♪♪ Man: Garen, slide in.

Slide -- Slide in.

Ah!

Ah!

Oh, oh.

[ Laughs ] Ohh.

Oh, yes.

That's good.

That's good.

That's good.

Ohh, okay.

I can feel body rejuvenating.

Ooh, yes.

♪♪ Garen: The lives of Broadway performers are busy.

They only have a few short hours between their matinee and evening performances, and they're giving us an inside look, from grabbing a bite to unwinding, plus a backstage tour.

Have you ever wanted to see what we do in the time sandwiched between performances?

Follow along and find out.

This is "Broadway Sandwich."

♪♪ Hello, gorgeous.

Today, we're at a show about Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side of Manhattan who's told she'll never become a star.

But Fanny, of course, proves everyone wrong and becomes one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

We're at "Funny Girl."

♪♪ The original theatrical production and movie made Barbra Streisand a star and earned her her first Oscar.

The show features musical theater hits like "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "People."

Today we're meeting up with Leslie Flesner.

"Funny Girl" is Leslie's ninth Broadway show.

She's a true triple threat, which has kept her in high demand.

Leslie and I have been friends ever since we were in the Broadway company of "An American in Paris" together.

She's the best.

Ah!

Leslie!

Hi!

Oh!

Ohh!

It's so good to see you!

You, too.

How was your first show?

It was great.

Okay, I don't want to rain on your parade... Mm.

...but you do have a second show later.

I do.

I'm so glad we get to hang out, but what are we doing in the time sandwiched between your matinee and evening show?

I thought, first, let's get a little bite at Dolly Varden, just around the corner.

Good, 'cause I'm starving.

I'm so hungry.

Great.

Okay.

And then, I heard about this amazing place called PRTL that has recovery tools.

Ooh.

Sauna... Oh, I love it.

...ice plunge.

Who couldn't use a little rejuvenation?

Yeah, a little rejuvenation.

Sounds good to me.

Then, if there's a little bit of time... Yeah?

...let's learn some showgirl choreography-y-y.

Okay, you're naturally going into a bevel!

Perfect!

And then I'll take you backstage.

I can't wait.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Boom!

♪♪ Garen: Oh, I love these.

Leslie: Ooh!

Me, too!

Okay, so, over oysters, you gotta tell me how you got into the business.

Pretend you don't know me.

Oh, okay.

My mom put me in Jenny's Dance School, I think, or Jenny's Dance Studio, the local dance studio, when I was a kid.

Sounds like a great school.

Fun fact -- I went to Miss Mona's School of Dance, Horseback Riding, and Voice in Roanoke, Virginia, for a summer.

So just -- Yeah, keep going.

Wait, voice, acting, horseback riding all in one?

Perfect.

No, I love it.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, don't they normally go together?

[ Laughs ] Yeah.

Okay.

So, Jenny's?

Went to Jenny's, and then really fell in love with dance.

Went to a proper ballet school.

I loved pretending that I was someone else.

I also loved the discipline.

And then, when I was in middle school, I started doing shows, and then was introduced to the world of musical theater.

Decided, "I think I want to do this professionally."

And I got lucky.

This is non-traditional, but moved to New York, and within a couple months of being in the city, I auditioned for a show called "Finian's Rainbow," and on our last day, we had a party, and they told us that it was going to Broadway.

So it went to Broadway.

That's a nice closing-night gift.

Yeah, yeah, "Surprise!"

Yeah, "Guess what?"

"We're going to the St.

James."

I was like, "What?"

I was 21, I had just moved to New York, I was so excited.

And have, thankfully and luckily, steadily worked on Broadway since then.

Yeah.

♪♪ Work, ribs, yes!

[ Laughs ] They're delicious.

♪♪ How many other Broadway shows did you do, and which ones?

A show called "Follies" starring Bernadette Peters, which is when I met her.

I've heard of her.

Yeah, causal.

"Chaplin" starring Rob McClure.

Oh, yeah.

Rob McClure, one of the best people in the business.

Love.

We love.

"Cinderella."

Mm-hmm.

"Honeymoon in Vegas."

After that, I think "An American in Paris"?

Sounds right.

Followed by "Hello, Dolly!," "Tootsie," and now "Funny Girl."

So that's nine?

Nine.

Wow.

What would you say to a younger version of yourself?

Mm!

Trust that, if you are kind, if you work hard, if you're a good person, and you're fun to be around -- Just be present, enjoy the experience.

Jobs will come.

