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ATG Detroit's 2026/2027 Broadway Season with Amber Rasho | The BSB Podcast · The BSB Podcast

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  The theater season here in Detroit is almost upon us.
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  In today's episode of the BSB podcast,
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  we're joined by ATD Detroit's Amber Rasho to talk about what is shaping up
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  to be a truly spectacular season.
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  Thank you so much for coming on today,
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  Amber, and talking with us.
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  Thank you so much for having me,
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  Brian. I'm so excited.
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  This is truly a season that is going to be all glitz and glam.
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  how would you describe the overall vibes of the twenty twenty six,
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  twenty twenty seven season here at ATG Detroit?
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  it's just gonna be a fun time.
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  I mean, like you mentioned, kinda our season is kind of designed through that glitz
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  and glamour. So it's just gonna be a fun time.
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  Either you're coming to see Gatsby or you're coming to see Death Becomes Her.
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  it's just gonna be a really fun time at the theater and I'm so excited
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  for the season.
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  I have to say this season is just it is so much spectacle.
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  I think that's one the one thing I was kind of taken away as I saw it ~
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  as you were kind of announcing the season and you were kind of teasing
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  and I was like,
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  Mm.
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  these are all shows from start to finish that are just huge Broadway shows.
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  but which one are you kind of most excited to see come to Detroit?
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  I am so excited for Oh, Mary honestly.
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  I that's one I haven't seen that I've I've been trying to get a ticket to,
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  but ~ I've only heard funny, ridiculous,
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  crash out things about the show.
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  So I'm very excited for for that to come out.
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  Oh, Mary! is one of those shows.
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  We got to see it last time we were in New York.
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  And it is a, it is hilarious. You are gonna cry.
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  Last so hard, you're gonna cry.
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  It's one of those shows that like it's kind of a wild card.
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  When you're kind of looking at some of the seasons,
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  I was like, it's a play. A lot of people don't come to plays,
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  but I think that has so much stage presence of a show that like people
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  are going to be coming to the show and flocking to it.
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  Yeah, I'm super excited. At one of our conferences we got kind of ~
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  a little speech from Cola Scola and just hearing him talk like I already know that
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  whatever he creates is just gonna be magic and it's gonna be hilarious.
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  So I'm super excited for that.
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  Absolutely. And that's one of the ones too that I think that's going to have
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  a like you almost need somebody iconic to play Mary,
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  you know. So I think that's gonna be the one that's gonna have a name people
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  are gonna easily recognize as it comes through Detroit.
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  Yes, we did s hear that ~ that announcement is coming very soon.
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  So that's definitely something I'm gonna look out for within this next month or so.
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  But very excited for that.
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  ~ but you're kind of starting the season with a big show.
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  The Notebook
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  Mm-hmm.
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  is coming here in September. And
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  Mm-hmm.
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  I have to say that I think this is one of those shows that I hear I mean,
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  I hear so many people talking about it.
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  It's all over social media. This is one of those ones that people really recognize
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  the name. They recognize the brand.
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  There's a lot of appeal to that.
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  Why do you think that it's appealing to so many people?
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  I mean the the the movie is so iconic.
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  I mean you know so many iconic lines,
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  iconic scenes. ~ and what better way to launch a season with making everybody
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  cry and making
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  Ha ha.
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  them making their hearts warm with such a beautiful and well known love story.
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  So I I'm excited for that to launch our our season here in September.
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  Yeah, 'cause that was a big show on Broadway.
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  I mean, it brought people to tears.
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  They were walking out of the theater just absolutely crying and devastated.
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  ~ in like a good way. But like that is it's awesome to have something as
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  big as that to kind of kick off ~ the season here.
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  Yeah, just just tug on your heartstrings a little bit.
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  I know I've seen like branded the notebook tissue boxes that they've sent
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  us and stuff. So definitely
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  Ha ha
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  fun. ~ we had an event earlier this year with we did a scavenger hunt.
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  In our scavenger hunt, we let people write letters to the fisher or love letters
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  to the fisher. So that's kind of a fun thing I wanna include when people come
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  to the show as well. Just write a little love letter to the fisher
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  and your favorite memories.
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  I love that you always are doing so much to bring people in.
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  It's not just coming to see a show,
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  it's like a whole experience here at the Fisher Theater.
