1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ Superstar is on at the Crown Theater now 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: until March the eighth. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: playing the Wonderful King Herod. It's Reuben k who's joining 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: us now, good morning. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: It's true true both Jesus Christ Superstar and I opened 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: last night. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: I was opening night. 8 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: How did it go? Fantastic? Really? It's a banger of 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: a show and the Perth audience has just screamed and 10 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: cheered and clapped their way through it. I don't think 11 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 2: the cast was prepared really. 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 3: For the appreciation, the love. 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: Some of them are a young cast, I know. 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: And trust me, I tried to get them fired because 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: mears Haggard. They are young. It is a young cast. 16 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: But then it's actually got a huge range of ages, 17 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: which is yes, that's nice too. That is often. So 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: you've got these kids were like fresh out of college 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: and they're bursting with all of their collagen and their 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: bones that are still there. And then and then you know, 21 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: right up to me kind of being wheeled on in 22 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: my little wheelchair. 23 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: Oh stop it. 24 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: But come look, I don't know if you're being wheeled 25 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: on in a wheelchair, but you're plaguing Herod. I have 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: said about twelve times already this week that it is 27 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: the greatest. I think it's the great role. It is 28 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: that you have the best song with lines like prove 29 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: to me that you're no full warm. 30 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: It is camp. It is the campus role of in 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: the whole charity. It is. I know, it's like a 32 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: proper old school vaudeville turn in the second act, which 33 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: is what it was written for. Yes, apparently, And I've 34 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 2: been trying to do some research on this. The song 35 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: actually was meant for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreams, 36 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: and they realized in Act two, which is no spoiler 37 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: alert here, Yeah, it two gets a bit dark. 38 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 39 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: Sure, And I think we might need something to life 40 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: and up the mood a bit here. So they just 41 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: imported because the song is actually called Herod's Song Slash 42 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: try it and see, yeah, which is It's something I've 43 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: said in my life a lot, so and I just 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: think it's a wonderful thing. I'm really loving being in it. 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: I love the role I get to do in it. 46 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: And I think for any general member of the public 47 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 2: who thinks or Reuben k in Jesus Christ Superstar. All 48 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: I can say is Lord works in mysterious ways. 49 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 4: Indeed, I loved in some of the people that have 50 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 4: played Herod Julian Clary, Rick Mail, The Weekend. 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 2: Wonderful. I can't believe you know that story. I love listeners. 52 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: That story is filthy and I cannot believe you know 53 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: that story. 54 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 3: Mixed up with my simlar smell of voices. 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: Look, I don't think anyone ever saw them in the 56 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: same room together. 57 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 3: He did, so if you know, if one's doing the 58 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: other concl it's funny that runs on a lap. If 59 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,839 Speaker 3: someone said, Lisa, and I said, even five years ago, 60 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 3: you'd end up in this show, what would you have said? 61 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: What would you have thought? 62 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: I wouldn't have thought anyone would hire me, mainly because 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: of all all the things I've said in this interview. 64 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: But the producers of this show, I think looked at 65 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: me and whent Oh. That's a nuts bit of casting 66 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 2: that's probably going to irritate all the right people. But 67 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: also I just think it's an amazing wild card to 68 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: throw in because this is a show of people who've 69 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: actually never done a big musical before, merely a Barnes 70 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 2: never done a musical before, which nuts considering how insane her. 71 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 3: Voice, didn't know that. 72 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: And also Michael Painter, who's being the big man himself, 73 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: has never done a musical before. He's been singing with 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: Ice House. He's some ironic. He's effectively an unknown to 75 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: a lot of people. And Rob Tripolino as well, he 76 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 2: didn't hit this role in London. So yeah, there's people 77 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 2: coming in who just haven't done musicals before, or haven't 78 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: done them in Australia and that's really exciting. 79 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: Was there was there an audition process? Was it like 80 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: the chorus did you have? 81 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's me. I knew it when I was in 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: the front. Yes, no, they was an audition process. But 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: for me, I I did musicals when I was younger, 84 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 2: and actually when I was younger, I had a really 85 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 2: rough time of it and I didn't enjoy the process 86 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 2: and I didn't enjoy the authority and the hierarchy of 87 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 2: it all. So coming into this I came in with 88 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: my hackles up a little bit, not anxious, but just 89 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: had my walls up. And then the audition process was 90 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: so disarming. They kind of just gave me the notes 91 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: and went, oh, yeah, have a play. What do you 92 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 2: want to do, and oh, oh, I did the little 93 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 2: license license okay, And so I went in and I 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: sent off the video and sent it off to the 95 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 2: UK people, and I left the room going, I have 96 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: no metric on how that right? So I assume it 97 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 2: to know and I'm just going to keep on moving 98 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: on and living my life and doing my shows and 99 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 2: touring and doing what all working performers. 100 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 3: And artists do. 101 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 2: And then just one day my agent came and said 102 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 2: the call and said I've got terrible news. And I 103 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: was like, oh no, what thinking, what's happened? What have 104 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 2: I done? Now? I think you're going to be introduced 105 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 2: And it was a heavenly moment. 106 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: Other musicals you could imagine yourself. So now if they 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: aged you, I can see it as normal in uh 108 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: and I was. 109 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: Ready to go on. I have my own turban and 110 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 2: I've always been reading for my close hub. But that 111 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: might be my next that I'd have to age you 112 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 2: uben they would have to, or just big theaters. So 113 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 2: I want has to sit back, sit back. Can I say, 114 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: waking up after doing a double show day, Oh yeah, absolutely. 115 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: You look in the mirror and you realize musical theory is. 116 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 3: Hard tell me about it. 117 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: Those kids who were singing and dancing. Choreography in this 118 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 2: show is mind boggling. It's such a great version of 119 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 2: this show. Yeah, the kids who are doing those double 120 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 2: show days, dancing and singing, there's a lot. 121 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 3: So my son I went so Wicked a few weeks ago, 122 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 3: and he goes, there wasn't a lot of applause that 123 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 3: they said there was, but they weren't hanging around because 124 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 3: they were on again in three hours. 125 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: Anyway. Oh, I forgot. 126 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 3: We're at a matinee. Yeah, yeah, it's hard. 127 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 2: Oh, Madam Morrable, Madam Morrible's a role I wouldn't mind. Okay, Yeah, 128 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: creating a couple of tornadoes gets a great wig. 129 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a great. 130 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: Couple of costumes. 131 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 3: I could see you in Chicago too. 132 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 2: I've always wanted to do Billy Flynn and more Matron, Mamma, 133 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: more split tracking. 134 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: I think the world is your eyester. Now, it's all 135 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: the times day any plans, yes, but none. 136 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 2: I can say what. 137 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Proved to me the children. 138 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 2: Vine water into wine. 139 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: God, wait to see your Sunday night, Rubers. 140 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 2: I'll see you then.