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American Classic - Season 1 - Episode 02: Swan Song
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00:28The End
00:33The Producers are putting you on hiatus
00:35Mom's dead
00:36Who's this?
00:37Your brother
00:38The only person who cares about is himself, you know that
00:40I won't deal with head
00:41Keep him away from the theater
00:43Dad
00:44I'm gay
00:45Oh
00:46Uncle Richard?
00:47Have you been to the theater?
00:48No one can resist my monster balls
00:52Yeah
00:53He's the monster, monster, monster man
01:07It was a nightmare
01:08People were yelling for gravy and potatoes and more Brussels sprouts and peas
01:13And they thought I was a waiter
01:15I've never even played a waiter
01:16Not staying for your mother's funeral because of a matinee of nonsense is overreacting
01:21No, I'm not overreacting, everything I loved is gone, you see?
01:25You just have to get through this
01:27Do I? I don't think I do
01:28I think you have to get me out of here and get me back on stage
01:31I don't care how you do it
01:32We've been over this
01:34You are still a meme
01:36Listen, I'm asking how he has a friend, okay?
01:39A what?
01:40A friend, you're my friend
01:42All your friends get 10%?
01:44Look, I won't stay here
01:45Just find me a path out of here
01:51I'll call you back
01:54What are you doing here?
01:56Dinner
01:56Remember?
01:58We need to sit down
01:59Hey, we need to sit down
02:01Have a nice meal
02:03Drink some wine
02:04And talk about this
02:05Like adults
02:20Dinner theater
02:21Do not start
02:22I'm not starting
02:25The Millersburg Festival Theater used to be a destination
02:27You have absolutely nothing
02:30Our parents acted on that stage
02:31Dad should be there now doing Lear
02:33Doing it?
02:34He's living it
02:35No, he's not
02:36He's okay
02:37He's compromised in some ways
02:38But he knows who he is
02:41He confided in me
02:42Something that
02:43Well, that I confided in
02:45So I can't cherish
02:46He's gay
02:48You know
02:49Everybody knows
02:50He came out the first time
02:52About a month ago
02:52Now he comes out every day
02:54And then he forgets he did
02:55And he comes out again
02:57It's sad
02:58And happy
02:59It's weird
03:00Well, I wish somebody had told me
03:01That our dad was in a
03:02Coming out loop
03:04Jesus
03:05I mean
03:06You could have called
03:07I would have come
03:07And done what?
03:08Beat him up?
03:09Oh, honey
03:10Don't say that
03:10Seriously, that's not cool
03:11Sweetheart, don't you have something to do?
03:12I want to see who wins
03:13He was doing
03:14Willie Loman for me
03:15He did
03:15Out Out
03:16Brief Candle
03:17He made me cry
03:17It reminded me of how great we were
03:21In our dinner theater
03:22You are such a pompous ass
03:27If you'd climb down from your ivory tower
03:29For five minutes
03:31Maybe you'd see what's going on in this country
03:34Do you have any idea how hard it is just to live?
03:37We had to close down for 15 months
03:39Our subscriber base is gone
03:40Miranda, why don't you take some duck up to your room, okay?
03:44Can I have some wine?
03:45No, no, you cannot
03:46Cannot have any wine
03:47You know, we can't afford to produce anything on our own
03:51So, yes, we are bringing in prepackaged touring musicals
03:55Because we're just trying to make sure this theater survives
03:58We are serving food
03:59We are serving alcohol
04:01And let me tell you something
04:02Forever Plaid and Nonsense saved our ass
04:08You're gouging out the soul of this town
04:10You do know that
04:11What does the mayor have to say about this?
04:13She's the mayor
04:14I'm the mayor
04:15You're the mayor?
