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Cynthia Erivo Takes Us Inside Rehearsals, Her Diary & More · On Air with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Cynthia Erivo. It's a household name. It's a name. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, you have been associated with so many different
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  Speaker 1: things and you have gotten every accolade and nominated three
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  Speaker 1: times for that Oscar. You are, you will be the
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  Speaker 1: next EGOT, won't you? You will be.
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  Speaker 2: I'm your lipstick. Thank you for saying that.
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  Speaker 1: No, it's amazing though. I mean, multiple nominations for the Oscar.
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  Speaker 1: So it's, it's, it's on the horizon, Cynthia.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Now, we want to talk, because here we are, hubbed
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  Speaker 1: out of Los Angeles, we want to talk about the
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  Speaker 1: beauty that will be Thursday night. This just sounds remarkable.
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  Speaker 1: We all know the Hollywood Bowl. We love the Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: We have so many memories of being at the Bowl,
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  Speaker 1: as do you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I do, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I've performed at the Bowl a number of times. I've
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  Speaker 3: headlined it once before, and now I get to do
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  Speaker 3: it again.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: We had I want to hear about the show you're
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  Speaker 1: going to do. Cynthia Erivo going to be on stage
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  Speaker 1: at the Bowl in two nights. I want to hear
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  Speaker 1: about the show. But one of our producers saw you
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  Speaker 1: with Adam Lambert, saw you on stage together. Yeah. And
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  Speaker 1: said how incredible it was that she made sure she
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  Speaker 1: got tickets because she saw you that one time to
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  Speaker 1: see this show as well. And she also said, whatever
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  Speaker 1: perfume you have is amazing as you walk by her.
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  Speaker 3: I do have a penchant for perfume. I love scents.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm a bit of an alchemist when it comes
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  Speaker 3: to that.
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  Speaker 1: To the red chemistry of a scent. Well, she appreciated that.
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  Speaker 1: So tell us, what can we look forward to on
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night at the Hollywood Bowl?
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  Speaker 2: It's a fun night.
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  Speaker 3: I love doing these symphony concerts because I get to
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  Speaker 3: really sort of dig into the music that I love singing.
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  Speaker 2: You'll hear a piece or two of my own.
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  Speaker 3: I'm singing with a friend of mine who is wonderful,
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  Speaker 3: who has also helped write a couple songs and my
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  Speaker 3: album just gone.
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  Speaker 2: I forgive you.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, it's a collection of music that I've
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  Speaker 3: sung over the years and some songs that I've never sung.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm doing it for the first time for you,
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  Speaker 2: the audience. And it's a good night. It's just a
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  Speaker 2: good night.
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  Speaker 1: I read somewhere that you teased a special guest that
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  Speaker 1: we will all be familiar with. Is that true? Or
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  Speaker 1: do we now know who that is?
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  Speaker 2: You don't know who it is yet. I did tease,
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  Speaker 2: but they might not be able to come anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Would you like for me to fill in?
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  Speaker 2: You know what?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what my assignment would be, but I
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  Speaker 1: have a, I'm a great, I have great spirit. Come on.
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  Speaker 2: That's all we need.
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  Speaker 1: Good spirit. Now, when you rehearse, your voice is just,
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  Speaker 1: it's so signature and, and the, and it's remarkable. When
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  Speaker 1: you rehearse, do you have to hold back?
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  Speaker 2: I try to.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not very good at doing that because I really
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  Speaker 3: love the sound of the music. I get carried away
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  Speaker 3: sometimes when I'm rehearsing, but I try to hold back
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  Speaker 3: so I can sing the show. When I'm rehearsing, I'm
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  Speaker 3: rehearsing to literally an empty space and I get carried away.
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  Speaker 1: You feel the saw, you feel it all and you
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  Speaker 1: go full voice. I, I'm not going to get into detail,
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  Speaker 1: but you are, we're on a zoom as well. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm seeing that your, your nails for today. Well, I don't,
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  Speaker 1: I just, I'm getting glimpses of those. Well, will you
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  Speaker 1: have something special for Thursday night? That's different. Or those,
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  Speaker 1: those show nails.
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  Speaker 2: These, these are for what I'm doing now. We'll have
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  Speaker 2: something different. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: See just right there. I mean, you got it all
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  Speaker 1: there with Cynthia. I'm super excited for you to be
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  Speaker 1: here to do this. And it's only this night. It's
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  Speaker 1: only one night.
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  Speaker 2: Only one night. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What's, what do you, what, where do you go from there? What, what's,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to know, like, what's, what's in your diary?
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  Speaker 3: So I go to Arizona for three days and I
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  Speaker 3: come back to London to do SNL UK.
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  Speaker 1: Well, no slow motion for Cynthia Erivo. Great to see you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on. Cynthia Erivo, let me sing
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  Speaker 1: to you with special guests, Tanya Sisney or me, maybe
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  Speaker 1: in the audience doing something, bringing the spirit and good luck.
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  Speaker 1: Have so much fun. Great to see all your success.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: You take care.
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  Speaker 2: Bye.
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  Speaker 1: Bye. You know, when you meet people like that, one, me,
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  Speaker 1: I realize we don't, I don't have a skill. It's true.
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  Speaker 1: Like I meet someone like that. I'm like, gosh, that's
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  Speaker 1: what talent is.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: What do you do?