(music.) Hi everyone, Good Morning, I'm Olga Villaverde
and I'm Ambery Milt, welcome to The Balancing Act. For over a
century Peter Pan has hooked audiences all over the world
Very cute! The story was born out of J.M. Barrie's boundless
imagination inspired by his adventures with the Llewelyn
Davies family and over the years has been brought to life both to
the stage and on screen. Today our Broadway Across America
Series continues with Finding Neverland as we learn just what
happens when you believe you can fly. Plus we will continue our
Taking Back the Bedroom Series. And this seems like a perfect
sege way, we're going to learn the secret behind Naked Wines.
Oh yeah! Get ready for that one! Guess what? It
all starts right now! (music).
Voice Over: Broadway Balances America
brought to you by Broadway Across America. Bringing the
best of broadway to a city near you.
Time now for another installment of Broadway Balances
America, our series that takes you behind the scenes of some of
the most beloved broadway musicals as they travel across
the country and into your local theaters. Today we are flying to
Neverland, at least metaphorically, finding out the
story behind the story of playwright J.M. Barrie and the
woman who inspired one of his most famous work. Based on the
Academy Award winning film, of the same name, Finding Neverland
is an innovative new musical that features a strong woman
center stage and two who help bring it to the stage. Indeed.
And at the center of the story, is a beautiful widow whose young
sons inspired author J.M. Barrie to pen a play that would
ultimately proof when you believe: You Can Fly. (musical
singing: Here inside Neverland. We can fly) Pact with memorizing
visuals, irresistible songs and plenty of laughs, Finding
Neverland is a timeless story about the power of imagination
and spectacular proof that you never really have to grow up. It
took courage for playwright J.M. Barrie to stage his work for
London Theater goers in the early 1900s but as history
has proven it was a risk worth taking. Finding Neverland is the
story of how Peter became Pan and if it weren't for J.M.
Barrie and that writer's imagination and his courage to
write something like nothing had been written before, you know, a
story about a boy who wouldn't grow up, children who could fly,
an island with mermaids and pirates, where kids ruled the
roost, Finding Neverland tells the story of how this classic
story has come into our lives. Tony winner Diane Paulus knows a
thing or two about staging a captivating play and as J. M.
Barrie found out it really does begin with the story. This theme
of never growing up, captures kids, captures adults it
certainly has captured me. You know a mom in my forty's. I
think it's this idea of what we have as children, an abandon,
an enjoyment of being in the moment of playing, that we lose
as we get older. And I think people have come to see Finding
Neverland and I've seen them rediscover their inner child.
(music.) Laura Michelle Kelly originated the role of Sylvia
Llewelyn Davies on Broadway. What I love about my character
is that she's very forward thinking, you know, she's very
um, she's inappropriate for her time, she was born before
her time and she kind of stood up for the lives of her children
and um, that's what I love about her. She was very
progressive woman for her time. Another progressive woman is
three time Emmy Award winning choreographer Mia Michaels, who
is helping bring the story to high-flying life. I think it
comes from concept, it comes from story, it comes from
character, it comes from music. Music for me is my biggest
inspirational source, um, it tells me the place in which I
need to begin the creative process. The tone of it, the
feel of it. Is it quirky? Is it funny? Is it sad? Is it
emotional? What is it, moving? The collaboration of these three
women on this original musical has proven moving indeed.
(music.) I made Finding Neverland from my heart. This
was a story that I wanted to give to audiences and by
audiences I mean my own daughters, to parents, to people
who are struggling in their life. With how can they be their
true self. How can you redefine sense of family? How do you make
it through a hard time? It's such a beautiful story where
people really, get to engage with, what is on the other side
of this life? What is it about our imagination that's so
strong and powerful and how do you get in or awaken the child
inside? I think that is why people keep coming back, again
and again. Ok well one of the lyrics is when you believe
you can fly and I grew up watching, you know, iconic women
as Peter Pan flying around the stage. Are we going to see that
in Finding Neverland? It's going to be flying that is made
by humans, people, people lifting people and it's much
more organic and much more, I find much more emotional,
because you see the humans lifting humans and their flying
and you see the struggle of the human trying to lift another
human and it comes from inside more than anything because if
you, if you believe you can, you can. Now historically the role
of the Peter Pan has been played by iconic women, like Mary
Martin, Cathy Rigby, Sandy Duncan, I don't suppose
there's any shot for me as hmmm... maybe Tinkerbell?
