March 14, 2025 • 12 mins
Inside Broadway podcast host Christine Nagy sat down with Ainsley Melham to discuss the highly anticipated musical Boop. The show, featuring music by David Foster, is currently in previews and is set to open on April 5th.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Broadway presents Inside Broadway, the podcast about everything theater. It's
where you hear what happens from the ticket window to
the stage door, with the stars and creative forces that
make it all come alive. Here's your host, Light FM's
Christine Neggy.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
And we have an exciting brand new musical that's opening
on Broadway at the broadhairst Theater. It looks like so
much fun. Boop the musical is in previews as of
March eleventh, opening April fifth. Now, this is music from
David Foster. This is brand new. I know it's coming
to us from Chicago, but people are loving it. And
(00:41):
Betty Boop, who was on screen ninety years ago, finally
gets her own Broadway show. It's about time her love
interest is here. Ainsley Mellam, you played Wayne in the show.
That's right, Dune, Yes and welcome. It's so nice to
see you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Thank you, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Absolutely, I'm so excited for you. This show looks like
so much fun.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, it is so much fun. You're right. This show
is a beautiful show about love.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It's funny, it's camp, it's full of glitzy, beautiful costumes
and joyous music by the wonderful David Foster, and I'm
really excited to share it with Broadway.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
So can you tell us a little bit about it?
Because of the way I see it, we pull Betty
Boop out of her black and white world in the
nineteen thirties, right where she's a major celebrity and she
just wants a day off in New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, you know, she's a well known figure and she
loves what she does, but she, you know, is feeling
a little disheartened and a little she's yearning for something more.
And so she makes her way to New York in
twenty twenty five through an invention of her grandfather's I
won't give too much away there, but she arrives in
New York and yeah, for the first part of the show,
(01:53):
she's anonymous. Nobody realizes it's actually Betty Boop until people
start to catch on, and then that's sort of where
the problem of the show arises. But alongside that, she
meets Dwayne and they and they go on this adventure
together and sort of start to fall in love.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
And their connection is music, right, because Betty Boop was
created kind of out of the jazz era.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, And so Dwayne in the show is a jazz musician.
He plays the trumpet. He's trying to carve out a
space for himself in the music world in New York.
And he meets Betty and she embodies so much of
what he loves that that, you know, nineteen thirties charm
and nostalgia, and yeah, that's that's where they start to connect.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Were you familiar with Betty Boop as a cartoon character
before getting involved with the show.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, yeah, certainly knew who she was.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
You know, she's she's an icon in Australia, but so
much more of an icon here in America.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
And yeah, we love her.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Yeah, absolutely, And since the show has begun, I've seen
t shirts and bags and you know, she's all over
social media and so it's really thrilling and and I'm
excited to have all of those fans come along and
see this new story for Betty.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Right, she has a built in found club. You're right,
she's got her own flow in the Thanksgiving Day parade,
you know, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade here in New York.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Yeah, and I love that there are people, you know,
old and young who look up to her and love
her as a figure.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
That's really exciting.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Can you tell us about your cast?
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Yes, yeah, yeah, our cast is so wonderful. We have
the beautiful Faith Prince Tony Award winner, just a legend
and so funny in this show.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I can't wait for you to see her.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Stephen DeRosa plays Grampy, Betty's grandfather figure, also an amazing
character actor, and you know he sort of embodies that
cartoon world so well. We have my little sister Tricia,
who is played by Angelica Hale, just seventeen years old,
a killer voice, and she's up there, you know, standing
(03:56):
next to you know, all of these Broadway legends. Who
else do we have? We have Eric Bergen playing sort
of out antagonist villain. We have Anastasia McCleskey playing Dwayne
and Trisha's aren't. And then we have the wonderful Philip
Huba of Huber Marionettes, who brings Pudgy to life, Betty's
(04:18):
little dog, and so yeah, so cute and arguably the
most popular character in the show. Steals the show. We're
all working real hard and Pudgy comes on, but no,
that's he's so fantastic. It's such a wonderful cast, and
then you know, obviously our beautiful ensemble and supporting cast
(04:39):
who just work their butts off on that stage delivering
a full out musical.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
How long have you been working with everyone now on
this production.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Yeah, so it's been you know, a year and a
half since I've been attached to the production. The show
has been in creation for almost twenty years. You know,
I think our Flisha studio and Bill Haber, our producer,
have been talking about Betty booper as a musical for
almost twenty years, and it's just taken you know, it
(05:09):
takes some time to get these these shows to Broadway.
