there s nothing not to love about it. it s all challenging, and it s all wonderful, and i m just so lucky to be able to work on it. i do feel like broadway is losing part of its foundation with the show closing. pride is an understatement as to what i would feel. this show is much bigger than. ..the rest of us. and it has been a wonderful, wonderful ride indeed. cheering and applause
and once you start that process of getting dressed and putting your make up on, and then you re standing in the wings and the orchestra starts, something just takes over and it all falls into place. i guess it s theatre magic. i was actuallyjust finishing another show, and i hadn t seen my daughter in a while. and then i got this auditionl from my agents, and i said, no, i don t want to do that. he stopped and he turned around in his chair and said, ben, - if you don t do that audition, you will regret it for- the rest of your life. and i figured a good way of getting out some emotions was to, like, . tell my daughter how important it | would be if i were to get the job. | and i kind of got the panic attack out of my system j and literally my phone rang, and it was my agent - telling me i had gotten it. and it s a frustrating thing - because the costs have risen since, you know, the post pandemic world. so the show closing is very bittersweet. | welcome to the real phantom s lai
process of getting dressed and putting your make up on, and then you re standing in the wings and the orchestra starts, something just takes over and it all falls into place. i guess it s theatre magic. i was actuallyjust finishing another show, and i hadn t seen my daughter in a while. and then i got this auditioni from my agents, and i said, no, i don t want to do that. he stopped and he turned around in his chair and said, ben, if you don t do that audition, you will regret it| for the rest of your life. and i figured a good way- of getting out some emotions was to, like, tell my daughter how important it would be - if i were to get the job. and i kind of got the panic attack out of my system j and literally my phone rang, . and it was my agent telling me i had gotten it. and it s a frustrating thing. because the costs have risen since, you know, thel post pandemic world. so the show closing is very bittersweet. |
and i feel honoured. there s nothing not to love about it. it s all challenging, and it s all wonderful, and i m just so lucky to be able to work on it. i do feel like broadway is . losing part of its foundation with the show closing. pride is an understatement as to what i would feel. this show is much bigger than. ..the rest of us. and it has been a wonderful, wonderful ride indeed. cheering and applause
so the show closing is very bittersweet. | welcome to the real phantom s lair. it felt like my years of studying and practice had paid off. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it is my broadway debut. so it s a beautiful, beautiful, full circle moment for me. it meant that, for other people and for other young black girls who would come to see me, or would see my face and see me playing this role, it meant that they could have a chance and they could see themselves playing a role like this, too, and kind of affirming their hopes and dreams in a way that i didn t necessarily have growing up. when phantom first came to broadway, it actually revolutionised the business. there was a spectacle that was never seen before.