Speaker 1: And that's what you really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome to you, and that's what you really miss podcasts.
Speaker 1: Hello Kevin, Hello Jenna.
Speaker 2: We're here for a little check in update on some
Speaker 2: Glee news because there's a lot going on with everybody.
Speaker 3: A lot going on with everybody. This is very exciting.
Speaker 2: And mostly everybody's in New York and you're not.
Speaker 1: Jenna, I know. And also it's Halloween.
Speaker 2: It is so Halloween. I'm not going to get to
Speaker 2: do anything because it's our first day of tech. Jenna,
Speaker 2: can you explain what tech is for people?
Speaker 1: Tech is when you get actually into the venue or
Speaker 1: the theater where you're doing your show, and everybody comes
Speaker 1: together and just putting all the pieces that they've.
Speaker 3: Been working on for the past four to six weeks.
Speaker 1: So lighting and sound and costumes and spacing and choreography,
Speaker 1: and the actors get to be in the space for
Speaker 1: the first time, so everything is really coming together there
Speaker 1: and you have to work through it very very slowly,
Speaker 1: so every piece has to have their moment, and tech
Speaker 1: is like you're twenty four or forty eight hours of
Speaker 1: just like very slow, like they bring you bring your yarn,
Speaker 1: you bring your book, you bring your phone.
Speaker 3: And you just be patient is the key.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so Kevin, you're going into tech. This is very exciting.
Speaker 1: That's the last piece before you start previews, start running
Speaker 1: the show for an audience.
Speaker 3: This is this is very exciting. How are you feeling.
Speaker 1: Nervous?
Speaker 2: I think I literally woke up nervous today. So that's
Speaker 2: pretty good.
Speaker 1: That is pretty good.
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is very exciting.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm also just I'm so I'm just so excited
Speaker 2: for people to see it. I'm so excited for the
Speaker 2: people who have not done the show before to get
Speaker 2: in front of an audience because the show is just
Speaker 2: so like, it's so well written that it really wants
Speaker 2: them to feel, you know, like the laughter and the
Speaker 2: tears and every thing that comes with this show.
Speaker 1: I have no doubt in my mind you guys are
Speaker 1: capable of doing that beyond expectations. Like, it's such a
Speaker 1: well written, well formulated show, and so having a really
Speaker 1: good casting director is like just the final pieces to
Speaker 1: like really just bringing this piece alive.
Speaker 3: It's so brilliant. It's really, so so brilliant.
Speaker 2: Danny Mepher, who's the director who choreographed on Kimberly Cambo.
Speaker 2: He's a new word to directing, And I got to say,
Speaker 2: I just think he's a born director.
Speaker 1: Love that, Like he's just.
Speaker 2: He's so good. He's so good the way he's understanding
Speaker 2: these characters and is working with the it's like Shankman
Speaker 2: in a way, like they're just really they get it, Yeah,
Speaker 2: they get it. It's they're an actor's director in so
Speaker 2: many ways. Love that. What are you doing for Halloween?
Speaker 2: And about me, what are you doing for Halloween?
Speaker 1: No, I'm I'm actually I'm trigcker Tree and we are
Speaker 1: dressing up. I mean, I'm not dressing up. But well,
Speaker 1: we did one last weekend and Emma was Mowana and
Speaker 1: Graham was a puppy dog, very cute in the costume.
Speaker 2: Does he like it?
Speaker 1: He was fine, He couldn't care. He had snacks and
Speaker 1: he was fine, like he's just fine. Put in whatever
Speaker 1: you want.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he didn't mind at all.
Speaker 1: And then oh, I saw the cutest little troup of
Speaker 1: hors costume with a French bulldog and the plant.
Speaker 3: He was the plant, and it was I was like, wow,
Speaker 3: that's really really good.
Speaker 1: This year, I thought it was going to be like
Speaker 1: last year and the year before, we were able to
Speaker 1: dress him up for whatever we wanted. Like she was
Speaker 1: a ups like delivery person and she had her little
Speaker 1: cart and.
Speaker 3: It was like adorable and it was so cute.
Speaker 1: And this year she wanted to be a princess and
Speaker 1: she wanted to be a carrot, and then she wanted
Speaker 1: to be a squirrel.