So I'm really lucky to have joined in the last,
you know, at the eleventh hour, to to bring this
musical to the stage.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And it's a wonderful team.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure you bonded because that becomes your family, right,
your theater family.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, it does. And you're going through so much.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
You're you know, you're obviously thrilled and excited for what
you're creating. You're you know, terribly nervous, and you know
that's playing on you because you don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
How it's going to be received.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
You're hoping the audiences are going to love what you are,
you know, delivering.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, and you bond really quickly.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Ainsley tell us about your background. So you're originally from
Australia and you were on a kids show there, correct.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
The first the first gig I did out of college
was was a show called five and High Five is
like a popular kids music group and they tour and
do stage shows and also film a TV series. And
so I spent three years with that group filming, filming,
you know, a kid's TV show and then touring around
the world now performing on stage. It was really where
(06:18):
I learned, you know, how to handle myself as a
young performer.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So a lot of fame early.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Yeah, in a way, I guess, yeah, amongst a you know,
a very specific demographic, you know, of like three to
twelve year olds.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
But they're older now. They'll come to the show to
see book and it's.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So lovely, you know.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
When I've been back at home in Australia performing or
even occasionally here in New York, people will come up
and they'll say, oh, I used to watch you one
High Five, which is the wildest thing to me. But
it's it's really lovely to have people that you know
have seen the journey.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
When when did you decide that this was your calling
or maybe this is just one aspect of your career
to do musical theater.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Yeah, you know, I grew up watching beautiful movie musicals
of the thirties and forties, and so that I don't
remember a time when I didn't love, you know, the
musical theater form. But I guess I really knew at
the end of my end of my schooling, at the
end of high school, I had a wonderful drama teacher
who said to me, you know, you're really good at this,
(07:20):
and if this is something you want to pursue, these
are some of the options in Australia in terms of
you know, continued study. And she was the one that
really sort of opened my eyes because I grew up
in a country town in Australia, you know, like three
hours from Sydney, and so the possibility of potentially seeing
and dancing as a career it sort of felt out
(07:40):
of reach. But yeah, she was the one who showed
me that there was a path.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
And what about Broadway, your path to Broadway, that's pretty amazing.
So you played Aladdin on.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Broadway, right, Yeah, so you know my path to Broadway.
I really have Disney to thank for that. Very grateful
to them. I played Aladdin in Australia on the Australian
tour and then when I finished that tour, yeah, they
were kind enough to invite me to New York to
play the role here and so that was again that
was opening my eyes to the possibility of coming to
(08:14):
this country and showing me that this was something that
I could achieve.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
And so you know, I've stayed and now we're developing
this new musical.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Do you consider yourself a New Yorker at this point, Yes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I mean I guess in a weird suitor way.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
I this is more and more feeling like home, you know,
and I'm really excited to spend more time in New York.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
I love I love my country.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I love Australia, and my family are there and we
have a beautiful lifestyle there, so that will always remain
in my heart. But it's so thrilling to be here
in this country, in New York City, in the place
where you know you do the thing for music, theater.
This is this is where so much you know of
our of our industry is working and creating, so it's
(09:02):
thrilling to be in the.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Heart of that.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
Can your family come to opening night?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Yes, they're coming, Mom and dad and my and my
younger sister. They're they're coming April fifth. You know, I've
had many phone calls with them going through the details
of the trip and making sure that everything is okay.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, No, they're very excited.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
You mentioned you still get nervous. We all do right
before going on stage, before performing. So any little tricks
or helpful hints to help people through those those scary
moments right before just before it starts.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
There is something that came to me recently, a little
mantra that says you have nothing to prove and everything
to share. And so that's sort of my you know,
little phrase that I repeat to myself before I step
on stage, just to try and you know, remind myself
that this is okay, and this is where you're meant
(09:57):
to be and to try and enjoy and you know,
just share this beautiful musical and not get too caught
up in the you know, in the nerves and the
politics of it.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
I love that we're all connecting and enjoying it so
thank you so much. So once again, Ainsley Melam is
playing Dwayne in Boop the Musical and that's coming to
the Broadhurst Theater. We're getting into previews March eleventh, opening
April fifth. Get tickets at Boopthemusical dot com or tell
the Charge and Ainsley is such a pleasure to meet you.