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  Mm. Yeah, we wanna make a time memorable.
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  I know you know you're coming for the shows,
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  but I think it's really the little small details like getting a photo
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  in front of the Set and Repeat or getting a special themed cocktail or something.
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  I think those little moments kind of just add to the memory that we're already
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  creating.
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  absolutely. I I wanna say that I feel like it's been really pushing towards that
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  over the past couple of years.
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  I remember when I first started coming here,
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  there wasn't always like a themed drink I felt like,
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  you know, or something special like that.
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  And now it truly feels like you're walking in and you could spend just
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  as much time in the lobby as you are actually going to your seats
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  and getting ready for the show.
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  Yeah, absolutely. And we have such a beautiful lobby,
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  so we really encourage people to to come early or even take advantages of
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  one of our lounges before this show just to kind of make make more memories while
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  you're here.
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  Sure, absolutely. So speaking of those memories,
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  have you seen the notebook?
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  I have not. I have not, but I'm very excited for it.
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  I I've seen the movie of course and
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  Sure.
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  I know, but I have not seen the show yet.
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  And I'm a sucker for a rain scene after seeing the outsiders.
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  So I'm very excited for that.
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  that's
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  such an iconic scene in the outsider,
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  so I can only imagine how it's gonna be in the notebook.
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  Yeah. Yeah.
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  ~
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  I am anticipating being I I am a big crier,
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  I'm a big baby when it comes to shows like this.
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  So I am at fully anticipating being absolute wreck when I'm leaving
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  the Fisher Theater when that one's c when that one's here.
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  Yeah, absolutely.
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  And then it leads into maybe happy ending,
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  which is again another love story.
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  There's a lot of love stories this season,
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  which is not a bad thing. I think that that really does appeal to a lot of people.
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  ~ but this one's a little different.
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  This one, you know, doesn't have the the brand recognition necessarily.
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  It does have kind of the ~ the word of mouth or like the accolades that
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  it holds because it has won a lot of Tony Awards.
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  So how do you think this one kind of maybe stands out when a lot of them
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  do have that brand recognition that's coming with them this season?
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  well it did win the Tony Award for Best Musical ~ last year,
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  I believe. So that does kind of help give it the recognition.
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  Most people kind of recognize like Darren Criss originated the role and Helen Shen.
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  So we definitely wanna wanna push that this is a love story.
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  It's different.
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  It's shorter too. It's a one act show,
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  so no intermission, so quick in and out.
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  So it's definitely different from the kind of normal things that people
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  see and recognize. So we do wanna wanna let people know that it's
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  a love story between two robots who kind of find each other and find love
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  and it's it's cutesy and I'm very excited for it to come here.
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  We got to see this one in January as well.
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  And this is one of the ones in NYC that we were blown away by
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  the the technical aspects of this,
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  like the lighting and the stage design.
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  And those are some of the coolest things I think that really stand out
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  as people are going into the show.
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  Like if you're not going just for the romance and the in the storyline that's there,
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  you're gonna be amazed by how they're pulling off some of the cool light designs,
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  you know, and how they're moving the stage and how they're staging what it's like
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  to be in kind of like a futuristic ~ society.
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  Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing it all.
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  And with that one as well, I do love too that ~ it's kind of an allegory
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  for being different or maybe like being on the spectrum or like being,
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  you know, there's these things of like,
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  you know, Darren Criss character is very much ~ robotic because he is a robot.
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  And so like when you're kind of going there too.
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  As a psychologist, I was watching I like,
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  there's a lot to kind of dig in here with these characters.
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  So to see them kind of play on stage,
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  ~ it's gonna be cool in Detroit because I will say this.
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  I saw it seeing it in New York.
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  Those seats are very small for anyone that's tall.
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  ~ and a one act play can be very long.
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  But much like Hadestown when I went and saw Hadestown here,
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  the Fisher has perfect seats. They have like they're the perfect amount
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  of leg room and stuff like that.
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  I think this is the ideal space to kind of enjoy a show,
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  like maybe happy ending where it is that hour,
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  an hour and fifty minute show without getting up and moving because
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  you don't have to feel so crowded and secluded.
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  And so I think this is a perfect home for that is what I've tried to say.
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  Yeah, absolutely. We're looking forward to it.