04:16Yep, I'm the mayor
04:17Deal with it
04:18Dark and Stormy's
04:19I thought it was appropriate
04:20It's usually ginger beer and rum
04:22But I've added a little paladin
04:23Just give it to me
04:24Make it more of an event
04:25You've changed
04:27Kristen, you have fundamentally changed as a human being
04:30Oh, no, no, no
04:31You don't get to tell me who I am
04:33I'm not telling you who you are
04:34I'm telling you who you were
04:35You had very high ideals
04:37You were an artist
04:38You built a theater company
04:40With your bare hands in New York
04:42No, we
04:43Nothing
04:43We built a theater company
04:46You just stopped showing up
04:47You still blame me
04:48Because my career took off
04:50And others didn't
04:51Maybe that's because I was too busy taking care of you
04:53Or maybe it was something else
04:59No, no, I'm not gonna
05:01What?
05:03Say it
05:04Do I need to say it?
05:05Yes, you do
05:06Absolutely not
05:07Do not say it
05:08Do not say it
05:08Say it
05:09Do not say it
05:10I will say it
05:11Please
05:12You weren't as good as I was
05:14You are such a dick
05:16Well, at the time you weren't
05:18You wanna know why?
05:19I wasn't able to go to auditions
05:20Because the entire time I was there
05:22I was looking after you
05:23Come on, please, please
05:25I know what kind of a dick you are
05:29Hey
05:29You can use the front door, you know
05:31Yeah, you always used to say that
05:32I was super romantic and stuff
05:37Hi
05:37Whoa, what is up with the yelling?
05:39My mom and uncle are having an epic shit fight
05:42I used to date like 20 years ago
05:45Your mom dated your uncle?
05:47Mm-hmm
05:47Oh, there's duck on the bed if you want some
05:54Oh my god
05:56So I finished our Mirando demo?
05:58Really?
05:59Mm-hmm
05:59And?
06:00It's your total banger
06:01I mean, you slay the fucking kingdom, babe
06:05Don't say slay
06:15That's your voice
06:16Jesus, smoke out the window
06:19Sorry
06:21You do sound pretty good
06:26So I can get us gigs
06:27When you're at Penn
06:28And I got a lead on an apartment
06:30In Brewery Town
06:31It's $850 a month
06:33Which is sick
06:34Could we chill for like five seconds?
06:36Yeah
06:37Just know what we're doing?
06:38Yeah, it's just you're
06:39I'm not accepted at Penn
06:40I'm waitlisted at Penn
06:41And you're talking about apartments
06:42It's stressing me out
06:43Oh, Penn
06:44It would be crazy to not take you
06:47I mean, you're the smartest
06:48Most talented
06:49Most wonderful person
06:50I've ever met
06:51Thanks
06:54Why am I even trying to go there?
06:57It's great school
07:00I know
07:00That's what my mom says
07:01But
07:04I don't know
07:08My Nana's gone
07:11Might be moving away
07:17Everything just happens so fast
07:27Wife
07:30You're so wife
07:33You called her a bad actress again
07:36Why do you do that?
07:39She gets all self-righteous, you know
07:42And just
07:44Writes off my whole life
07:47She gets in my head
07:48To this day
07:50When I'm trying to make a decision
07:51About something
07:52I hear her voice
07:53Judging me
07:54You know
07:55Sometimes
07:57When you talk about Kristen
07:59It's like you think
08:00You're married to her
08:01I just want to remind you
08:03She's actually my wife
08:05Oh, I know
08:06Yeah
08:06I know
08:07And she was a terrific actress
08:09In New York
08:10She just didn't want to be there
08:13Not with me
08:17Mom's dead
08:19She was always there
08:22And now
08:25She's not
08:27To mom
08:29To mom
08:36I want you to know
08:39I've decided to stay
08:40For the funeral
08:43You know
08:43Attending your mother's funeral
08:44Is not a noble thing
08:46You
08:47You make it sound
08:49Noble
08:50It's my voice
08:53I'm going to pay for the whole thing
08:54Every penny
08:54Yes, you will
08:57I want to have it at the theater
08:59The funeral?
09:00Yes
09:00I want mom on stage
09:01One last time
09:02In a coffin
09:03Of course
09:04Obviously
09:07We'll invite the town
09:10The theater will live
09:11Again
09:13If only briefly
09:15Then
09:16I'll be gone
09:19It'll be my swan song
09:23Isn't it mom's
09:24Swan song?