Thank you so much. Can't wait to see your show.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Thank you, don't go away. Let's spend a little extra
time with our guest. Christine Nagy takes you behind the
scenes on Inside Broadway.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And Ainsley melm who is a star of Boop the
Musical here on Broadway. It's going to take us behind
the scenes. You're playing Dwayne, by the way, who's Betty
Boop's love interest? Yes, I am yeah, which looks like
it's just such a fun show. Do you have any
pre show rituals or super stitions every time before you
(11:02):
go on stage?
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Yeah, you know, when I get into the theater, I
have a beautiful vinyl player, a record player in my room,
and I have a little collection of records. So when
I get to the theater, I pick a record for
the day. Pop that on you know, it's usually something
very smooth, easy listening, some smooth jazz, or occasionally a
(11:23):
cast member brings in a record of their own to share,
and that's how I kick off my day before we
do the show.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
It's perfect for Boop the musical too because it's jazz era.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Yeah, yeah, you know, we can maybe call it a
little bit of method there behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I like it very much. What's the best piece of
advice you've received in your career, you.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Know, the best piece of advice or the piece of
advice that continues to stick with me. And perhaps it's
a little bit reductive, but I like it because it's
so simple and it speaks to our processes as an actor.
But a friend of mine just said to me when
I was, you know, starting out, he was like, just
get up there and say the lines. Just have fun
and say the lines. Obviously there's a lot more to
(12:05):
it than that, but I think, you know, that speaks
to your processes as an actor. At the end of
the day, you've done all the work, just go on
stage and trust that it's going to happen and say
the words.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yeah, trust yourself, it's perfect. And what songs from the
musical theater. Might we find on your playlist?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (12:20):
You know, the one that always hits the top of
my playlist is Ohmasherie from the band's visit.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Do you know this?
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Oh yeah, yeah, the band's visit is. I love that
musical so much and it sort of sticks in my
heart in a beautiful way, and so that song always
finds its way to the top of my playlist.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
That's a beautiful choice right there. Yeah. Well, Ainsley mellum,
it's been a pleasure to talk to you, and once again,
it's Booped the musical on Broadway right now at the
Broadhurst Theater. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Thank you.
iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Broadway presents Inside Broadway, the podcast about everything theater. It's
where you hear what happens from the ticket window to
the stage door, with the stars and creative forces that
make it all come alive. Here's your host, Light FM's
Christine Neggy.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
And we have an exciting brand new musical that's opening
on Broadway at the broadhairst Theater. It looks like so
much fun. Boop the musical is in previews as of
March eleventh, opening April fifth. Now, this is music from
David Foster. This is brand new. I know it's coming
to us from Chicago, but people are loving it. And
(00:41):
Betty Boop, who was on screen ninety years ago, finally
gets her own Broadway show. It's about time her love
interest is here. Ainsley Mellam, you played Wayne in the show.
That's right, Dune, Yes and welcome. It's so nice to
see you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Thank you, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Absolutely, I'm so excited for you. This show looks like
so much fun.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yeah, it is so much fun. You're right. This show
is a beautiful show about love.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
It's funny, it's camp, it's full of glitzy, beautiful costumes
and joyous music by the wonderful David Foster, and I'm
really excited to share it with Broadway.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
So can you tell us a little bit about it?
Because of the way I see it, we pull Betty
Boop out of her black and white world in the
nineteen thirties, right where she's a major celebrity and she
just wants a day off in New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, you know, she's a well known figure and she
loves what she does, but she, you know, is feeling
a little disheartened and a little she's yearning for something more.
And so she makes her way to New York in
twenty twenty five through an invention of her grandfather's I
won't give too much away there, but she arrives in
New York and yeah, for the first part of the show,
(01:53):
she's anonymous. Nobody realizes it's actually Betty Boop until people
start to catch on, and then that's sort of where
the problem of the show arises. But alongside that, she
meets Dwayne and they and they go on this adventure
together and sort of start to fall in love.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
And their connection is music, right, because Betty Boop was
created kind of out of the jazz era.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Yeah, And so Dwayne in the show is a jazz musician.
He plays the trumpet. He's trying to carve out a
space for himself in the music world in New York.
