THE TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL BANDSTAND PLAY HERE IN TOWN AS PART OF THE FSCJ
ARTIST SERIES SET IN 1945
AMERICA’S SOLDIERS COME HOME TO
PARADES AND
OVERJOYED FAMILIES PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS DANNY NOVITZKY AS A
SINGER AND SONGWRITER HE
STRUGGLES TO REBUILD A LIFE HE
LEFT BEHIND. WITH NBC ANNOUNCES A NATIONAL COMPETITION TO FIND THE NATION’S NEXT MUSICAL
SUPERSTARS SCIENTISTS IS A
LIFELINE FOR HIMSELF AND SOME
FELLOW VETS THAT GIVES THEM THE
PURPOSE THEY SO DESPERATELY
NEED TOGETHER THEY FORM A BAND
UNLIKE ANY OF THE NATION’S EVER
SEEN ALONG THE WAY THEY
DISCOVER THE POWER OF MUSIC TO
FACE
THE IMPOSSIBLE FIND THEIR VOICE
AND FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE
TO
CALL HOME. JOINING ME HERE ON
THE MORNING SHOW ONE OF THE
CAST MEMBERS ONE OF THE STARS
OF THE SHOW.
JENNIFER ELIZABETH SMITH PAY
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE SO MUCH
FOR
HAVING ME.
>> SO THERE’S SOME STRUGGLES
ALONG THE WAY TO COME HOME, BUT
THEY FIND
THAT HOME IS IT WHAT IT HAD
BEEN BEFORE THEY LEFT YEAH AND
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD
COME BACK AND THINGS WOULD BE
LIKE THEY WERE
BEFORE AND THAT WAS IN THE IT’S
NOT THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER THEY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE COMING
HOME TO AND DONNY
COMES HOME, YOUR HIS BEST
FRIEND’S WIFE WHEN THEY
WERE OVERSEAS. SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO YOUR HUSBAND ON HIS
BEST FRIEND AND HE’S CONFRONTED WITH THE REALITY HE HAS TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED AND I CAN
GIVE AWAY THE STORY AND YET TO
FORM
A BOND IS IT IS IT INTERESTING
FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU’RE KIND OF
LIKE A GEN X-ERS FOR MOST OF
THE MEMBERS OF THE CAST OF
DEATH BUT YOU’RE PORTRAYING
MEMBERS OF THE GREATEST
GENERATION WILL KIND OF
CHALLENGES THAT FOR YOU OH
GOSH, YEAH, IT’S A LOT TO TRY
TO REPRESENT THIS GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE
DEPRESSION AND
THE WAR. I THINK A LOT OF THE
THEMES OF THE SHOW ARE STILL
VERY RELEVANT. FUMES OF LOVE
AND GRIEF
AND PTSD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO IT’S BEEN
INTERESTING TO PORTRAY THIS
CHARACTER DURING
THIS TIME. AND I THINK THAT
IT’S A VERY BELATED BOOK IS YOU
KNOW THIS IS A MILITARY
COMMUNITY AND I’VE GOT TO TELL
YOU BECAUSE CHRISTINE I WERE IN
THE AUDIENCE
LAST NIGHT.
>> AND IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU
GET AN AUDIENCE TO LITERALLY
BUY INTO
THE SHOW BECAUSE IT SAID YOU
KNOW YOU’RE TO A
FICTITIOUS AUDIENCE. WE ARE
DOING THE AUDITIONS AND YOU’RE
PLAYING THE MUSICALS AND TRYING
TO WIN A SPOT ON THIS AND BE A
NBC SHOW
BUT THE ACTUAL AUDIENCE THAT
WAS SITTING THERE AT THE TIMES
MORAN THEATER. >> FELT LIKE THEY WERE PART OF WHAT WAS GOING TO FEEL THAT ON
THE STATE LIKE US. YES, THE
AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT IN
JACKSONVILLE WAS ONE OF OUR
BEST AUDIENCE IS WE CAN JUST
FEEL THE ENERGY FROM
THEM AND BUT AT INTERMISSION
LAST NIGHT WE’RE LIKE OH MY
GOSH THIS I CAN SAYS GIVING
US LIFE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: AND THE OTHER
THING THAT’S REALLY COOL IS
THAT THERE’S SOME MEMBERS OF
THE TROUPE WHO ARE JUST
MUSICIANS AND NOT ACTORS AND TO
WATCH THEM UP THERE IS KIND OF
COOL BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GET
INTO IT. WELL THEY’RE
ACTORS NOW.
>> YEAH, I KNOW THEY’RE
INCREDIBLE THEY PLAY ALL THE
INSTRUMENTS AND I JUST SAT
THERE AND I WATCHED EVERY NIGHT
AND AWE
I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW I
COMPARED TO BE ON THE STAGE
WITH THAT KIND OF WHAT I KNOW
THAT THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN
EVERYBODY IS OK WITH A NOMINAL
ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED UP THERE
AND YOU’RE LIKE.
>> THAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO GO OH
NO, I MEAN IT’S IT’S ALL THEY
FUND HIS MUSIC IS VERY RISKY.
SO IT’S A LOT OF IMPROV WITH
THE INSTRUMENT FROM THE
SINGING.
SO WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER AND
WERE THERE TO CATCH EACH OTHER
IN CASE, ANYONE
KIND OF WHICH FEELS REALLY
GREAT AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE
THE CHEMISTRY PROBABLY COMES
AND I THINK ZACH WHO PLAYS THE
LEAD MALE HAS YET TO KNOW WHAT
YOU GUYS HAVE GREAT CHEMISTRY,
BUT HE DOESN’T SHOW UP. I CAN
SAY.
ME.
SAY. ME. >> BANDSTAND THE MUSICAL IS
HERE IN TOWN AT THE TIMES-UNION
CENTER WITH PERFORMANCES
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
STILL SOME GOOD SEATS AVAILABLE
GO TO FSCJ ARTIST SERIES SLASH
TICKETS, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE
THE FAMILY, IT’S A GREAT SHOW
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU IF YOU IN
THE MILITARY YOU’RE GOING TO
LOVE IT. AND NOW TO PERFORM ONE
OF THE MARQUEE SONGS LOVE WILL
COME AND FIND ME AGAIN FROM
THIS TONY
AWARD WINNER. HERE’S JENNIFER
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JULIA ON THE
STAGE TO THE BACK.
>> THE SIDE OF ME. >> THE SEA LIKE NOTHING TO 10. >> FOUGHT FOR AND IT WAS
REALLY.
>> I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS I G.
I STOP AT NOTHING COULD STEVE.
>> AND TO SEE THAT.
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