09:25Yes
09:26Hers too
09:30There's a restaurant
09:33Mom's dead
09:35I don't know
09:36If we can actually do that
09:37Put a dead body
09:39In a restaurant
09:40We're
09:41We're going to need
09:41To get a permit
09:42I think you'll be able
09:43To make that happen
09:44You know the mayor
09:51It's a shitty apartment building
09:52Where a lot of
09:53Very lovely people live
09:54And it's on a lot
09:55That is not zoned commercial
09:57So rezone it
09:59Best Buy needs
09:595,000 square feet
10:00And I can't get that
10:01Within the mall footprint
10:03I'm sorry
10:04But I can't keep going back
10:05To planning and zoning for you
10:07People are not liking it
10:08Best Buy
10:09Best Buy
10:10I mean
10:10I'm bringing you a Best Buy
10:12Tied up with a bow
10:13I mean
10:14Look at me
10:15Expanding your tax base
10:16It's a gift
10:18And I do not mean
10:20To sound ungrateful
10:21But
10:22There are a lot of people
10:23In this town
10:24Who
10:24Were beginning to think
10:26That you're the
10:26The devil
10:27Yeah
10:28Yeah because
10:29The devil comes to town
10:30In the dark of night
10:31And replaces a vape shop
10:33Flowers by
10:34Barbara
10:35And a shitty
10:36Residential building
10:37With a Best Buy
10:38It's the worst
10:39Stephen King novel
10:40I can imagine
10:41Flowers by Beverly
10:44Her name's Beverly
10:45And I'm really sorry
10:46For Beverly
10:47But I didn't kill
10:48Her business
10:48Covid did
10:49Hmm
10:51Look
10:52Conversations like this
10:53Are happening
10:54All over this country
10:55And they're not easy
10:57But you know
10:58You can either
10:59Cry for the florist
11:01Or the vape shop
11:02Or
11:04You take my money
11:06And you take it
11:08And you rebuild
11:09This town
11:11Or don't
11:12You know
11:13Just
11:14Hold a candlelight vigil
11:16For the whole
11:16Friggin thing
11:17If I
11:19Go to P&Z for you
11:21Then I need to be able
11:22To tell them
11:22That you've committed
11:23To building some
11:24Low rent residential
11:25At least 12 units
11:26And in a better location
11:27Why not?
11:28And
11:30A $250,000 donation
11:32To the daycare centre
11:33At the Y
11:34Done
11:41Ooh
11:42Look at
11:43Ah
11:44They
11:45You do cost me
11:47Some money
11:48But
11:48We're doing it
11:49We're doing business
11:52How's the theatre?
11:54It's fine
11:55Fine
11:55But it's a lot
11:57Right now
11:57Because I don't know
11:58If you know
12:00My mother-in-law
12:01Just died
12:04Do you need help?
12:06Because
12:06You know
12:07If you help me
12:08With the taxes
12:08On 217
12:09Roll them all in
12:10You need to go now
12:11Should I
12:13Cross the line?
12:15Hey
12:15Listen you
12:16We're doing good work here
12:17You should be proud
12:20Oh
12:20And if I am the devil
12:21Then maybe the devil
12:23Is what Millersburg needs
12:32Hey Dave
12:33Look at this
12:35If John let your cape touch the floor
12:38Even for a moment
12:39You'd chase him around the room
12:41And beat him with your stick
12:42Oh yeah
12:43I remember that
12:44Two funny boys
12:45Yeah
12:46Your mother and I
12:48Had a great laugh
12:48About that this morning
12:49You too
12:51That's good
12:53Speaking of mom
12:55We're doing a
12:57A thing
12:58For mom
12:59Tomorrow
13:00At the theatre
13:02A show?
13:03It's a kind of show
13:06It's a
13:07It's a
13:08It's just
13:09It's a thing
13:10For mom
13:12A celebration
13:13Whoa
13:13Are you in it?