Speaker 2: And those are all really strong.
Speaker 1: No, I know, and I was all about it, and
Speaker 1: then she was like, I never mind, I changed my mind.
Speaker 1: And then she wanted to be a kiddy cat and
Speaker 1: then didn't like that costume, so.
Speaker 2: Tb D, I think carrot is incredible.
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 3: I was like, what, she didn't even eat carrots? So
Speaker 3: I was all about it.
Speaker 1: I was like full on midnight glogling like carrot costumes
Speaker 1: on Amazon and they were very cute.
Speaker 3: And then I was like, she's.
Speaker 1: Never gonna wear this, Like this is just very unrealistic,
Speaker 1: so we pivoted. I think it's gonna be Wana, honestly,
Speaker 1: and Graham is going to be Pua the pig.
Speaker 2: It's so cute.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we were like should we dress up? Usually
Speaker 1: we dress up with them, but honestly, it's so we're
Speaker 1: so fluid right now with her costume that we're not
Speaker 1: even trying. We're just like whatever she wakes up and
Speaker 1: wants to do. Once she goes to school. They're doing
Speaker 1: like coordinate age. Yeah, we were ups drivers to last year,
Speaker 1: so like we were just we were all together legally
Speaker 1: there on the year before it was so good.
Speaker 3: But this year is just not happening for us. It's
Speaker 3: not on the cards, so it's fine. Maybe next year are.
Speaker 1: We want to a treat? Though it's the first year
Speaker 1: we're trigger treating where she's not afraid to go up
Speaker 1: to the doors, so that's been really fun. So we're
Speaker 1: just excited about it. She goes to school, she dresses
Speaker 1: up at school, there's like pizza and magicians and fun things.
Speaker 2: So how many costumes you have to have for a kid?
Speaker 1: Emma wanted to do just one. Graham has three. He
Speaker 1: has a chicken, a dog, and a pig.
Speaker 2: And all of those.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well I have one so far, so I'll send
Speaker 1: you that one, but the other two are coming.
Speaker 2: Are you holding out there?
Speaker 1: I know I'm gatekeeping those. It's very cute. Stop it
Speaker 1: so so cute.
Speaker 2: I need to see the chicken too.
Speaker 1: Halloween in New York is really fun though, Kevin, Like,
Speaker 1: after you get to a rehearsal, I'm sure you're gonna
Speaker 1: go home and sleep and not see any of it.
Speaker 1: But down in the village like that, it's a whole
Speaker 1: thing and people run around and do barkrawls and it's
Speaker 1: really really fun.
Speaker 2: So do you think maybe I should, like, maybe maybe
Speaker 2: I can just do a little scan like maybe I'll.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's right.
Speaker 1: I think that's I can't really partake in no the parties,
Speaker 1: but they do do like they do do like the
Speaker 1: parade as well downtown, so it's really fun.
Speaker 2: The only time I've ever been in New York for Halloween,
Speaker 2: I think it was when we sang at the we
Speaker 2: did the national anthem for the World Series, and I
Speaker 2: think we drove it was Halloween we.
Speaker 3: Drove, right, Is that right?
Speaker 1: It was? We drove silly though, right, No.
Speaker 2: We drove into New York after Am I misremembering this?
Speaker 1: You know what? You might be right though, because it's
Speaker 1: around that time, like it's like the World Series is
Speaker 1: happening right now, so it must be right.
Speaker 3: You must be right.
Speaker 2: Yes, it was Halloween, Okay, so you're right again. Game
Speaker 2: three and Philly against the New York Yankees, and then
Speaker 2: we drove in to the city afterwards. Wow, because I
Speaker 2: had never been there for Halloween ever, and I was like, oh,
Speaker 2: this is wild.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, good memory, Kevin.
Speaker 2: Often happened.
Speaker 1: I just wanted to. There's a lot of stuff happening
Speaker 1: with a lot of friends in New York, so I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about that. But first I just wanted
Speaker 1: to This is what happens. When we pre tape episodes
Speaker 1: in advance, sometimes you miss out on some of the
Speaker 1: news that happens. So we take Rocky Harror a few
Speaker 1: weeks before it aired, and now there are some very
Speaker 1: exciting updates that there's going to be a twenty twenty
Speaker 1: six stage production. I'm so excited for that, Kevin. We
Speaker 1: also the people spoke they always do we miss that
Speaker 1: there was a version done by Fox in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 2: Yes, I did forget about that.