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  You know, just come, relax, enjoy,
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  grab a drink, and I'm very excited for it.
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  Now the Great Gatsby, you have you seen the Great Gatsby?
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  Have you read The Great Gatsby?
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  Are you familiar with the Great Gatsby?
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  All of it. I've read it, I've seen the movie,
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  I've seen the show. Everything.
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  So how would you feel like it kind of compares to the book when you're kind
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  of bringing it to stage? Do you d do you love the glitz and the glam of it?
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  Because I feel like that's what the season's kind of based on,
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  is that glitz glam of the Roaring Twenties?
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  Yeah, I think that's definitely the main focal point of the Great Gatsby
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  is the glitz and glamour of the show.
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  I mean, the costumes are beautiful,
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  the set is stunning. you you really feel like you're in that kind of
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  roaring twenties feel with with the big mansion and and the car the car is so cool.
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  I mean the way the way they s they portray that Rolls Royce and have
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  it drive and everything. So ~ I'm very excited for it.
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  I think I think people are gonna enjoy it.
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  It's definitely gonna draw in a lot of people.
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  It's gonna draw in a lot of schools that are reading the books.
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  So and we have it during Thanksgiving,
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  which I think is a fun time for people to kinda get out while they're here
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  for the holidays.
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  Yeah, that that that ~ that's the the school thing is very I think you're right.
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  It's gonna have a lot of schools.
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  ~ I remember growing up and reading this.
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  I read it again in college. It has a lot of,
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  you know, ~ theatrical things that you can kind of pick up on,
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  or thematic things, I should say.
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  ~ and so being able to kind of play that and have that,
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  it's gonna draw in families, it's gonna draw in ~ schools,
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  but it's really it is one of the most gorgeous shows we've probably I mean,
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  not to say that they're not all gorgeous,
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  but like it is so beautiful.
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  how the set design and everything came together for the great Gatsby.
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  I'm so excited for people to see that.
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  Yeah, it's definitely gorgeous.
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  It's a big spectacle. So I'm looking forward to it.
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  And and what better way to, you know,
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  to celebrate the holiday season than with a show with family?
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  which kind of takes us to the the boop the musical as well,
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  which I think is again another incredible show.
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  I have not seen this one. I have the two shows I've not seen this season.
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  I have not seen the notebook, I have not seen Boop the Musical.
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  But this one had a really great ~ I would say social media campaign to kind
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  of bring this one when it was on Broadway.
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  ~ well, first off, have you got to see this one yet?
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  So I didn't see the actual show,
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  but when we were there for a conference,
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  they actually gave us like three to four performances of the show.
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  So I I saw a good amount and it's super cute.
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  I'm really excited. They kinda have this little black and white theme going where
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  they switch from black to white and or a black and white to color.
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  And it's super cute. It's it's super creative and I'm very excited
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  to see that translate on tour.
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  Do you feel like it captures kind of what makes Betty Boop special?
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  Yeah, I mean, she she was such an iconic role and ~ portraying her in that black
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  and white and kind of throwing her into the real world and in a world
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  of color and something so different and allowing to explore herself
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  and her character. It's kind of what the story is leaning towards.
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  And it's super cute. It's fun for all ages.
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  We don't really have a show this season that's designated for kids,
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  but this is definitely one for the younger kids,
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  the parents, the grandparents,
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  something that everyone can enjoy and kind of knows about Betty Boop.
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  In a sense.
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  It kind of makes sense too that you have it paired with the great Gatsby.
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  Like ti like it it lined up perfectly that holiday season,
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  the families of the younger the youngish kids,
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  you know, younger families. It makes sense to kind of have those
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  two paired together when it's coming through Detroit.
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  ~
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  Mm-hmm.
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  but I think that also correct me wrong,
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  but Boop also really kinda harkens back like a old school Broadway feel too,
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  with like you said, that black and white feel,
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  the the the way that it's kinda like show stopping dancy,
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  ~ again capturing the glitz and the glam,
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  the glitter, what makes kind of Hollywood or
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  Hollywood ~ Broadway special. would you say that kinda has that old school feel?
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  Yeah, I think it it definitely plays into like the l am animated version
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  of Betty and kind of the way she talks,
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  the way she moves and everything.
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  And I think it's always so creative when you kind of translate an animated movie
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  or role into the into the stage and kind of see how those actors adapt that.
