1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: I just I think of the word joyous for Saturday 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: night at this show Sister Acting Musical on out Crown 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Theater until May twenty five. Tickets available through ticket Master. 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: Do not miss out starring well a great cast but 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: the one and only Roonder Birchmore. Oh I am good morning, 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: welcome Rondo. 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: Oh look so wonderful to be back here in person morning. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 3: Now, this is you play system Mary Lazarus, Yes, Lazarus 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 3: by name, by Natures. 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, this character is something very different to what 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: I've ever ever played, you know, for me for a start, 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: to be a nun, as Clary would not you would know, 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 2: it's usually the sequence in the bling and. 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,319 Speaker 4: The leg but there's not a bit of that. 15 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: So and Lazarus is in charge of the choir, the 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:57,319 Speaker 2: very bad choir, and she's it's it's you saw it. 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: C It's like me if I had a few people 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: back to my apartment after too many drinks and I 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: went wild. It's this crazy nun that breaks loose. She 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: starts the strict strictest nune, but then she lets loose. 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 4: Yeah, and a bit of funky stuff, bit of wrapping up. 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: A bit of wrapping. I would have thought WRONGDA would have. 23 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 3: Closed an album title. 24 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: Honey rap I've never had was a KFC, you know. 25 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: And then and then I come out and do this full, 26 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: full on wrap. 27 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 4: This is your first time in a habit though I 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 4: thought that before. 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: No, you're definitely my first. Okay, all right, Yeah, I 30 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: wanted to audition years ago for the sound of music, 31 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: but it never never got that. 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 4: I know, the first time this is this may sound weird. 33 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: I said it to Lisa yesterday. I said, I was 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: watching Casey Donovan up there and I was feeling proud. 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: And now I I don't know who personally, I've interviewed 36 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: her a couple of times, but she's come. 37 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 4: She's incredible, and she was great from the start. She 38 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 4: just owns it doesn't. 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: Such a force vocally, I don't think there's better on 40 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: stage to sing, you know, this kind of stuff, and 41 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: as an actor comedian, and she's a really good girl too. 42 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: And you know, I guess we've been going for nine 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: months now, and there's a wonderful bond in this in 44 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: this company of I mean it's called sister actor. There's 45 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: obviously blokes in there too, but the sisterhood in this, 46 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 2: you know, the message, and I think we're all there's 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: so many diverse types and shapes and sizes and voices, 48 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: and it's just a wonderful, a wonderful combination. 49 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: Well, we are spoiled because we've got you, We've got Casey, 50 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: and I'm a lifelong Genevieve lemon foul. I mean the 51 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 3: trifecta of you know, perfection up there. 52 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: Well, she's a great woman. We've become besties over there. 53 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: I've seen Genevieve on things like Prisoner and watched her 54 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: in other musicals, but we have bonded. She's so funny, 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: and the two of us are like, I think we 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: need our own sitcom. It's quite Oh yeah, yeah, she 57 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: has no sense of direction. She I mean it in 58 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: terms of we get lost all the time and just 59 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: laugh ourselves out of situations. 60 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 3: It's awesome. 61 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 4: Good woman. She is a wonderful mother. Superior too. So 62 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 4: you feels to rot nest. Was it yesterday? 63 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: Yeah? We have excuse me, one day off and we 64 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: we decided it was the weather was beautiful, got on 65 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: that fairry and did the. 66 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 4: Old hop on hop off. 67 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, Genevieve did go swimming. That was quite brave. Dinner undies. 68 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: But that was I mean, it was, it was. It 69 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: was really really lovely. But I had the zip lock 70 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: bag after all the clothes were wet, I had my Yes, 71 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: I gave him. I mean it was. It was just 72 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: a really beautiful day and even though it was just today, 73 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: it felt like we had the nicest break. Yeah, water 74 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: over there isstal the color. 75 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 3: You can't sort of recreate that turquoise color of the 76 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 3: water around rotnest. 77 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 2: It's magnificent, exquisite. 