Speaker 1: But the Roundabout Theater Company announced that the musical is
Speaker 1: going to take on a new life at Studio fifty four,
Speaker 1: directed by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, who just did
Speaker 1: o'meary with our friend called at the School.
Speaker 3: This is very exciting, so.
Speaker 1: Wow, but anyway, we miss that, so thank you for
Speaker 1: always keeping us honest.
Speaker 2: What I love about it, I think there's so many
Speaker 2: opportunities for so many people to step into a lot
Speaker 2: of those characters, Like you'll be able to just keep
Speaker 2: it going for forever. Yeah, they allow like all of
Speaker 2: the kind of like little I hope they allow like
Speaker 2: the popcorn and you know, like.
Speaker 3: I think they have to. I have to be a
Speaker 3: part of it. Yeah, exactly. I think it'll be a
Speaker 3: great at all the time.
Speaker 2: Also shout out to Georgie Rancolm, who directed The Protection
Speaker 2: of the Frogs. I was in because she and Sam
Speaker 2: she's the associate director of the West End, oh version
Speaker 2: of it and they are starting rehearsals very soon.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Kevin, everybody's on Broadway and I literally
Speaker 1: was like having fomo and I was like, do I
Speaker 1: need to go be in a show right now? Because
Speaker 1: everybody's in a show. Dohn Graff is obviously seated still
Speaker 1: in just in time. Sarah Hiland just joined the production.
Speaker 1: Who's a friend of ours.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 1: Leah is obviously back on stage starring on Broadway in
Speaker 1: Chess by Abba and also directed by our friend Michael Mayer.
Speaker 1: This is also the same theater that she is making.
Speaker 1: She's in right now with Chess. She made her Broadway debut,
Speaker 1: and Lema's in the Imperial Theater. So that's really crazy,
Speaker 1: full circle wild. Who else?
Speaker 2: Kevin Darren is back in Maybe Happy ending starting November fifth. Wow,
Speaker 2: I'm doing spelling Bee, So I'm off Broadway. Everyone, you know,
Speaker 2: the rest of them, we're all on Broadway. Doesn't be
Speaker 2: very clear that I am off Broadway.
Speaker 3: It doesn't matter. You're literally on Broadway.
Speaker 2: And then Alex Nowell is in two shows. So Alex
Speaker 2: Nuwell as of yesterday opened bat Boy at City Center
Speaker 2: and then is going into Chicago as Mama Morton starting
Speaker 2: November seventeen.
Speaker 3: I would die to see that.
Speaker 2: Yes, I was to Alex and I were texting the
Speaker 2: day because I was like help, Like, first of all,
Speaker 2: I'm coming to see you and bat Boy, and the
Speaker 2: second of all, help me, what are the vocal tips?
Speaker 2: So Alex is giving me all of the vocal tips
Speaker 2: on how to take care of your voice.
Speaker 3: I feel like Alex is like so good.
Speaker 1: It's just good at like balancing the life and the performances.
Speaker 2: Truly, you know. Yeah, there I was Dwane Reid Pharmacy.
Speaker 2: I'm just like, I'm like, I need his vocal steamer.
Speaker 1: I know, I know. Uh. This is really exciting though,
Speaker 1: Like all of you guys are on stage and it's
Speaker 1: I'm serious, fomo, but I have to make a trip
Speaker 1: to come to you.
Speaker 2: All, and you really do.
Speaker 3: That's a lot of shows to see.
Speaker 2: Though, Like there's a lot of shows to see.
Speaker 3: That's also a lot of babysitters.
Speaker 2: It's just Jenna, I'm like, it feels weird being here
Speaker 2: without you. I ran into your friend the other.
Speaker 1: Day, that's right, texted me like right after and was
Speaker 1: like I saw Kevin, I saw Adrian, and I was like, wow.