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  So it it's really fun.
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  Absolutely. And I think again,
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  a great way to end twenty twenty six.
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  Like when you're this I always think of kind of like the benchmark show
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  of like how do you end a season?
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  And last year we had Shucked and that was the perfect way to kind
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  of like celebrate family and to kind of get together with people.
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  ~ and so this one kind of too,
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  it just feels like very joyful.
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  I feel like it kinda has that that little bit of ~ I don't know,
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  it's it's hitting something. It's not nostalgia,
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  but there's like a good joyful feeling about having Betty Boob kind
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  of be the closing of twenty twenty six.
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  Yeah, she's so happy and cutesy and we're excited to have her in Detroit.
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  And then Operation Mincemeat. I mean,
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  this is the second to last main show of the season.
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  ~ and I do have to say that this show caught us by surprise when we went
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  to NYC because we weren't expecting to laugh as much as we were gonna laugh
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  in this show. This show is probably going to I think it's gonna be the
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  ~ like the dark horse of of Detroit for a lot of people.
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  They're gonna go in and not expecting it to be so funny and walk away
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  and just talking about this one more so than maybe any other show that's coming
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  through Detroit.
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  Yeah. Absolutely. I think it's best to go in completely blind.
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  I mean I kinda like read the bio,
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  but going in not knowing anything about the operation or about how how
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  it went down is best. But the way they put it together,
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  the script is so quick, it's so witty,
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  it's so clever and fun. And yeah,
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  I didn't think I would like it as much as I did,
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  but the way that those ~ five actors play,
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  I believe, eighty-three characters throughout the entire
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  Yes.
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  show is
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  Absolutely insane. I mean, it's a marathon the entire way through,
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  but it it's such a fun ride to be on.
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  It's kind of reminds you of like the old slapstick,
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  like ~ what is it, like the three stooges almost the way that they're kind
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  of running around stage, but it's done so well.
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  Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, absolutely.
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  And it
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  And I would say that this is one that I think too that the like if you listen
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  to the music beforehand, like it's fine,
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  but like truly I think you're right.
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  Going into it blind and just absorbing everything about the show is the best
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  way to do it because so much story is told through the music that
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  you might listen to the music and not be
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  as wowed as you would as you go in and you just see Operation Mincement come
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  to life on stage 'cause that's where the magic really happens.
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  Yeah, ~ seeing them on stage and doing all that is definitely different from
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  listening. I mean, your emotions are going up and down throughout the whole show,
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  like one minute you're crying,
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  one minute you're sad, one minute you're like,
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  Wait, is can I trust this person?
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  And i you kinda go through that the entire show until the very end.
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  I remember and I'm not gonna spoil it for anybody,
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  but there's one scene where I was laughing and the next thing RJ looked over
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  and I was sobbing and I was just like I just could not stop crying.
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  And then you just right back into the funny.
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  And so it has a lot of heart, it has a lot of like action and adventure,
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  has a lot of comedy. ~ this was when I was actually telling my nephew,
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  who's about seventeen, he's kind of sort of getting into Broadway a little
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  bit very casually, and I said,
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  If there's one show you're gonna go with me this year,
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  I think they should be Operation Mincemeat but I like go in blind,
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  let enjoy it. I think you're gonna be pleasantly surprised.
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  by what this is like and I think a lot of people are gonna be that way.
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  Yeah, especially since there's not much brand recognition of the show.
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  I feel like once people see it,
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  they're actually gonna be very shocked on how impressed they're they're gonna
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  be with the show.
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  Absolutely. And then of course,
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  my favorite is closing out the season.
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  And I know you didn't make the decision,
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  Amber, but I'm gonna thank you anyways.
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  Death Becomes Her is by far ~ one of my favorite Broadway shows to ever exist.
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  ~
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  Nice.
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  and I have been patiently waiting,
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  even though it's not been that long,
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  for it to come to Detroit, because when I saw it in New York,
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  I had told my sister and my mom ~ that when it comes,
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  we're gonna go see it because I grew up on watching this movie.
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  They wa my sister introduced me to it.
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  There is a little bit of that brand recognition,
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  but it's not so much that like you're going to have too much of a mental image
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  of what it is. And it is such a such a cool show.