Produced by Harvey Weinstein, with an original score by noted
composer Gary Barlow and Grammy Winner Eliot Kennedy, a book by
celebrated playwright James Graham, the play within the play
has universal appeal, single married, young our not, it's a
story for all to enjoy! It's about feeling alive whether
you're a kid or you're an adult finding their inner child. So,
I'm hoping that audiences across America come to this show and
use it as a place to touch your heart, feel alive, laugh and
cry, be with your families. Because it's a great show, you
know for kids, for grandparents, for parents. It's really a show
that spans across ages in terms of its appeal. Please go see the
show. It's a very, it's a very special show. It's not a
typical Broadway show. It's not. The tone of it, the message of
it, their spirit of it, the dance of it, it's very unique,
it has its own thing. And so to be able to share it with, you
know, America, all across America, is gonna be incredible.
The North American tour of Finding Neverland is heading to
a theatre near you. Check out Broadway Balances America,
Broadway Across America, or our website The Balancing Act
Dot Com for all the information, tour dates and more. (music.)
(The Balancing Act music).
(Jazz music plays). Bless my mother's heart, she
talked to me about the birds and the bees, but not about
menopause. I mean it's just one of those things, that, did
you guys? My mother never, ever said a word about it. She never
warned me about it. And I had to kind of figure it out on my own
and some of my friends are a little older than me, started
complaining about it and I said, so what's the deal with
menopause? And they start telling me their symptoms, I'm
like oh no I'm not doing that, I'm not going through it and
here we are. I don't understand why it's not talked
about and why, like you get prepared for your menstrual
cycle, they, your mother talks to you about it, tells you
what's going to happen. How your body's going to change
but they don't talk to you about how it's going to change
again, later in life. Right! It's a taboo subject. That's
crazy. It is, there's like a stigma attached to it and it
even younger women when you mention menopause, they're
kind of like, ugh, you know they don't want to discuss it.
Exactly! My mom never, never talked to me about it. I only
noticed when all of sudden she changed. (laughter). And she was
having hot flashes and acting crazy. Wow. So that's the only
thing I knew about menopause was that you're going get crazy
and hot. (laughter.) Yeah! Hot mess! (laughter). (Jazz music.)
But you know, those days are gone! And we're going to have
an open discussion on The Balancing Act because the doctor
is in the house. He's my friend at this point. Rejoining
us now on the show for a series of reports "Taking Back the
Bedroom" is our resident sexuality expert, board
certified gynecologist, doctor Michael Krychman, a renowned
doctor of sexual medicine and co-author of The Sexual Spark.
Welcome back! Great to be here! Great to have you! Alright, this
is something that I think is huge to talk about. You heard
those ladies, you know, it's, we've gotten better, but
we're not there. It's still a taboo. Well I think you're
right. You know so many women think that menopause is like
their grandmothers menopause. You know, an old rickety old
lady sitting on a bench rocking her life away. But it's not
like that. You know, as women age, their vibrant, their sexy,
they may be running corporations or hosting TV shows, you know
they may be doing a variety of wonderful things and they want
their sexy back, they want to be active, vibrant and really
menopause should't hold them back. It should not, and and, it
should not hold them back from talking about it because it's
a reality, you've taught me so much, it's going to happen to
me. It's going to happen to every women out there. So
let's talk again about menopause and what kind of
happens in that intimate area. Oh come on say it! Say the word!
