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- Being onstage, the
feeling of being backstage,

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the camaraderie that you
feel in theater community.

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There's nothing like it.

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To be doing this show specifically,

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I love this show.

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I saw it a few years ago and I
was like, "Ooh, this is fun."

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It's entertaining, it's Fosse.

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It's like everything good, right?

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And to now be a part of it is a dream.

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(screen whooshes)
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- So Bob Fosse

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obviously choreographed
the original 1975 version.

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There's a lot of like hip thrusts
and kind of pelvicy stuff.

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It's really, like, erotic.

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So has that choreography
been fun for you to learn?

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- So fun.

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I had three weeks of rehearsal

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and after my third week my
body was like incredibly sore

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but also just feeling so many
different parts of my body

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that I didn't even know existed were sore.

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Because, you know,

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you were isolating
certain parts of your body

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and focusing on like one other part.

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So it's a dance that I did not know

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was as challenging as it is.

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(screen whooshes)
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- So I know that this role of Roxie Hart

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was really important to you.

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At first you did not get the job, correct?

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- Correct.

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- So why were you fighting
so hard to get this role?

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- Well one, this is such
an iconic show. (chuckles)

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And to be a part of it was
something I really wanted to do.

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But also I really love Roxie.

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I think she has so many really
interesting layers to her.

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And I think as a woman
growing up in this generation,

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I wanna support women like that

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who aren't afraid to have
all of these different colors

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and aren't afraid to be spunky or witty

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or quick on their feet.

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And she's just incredibly smart.

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And I think to portray a woman like that

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in this day and age, obviously, you know,

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we're throwing it back to the twenties,

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but there's so many layers about her

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that I think still exist in women today.

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And I really love that.

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And so to give somebody my
age, or even younger than me,

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the opportunity to have someone
to look up to in that way,

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is an honor.

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- I think one of my
favorite parts about her

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is that she understands that
not just the court system

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but this sort of court of
public opinion is a game.

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- Yeah.
- And, right,

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like there are moments where
she is totally having a tantrum

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or like throwing herself a pity party,

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and then she'll turn around
and look out at the press

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and kind of turn it on.

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- Yes.
- Right, like I think,

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what is that like for you?

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'Cause you are a young
woman in the limelight.

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So did that sort of clarify
your relationship with fame?

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- That's a really good question.

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I think it's so fascinating
doing this show because, I mean,

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it was written so long ago,

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but I think that there's
so many elements to it

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that still exist today in
the world of entertainment,

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in the world of press.

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And I think the way that she handles it

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is obviously like very dramatic.

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But I do think that
there are, in my world,

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what I experience is a hard
time compartmentalizing.

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So I, whether it's on a set,

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or whether it's, you know,
doing a full day of press,

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or I have a hard time coming home

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and like breaking off from
that day of like being on

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and feeling like, okay.

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And then when you get home,
how do you decompress?

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How do you like, shake all
that off and just like be?

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And I've had to sort of
learn how to cope with that.

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And I don't get it right all the time,

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but I do find it really interesting,

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the similar dynamics that
exist today in this show.

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- Yeah, I also see a lot of parallels

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between, you know, Roxie and Velma

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and their relationship with fame

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and like our current
day, like Britney Spears,

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Paris Hiltons, Lindsay
Lohans, Amber Heards.

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Like, I think that,
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I don't, like what did those,
like, do you see that parallel

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between these sort of more
modern day celebrities

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that are still dealing with
the same, like, vilification

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for very normal things that
they do in their lives?

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- Trying to like look at their lives

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and compare them to Roxie and Velma's,

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I mean this is what we
were just talking about

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as far as like the world being,

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the entertainment world especially,

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is so similar to that, that day and age.

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And with press, I think that they have,

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Roxie and Velma have found a way to use,

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like use their what they
know they're good at,

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to the press so they
can get what they want.

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And that just traumatizes her.

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And I do feel like that, you know,

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when you're in the
limelight your whole life

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that when everybody's onto the next person

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that could probably be
a bit of a culture shock

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and you don't know how to
compute anymore, you know?

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- Yeah, and then just to wrap us up

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so you have a week left of performances?

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- Just about, yeah.

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- As you're coming to the
close of this limited run

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how are you feeling about
just this opportunity

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and like what the character
of Roxie has taught you?

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- I'm, oh, I don't want it to be over.

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(interviewer laughs)

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I have loved every moment of it.

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Even all the sore parts of
my body, I'm gonna miss.

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I really love this cast.
I really love the crew.

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I love everybody from start
to almost finish who I've met.

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And it's just been such
an incredible experience.

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I can't even believe that I get to say

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I've been on Broadway.

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Like, it still does not make
actual human sense to me.

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But the entire experience
has taught me so much so far.

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And every night I've learned something new

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from whether it's being
on stage with the cast

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or whether it's something
from the audience.

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I have experienced a new
show every single show

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for almost eight weeks now.

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And that's kind of crazy to say.

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And it's just been a real
challenge in all the best ways.

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And I hope people know how hard

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that every single human in Broadway works.

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Because the challenges that
they face every single day

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and all of the mental,
emotional, and physical work

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that they put into every
performance is just so admirable.

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And I am just so inspired every day

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every time I walk into the theater.

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And so I am very, very lucky
that the Broadway community

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has welcomed me with open arms

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and have given me the chance
to explore this world.

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And I've loved every minute of it.

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- Yeah.

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