And just enjoy the fact that you're in a Broadway show -- it's amazing -- instead of constantly thinking about what the next thing is going to be.

♪♪ Okay, so, let's talk about understudying.

Whew!

Yeah, baby.

'Cause it's a whole thing.

I think about a show as like a hamster wheel that's going.

And as an understudy, you just gotta hop on it, and you gotta go Double Dutch.

Double wheel.

Double Dutch.

Yeah.

It's also fun to exercise different muscles.

So, you're in your track, you're in your show every night, and then you get this opportunity to do something completely different.

You're not dancing.

You're actually singing three songs on Broadway.

You have to act in scenes opposite David Hyde Pierce.

It's fun.

You get to wear someone else's shoes for a night.

Wow, that was delicious.

Mm.

Should we go to the recovery place now?

Please!

♪♪ I started a company during the pandemic.

Our whole business completely shut down, obviously... Yeah.

Tell me about it.

...and we had all this creative energy, and I didn't know what to do with it.

I have 30 students who want to take a musical-theater jazz class.

I'll teach them rep from "Hello, Dolly!"

Yeah.

Leslie: So now we're doing that virtually and in person.

I love meeting young, hungry, hardworking, talented people.

Yeah.

And when I do meet kids like that, I will go to, like, any end to make their dreams possible.

Like, that inspires me.

That makes me excited.

Yeah.

That's really beautiful.

Yeah.

Mm... Can you give me a little sample of your off-key singing?

I used to do this to purposefully make you laugh... Uh-huh.

Yeah.

...backstage at "An American in Paris."

It worked every time.

Well, what song should we do?

We could do, like... "Happy Birthday"?

Yeah, "Happy Birthday" is great.

[ Off-key ] ♪ Happy birthday, dear Garen ♪ Oof!

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ [ Both laugh ] It's stupid.

It's so perfectly wrong.

It's so bad.

You're amazing.

♪♪ Open.

[ Buzzer ] Ga, ga, ga!

[ Laughs ] Pam: Hi, guys.

Hi, Pam!

Hi, Pam!

I'm so excited to have you here today.

Thanks for having us.

We can't wait.

Oh, you guys have no idea what you're in for.

So, we're going to start with the Normatec boots, which are a compression massage, so it's going to help with lymphatic drainage, clear out lactic acid, help boost your metabolism.

Love it.

Super, super relaxing.

♪♪ Look, brand-new legs.

♪♪ Okay, I heard this takes wrinkles away.

Get out of my way.

Okay, come on in.

♪♪ Pam: You guys ready?

Ready.

Ready.

Alright.

I'm gonna hand you guys eye patches.

Ooh, thank you.

So, this is all about sensory deprivation.

As soon as you cover up the eyes, the brain instantly starts to transfer [echoing] from the sympathetic into the parasympathetic nervous system.

[ Echoing ] Whoa.

Bye, world.

[ Gasps ] [ Echoing ] Oh, my God.

This is amazing.

Oh...my God.

Welcome back.

-[ Normal voice ] Hi.

-[ Normal voice ] Good morning.

Good morning.

How do you feel?

Wow.

Oh, my God.

That was incredible.

So rested.

That was my favorite thing we've done.

♪♪ [ Bubbling ] ♪♪ Okay.

So, you ready?

Yes.

Do like a count of three?

Together: Five, six, seven, eight.

Whoo!

[ Shrieks ] Cold, cold, cold, cold.

Oooooooh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Ooh!

[ Shrieks ] Oh, okay.

Oh, that's cold.

It's cold.

Okay.

Just take deep breaths.

Okay.

How long are we supposed to stay in here?

[ Woman speaking indistinctly ] Ooh!

[ Speaking indistinctly ] Get into it.

Okay.

Wow, I'm so enjoying this.

Oh, my God!

Get inside -- inside.

Aah!

[ Laughs ] Okay.

This is gonna be the best second show of your life.

It really is.

I promise.

My legs are gonna be numb.

It's gonna be really great.

Ooh!

[ Exhaling ] Okay, okay.

Okay, think we have to go.

We're getting up, we're getting up.

Are we good to go?

Let's go.

Okay, let's go.

[ Grunts ] We gotta do the show!

Never felt better.

Ohh!

Okay, here we go.

Alright, Leslie, you ready for your 60 Second Sandwich?

I'm nervous.

Yes, I'm ready.

I'm gonna put 60 seconds on the clock.

Answer as many questions as you can.

Okay.

Got it.

Ready to roll?

Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Here we go.

Okay.

IDanceAtVladimir's wants to know, "You're so talented."

That's really nice.

"What do you like to do best -- sing or dance?"

Both.

It's not...

Both, you heard her.

Dream dinner guest and alive?

Meryl Streep.

Mm!

Do you keep playbills from every show you see?

No.

Oh, well, there you have it.

We don't need clutter.

No, we don't.

No clutter, no clutter.

Minimalist.

No, we don't.

JustCruz1 wants to know, "Who is your favorite Real Housewife?"

That is impossible.

Ramona Singer, Dorinda.

I'm a Bethenny, personally.

You love Bethenny.

Coffee or tea?

Coffee.

Black?

No.

Almond, oat.

Almond, oat.

You're an almond, oat.

An almond, oat.

I love it!

Ever fully blanked onstage?

Yes.

What happened?

Improvise.

Recover.

Keep going.

Keep moving.

Got it together and kept moving.

20 seconds left.

Ever fully -- Oh, healthiest habit?

Sleep.

Sleep.

Favorite New York City restaurant for dinner before or after a show?

Gallaghers.

Ooh!

G. Connelly wants to know, "Ever accidentally sang someone else's part?"

Probably.

Oh, yeah.

And who cares?

Yeah.

Favorite song?

Favorite song?

"No One Is Alone."

Oh, so beautiful.

"Into the Woods"?

Yes.

Do you plan bathroom breaks during the show?

I don't plan them, but we have to go pee pee sometimes.

And they happen.

They happen.

Way to go.

That's one minute.

Whoo-hoo!

That was really well done.

Okay, walk this way.

Walk this way.

I feel so rejuvenated... Oh, I know.

...and fresh.

That was lovely.

My body feels so good.

Do you think you could teach me that dance move you promised me earlier?

Yes, a little showgirl choreo?

Little showgirl choreo.

Let's go.

Come on, let's do it.

Okay.

Okay, let me put this down.

What do we got?

Okay, okay.

Most importantly is the bevel.

You know what a bevel is.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Let's go.

You really wanna think about the body being like a pear shape.

Everything gets really tight.

Wing that heel forward.

Yep.

Gorgeous.

Think expensive.

You're wearing a million dollars' worth of diamonds, dripping.

Wow.

And let the breeze underneath your arms really sort of guide you as we're gonna take four steps forward.

I feel so elegant.

Yeah?

And a one, two, three, four.

Let's take a Soutenu turn with our right foot forward.

Yes!

Good!

Four more steps.

Boom.

Expensive, expensive, expensive.

Let's turn around, bring everything together.

Whoo!

Burst the flowers open.

Ahh!

Ah!

Oh, I fell!

[ Laughs ] [ Speaking indistinctly ] Showgirl dreams.

Expensive, expensive.

That's all it is, honey.

I love that!

You love!

♪♪ ♪♪ When they announced that "Funny Girl" was coming to Broadway, I got really excited, and my ears right away were like, doo, doo, doo, doo!

Yeah, yeah.

You know?

I love a revival, as we know.

Me, too.

Done a few revivals.

I knew that "Funny Girl" also featured tall, leggy showgirls, which I do a lot of those shows.

Yeah.

Garen: And what do you love about doing revivals?

I love doing a revival because there's so much nostalgia involved.

For instance, "Funny Girl," I grew up watching the movie.

I know the score.

I love Jule Styne.

There's almost that relationship with the audience that they know what this is, but they're excited to maybe see a new version of it.

It feels like a big hug.

You can feel them really lean in and get excited, sometimes sing along in areas.

Garen: Yes.

♪ Who told you you're allowed ♪ ♪ To rain on my parade?

♪ It's just fun.

You kind of have a head start with the audience.

Yes.

Yes.

Oh, before I get out of here, can you take me to your dressing room?

Yes.

Ooh, let's roll.

Let's do it.

♪♪ How many times a show do you do this?

Too many.

[ Laughs ] ♪♪ Oh, I love it!

[ British accent ] Here we are.

This is good.

You can showgirl everywhere around here.

Showgirl everywhere.

And here we are.

Leslie: Oh, and look, there's "MJ."

So, on Saturday nights, we do a Saturday night screen where we, like, wave and sing to each other.

That's really sweet.

They pop out their dressing rooms.

Yeah.

That's so nice.

These are our snacks.

Oh, hey, snack bar.

Hey, Cheez-Its.

That's really good.

Yeah.

Gotta have a mid-show snack.