13:14Yeah
13:15I have a part
13:16But it's
13:17It's more of an ensemble
13:18Kind of thing
13:19Mom
13:19In fact
13:20Is
13:21The star
13:23Do you understand?
13:25I understand
13:26But my sweet boy
13:28It's not possible
13:31It breaks my heart
13:32To say this
13:33But
13:35She gave up
13:36Her equity card
13:37Years ago
13:39I suppose
13:40If it's a one-off thing
13:42The union would
13:43Reinstate her
13:44Let me look into it
13:47Mind it
13:48If
13:48If it's a comedy
13:50Maybe I could
13:51Take her place
13:52Remember my
13:53Lady Brecknell?
13:55I had her
13:56Rolling in the aisles
13:57It's more of a drama
13:58Dan
13:58Um
14:01I'll call the equity people
14:02I'll let you know
14:03What they say
14:04Okay?
14:04Okay?
14:05I'll see you later
14:13I hope it's not
14:15Inappropriate for me to say
14:16But
14:16I'm a big fan
14:18Of your work
14:18Oh
14:19No
14:19Never inappropriate
14:20I followed your career
14:22We actually worked together
14:24Once
14:24Many years ago
14:25Of course we did
14:27Yes
14:27Yes
14:29Yes
14:30We did a play together
14:31You were
14:31Oh I remember
14:32I know
14:33I was somewhere
14:33With you
14:34It was at the MFT
14:35It was at the MFT
14:36Yes
14:36What
14:37Midsummer nice dream
14:38Yes
14:38Yes of course
14:39You were Demetrius
14:42I was Demetrius
14:43I was Demetrius
14:44You were Lysander
14:45Kenny did the glitter makeup
14:47For the fairies
14:49Oh
14:49That's when the bug bit me
14:52I still do all my clients myself
14:54Oh
14:55No more glitter though
14:56No more glitter though
14:57No
14:58It's good
14:59I mean it is an art
15:00I mean
15:01Simulating the glow of tissue
15:03Flushed with blood
15:04And concealing scars and sutures
15:07So your loved one doesn't
15:08You know
15:08Look like a mannequin
15:11But
15:12The best moment
15:14That I've ever had in the theater
15:16Is the two of you doing Our Town
15:20Falling in love in the soda shop
15:23You were so good together
15:26So real
15:28Thank you
15:29Now
15:30Shall we say hello to your mother?
15:32Yes
15:34She's not finished
15:35But I think you'll be pleased
15:38Excuse me
15:39Kenny
15:40Kenny
15:40When you say
15:41Not finished
15:43In what way not finished?
15:46Don't worry
15:46She just looks like she's asleep
15:48Like she could
15:50Pop awake at any moment
15:51Yeah
15:51Could you?
15:54Could you just give me a moment?
15:56Certainly
16:01Wait, John
16:10John's not very good with death
16:12I know, I know
16:13Yeah
16:15So I want to apologize for what I said at dinner
16:17Last night
16:18About my lack of talent?
16:21I was just
16:23Kenny's right
16:23You were good
16:25In our town
16:26You were good in everything
16:27I was good
16:28Yeah
16:30Thank you
16:33That was a long time ago
16:44Richard
16:46What is it?
16:49I'm sorry about Ethel
16:53I really loved her
16:54I know you did
16:56She was like my mother too
17:04She wore this to your opening of Long Day's Journey
17:06Oh, it's beautiful
17:10But we're going to put it on her
17:11No one's even going to see it, right?
17:13Hmm
17:15Yeah
17:17Everything just feels so ridiculous and pointless
17:21What do you mean?
17:22What do you mean by everything?
17:23Everything
17:25They give birth astride of a grave
17:27You're too young to quote Beckett
17:30You've got your whole life ahead of you
17:32What am I going to do with it?
17:34You're going to be an actor
17:35Mom wants me to go to Penn
17:37What do you want?