We've been here for so long, what is the word. What happens
to the vagina? There! Wasn't the worst thing in the world
right? No it wasn't, after so many segments with you I should
be okay with it but even i still shutter. Well I think, that says
something really important. We're now breaking the
conspiracy of silence as we get more comfortable, as people are
volunteering information and it becomes to the forefront of
concerns, I think we're becoming more comfortable, both the
clinician, the doctor as well as the patient so we have to ask
and we have to tell patients that they need to tell, it's
important to know that the vagina and vulva - we can say
that word too, right? We can, we can. I'm glad you said it. Say
it! Say it! Vulva. There you go. Okay, so those things change,
the hormones decline and they become irritated, red, they can
become really painful. Right. Really, you know, it's not the
way a women should be spending forty percent of her life. So
what to do to alleviate that issue. To alleviate the dryness,
the pain, the changes that are happening. To alleviate the fact
that many women as you've taught me, are having sex with
their husbands and enduring that pain. What can we do to help
that? Well I think there's quick, easy simple solutions.
You know, it starts from the very beginning of how you take
care of your skin. We take care of our face, we use special
products, natural cleansing, we have a protective oil barrier on
our skin and it's the same thing for the vulva and the
vagina. So we need to choose products that have excellent
ingredients, like Lubrigyn cleansing lotion, it's not
foamy, it doesn't have Lauryl sulfate that foamy harsh
detergent that Which makes it worse Right! And it strips away
the natural protective oils. So we have to really be careful of
the ingredients that are in and the ingredients that are not in
as well. And how, how would I and other ladies out there use
these two products? Well Lubrigyn is really I think is
part of a system. There is the cleansing lotion for the
outside, it helps with the moisturizing, it helps with the
elasticity, it cleanses as well. And then you also have the cream
which can go inside and helps maintain the supple quality of
the vagina. And you know every woman really wants a supple
vagina. Yes! Absolutely. I do. All though I am not going
through it yet. I do. So the reality is - it is a sensitive
area. It is an area that no matter what will be effected and
we need to use something sensitive to take care of the
issue. Right and I think women, need to be empowered to make
good decisions. They need to read labels, they need to take
the time to take concern for special products that are going
in the intimate area and also to the vagina. Yes. In the vulva
area as well, very important. And something else I find, very
important as well is I do think they also need to communicate
with their husbands or their partners they need to show them
what they are using, they need to explain what's happening
and at that point it becomes a duel. Husbands, partners want to
maintain that intimacy. They can understand. And they can
understand. And then it gets even better in the bedroom.
Right. Thank you so much as always. I've had so much fun
with you. Alright I'm going to say the word one more time.
Ready? Okay we'll say it together. Vagina! (laughter). I
love you! Alright, by the way real quick for information on
Lubrigyn Cleansing Lotion - where do we go doctor? You can
go to Lubrigyn USA dot com Alright, you can also go our
website the balancing act dot com my grandmother in her grave
oh my gosh! Up next, we're raising a glass, learning why
naked wines are nothing to blush about. We'll be right
back! (music). Americans have a love affair
with wine - enjoying. Listen to this 3.7
million liters of it in 2014. Yikes! Leading the world in
consumption. And, why not? Wine is one of life's true pleasures
- I love it! Today, all things wine are on the menu. With us
this morning and I'm so happy - Katy Michaud, and also joining
us, James Bagley, of Naked Wines dot com. Hi. So, happy to have
you! Good morning. Great to be here. Good morning. I mean I
know it's morning but, you know, wine has really come a long way.
You know, not even evening anymore, afternoons, personally
I have a glass of wine every single night and I think that's
why I'm so healthy. Truly a popular item today. Absolutely.
I mean, wine from my perspective, it's all about
community. Just think about it. Great friends and family, great
food, fantastic wine - I mean, they're the best pleasures in
life. And it doesn't matter where you're from, you know.
