00:00How special is it to come back here and celebrate the Tony?
00:03It feels like coming home.
00:05I was thinking 1999 was when I won.
00:09I've been nominated a few times since, but when I go off and do other kinds of work and get to come home,
00:15I'm always reminded that this is our night, and everybody is talented.
00:21Not just one or two, everybody, and it makes me proud.
00:24A lot of people have been saying this season of Broadway has been especially thrilling.
00:30Why do you think that is?
00:31There's been so much new work.
00:33I think people worked so much during COVID, and now they're seeing the fruits of their labor.
00:38You have how many new shows?
00:40Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Betty Boop.
00:43There's so many great real women have curves.
00:46Raina Vista Social Club.
00:48I mean, we have so much variety.
00:50It's beautiful.
00:51And also seeing the world sort of embrace Broadway in this new way,
00:55especially after all the success of Wicked.
00:57I haven't had a chance to talk to you since that came out.
01:00What was it like kind of seeing Cynthia and Ariana on screen and Wicked Part 2 coming out?
01:05I'm so proud of them.
01:07They know how I feel about them.
01:08And they know how I feel about the Beast.
01:10I thought John Chu nailed the production.
01:13And now Part 2, I'm probably going to cry buckets.
01:17I'm going to cry buckets.
01:18Well, eight shows a week is no easy feat to accomplish.
01:23Not for the week.
01:25Definitely not for yourself.
01:26Do you have a pre-show or a post-show ritual that kind of re-centers you between shows?
01:31I do like to, before I come to the theater, do hot yoga.
01:34I get really warmed up.
01:36I do a complete 15-minute voice warm-up in the shower.
01:41It has to be done in the acoustics.
01:43And then I pray.
01:45And once I start doing my makeup, I start going into the zone.
01:49That's it.
01:50What is one show this season that you've especially been wowed by?
01:55I've been wowed by Sunset Boulevard.
01:57And I've been wowed by maybe Happy Ending.
01:59But I have to tell you, I was wowed by shows that didn't get nominated.
02:02Like Smash, I thought it was hilarious.
02:05I loved that show.
02:06I've been wowed by all the, I mean, Sunset and Gypsy.
02:11Certainly, Booth.
02:12I loved that, Booth.
02:14I loved it.
02:15I've got to go see Dead Outlaw.
02:17I haven't seen it.
02:17I haven't seen Buena Vista Social Club.
02:19I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:23I'm behind.
02:23I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:24I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:25I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:26I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:27I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:28I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:29I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:30I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:31I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:32I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:33I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:34I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:35I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:36I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:37I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:38I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
02:39I haven't seen Real Women Have Curves.
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