17:39I want to act
17:42But I don't even know if I'm any good at it
17:45Of course you're good
17:46You're my niece
17:47But maybe I only want to do it to piss mom off
17:50Because she doesn't want me to do it
17:51I don't know
17:53I have anxiety all the time
17:55And everything is just fucked up
17:57Democracy is dying
17:58People hate each other
18:00The world is just falling apart
18:01It's different than when you guys were young
18:03We had the Cold War
18:04We had the bomb
18:05We had race riots
18:06We had Richard Nixon
18:08We had the Vietnam War
18:10Did Papa or Nana ever tell you about the rock musical
18:14That they put on at MFT?
18:16No
18:17Viet Rock it was called
18:18Very controversial
18:20They were picketing us
18:21And I had this song
18:23Men Die Young was the name of the song
18:26Don't put all your eggs in one basket
18:30Baskets wear out
18:31And men die young
18:33One night I was singing it
18:35And I came face to face with this woman that I knew
18:38Whose son had just gotten his orders for Vietnam
18:42Just two weeks before
18:43And I'm singing this right in her face
18:45What did she do?
18:47She threw her arms around me
18:48And hugged me tight
18:51I just kept singing
18:54What can I do?
18:58Every night after the play
18:59The audience and the actors would gather together
19:03And talk
19:04Anyway, we had our
19:09Troubles
19:11Yeah
19:11We felt disenfranchised
19:15Angry as hell
19:18But
19:18We had a place
19:20Where we could
19:21Commiserate
19:22And commune
19:24Now that place is a dinner theater
19:27Uh, yeah
19:28But
19:29It's still a theater
19:32So there's hope
19:34Oh yeah
19:37Perfect
19:40Good
19:41Now the other one has to come in about
19:42Three inches
19:44Towards the
19:45How's it going?
19:46Oh
19:46Great
19:47Yo, I'm glad you're here
19:48You can help me with the music cues
19:49I'm going to have underscoring
19:51You know
19:51Between
19:52Yes, transitional
19:54Why are you there?
19:58That's me and Hamlet
19:59That was mom's favorite
20:00You can't do that
20:02Why not?
20:03Because it's not your funeral
20:06I'm shocked
20:06I have to remind you of that
20:08I know it's not my funeral
20:09But, uh, mom
20:11Loved
20:11That performance
20:12It was
20:13Her
20:13Favorite
20:14And the town will recognize it
20:16Ties in the whole
20:17Theater
20:19Mom
20:19The graveyard
20:21Death
20:22The whole tragedy
20:25Okay, fine
20:27Nina
20:27Let's lose the photograph
20:29Stage right
20:30Put it downstairs
20:31And replace it with
20:33Mom in Salome
20:34No
20:36Okay, let's bring in
20:37The mom in Salome
20:38Hold that thought
20:39Mom in South Pacific
20:42Copy that
20:42It's in the green room
20:43Happy?
20:44Yes
20:45Let's run the, um
20:46The sound cues for Ethel's entrance
20:48Shall we?
20:49Yeah
20:49We're gonna
20:50We'll run cue 14
20:51Her entrance?
20:53Yeah
20:53Start with, uh, number one, please
20:56Whenever you're ready
20:57Number one
21:21Yeah
21:22Yeah, I get it
21:22I get it
21:23It's
21:23You're transfixed
21:24You don't like it
21:25I get it
21:25I know
21:26It's too much
21:26It was just an idea
21:27Um, reset 14
21:29Reset 14
21:31This next one
21:32Is gonna be entirely different
21:33Much more lighthearted
21:35More carefree
21:36More whimsical
21:36You'll recognize it
21:38It's one of mom's favorites
21:41Uh, number six
21:42Number six
21:44Going
21:56Seriously?
21:58What?
21:59Too light?
21:59Send in the clowns
22:01Isn't that totally disrespectful?
22:03Is it just me?
22:04Yeah
22:04It's just you
22:05I said the same thing
22:07Thank you, Randall
22:08You're welcome
22:09Thank you, Randall
22:10Yes
22:10And how many Tony Awards have you won?