78 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 3: Yeah, you have been in some amazing shows to someone 79 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 3: with your CV your resume, do. 80 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: You still have to audition? Yeah, depending depending on you know, 81 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 2: if there's internationals involved and things like that. I remember 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: way back I was in the original original Mama Mia 83 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: back in two thousands, and even though I'd done Zibian 84 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: shows here and overseas, I had to audition eight times 85 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: for that. And the last two auditions Benny and Beyond 86 00:04:53,040 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 2: from Abba, which was pretty intimidating, and they had the 87 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: final say so. 88 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's hills. When you said that, they. 89 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 2: Didn't look the same as they did. It's just like 90 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: these Binky and Bonkie. They both had beads there and 91 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: they were I don't think they got my sense of humor. 92 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 2: But you know, and then they said, come on and 93 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: sing Dancing Queen, which is the hardest. Everyone sings it, 94 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 2: but to sing it because the ranges of how those 95 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: girls and Yetta and Freda used to their voices, just 96 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 2: one would do the low and then then magically it 97 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: would sound like the same voice going to the top. 98 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: So it's a very rangy song. And to do it solo. 99 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 2: And I said, what were you want when you wrote this? 100 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 2: For anyway? I got the job. So but answer to 101 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 2: your question, there are some shows and especially now where 102 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 2: the franchises, you know, someone may own it in New 103 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: York or the West, they need to have approval apart 104 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 2: from the Australian team. 105 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I can tell you having watching you on Saturday 106 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: really closely. We have worked together and many times, but 107 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: watching you up there, you just having fun and that's 108 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: got to be the key, right Yeah. 109 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: I think I think when you're in a show that 110 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: you're doing eight shows a week, you've got to find 111 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 2: something kind of not to amuse you, but something magical 112 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: every day to get on there, to bring energy and 113 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: just I think that's the thing. It's it's a wonderful 114 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 2: you know, unit of girls, and we just work together 115 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: and that to make that whole thing joyous and to 116 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 2: make it fun and to make it fresh. I think 117 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: that's the key. Because people are not stupid sitting in 118 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: the audience. If you're going on, I'm having a really 119 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: average day and I don't want to be here. They 120 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: know that, and so we have to. It's an energized 121 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: thing that we kind of go, Okay, we've got a 122 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: couple of hours to do that. Just let's do our job. 123 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like it's contagious once you get going 124 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 3: the three of you and the rest of the ensemble cast, 125 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 3: of course, and we didn't even mention the fact that 126 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 3: all the songs are fresh for this show which we 127 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: put together. 128 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 2: And you know, we've had a little bit of criticism 129 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: that people going, oh, why aren't they the in the movies? 130 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: But the score here is phenomenal, and and the lyrics 131 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: that have chosen Alan Menkin, who wrote things like Aladdin 132 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 2: and The Little Mermaid, although it is a brilliant score 133 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 2: to sing, and it's just been thought out so carefully 134 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 2: and cleverly, especially. 135 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 4: My rap phenomenal. 136 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: Hip hop ding dong a shell but sister but I'm hard. 137 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 2: It's a blister sill. 138 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 4: Hang on to your rosary. 139 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 2: I mean, it's just yeah, it doesn't work out. I've 140 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 2: got another sugar in my nun's habit. 141 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: It's very yeah, and people will be in for a 142 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: surprise because the colors on the stage, of the lighting 143 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: and all the rest of it. But the sequence finale 144 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: is phenomenal to look at as well as. 145 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, because for me it is the most 146 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: comfortable I've ever been in this nun's habit. I mean, 147 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 2: you can have your full course dinner under that and 148 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 2: your sensible shoes silly, you know, like before, I'm usually caught. 149 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 2: I think the last time I was here, I was 150 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: doing Cabre to Peru, which was in a course and 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: with these feathers, and this is like this, you know, 152 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: I can just go out and put just sensible lundays 153 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: on and there you go. 154 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 3: Well, do not miss sister act of the musical with 155 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 3: all Ronda onnder. It's on until May twenty five and 156 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 3: then it must go. So tickets are available through Ticketmaster. 157 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 3: Lovely to have you joined us this morning. 158 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: Look, thank you for having me get along, and I'm 159 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 2: so glad you saw it. 160 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 3: I hope you get We just got back from holiday, 161 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 3: so yeah, it'll it's one of those shows that is 162 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 3: a really. 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 2: Feel good isn't it. 164 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 4: Absolutely you'll leave going oh. 165 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 2: That was great. 166 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 4: It's a perfect way to wrap it the holidays. 167 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 2: Thanks, absolute pleasure.