"
and so I'm home now, I'm about to go to the theater.
It is Monday and I have to leave right now
or I'm gonna be late.
And I need coffee, and it's very exciting
and I'm thrilled.
- We're bouncin' off the walls!
- Oh, tech is so fun. - I love tech!
I love tech so much!
I love juice.
I love this book.
It's my favorite book. - Ooh.
- And everybody needs to read it right now.
- Yes. - Mandatory reading.
Go home and get it and read it
and from your local bookstore. - Yeah!
Support local bookstores!
- And then get a fuzzy blanket
and a fuzzy blanket chair,
and then you're just like me!
And get this sweatshirt that my friend designed.
Guys, you haven't met Sean Krill yet,
but he's secret an interior designer
and everyone needs to know about it.
- Get out, Kathryn! (laughing)
- He also loves me! - Hi!
I do, I do, I really do, I love you so much.
- [Kathryn] Sean, tell us about this incredible room.
Sean plays Steve.
- I play Steve Healy and this is my room.
It's on its way.
- [Kathryn] It's gorgeous.
- It's my hookah bar/cocktail lounge.
Yeah, I'm goin' for like, bohemian chic, you know?
Hey look, I got watches.
- [Kathryn] You got watches!
We love a watch.
- [Sean] Which one do you think?
What do you guys think?
- [Kathryn] I heard a, oh.
I heard someone's voice behind me.
- [Sean] Silver, silver or gold?
- [Kathryn] I like gold.
- I think I'm gonna go gold for Steve.
He seems like a, oop.
Steve Healy seems like a gold kind of a guy.
- [Kathryn] Steve Healy is gold.
You're gold, Sean! - You're gold!
- You're gold, I love ya! (smooching)
Who are you?
- I'm Elizabeth. - Yeah?
Are you in the play?
- Yes, I play MJ. - MJ?
- Yeah. - We love MJ.
- Hey.
- [Kathryn] What's your favorite thing
in your dressing room?
- I don't know, maybe, probably these nuts,
(laughing) 'cause I like snacks.
- [Kathryn] Honestly, oh, the wasabi ones are the best.
- Right? - That's like,
low key one of my favorite,
but I can't eat just one.
I eat the whole box.
(nuts clinking) (laughing)
Guys, I'm gonna show you my favorite part
of the entire theater.
I'm gonna show you my favorite part
of the entire theater right now.
(shouting)
It's this-- - What is happening?
- And it's candy.
And it's in the stage manager's office.
Guys, these are the people that make the whole show happen!
And they make sure I get on stage at the right time.
Guys. - What's up?
I'm so tired. (laughing)
I'm so tired.
It's a long day.
It's hard.
- [Kathryn] Larbi, what do you do in the show?
- I'm just around.
(laughing) (clapping)
I make people move.
- [Kathryn] You make people, you move me every day.
- Every day.
- [Kathryn] Every day.
Oh, stop it, Larbi, stop it.
Guys, this is what it looks like
when a Broadway show's in tech.
It looks like a lot of tables
and a lot of candy that I steal.
Also, it looks like Larbi! (laughing)
- Dead people.
- [Kathryn] This is what tech looks like.
- [Woman] A lot of erasers, scraps.
- [Kathryn] Yeah, like, this is just,
this is snacks, this is notes,
this is line notes for Kathryn, mostly.
It's Yana up top. - Hey!
- Guys, this is our leader. - Hi.
- [Kathryn] Diane Paulus.
Are you so excited in tech? (laughing)
- I am so excited.
- [Kathryn] How hard is tech?
- Tech is actually thrilling. (laughs)
It's hours and hours of rehearsal,
which I live for!
(laughing)
- Guys, it's tech.
Makeup needs to be done.
Sleep needs to be had.
Coffee needs to be had.
Send me coffee, send me it now.
Just listening to emo music as I do.
What else am I supposed to do, you know?
♪ I don't wanna waste my time ♪
♪ Become another casualty of society ♪
- Ditto.
- Guys, so I have a little break in act one,
and we're working our way through act one.
I'm up here, been doing some skin care.
Sick, I pulled out like a carwash rag.
These wipes are very good for your skin.
And I am kidding. (laughs)
But this is definitely the vibe today.
See, if I'm drinking tea 'cause it is 9:30
and I'm getting ready for my next look in the show.
Do a little makeup change
and been reading and listening to sad music,
so if you guys are ever wondering what it's like
to do Broadway during tech,
there's a lot of hurry up and wait.
And which is kinda fun.
Guy, this is Sarah.
