Hi, I'm Abigail Barlow, and I'm Emily Bear, and we are here today
with Playbill to give you a look inside the unofficial Bridgton musical album.
We met kind of nonchalantly
through a mutual friend, and at this point,
neither of us had written musical theater before.
So it was a very exciting new exploration with a great collaborator.
We became friends first.
We were eating macaroons and watching Bachelorette.
And then we wrote for the first time.
And I remember both of us coming out of that session individually
being like, oh, like, yeah, there's there's something there.
I think we were both very.
We were both at a frustrating point in our solo careers.
We had sort of taken some time apart away from that first project
we collaborated on. And I think we just needed a change of pace.
And when I binge watched Bridgerton,
I just knew the drama on screen would translate on stage perfectly.
And there's a character for everyone to relate to,
not just the main characters, but every supporting character
has their own story and their own struggles and their own triumphs.
The pandemic was so hard for everyone in the music industry and music community,
especially the Broadway community, and no one was spared.
And like it was a very frustrating time.
And as things were starting to pick back up again, like
the music industry is tough.
You get a million no's before you get that one.
Yes, that changes everything.
And we were like hitting a wall, hitting a wall, hitting a wall, hitting a wall,
and then decided to create something for ourselves.
And that's how Bridgerton came.
And what a blessing it is, really.
People love musical theater
and people who didn't even know musical theater, love musical theater.
And like, if they showed us anything, it's that like
musical theater is coming back with a bang right now.
It's a genre less genre. It can be anything it wants to be.
And like I feel like the most incredible thing about this
is that so many people that followed Bridgerton the musical had never even seen
a show in their life, had no idea about anything in the Broadway world.
And now they're like, oh, great.
I love musical theater.
It's yeah, it's it's very exciting, you know, like building a story
from the ground up.
And I think it taught me and that really what is important to make good work
is to is to be passionate about what you're doing.
So now we're going to give you a sneak peek and sing a song called "If
I Were a Man" from the unofficial Bridgerton musical.
One of our favorites for one of our favorite characters, Eloise.
I guess I have to be a lady
smiling and waving constantly
I guess I need a prince
to come and save me, even if I don't need saving.
I guess I must sit on a throne.
I don't own raising the babies.
We made all alone.
I guess as a lady there's just some things I'll never know.
But if I were a man, I go to Japan,
maybe play in the sand and learn to speak French.
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand,
I finally do what I could, but can't if I were a man.
Eloise, I must tell you something tells me
I've learned to know of a woman who's come to be with child.
Is it a lady or a maid. It's a maid.
I didn't know one of your maids were married. She's not married.
She's not married.
How does a woman come to be with a child if she's not married?
Well, I don't know.
Well, you need to find out. So it doesn't happen to us!
I guess I have to go to banquets. Banquets
Make Me I anxious.
Acting rather shameless.
I guess I need a gown down past my ankles,
do we got my hair tangled?
I guess I have to, sit still and look pretty.
Dance till I'm proper dizzy.
Throw away the life that i've been missing.
But if I were a man, I'd go to Japan,
maybe play in the sand
and wear my own pants.
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hands.
if I were a man.
I'd have the whole world
in the palm of my hands.
I'd finally do what I could, but I can't.
If I were a man.
Thank you so much for watching.
Thank you, Playbill.
And the album is actually out right now on all streaming platforms.