I almost cried the moment the curtain or the wall opened up to have the band revealed.

You know, it's just amazing to see that many people in one space.

That was the moment I felt, OK, we are back.

A church house, gin house A school house You got that gift inside you, that voice!

My name is Yuri Yamashita.

I play percussion in the Tina Turner musical.

Big wheels keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning Rolling Growing up in Japan, I knew Tina Turner and how powerful a performer she is.

Rolling on the river.

She was my role model, not so much her music, but as a strong woman, becoming independent and overcoming all the struggles.

I didn't want his money.

All I wanted was my name.

I'm your private dancer A dancer for money I was able to overcome my challenges through her life story, so it was very mystic for me to be considered for this percussion role.

When shutdown was announced, I was very shocked.

And it was four weeks originally, but I never imagined, you know, it'd turn out to be 19 months.

We definitely had that sense of community.

You know, this band is very close and a bunch of just amazing people.

I'm very lucky to be working with every single musician in this band.

So it was an amazing support system.

Simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Back in May this year, we had a company Zoom call, and that's when the producer announced that we are coming back.

So I was very excited to go back to the theater.

Better than anyone By the time the reopening happened, we'd been playing together and rehearsing together for a week or so.

So, you know, just seeing each other for the first time, hugging each other and, you know, catching up and actually start playing that music that we longed to play together, that was very special.

We are Broadway.