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  What do you think like what do you think it is about this show that maybe speaks
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  to you or is going to speak to people as they come to the Fisher Theater?
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  Or no, this is at Detroit Opera House.
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  This is this
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  Sorry.
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  one is at the Detroit Opera House.
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  Yeah, big stage, big staircase.
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  It can't fit at the fisture, unfortunately.
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  But yeah, but I think
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  Huge staircase.
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  similar to Mincemeat like it's clever.
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  It's fun it's a really funny show.
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  I mean, the way they portray the characters and everything.
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  I I haven't seen the stage show yet,
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  so you hyping it up got me really excited.
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  And I actually just recently saw the movie for the first time,
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  but
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  I mean I've seen like little TikTok clips and everyone doing
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  the little TikTok trends. So I think that when when it was kind of hyped
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  up like that is definitely gonna like recognize in a sense.
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  But ~ I'm very excited to see how they put it all together on the tour.
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  I do have to ask you just because I'm an nerd that way,
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  did you like the movie? 'Cause a lot of people that have loved the show didn't love
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  the movie. And so I think that's interesting that like you can love
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  the movie and love the show, but you don't have to love the show or love
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  the movie to love the show.
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  I like I liked the the movie a lot.
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  I mean, it's fun, it's heartfelt,
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  like it's it's it's not you don't have to think too much about it,
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  but ~ also just have a good fun fun time with the characters.
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  It is such a fun show. I remember like I I would compare it to almost like what
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  people would call like a popcorn movie,
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  where like you don't have to go in and like analyze everything,
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  but there's something on stage for you to s take in and see from the moment
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  you go in, like the spectacleness of it,
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  the the songs, the the acting.
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  ~ it is truly gonna be I think it's gonna be something special.
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  And especially like you said, the staircase that's too big for the Fisher.
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  There's a reason it needs to be that big and it's so cool.
• 16:30
  Yeah. And definitely playing into the glitz and glamour of our season.
• 16:32
  I mean the girls are fabulous,
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  so
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  Yeah.
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  And they announced the the cast too and it is it's a sacked cast.
• 16:39
  Like again, like these are some big names touring on the show ~
• 16:43
  to bring Death Becomes Her to life And so I I cannot praise this show enough
• 16:47
  and I'm so excited to see it. When you see me that night,
• 16:50
  Amber, I'm gonna probably be so giddy because this is just an incredible show.
• 16:53
  This is a show that I'm also gonna turn out multiple times to see.
• 16:55
  And I think that's quite a few of the shows this season that you mentioned
• 16:58
  are gonna be shows that people are gonna come back for.
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  You know what I mean?
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  Yeah. I'm gonna look out for you on press night,
• 17:03
  so we're we're gonna have fun.
• 17:06
  But y you know, you already mentioned O'Mary as a bonus show,
• 17:09
  but there's even more bonus shows.
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  You have incredibly stacked casts.
• 17:13
  But again, you're starting this season with the bonus shows with
• 17:17
  a nostalgic show for a lot of people.
• 17:19
  Mm-hmm.
• 17:20
  Dirty Dancing the Musical, which was one I will be honest,
• 17:23
  I was not expecting to ever come to tour.
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  ~ I I didn't know it was even a thing until you guys announced it,
• 17:29
  which was so cool. This is a show that my mom,
• 17:32
  as soon as she saw it advertised on television,
• 17:34
  I think it was, she was like,
• 17:36
  Dirty Dance is coming, we have to go see that one.
• 17:38
  ~
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  Mm-hmm.
• 17:39
  what is it like to kind of have that,
• 17:40
  you know, this one that people grew up on come to the stage now in a new way?
• 17:45
  Yeah, it's it's always fun when when the movies come.
• 17:47
  I mean, people recognize the title so much.
• 17:50
  People grew up with the movie,
• 17:51
  grew up with the music. So we're very excited.
• 17:54
  We did have like a like a movie shadow cast version a couple of times come through
• 17:59
  and everyone was like, When are we getting the stage version?
• 18:00
  So it's finally nice to kind of feed the fans and and give what they want.
• 18:04
  I mean, people we've had Mamma Mia three times since I've been here and sold
• 18:08
  it out almost every
• 18:08
  Yes.
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  time. So people really love those feel-good,
• 18:11
  good time kind of ~ movie to stage adapt.