You know I love a mid-show snack.

Most musicals, in Act II, they're wrapping up the love story between the principal characters.

Especially revivals.

Especially revivals.

Right.

So usually have a little break, so I like to order sushi in Act II, and we call it Act II-shi.

So, off camera a minute ago, you said that you were alerted that you might be doing a role that you don't even understudy tonight?

Yes.

Tell us a little bit about that.

So, I got a text that was like, "Hey, would you be willing to go in for Emma tomorrow?"

It's not a part that I understudy.

I don't know the lines.

I don't know the blocking.

I don't know anything.

I don't have costumes.

I don't have hai-- like...

I'm sweating.

Yeah.

I'm sweating.

No, but I was like, "Sure, we'll figure it out if it has to be that."

You know, I'm a "yes" person.

If it keeps the show up and running, let's do it.

Real -- That's show business.

Yes.

It's unpredictable.

It's live theater.

And the company's so supportive.

They would be amazing.

They would shove with love.

And they know that you'd be wonderful.

Explain what "shove with love" is.

"Shove with love" is when an understudy or someone who's not normally in a track is in, and maybe they're not exactly on their marks.

You'd politely just shove with love... Oh, thank you so much.

...and bring you over.

Yes.

Now I know where I am.

Oh, that's so sweet.

You're gonna go over one more this way.

Oh!

That's the most loving shove I've ever gotten in my life.

And then we're gonna exit.

We're gonna come this way.

Whoo!

That's a "shove with love."

Yes.

That's sweet.

"With love" is the most important thing.

Yeah, with love.

'Cause if you just shove, we don't like that.

I think I'm gonna shove with love.

Aww!

That's so nice!

A little shove and a showgirl walk.

Ohh, it's a double.

Double.

Yes!

Yes!

It's a showgirl shove with love.

Showgirl exit.

Ooh.

It's gorge.

We're putting you in, Garen.

You're on tonight.

Have a great one!

Bye!

No, I can't do it.

I'm busy.

See ya.

[ Leslie laughs ] Bye-bye!

♪♪ I'm Thought Number -- What'd you just call me?

You are -- Well, Thought Number 13.

Yes.

The white thought.

The white thought.

Yes, yes.

I'm still hoping for my audition when they audition for this show.

Hold out.

This is "Broadway Sandwich."

♪♪ Today, we're at a show that has won all the major awards -- the Tony, Pulitzer, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle.

It's a show about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer... Hey, now I get the title -- "A Strange Loop"!

♪ Big, Black, and queer-ass American Broadway ♪ ♪ Big, Black, and queer-ass American Broadway ♪ Garen: The cast members in the show let us into the main character's mind and portray his thoughts.

The show is funny, emotional, and non-traditional.

The show's creator, Michael R. Jackson, wrote the book, music, and lyrics to the show, which has taken Broadway by storm.

But it didn't happen overnight.

The journey to Broadway for this show took 20 years.

Our guest today is L Morgan Lee, who just made history as the first openly trans person ever to be nominated for a Tony Award.

And she did it for her Broadway debut.

She plays multiple characters that embody the main character's inner thoughts.

Garen: L Morgan!

How are you?

Aah!

Hello.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

So, how was your first show?

A lot.

It is a lot.

It's a lot.

It's a lot of amazing.

I have to tell you, I love this show.

Thank you.

You are fabulous in it.

Thank you.

So, what are we doing in the time sandwich between?

Well, we need to grab something to eat, so I figured we would stop by the deli next to our theater.

I go every day, and it's really good.

Convenient.

I need to look for a couch.

Some call it a sofa.

Little sofa shopping.

Why not?

And then I'll come back to the theater and show you around a little bit.

Sounds like a nice, little loop.

Oh, God.

Yes.

Yes, a loop.

Shall we?

It's just the beginning of the day.

Oh, my God!

Come on, L Morgan.

♪♪ Where did this all start?

How did you get into the theater?

I mean, the first memory is certainly my teachers in nursery school dolled me up with, like, lipstick and my clothing.

And I did "Karma Chameleon" by Boy George.

And my mom was like, "What in the world did you -- What did you do to my child?"

♪♪ This is a dream come true for me.

♪♪ You're the first person with trans experience to be nominated for a Tony Award, right?

So people are going to go to that right away, because it's such an amazing milestone and it's really important.

And there are barriers being broken.

Sure.

And young folks are seeing themselves represented in a different way.

My biggest mission is literally for, like, some kid like me to be able to, like, find me in the mix of things.