Speaker 2: I'm also so not used to you know. I take
Speaker 2: my dog out to go to the bathroom in the
Speaker 2: morning and I'm just looking busted and there's just people
Speaker 2: and there she was always people going to like the
Speaker 2: breast cancer walk, and I was looking haggard, and it's like, oh,
Speaker 2: right here, I am having a conversation. I haven't brushed
Speaker 2: my teeth yet.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that's what happens.
Speaker 3: Everybody's just out doing their thing and was.
Speaker 2: Also going to be in the city. Oh our good
Speaker 2: friend Hot Texas Glenn Glenn Powell, He's hosting Saturay Night
Speaker 2: Live and he really is.
Speaker 3: Yes, damn, that is crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's going to be incredible at it. I think
Speaker 2: it's just going to make him even more well.
Speaker 1: He's just very funny and so all these people know
Speaker 1: him is like a big time, like dramatic action movie star,
Speaker 1: and the truth is he's very comedic and goofy, and
Speaker 1: so that is just very exciting to see that he
Speaker 1: gets to show his like the versatility of who he is.
Speaker 3: He's just always been very kind.
Speaker 2: And he went on our friend Jake Shane podcasts and
Speaker 2: revealed that he auditioned for the Park Court eventually got
Speaker 2: Sam Evans Ugly my gosh. He said they were both
Speaker 2: in the waiting room at the same time because your
Speaker 2: Buddi's met an acting class and then coord got it
Speaker 2: and then they became roommates, which is how we know Glenn.
Speaker 3: Yeah, wilds Wild Sea Gun.
Speaker 2: Yes. Speaking of Cord also came out with his other
Speaker 2: friends Jonah's Brothers.
Speaker 1: No I can't. I fully was like I saw that
Speaker 1: post and my jaw dropped and I was like, Wow,
Speaker 1: it's not that I'm surprised, like he can't do that,
Speaker 1: but I just was like, wow, he's really doing it.
Speaker 4: Like his music, yeah, and his music and doing his
Speaker 4: own music, which has always been like what he's so
Speaker 4: good at that, like everybody knows, but like it's now
Speaker 4: I'm like, yes, let the world know, like let the
Speaker 4: Jonas brothers do that.
Speaker 1: You know it's so good.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so proud of him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's incredible to see.
Speaker 1: You've always said he's like the one of the best
Speaker 1: songwriters ever.
Speaker 2: Oh, he's just so stupidly stupid. You know what's crazy
Speaker 2: is that I have so many demos from him that
Speaker 2: are so different genres. He could have like handfuls of
Speaker 2: albums out right now of the music he's made, and
Speaker 2: it's all good. I wouldn't be saying that if.
Speaker 3: Now I know, I know you wouldn't like he.
Speaker 2: Consistently just writes really great music.
Speaker 1: Hmmm.
Speaker 2: It's infuriating.
Speaker 1: Everybody's just thriving doing like the thing that they do.
Speaker 3: Best, which I love. Everybody's grown up, so grown up.
Speaker 1: Well, Kevin, I'm really excited to see how tech goes
Speaker 1: for you, how previews go for you. I'm scared so great,
Speaker 1: and you're just gonna lock right back in and once
Speaker 1: you get in front of those audiences, it's gonna be like, oh,
Speaker 1: what a gift, you know, himming it up, I know,
Speaker 1: I just we love an audience and you're green in
Speaker 1: front of it's going to be fine.
Speaker 3: You're going to figure out your rhythm, You're going to
Speaker 3: figure out what you can and can't do, and like,
Speaker 3: it's just going to be so exciting. And I love
Speaker 3: that theater, so new world stages where your show is
Speaker 3: used to be a three dollars movie theater back in
Speaker 3: the day, and when I was doing My King and
Speaker 3: I on Broadway, my dad used to wait for me
Speaker 3: between for the show to take me home and he
Speaker 3: used to go see those movies.
Speaker 1: And those three dollar movies in that theater. So I
Speaker 1: remember when they switched that over and he was like
Speaker 1: the movie the Oitnor's gone and so anyway, lots of
Speaker 1: history there, but.
Speaker 2: We're going to have We have some good neighbors at
Speaker 2: the Heather's cast. I've been talking to some of them,
Speaker 2: so I lovely combine casts and just have a good
Speaker 2: old time over there.
Speaker 3: I have no doubt.
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