• 18:15
  Yeah.
• 18:16
  I was gonna say this is one of those I would consider almost like a crowd pleaser.
• 18:19
  Like this is like doesn't just bring in theater people.
• 18:22
  You know, some of the other shows they maybe aren't gonna bring in,
• 18:25
  like the casual viewers might not come in necessarily as much as like
• 18:28
  the the the people who love theater are gonna come and see them.
• 18:30
  But this is one where like everybody from every walk of life is gonna
• 18:34
  be showing up if they have some kind of connection to dirty dancing.
• 18:37
  ~ you mentioned about me. I also think of like the Tina Turner show that came
• 18:41
  through. ~ that people just they turned out
• 18:44
  For in such a huge way. And there's such like a different feel.
• 18:46
  There's a different energy to it ~ that I think is gonna really make dirty dancing
• 18:51
  iconic here.
• 18:52
  Yeah, I think it's just that people recognize it and they want to kind
• 18:55
  of relive or get a little nostalgic that really is a draw to these shows.
• 18:59
  So we're excited for
• 19:01
  And speaking of shows that are that have come through multiple times,
• 19:03
  Six the Musical is coming back.
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  That was your recent announcement.
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  And this one is a powerhouse. This one does not stop.
• 19:11
  Like it keeps coming in, it keeps bringing in people.
• 19:14
  W it kind of has like a mass appeal.
• 19:16
  Like Hamilton, what is it about Six the Musical that you think that really speaks
• 19:20
  to Detroiters?
• 19:21
  Yeah Detroit loves this show. I mean,
• 19:23
  we had it for three
• 19:23
  Yeah.
• 19:24
  weeks the first time it came, and then when it came back for the first return
• 19:27
  a week, it was almost sold out and we anticipate it's gonna do the same thing.
• 19:30
  I mean, I have people come up to me and say,
• 19:32
  This is my eighth time coming to six and I don't blame them because this
• 19:37
  is one of my favorite shows as well.
• 19:39
  Yes.
• 19:39
  ~
• 19:40
  it's so fun. It's so it's the
• 19:43
  The songs are so clever. And if you like concerts and live events,
• 19:47
  like this is definitely the show to go to because it feels like you're at a concert.
• 19:51
  Absolutely and it blends that so beautifully of like it is it's theater,
• 19:55
  Mm-hmm.
• 19:56
  but it's also a concert, and it's not super long of a show either.
• 19:59
  No, not at all. And actually my birthday is the week that it's here.
• 20:03
  And I told all of my friends, I
• 20:04
  Yeah.
• 20:04
  go, We're we're going we're all going out and seeing six.
• 20:07
  They they fight me on whenever I make them go to shows,
• 20:10
  but I like, No, we're all going to see six and it's gonna be such a fun time.
• 20:13
  And I think that's the biggest draw of it.
• 20:15
  Like bring your girls, bring your friends and just come see it
• 20:18
  and experience it 'cause it's it'll just be a really fun time.
• 20:22
  It is a truly a spectacle of a night.
• 20:24
  And I will say this just to warn anybody who's looking for tickets as well.
• 20:26
  When they drop, get them early,
• 20:29
  because Six does sell very quickly,
• 20:32
  kinda like Hamilton, because like you said,
• 20:34
  everybody's showing out. Like this is just I think spic Six has spoken across
• 20:40
  all like all boundaries of people to really just be a show,
• 20:42
  kind of about empowerment, but also just to kind of have fun and let loose
• 20:45
  a little bit and have that that feel of like this is what fun is.
• 20:49
  Mm. Yeah, absolutely. Come out and get your tickets.
• 20:52
  And it's a good point because please get your tickets
• 20:55
  at us.atgtickets.com/detroit I remember when we had six last time we dealt with
• 21:01
  a lot of scam tickets. ~
• 21:03
  Yes.
• 21:04
  we actually it was a a news story.
• 21:06
  Someone actually like their account got hacked and someone stole their tickets that
• 21:10
  they had bought for their daughter.
• 21:12
  So it's just we stressed it so much to please
• 21:15
  shop directly from a source rather than most third party websites.
• 21:18
  Cause we want everyone to experience it and have a good time.
• 21:21
  Like, and that tells you how powerful the show is.