Exactly, and now my best friend to be this morning is her, cause
she's a winemaker. What a great job! It's a pretty fabulous job,
I can't lie to you. So, do you do the, you know, stepping on
the grapes? Like Lucy and Ethel? Like Lucy and Ethel. Well, I
have, but that's not really what we do anymore. Is it squishy
wishie when you do it? It gets up in all kinda places. Not like
that anymore? Not like that anymore. Well, I know we've got
great video of the process. Of the harvest, yes. So, harvest is
our super busy season. It's 24/7. You have this really short
period of time to make the entire years worth of vintage.
So, kind of in the fall it's chaos, it's exhilarating. You
probably end up crying sometime before it's over. But, you get
to make that whole years vintage worth of wine and it's a super
satisfying thing that you get to do from grape to bottle. You
made this. I did, I made this Riesling and also this Cab. So,
tell me what this one is. That's Riesling, that's 2015 Riesling
from Washington State from Columbia Valley. A little off
dry, lots of peaches, kind of screams peaches, maybe apple.
And, I know he's screaming over there cause I'm leaving you out.
No that's fine. OK, so I'm the wine lover, winemaker, and you?
I'm Naked Wines dot com. We kind of bring it all together, you
know. And, how do you do that? Well, it's thru the power of the
internet where what we've done is create this community. It's a
community of passionate, ordinary, everyday wine
drinkers, like you and I, and talented, independent winemakers
like Katy. And, you know, Katy's making wine for our customers
and they're interacting on the site, they're chatting, they can
get recommendations, they can review wines that they're
drinking. Katy can see those reviews and ratings and she can
respond. So, it's a real passionate kind of community,
and a lot of interaction on the website and on their apps so.
OK, and a great way to carry on this conversation is, James, you
opening that fabulous bottle, which is my favorite, Cabernet
Sauvignon. So, you actually communicate then with people on
the web and from all over. Yeah, so these angels have
opportunities to score the wines and also to leave comments, and
then it's up to us to respond to the comments. So, because of,
kind of just the nature of it. And, I love that sound. Go
ahead. You form pretty deep relationships with these people.
And, that's your Cab, so I will try this, so this I would say is
my favorite. I'm gonna grab this one. You're gonna grab. Well
let's just do one quick little ching ching. Absolutely. OK, and
while we're doing that - one thing I love about this is the
fact that when I go somewhere to buy, I really am clueless
sometimes, in terms of pricing. I maybe overspend. Absolutely.
So, with this I can kind of like get a confidante telling me:
Listen, you don't have to spend that much. Completely, and not
just the confidante, not just the winemaker. When you go to
the website or you visit the app, you get thousands of
recommendations and ratings from the other wine drinkers as well.
So you know, it's a great way to discovery wine. You know, the
community has over 130 winemakers across the USA and
around the world. And, the way it kind of works is our
customers, who we call angels. Angels? Yeah exactly. They put
aside $40 every month. Now that's their money to spend on
wine, whenever they want, whichever wines they choose.
But, while their balance is building up, we take that and we
invest in talented, independent winemakers around the globe, and
certainly here in the U.S. Like her, OK. Exactly. So our
customers in return, they're funding the wine directly, they
get exclusive wines made just for them. They know the
winemaker so they know who's behind the wine. And how much
does it cost me, in terms of becoming an angel again? No cost
up front. No cost whatsoever? No contract, it's just that $40 a
month. OK, once again, my Cab is the best. Cheers! Thank you so
much. Cheers! Thank you so much Olga. Where do our viewers get
more information? How do I become an angel? Absolutely,
just visit the website nakedwines.com or if you're
having any trouble call our customer happiness team, a wine
advisor will help you out. Well a toast to you guys. Thank you
so much. One last sip. Cheers. This is very good. And, if you'd
like to learn more, you can go to our website and that's
thebalancingact.com. (Music). (Music). I was
lucky enough to see this on Broadway and when it comes to
Florida you must take the girls. It is wonderful family fun. I
know you went with our producer and she lives in Florida so I
know and she's listening to me know, that she's going to take
me and the girls so we will do it for sure. And that's our show
everyone, but head to our Facebook page and our website,
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Thanks for watching everybody, we'll see you next time! And
remember, fly! (music.)