22:12Remind me, please
22:13Yeah, okay, I don't know what I'm doing
22:14I mean, how would I
22:15Hey, hey, hey, take a breath
22:16Take a breath
22:17Hey, hey
22:18Clearly I know nothing
22:20Listen, maybe, maybe
22:23Don't have to cough and descend
22:25Just have it on the stage
22:27At the beginning
22:30Nope, nope
22:31It's gotta have an entrance
22:32Sorry, sorry
22:33This, this is the theater
22:34That mom built
22:35With dad
22:36And it's her last entrance
22:37And it's gotta be
22:38A big entrance
22:39Okay
22:39Q3
23:05What the fuck?
23:09Okay
23:09Go, go, go
23:10Say sandbag
23:11I don't know what I was thinking
23:13I'm sorry
23:14I just, I'm sacrificing
23:15Everything for some cheap spectacle
23:18I'm not trusting the material
23:20It's a funeral
23:22Everybody loved mom
23:23They're gonna be sad
23:24Yeah
23:24Yeah
23:25I just want it to be perfect
23:26That's all
23:27I
23:28I know you do
23:29I know you do
23:31It's gonna be great
23:32Yeah
23:33Hey, just the fact that it's here
23:36In our theater
23:37Of course, I know
23:38You're right
23:38It's your gift to her
23:39Yeah
23:41Thanks, John
23:41You're right
23:42Um
23:44Let's lose the fog machine, random
23:47That's a mistake
23:58Thanks for coming
24:03You have the house
24:07House up
24:17Richard
24:18Richard
24:21Here I am
24:22How you doing, dad?
24:23Fine, fine
24:24John's taking good care of me
24:25Good
24:26Your mother is so looking forward to this
24:33We're good
24:35Would you help, granddad?
24:39Hi, sweetie
24:43Hi, everyone
24:59It means so much looking out and seeing you all here
25:04And I want to thank you
25:05For coming here today
25:07To help us celebrate the life of my mother
25:10Ethel Bean
25:14A wife
25:16An actress
25:18And a friend
25:20A friend to all of you
25:25I'm sorry
25:29I'm sorry
25:32You okay?
25:32Yeah
25:37Where were you?
25:39Friend to all
25:41And granddad of this
25:43Our
25:43Our family's theater
25:46As some of you know
25:47She was born in Dayton
25:49And she worked her way through nursing school
25:51As an upholsterer's assistant
25:53But the truth is
25:54Life for Ethel Harper Bean
25:57Really didn't begin until she played Laura
26:00In the Glass Menagerie right here
26:03On this stage
26:06With Linus there
26:08As her gentleman caller
26:11Okay, I think I've got it
26:13I'm good
26:13I think I've got it
26:17You know, my mother
26:19Always dreamed of being an actress
26:22But it took her a while to find a home
26:25This place
26:26This place was her home
26:29The Millersburg Festival Theater
26:31And it's her life in this place
26:34That she would want us to celebrate
26:37Now we have a video for you
26:39It was put together by Miranda
26:40And Randall
26:42So, please
27:08Horace Bandergilder
27:10I'm never tired of saying
27:12Most people
27:13People in the world
27:15We're fools
27:17And in a way
27:18I think he's right, isn't he?
27:22But there comes a moment
27:24In everybody's life
27:25When he must decide
27:27Whether to live with human beings or not
27:30Be a fool among fools
27:31Or a fool alone
27:34As for me
27:37I've decided to live among them
27:50Oh, here
27:51Excuse me
27:51Is there a funeral happening in here?
27:53Yes, there is
27:54Wait
27:54What?
27:55You are he
27:56What?
27:57You're from the movies, Connor
27:58This is he
28:00He's the one I tell you about
28:02Oh, my God
28:03What's your sign?
28:04What's your sign?
28:05Just one thing I have
28:06I'm so sorry
28:07This is totally inappropriate
28:08I'm Connor Boyle
28:09I'm working with the mayor
28:11Your
28:12Sister-in-law
28:13No, I mean
28:13You are
28:14No, he's Richard Dean
28:15You idiot
28:16He's huge
28:17Oh, well, you know
28:18Huge
28:18Come on, look
28:19Would you sign something, please?