• 21:23
  People are scamming each other to get there because they want those tickets,
• 21:27
  they are hot commodities. ~ and truly.
• 21:29
  Mm. That show
• 21:30
  Hamilton, like we see it all. Mm hmm.
• 21:33
  Mama Mia is another one too, right?
• 21:34
  Where it's just it sells out. ~
• 21:35
  Yeah.
• 21:38
  and it's only here for a short time.
• 21:39
  You only have it November third through the eighth.
• 21:41
  So like you have like what that's six days to get your tickets and really make sure
• 21:44
  Mm-hmm. Yeah.
• 21:45
  you see this.
• 21:47
  but before we move on to the last show,
• 21:48
  I do have to know who is your queen?
• 21:50
  ~ I love Anne Boleyn. She's just so sassy and ~ I think she's just so fun.
• 21:56
  I love her.
• 21:58
  I ha I've seen six six times. This will be my seventh time this time.
• 22:02
  Nice.
• 22:03
  I'm and I might be going multiple times.
• 22:04
  And every time I walk away with a new favorite queen,
• 22:06
  I and I think that's what cool about it too,
• 22:08
  is like no matter like when you go in your life,
• 22:10
  you can connect to them at different times depending on what you're kind
• 22:13
  of feeling and stuff. ~ and they're all fully formed people as well.
• 22:16
  I think that sometimes when you have shows that are very quick or they
• 22:20
  are a little more concert you don't always get fully formed individuals,
• 22:22
  but they are real humans in a way up on stage.
• 22:26
  Giving their all and so it's it is truly magical.
• 22:29
  Yeah, and you get just the right amount of each one to understand who they
• 22:32
  are and their story and it it's so fun.
• 22:34
  I'm excited.
• 22:36
  And then of course the last bonus show that's already been that's been announced,
• 22:38
  I should say, is Water for Elephants,
• 22:40
  which is coming in March. ~ this one I saw in New York as well.
• 22:44
  This is s an interesting show because I think it's we don't often get
• 22:49
  the circus in the theater. Have
• 22:51
  No.
• 22:52
  ~ do you I I I'll just say that I don't even have to ask questions.
• 22:56
  I think this is gonna appeal to a lot of people because we don't always have
• 22:59
  a lot of theater like a lot of ~ circuses the way that this is portrayed,
• 23:03
  like the big flashy
• 23:05
  I mean they bring spoiler to anybody,
• 23:07
  there might be an elephant in this show.
• 23:09
  Like, and it's truly one of those things that's truly awesome to see.
• 23:15
  Do you do you see that the the circus aspect of this or the spectacle of this?
• 23:19
  I guess what are your kind of thoughts on this show?
• 23:22
  Yeah, I mean th the circus aspect is one of the most jaw dropping appeals
• 23:27
  of the show 'cause they they climb on each other,
• 23:30
  they throw each other, they like the acrobatic and athleticism of these actors that
• 23:34
  are selected for the show are unlike I've seen in any other Broadway show.
• 23:39
  ~ they do a really great job
• 23:40
  Truly.
• 23:40
  of like authenticating it and making you feel like you are in an actual circus.
• 23:44
  and there's just so many other elements of the show,
• 23:47
  like the puppetry, the love story.
• 23:49
  So it kind of all combines all those elements while including that
• 23:53
  fun and circus theme into the show.
• 23:55
  When I saw this in New York, I have to say that they a lot when we were walking out,
• 23:58
  a lot of people mentioned that like in New York specifically,
• 24:01
  you don't see circuses like at all.
• 24:03
  And so they
• 24:03
  Mm-hmm.
• 24:03
  were going to the show for that 'cause it's like there's animals
• 24:07
  and there's people in in in makeup as animals,
• 24:09
  there's puppets as animals, there's like this blend of everything.
• 24:11
  The acrobats are some like how they pull off the acrobats every single night
• 24:16
  to to so much fanfare is is inc it's just so incredible to watch it kind
• 24:20
  of come to life that way.
• 24:21
  Yeah, and I I'm very curious on how they're gonna translate to the stage 'cause like
• 24:25
  if you've been to the first show,
• 24:26
  like I feel like someone's gonna go through the roof or something if they throw
• 24:28
  Ha ha.
• 24:28
  up there.
