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- Justin David Sullivan.

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- Hi.

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- Who's currently starring
on Broadway in "& Juliet"

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which is a story that asks the question,

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what would happen if
Juliet didn't kill herself

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and instead went to
Paris with her friends?

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- Yes.

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- Is that a perfect me summary?

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- I think so.

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- So you play May, who
is Juliet's best friend.

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May is non-binary, one of the few

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most historical non-binary
characters on Broadway.

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- Yes and you're also non-binary.

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What has that experience been like?

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- Oh my gosh, truly a dream come true.

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I think for so much of
my life I just wondered

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what kind of role I saw myself.

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In the traditional musical theater cannon,

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there wasn't a million
roles that I was like,

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"That's perfect for me."

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And there are so many layers
to the character of May

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that I identify with and just the show,

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it's so exuberant-

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- So joyful.

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- Yeah, joyful pop show.

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The stars aligned so perfectly
and getting to portray

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and represent non-binary
people on Broadway,

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it's so special.

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- Have you gotten a response
from people who've seen you

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after the show or if people
DMed you or reached out?

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- Yeah, so many people have said to me,

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"I've never felt represented
on stage before."

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It just fills me with so much joy.

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- I'm getting chills right now.

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- It's incredible.

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It's incredible and I think
that is the power of theater.

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- Yeah, this is a big pop musical.

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- Yes.

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- Max Martin jukebox musical.

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- Legend.

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- Your character gets to sing,

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"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman."

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- [Justin] Correct.

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- As well as Katie
Perry's "I Kissed a Girl,"

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which is flipped to I Kissed a Boy.

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- Yes.

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- I can't imagine picking
one favorite number

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from the show because every single number

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is so fun and huge and wonderful.

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- Literally.

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- But pick your favorite number.

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- Oh gosh!

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Okay, well that setup really helped me.

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Thank you so much.

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- You get a million dollars

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if you pick your favorite number.

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- Okay, all right, well,
I got a favorite number

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ready on deck, our act
one finale, which is-

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- Oh, it's...

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- That number is beyond epic
and I really wish I was in it,

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but I'm not.

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- Are you the only one not in it?

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I feel like everyone is-

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- Yes, Mel and I are
the only two not in it,

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which is like, huh.

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I really enjoy having a nice little break

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before intermission, but if
I could be in that number

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I totally would.

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Just a little cameo even,

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I'll just pop out from the wing and-

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- Just jump on the stage and do a dance.

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- Yeah, absolutely.

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- And do you feel like
playing a little game?

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- I am so down.

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Let's do it.

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- Okay, so we're here at Club Jez.

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Like the club that Juliet
and May go to in Paris.

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Basically these are all Shakespeare lines.

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- Dead.

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- So we're gonna pick out from these

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and then we have to look at the camera

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and say it like we're at the
club trying to hit on someone.

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- Ooo, my high school English teacher

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would be very proud of me in this moment.

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- [Lauren] Perfect, shout out to them.

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- Ooo.

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- You can start.

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- So, let's do it.

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My bounty is as boundless as the sea.

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My love as deep, the more I give to the,

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the more I have for both are infinite.

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- Oh!

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Oh my God, okay.

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- This is too much.

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- I'm going home with you.

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- Please.

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- Okay, I'll try one.

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- All right.

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- I'm not a Broadway star.

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Okay.

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Doubt that the stars are fire,

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doubt that the sun doth move his aids,

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doubt truth to be a liar,
but never doubt I love.

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- Never, you hear that?

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- Never doubt I love.
(Justin laughing)

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