And he meets Betty and she embodies so much of
what he loves that that, you know, nineteen thirties charm
and nostalgia, and yeah, that's that's where they start to connect.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Were you familiar with Betty Boop as a cartoon character
before getting involved with the show.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Yeah, yeah, certainly knew who she was.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
You know, she's she's an icon in Australia, but so
much more of an icon here in America.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
And yeah, we love her.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Yeah, absolutely, And since the show has begun, I've seen
t shirts and bags and you know, she's all over
social media and so it's really thrilling and and I'm
excited to have all of those fans come along and
see this new story for Betty.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Right, she has a built in found club. You're right,
she's got her own flow in the Thanksgiving Day parade,
you know, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade here in New York.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Yeah, and I love that there are people, you know,
old and young who look up to her and love
her as a figure.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
That's really exciting.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Can you tell us about your cast?
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Yes, yeah, yeah, our cast is so wonderful. We have
the beautiful Faith Prince Tony Award winner, just a legend
and so funny in this show.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I can't wait for you to see her.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
Stephen DeRosa plays Grampy, Betty's grandfather figure, also an amazing
character actor, and you know he sort of embodies that
cartoon world so well. We have my little sister Tricia,
who is played by Angelica Hale, just seventeen years old,
a killer voice, and she's up there, you know, standing
(03:56):
next to you know, all of these Broadway legends. Who
else do we have? We have Eric Bergen playing sort
of out antagonist villain. We have Anastasia McCleskey playing Dwayne
and Trisha's aren't. And then we have the wonderful Philip
Huba of Huber Marionettes, who brings Pudgy to life, Betty's
(04:18):
little dog, and so yeah, so cute and arguably the
most popular character in the show. Steals the show. We're
all working real hard and Pudgy comes on, but no,
that's he's so fantastic. It's such a wonderful cast, and
then you know, obviously our beautiful ensemble and supporting cast
(04:39):
who just work their butts off on that stage delivering
a full out musical.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
How long have you been working with everyone now on
this production.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Yeah, so it's been you know, a year and a
half since I've been attached to the production. The show
has been in creation for almost twenty years. You know,
I think our Flisha studio and Bill Haber, our producer,
have been talking about Betty booper as a musical for
almost twenty years, and it's just taken you know, it
(05:09):
takes some time to get these these shows to Broadway.
So I'm really lucky to have joined in the last,
you know, at the eleventh hour, to to bring this
musical to the stage.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And it's a wonderful team.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure you bonded because that becomes your family, right,
your theater family.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, it does. And you're going through so much.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
You're you know, you're obviously thrilled and excited for what
you're creating. You're you know, terribly nervous, and you know
that's playing on you because you don't know.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
How it's going to be received.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
You're hoping the audiences are going to love what you are,
you know, delivering.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, and you bond really quickly.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Ainsley tell us about your background. So you're originally from
Australia and you were on a kids show there, correct.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
The first the first gig I did out of college
was was a show called five and High Five is
like a popular kids music group and they tour and
do stage shows and also film a TV series. And
so I spent three years with that group filming, filming,
you know, a kid's TV show and then touring around
the world now performing on stage. It was really where
(06:18):
I learned, you know, how to handle myself as a
young performer.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So a lot of fame early.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Yeah, in a way, I guess, yeah, amongst a you know,
a very specific demographic, you know, of like three to
twelve year olds.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
But they're older now. They'll come to the show to
see book and it's.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So lovely, you know.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
When I've been back at home in Australia performing or
even occasionally here in New York, people will come up
and they'll say, oh, I used to watch you one
High Five, which is the wildest thing to me. But
it's it's really lovely to have people that you know
have seen the journey.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
When when did you decide that this was your calling
or maybe this is just one aspect of your career
to do musical theater.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Yeah, you know, I grew up watching beautiful movie musicals
of the thirties and forties, and so that I don't
remember a time when I didn't love, you know, the
musical theater form. But I guess I really knew at
the end of my end of my schooling, at the
end of high school, I had a wonderful drama teacher
who said to me, you know, you're really good at this,
(07:20):
and if this is something you want to pursue, these
are some of the options in Australia in terms of
you know, continued study. And she was the one that
really sort of opened my eyes because I grew up
in a country town in Australia, you know, like three
hours from Sydney, and so the possibility of potentially seeing
and dancing as a career it sort of felt out
(07:40):
of reach. But yeah, she was the one who showed
me that there was a path.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
And what about Broadway, your path to Broadway, that's pretty amazing.