• 24:29
  So I I'm super excited for it.
• 24:32
  But yeah, it it's gonna be a good a good time.
• 24:34
  So this is already an incredible season.
• 24:36
  I mean, there's so many shows.
• 24:38
  I what, six? And then there's four.
• 24:40
  There's ten already announced.
• 24:42
  And plus you have so many other things going on at the Fisher Theater.
• 24:45
  ~ but does ATG have more surprises up their sleeves?
• 24:49
  We always have more surprises
• 24:51
  up our sleeves. I mean, as you see,
• 24:53
  we we're we're confirming shows all the time,
• 24:55
  whether it's a new comedy show,
• 24:57
  whether it's we've been doing like a lot of like screening orchestras,
• 25:01
  ~ like we just like we just announced like Legend of Korra,
• 25:05
  Sonic, or movie screenings like Rocky or the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• 25:09
  So we always have something coming in that kind of will appeal
• 25:13
  to all audience rather than just the theater audiences that we usually see.
• 25:17
  I will say that last year we got to do some of the we got to go to
• 25:19
  the Witcher ~ show.
• 25:20
  Mm-hmm. Nice.
• 25:21
  We got to go to Rocky Horror, and there was so much,
• 25:24
  ~ it's so different to see the the space used differently.
• 25:28
  Like you're kind of harkening back to some of the original movie theater vibes
• 25:32
  of the Fisher Theater, but also getting to see the music of The Witcher come alive.
• 25:37
  Like, I'm so excited for Legend of Korra My nephew won't stop talking about it.
• 25:40
  So, like, there is some so many different things,
• 25:43
  that you can do with your family or things like Blippy,
• 25:45
  you know, that like you could take your really young kids there and have
• 25:48
  a day out at the Fisher Theater and just have fun as a family that
• 25:52
  you can't you can't go wrong.
• 25:53
  Yeah, I mean th the building and the theater are so beautiful,
• 25:56
  so we're kinda glad that we can fill up more more days with more events while while
• 26:01
  we have it.
• 26:02
  And so for those looking to purchase individual or season tickets or find
• 26:05
  out more information, where should they go?
• 26:07
  So you can head over to us.atg tickets.com slash Detroit.
• 26:12
  ~ our former link Broadway in Detroit still does work and we'll redirect
• 26:16
  you to that page as well. But yeah,
• 26:19
  make sure to check it out. We have season tickets on sale right now.
• 26:21
  So as you mentioned, we have the six show packages and you can add on
• 26:25
  any of the Broadway shows as well to make it seven,
• 26:27
  eight, nine, ten ~ show package.
• 26:29
  So yeah, you can find all of our tickets and information there and
• 26:33
  atg Detroit for our Instagram and
• 26:36
  Broadway and Detroit for our Facebook at the moment because Meta does
• 26:39
  not like me and will not change the name,
• 26:41
  but we'll figure it out one day.
• 26:43
  It's such a hassle. ~
• 26:46
  but you're saying that so if people get the the season package,
• 26:49
  they can add on the four other shows if they want to see come out and see them.
• 26:52
  Yep, yep. ~ all the shows that we mentioned right now are available
• 26:55
  to our subscribers to purchase,
• 26:57
  even Water For Elephants and Oh, Mary!
• 26:58
  which are not available to the public yet.
• 27:00
  But yep, our season ticket holders get first access to that.
• 27:05
  So it's beneficial to be a seasoned subscriber here at ATG Detroit.
• 27:09
  beneficial, you get all those benefits,
• 27:11
  you get those are your seats So you can if there's a seed you love,
• 27:15
  that will be your seat for the season.
• 27:16
  And you always get first access to ~ any of our shows coming up.
• 27:21
  Awesome. Thank you so much for being here,
• 27:23
  Amber, talking about the season.
• 27:24
  We are so excited for the 2026,
• 27:26
  2027 season to arrive. ~ I'm literally been buzzing about it for days
• 27:31
  and we're only in July right now.
• 27:32
  ~ but thank you for being here to talk about it.
• 27:35
  Yeah, thank you so much for having me and I'm looking forward
• 27:36
  to another fantastic season.
• 27:38
  So as Amber said, for more information about the incredible shows arriving,
• 27:41
  check out ATD Detroit's website and we'll see you at the Fisher Theater.