The idea that some kid could see what you're doing and, like, it somehow help them define themselves or help them to feel seen or help them to feel like they're not alone, those are the things that, like, make all the stuff that we experience worth it.

On your own path to self-discovery and self-affirmation, when did that happen?

Where along your journey did, you know, that start for you, in a different way?

I certainly always had feelings that certain things did not align.

I definitely have a memory of being like six years old and, like, being in my bedroom and, like, looking up at the sky in the middle of the night, crying and thinking, like, "If I woke up and I was a girl, everything would be perfect.

Everything would be better."

I will say, today, since then, waking up as a girl, it ain't all perfect or better or easy.

But -- But... [ Laughs ] But it's really important to me that... that trans people know... that you don't ever have to be anything other than yourself.

That's really important to me, because I think that we keep seeing so many -- All that we are shown on TV, all that we are shown in so many articles and in so many interviews is this sort of -- this obsession with before and afters and this sort of obsession with how far this human needed to go in order to feel affirmed.

And I don't want us to feel like we have to go that far, because there's nothing wrong with us.

And I -- If you needed to do these things to feel affirmed?

Amazing, beautiful.

Like, do it.

But you were great, day one.

And I think that it's really important that we see that day one was beautiful, this is what a trans person looks like.

We do live on this binary of right/wrong, yes/no, male/female, all of those things.

And that's never the case.

Life is complex and complicated and beautiful.

To me, transition was always learning to love and embrace the fullness of who you are.

Hey.

And if that is the thing, we are all transitioning constantly.

We should be.

Yeah.

Since people are -- I hope we are.

I hope we are always learning to love and embrace the fullness of who we are a little bit more.

Yeah.

♪♪ The Tony Awards.

Tony nomination -- You get a ton of attention, and you living your authentic self and being outspoken and telling your story have been really impactful for a lot of people.

Mm-hmm.

So, what has that experience been like for you?

People have this way of saying words like "trailblazer" and "ceiling breakers" and all these kinds of things, but I'm literally, like, just L Morgan trying to put one foot in front of the other.

Yeah.

Because for me, look, I don't have a couch.

So, like, I'm... [ Laughs ] We're taking a stand, we're fixing that.

I know.

We're gonna fix that here.

Yes.

Was it always a dream to be nominated for a Tony?

Yes, it was always the dream.

I certainly did not...

I can't say I didn't see it coming, because I'm a person that's like, I believe that dreams can come true.

Yeah, clearly.

So I hoped that it would happen at some point.

I did not foresee it so soon, though, in terms of, like, this is my Broadway debut.

Right.

I didn't know that was going to happen like that.

My life changed that quickly.

Though, one thing I did think was, "If I don't get to go up there, whatever this moment is has to be -- like, if I don't win, for instance, this is the moment."

The moment.

And the one thing I had to say was, "Hi, Mom."

Like, "Thanks, Mom."

So...that was it.

That's so beautiful.

[ Chuckles ] Yeah.

And then my mom afterwards -- like, people were calling her, being like, "Oh, my God.

She said, 'Hi, Mom.'

Did you see her?"

And she was like, "You said, 'Hi, Mom,' to me, and I started crying."

That was the one thought I had, that I -- the one thing I had to say in that moment.

So I'm glad I got to.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, Mom.

[ Chuckles ] ♪♪ Well, here we are at CB2.

Maybe they have a Tony-nominee discount.

[ Laughs ] That would be nice.

Yeah.

This caught my eye right away.

Yeah, this is pretty fabulous.

It's not a couch, but it's something that one might want to get.

It's very polar bear, wig hammock.

[ Laughs ] Wig hammock.

Wig hammock.

I mean, this does look like hair, actually.

You know what I mean?

So, okay, Tony nominated.

Glamorous life from the outside.

You must have the most fabulous sofa for you to relax on after your really difficult job.

How long have you been without a sofa?

Oh, since January.

So, what have you been sitting on since then?

So, there's this whole story about Patti Murin and our cast.

Uh-huh.

Patti Murin of "Frozen" fame.

Patti Murin of "Frozen" fame.

Yes, yes, yes.

Patti stole a yoga mat from one of our rehearsals.

We don't know if this is actually true, but we are saying it's true, and it stuck.

So Patti Murin, yoga thief, is what I'm hearing.

Yes, yes.

And there's been a whole sort of, like, social media back-and-forth with Patti, who also participated in this with, like, a really cool video of her with all these yoga mats that she's stolen from all the shows.