So you played Aladdin on.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Broadway, right, Yeah, so you know my path to Broadway.
I really have Disney to thank for that. Very grateful
to them. I played Aladdin in Australia on the Australian
tour and then when I finished that tour, yeah, they
were kind enough to invite me to New York to
play the role here and so that was again that
was opening my eyes to the possibility of coming to
(08:14):
this country and showing me that this was something that
I could achieve.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
And so you know, I've stayed and now we're developing
this new musical.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Do you consider yourself a New Yorker at this point, Yes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I mean I guess in a weird suitor way.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
I this is more and more feeling like home, you know,
and I'm really excited to spend more time in New York.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
I love I love my country.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I love Australia, and my family are there and we
have a beautiful lifestyle there, so that will always remain
in my heart. But it's so thrilling to be here
in this country, in New York City, in the place
where you know you do the thing for music, theater.
This is this is where so much you know of
our of our industry is working and creating, so it's
(09:02):
thrilling to be in the.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
Heart of that.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
Can your family come to opening night?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Yes, they're coming, Mom and dad and my and my
younger sister. They're they're coming April fifth. You know, I've
had many phone calls with them going through the details
of the trip and making sure that everything is okay.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, No, they're very excited.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
You mentioned you still get nervous. We all do right
before going on stage, before performing. So any little tricks
or helpful hints to help people through those those scary
moments right before just before it starts.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
There is something that came to me recently, a little
mantra that says you have nothing to prove and everything
to share. And so that's sort of my you know,
little phrase that I repeat to myself before I step
on stage, just to try and you know, remind myself
that this is okay, and this is where you're meant
(09:57):
to be and to try and enjoy and you know,
just share this beautiful musical and not get too caught
up in the you know, in the nerves and the
politics of it.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
I love that we're all connecting and enjoying it so
thank you so much. So once again, Ainsley Melam is
playing Dwayne in Boop the Musical and that's coming to
the Broadhurst Theater. We're getting into previews March eleventh, opening
April fifth. Get tickets at Boopthemusical dot com or tell
the Charge and Ainsley is such a pleasure to meet you.
Thank you so much. Can't wait to see your show.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Thank you, don't go away. Let's spend a little extra
time with our guest. Christine Nagy takes you behind the
scenes on Inside Broadway.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And Ainsley melm who is a star of Boop the
Musical here on Broadway. It's going to take us behind
the scenes. You're playing Dwayne, by the way, who's Betty
Boop's love interest? Yes, I am yeah, which looks like
it's just such a fun show. Do you have any
pre show rituals or super stitions every time before you
(11:02):
go on stage?
Speaker 4 (11:02):
Yeah, you know, when I get into the theater, I
have a beautiful vinyl player, a record player in my room,
and I have a little collection of records. So when
I get to the theater, I pick a record for
the day. Pop that on you know, it's usually something
very smooth, easy listening, some smooth jazz, or occasionally a
(11:23):
cast member brings in a record of their own to share,
and that's how I kick off my day before we
do the show.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
It's perfect for Boop the musical too because it's jazz era.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Yeah, yeah, you know, we can maybe call it a
little bit of method there behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I like it very much. What's the best piece of
advice you've received in your career, you.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Know, the best piece of advice or the piece of
advice that continues to stick with me. And perhaps it's
a little bit reductive, but I like it because it's
so simple and it speaks to our processes as an actor.
But a friend of mine just said to me when
I was, you know, starting out, he was like, just
get up there and say the lines. Just have fun
and say the lines. Obviously there's a lot more to
(12:05):
it than that, but I think, you know, that speaks
to your processes as an actor. At the end of
the day, you've done all the work, just go on
stage and trust that it's going to happen and say
the words.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yeah, trust yourself, it's perfect. And what songs from the
musical theater. Might we find on your playlist?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (12:20):
You know, the one that always hits the top of
my playlist is Ohmasherie from the band's visit.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Do you know this?
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Oh yeah, yeah, the band's visit is. I love that
musical so much and it sort of sticks in my
heart in a beautiful way, and so that song always
finds its way to the top of my playlist.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
That's a beautiful choice right there. Yeah. Well, Ainsley mellum,
it's been a pleasure to talk to you, and once again,
it's Booped the musical on Broadway right now at the
Broadhurst Theater. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Thank you.
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