28:22Of course
28:22This is my
28:25It's nice
28:29Put to Nadia
28:34With great love and respect
28:39And I
28:41And don't ever
28:42Don't ever give up
28:44On dreams
28:45I won't
28:46And then put
28:46Your dreams will
28:48Your dreams will come true one day
28:50Your dreams?
28:51I hope so
28:52I promise
28:53Okay
28:54Love always
28:56Love always
28:56I carry you in my heart
28:59I've run out of room
29:00And then you just put
29:01Just put your name
29:01Yeah, just
29:02Great, really appreciate it
29:03Thank you very much
29:04Thank you
29:04You don't know
29:04How much this means to me
29:06You don't know
29:07How the theatre
29:08It feeds me
29:09I hope they haven't buried her yet
29:12When you walk
29:14Through a storm
29:16Hold your head
29:19Up high
29:21And don't
29:22Be afraid
29:23Of the dark
29:24At the end of the storm
29:28Is a golden sky
29:32And the sweet silver song
29:37Of a lark
29:39Walk on through the wind
29:44Walk on through the rain
29:48Though your dreams
29:51Be tossed
29:54And blown
29:56Hello
29:56It's your paid friend Ali
29:59Richard, are you there?
30:00Yes, I am
30:01Here's the deal
30:02They are willing to have you back at Liara
30:04But you need to consent
30:05To a psychological evaluation
30:07And two weeks of anger management training
30:09Walk on through the wind
30:11Yes
30:12I'll have to think about it
30:13I'll call you back
30:16You'll never walk alone
30:28Thank you
30:33I have to admit
30:35I thought this would be a train wreck
30:37Well, I gave him a few notes
30:39It's kind of great
30:45We are such stuff
30:47As dreams
30:48Are made on
30:49And our little life
30:51Is rounded
30:52With a sleep
30:56Shakespeare's Tempest
30:57His last play
30:59And his farewell
31:01To the theatre
31:02Fitting words today
31:05As we say goodbye
31:06To my mother Ethel
31:07The founder
31:09Of this
31:11This theatre
31:14It's difficult for me
31:15To explain what it was like
31:16Growing up in an atmosphere
31:18Of creativity
31:19And free expression
31:20And the impact that it had
31:22On me
31:23And my brother John
31:25On Kristen
31:26And Miranda
31:29And this town
31:32There's Mrs. Wilkie
31:33My favourite algebra teacher
31:35And a brilliant
31:37Marsha
31:37In the seagull
31:38Howard Fraser
31:39Who
31:41When the lights went out
31:42On our
31:42Morning Becomes Electra
31:44He ran out to his truck
31:45Hooked up our electrical system
31:47And in five minutes
31:49Presto
31:49The lights were back on
31:50He knew how important it was
31:52To keep the lights on
31:53In this theatre
31:54At that moment
31:55It was the most important thing
31:56In his life
31:57And it still is
31:59Important
31:59Because the
32:00Millersburg Festival Theatre
32:02Was not just
32:03My mother's home
32:04It was
32:05And is
32:06The soul
32:08Of this town
32:09Sadly
32:10I must report
32:13That
32:13Because of financial
32:15Pressures
32:16And
32:17Misguided
32:18Programming
32:19Choices
32:19This theatre
32:21Is in trouble
32:23It might even close
32:25That's right
32:26But we're not
32:28Going to let
32:29That happen
32:30Are we
32:31No
32:34I'm coming home
32:36To Millersburg
32:37I'm coming home
32:39And I swear to you
32:42That together
32:43I will restore
32:46The soul
32:48Of this town
32:49By producing
32:51And directing
32:51And maybe starring in
32:53The greatest production
32:55This country
32:56Has ever seen
32:57Of a true
32:58American classic
32:59Thornton Wilders
33:01Our town
33:04My sons
33:05Come home
33:16This is mom's funeral
33:18Right?
33:19No
33:19Not anymore
33:20It's the Richard Bean show
33:22Thank youam
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