My stylist. - Hi!
- And we're gonna try on all these clothes.
And look at all these amazing clothes that we get to wear.
And it's early and it's tech.
And times are loose.
And we're excited. (laughing)
- [Sarah] I wish I could help you,
but my knowledge is probably even worse than yours.
- [Kathryn] Do we like it?
- You're like a princess who's just gone through the fields
and is looking, (laughs)
she's looking for her strawberry patch.
- Looking for my strawberry patch!
I'm a princess!
Hey, goodbye!
- It's Egyptian but also, like,
it has some kind of Middle Eastern print feeling
and then like--
- Got a, a gold-- - It's even very feminine,
but also like-- - Yeah.
And of course, the shoe choice is intentional.
This is what we're going with.
- [Sarah] We like to have one of each
because it's better to have, like, variety, I guess.
- It's very Sarah Jessica Parker.
- It's like Sarah Jessica Parker! (laughing)
Okay, here's an option.
And I'm blowin' in the wind.
And I'm also a solar panel. (laughs)
That's very funny, and I--
- Also, is it after you run a marathon and you're cold?
- Yeah!
Yes, this is, you don't need a coat
when you wear this dress.
- Loved. - Perfect.
- [Sarah] Love!
- I think I like the boot better.
Guys, we think we found a winner in this dress.
What do we think, Broadway.com?
What do we think?
- I'm just feeling all my emotional fashion feelings.
- [Kathryn] Yes!
- You're a queen.
- You're a queen!
We love a dress!
We love a dress. - Yay!
- Guys, it is final dress rehearsal tonight,
which means that tomorrow,
we will have a theater full of people
who paid actual dollars to see our play,
which is wild, a wild thought.
We ran through the show last night
and went so well.
And I'm terrified and very excited about today.
Personally, I'm having a terrible day.
We don't need to go into that.
But I think my favorite thing about this show
is that no matter how heartbreaking
or confusing or frustrating a day can be,
we get to go on stage with a group of people
that we (bleep)ing love.
And tell a really, really special story.
And so, I am trying,
I'm saying this out loud so I hear
and remind myself to do that.
But I'm so excited, we've worked so hard,
I've been working on this show now for over two years.
And I'm so excited to get to do it for people tomorrow.
It's insane and beautiful and wonderful
and (sighs) I'm so excited. (laughs)
And I can't wait to see you there.
And which you can do now,
you can just buy tickets and just show up.
Which is pretty (bleep)ing cool.
Anyway, I'm gonna be late
and I can't start the run of the show like that,
so see you in a bit.
- [Announcer] And the evening company,
the goal is half hour, a half hour preview,
this is the half hour call,
if you're not signed in, please do so!
The call is half hour! - Exciting.
- [Announcer] Hey folks,
it's the first preview on the Broadway, and--
- Whoo!
- [Woman] Whoo!
- It's so cool!
- [Announcer] The house will be opening
in just a couple minutes.
We're in a half hour.
- See you soon.
Oh!
(laughing)
♪ Jealousy ♪
♪ Why is it only looking at me? ♪
(laughing)
- And you're not even running away you're just hiding
in the hallway.
♪ Alibi ♪
♪ But it's just a price I pay ♪
♪ Destiny is calling me ♪
♪ Open up my eager eyes ♪
♪ I'm Mr. Brightside ♪
- (singing) Oh, I'm so flexible!
(laughing)
Oh, I was worried, I'm not as young as I used to be!
It was only a kiss!
- [Announcer] On three, first time on Broadway.
This is places.
- We gotta-- (cheering)
- Yeah, heh!
All right, we gotta go.
- I, I, come here.
- All right, go, I love you.
- I love you guys, I love you guys so much.
- I love you!
- Okay, is it loud enough?
- Yeah.
- Is it loud enough?
(clapping) - This is gonna be very
a very quick yell party.
- We're dancing, we're dancing,
we gotta go to a Broadway stage,
all over the place!
(chanting)
- We got a minute, we gotta go left--
This is what it looks like
when you do your first preview on Broadway
and then they show this really moving music video
and then you start crying.
And I still can't figure out how to hold the camera upright
when it's in selfie mode.
But, let's see--
Lauren? - Yeah?
- Derek? - Yes?
- How do you feel?
We did it!
- I'm changing, we did it!
- We did it!
Lauren?
(shouting) Oh no, I-- (laughing)
I'm crying.
(laughing)
Oh yeah, signing off.
Hope you enjoyed this episode of
Jagged Little Thrill.
See you next week!
What a time!
(warm upbeat music)