Oh, great.

So I received in the mail a yoga mat that said Love Patti on it.

My sofa has been a yoga mat.

Oh.

[ Sighs ] Okay, a dramatic fall.

Oh, it's super comfortable.

Oh, this is great.

Yeah, I love it.

We can look at squatches.

Squatches.

Squatches.

You heard it here first.

It's a squatch.

Squatches.

I like this one, though.

♪♪ I feel like my couches have always been versions of these.

Same one, that.

Yeah.

Which is why I need to... No, we're going to amp up the color.

...need to change it up.

Yeah.

This is a great color.

I would rather it be a bit deeper.

I like this.

Mm-hmm.

That's a good color palette for me.

Nice.

Okay, So what do you think?

What did we -- what did we learn today?

So we have some contenders, definitely.

Okay, we have some contenders I will definitely be coming back.

My only thing is, I really want to make sure we've tried every sofa in this place.

Okay.

Mostly because I smell a montage coming.

[ Chuckles ] You know what I mean?

Let's do it.

♪♪ ♪♪ This is our 60 Second Sandwich, L Morgan Lee.

I'm gonna put 60 seconds on the clock.

Answer as many questions as you can in time given.

Okay.

Sound good?

Let's go.

You ready?

Go.

What's your favorite candy?

Snickers.

You love it.

The Raconteur -- "What is your biggest piece of wisdom that your journey with 'Loop' has taught you?

P.S., you're freaking amazing."

That's a nice compliment.

Oh, thank you.

Biggest thing is to be honest, no matter if it's complicated, just be honest.

Honesty.

What's the worst job you ever had?

The worst job is folding clothes at Gap.

Oh, that sounds... One month.

...like an experience.

Weirdest thing a fan has ever said to you.

Where do you live?

That is kind of awkward.

Nicole Raymond -- "What's your favorite melody in the show?"

My favorite melody in the show.

[ Vocalizing ] Um,I'm not that one.

That's a nice one.

In my song... [ Vocalizing ] Just sort of over and over again.

Love it.

Favorite non theater?

La, la, la, la, photography.

Do you have any pre-show rituals?

I listen to "Six."

Yes, love that.

Time's up.

Way to go.

That was amazing.

There was a ding.

Shall we?

That was in my bag.

Yes.

You want to check your phone.

[ Laughs ] So, what's it like seeing it from this perspective?

This is weird.

It is different.

And there's that part of me that's like will I -- will I feel it the same tonight after having sat out here now.

What of L Morgan Lee is in your character in the show?

Can you relate to the character you play?

Interesting.

The one that I relate to the most out of all of them is my base character, so not specifically when I'm taking on the whole extra, but just the base thought that you see, like in the opening and sort of throughout the show, who is the supervisor of sexual ambivalence, It is me just sort of bumped up a couple notches and made to be a little bit more leaning into her sensuality.

♪♪ First time I fell in love with you, before I got to know you a little bit better, was that iconic L Morgan Lee chaîné offstage in the beginning of the show.

Oh, God.

Could you teach me that?

What do you think?

Yes.

This is a supervisor in sexual ambivalence moment.

Okay.

She's letting him know that she's guarding his body and his mind so that nothing will be allowed in unless he gives the word.

And so it is word, turn, turn and then off.

Word, turn, turn... And then off.

...and then off.

I mean, yours is a whole lot more graceful than mine is.

No way.

Not possible.

That was amazing.

♪♪ This is my lovely hair that's about to go onto my head.

♪♪ There's a camera walking by.

Hi.

There's a camera about to walk by.

Oh, let me put some makeup on.

You're good.

You're good.

So nice to see you.

You're amazing in the show.

So cozy.

This my room.

Fantastic.

So you guys all have matching robes?

We... [ Laughs ] The whole cast?

Yeah.

So there was a moment in the show where they were looking at the mom's robe being sort of these variations of animal prints, and they decided not to use it.

They were like, "Well, everybody just take the robes and you can have them in your dressing rooms."

My birthday was recently.

My mom sent me these balloons, which she was very excited about.

Very sweet, and I love them.

So, everyone, I think I need to get to my show prep, before you tear dressing room apart.

Apart completely.

So you all have to go.

I could just stay be your cheerleader.

No, I think you should go.

Yeah, it's time.

It's been amazing spending time together.

Get out, yeah.

Uh-huh.

Bye.

Yup, it's time for me to do the strange loop.

Bye.

L Morgan Lee.

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