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Summary

In this lively episode of Backstage with Becca B, host Becca reunites with the talented Emily Lopez, who opens up about her vibrant journey since 2021. Emily shares her experiences performing in various iconic shows, including "For the Records Tarantino" and "Cabaret", and her dream roles like Dot in "Sunday in the Park with George." She also reflects on her time at The Escape Hotel and the magic of venues like The Bourbon Room and the cinita. Expressing her passion for creating original music, Emily discusses her new band leopard skin dolsa and shares her artistic aspirations. The conversation is filled with personal anecdotes and industry insights, making it a captivating listen for theater enthusiasts.

Highlights

Emily performed in iconic shows like "For the Record's Tarantino" and "Cabaret." 🎬
Her experience at The Escape Hotel was like 'diva boot camp,' performing for hours. 🎤
She has a fascination with unique, original theater productions. 🎭
Emily is launching her new band, ' leopard skin dolsa,' focused on ethereal music. 🎶
The cinita venue is a favorite due to its dramatic and enchanting ambiance. ✨
She received a memorable compliment from Rihanna while performing. 🌟

Key Takeaways

Emily Lopez has achieved several dream roles, including Dot in "Sunday in the Park with George." 🌟
The Escape Hotel served as a 'diva boot camp' for Emily, honing her karaoke skills. 🎤
Emily seeks originality in theater, despite the trend of adaptations from movies. 🎭
She is excited about her band "leopard skin dolsa" and upcoming music projects. 🎸
The role of FTR and unique venues like the cinita have been pivotal in her artistic journey. 🏛️
Emily shares fun, engaging stories, including receiving a compliment from Rihanna. 🌟

Overview

Emily Lopez shares her adventurous artistic journey from the glitzy stages of Hollywood to the soulful karaoke sessions at The Escape Hotel. Engaging in roles that challenged her creatively, she talks about the power and passion behind playing Dot in her favorite show, 'Sunday in the Park with George.' Her stories reveal the transformation and thrill of living dream roles and inspiring others through her performances.

Navigating through the theater world, Emily emphasizes the significance of originality amidst the rise of adaptations from movies. Her enchanting experiences at unique venues like The Bourbon Room and the cinita emphasize their role in revitalizing the essence of theater. She speaks fondly of the close-knit community of talented artists and the remarkable performances that echo through these establishments.

Emily's artistic evolution takes a dynamic turn with her new band, 'leopard skin dolsa,' blending ethereal sounds with heartfelt lyrics. Her drive to offer soulful, healing music reflects her commitment to art that speaks to the heart. With exciting projects on the horizon, Emily's journey continues to inspire, offering glimpses into a future filled with creative endeavors and memorable performances.

Chapters

00:00 - 01:00: Introduction In the Introduction chapter, Becca welcomes listeners to the 'Backstage with Becca B.' podcast, featuring special guest Emily Lopez. The episode highlights Emily's recent performances, including her work in two versions of the 'For the Record' Tarantino show and regular appearances at the Escape Hotel in Hollywood. Additionally, Emily has fulfilled her dreams by taking on roles such as Dot in 'Sunday in the Park with George' and Sally in 'BS.'
01:00 - 63:00: Interview with Emily Lopez The chapter titled 'Interview with Emily Lopez' features a discussion with singer Emily Lopez. The host expresses excitement over the progress Lopez has made since their last encounter, highlighting her involvement with the Brat Pack and her recent engagement in two versions of Tarantino productions. Lopez is also working on releasing her own music, indicating significant growth and activity in her career since their previous interaction.
63:00 - 64:00: Conclusion The conclusion chapter discusses the transformation in the author's life since 2021. The author explains how they spent their days in Hollywood, involving themselves in various activities and experiencing the vibrant life of the area. Notably, they mention attending events and engaging with the cultural scene, indicating a period of personal growth and exploration.

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00:00 - 00:30 welcome to backstage with Becca beat with special guest Emily Lopez hi everyone and welcome to this episode of backstage with Becca be on this episode since we last talked she's been in two versions of for the records Tarantino show has son regularly at Escape Hotel in Hollywood has crossed off dream roles such as Dot and Sunday in the park with George and Sally BS and
00:30 - 01:00 habet and is releasing her own music soon please welcome Emily Lopez so I'm so excited that we're doing this again because you've had a lot going on since we last talked too because I feel like the the like thing that we mainly talked about last time was Brat Pack yeah since that's where I first saw you perform met you and stuff so uh since then you've done like two versions of Tarantino
01:00 - 01:30 currently the second one happening right now Love Actually and the all the Escape Hotel stuff Sunday in the park of George uh yeah can you just like talk about how your life has been since 2021 oh man um okay yeah so since then I was in Hollywood pretty much every day um
01:30 - 02:00 singing at the at the Escape Hotel every weekend for three hours a night like one woman karaoke um I call it Diva boot camp because it's just you and sometimes there's nobody at the restaurant and you're just like well guess I'm just singing to the ghosts I guess but it's it was it was good and then um yeah I I did that I got to do Sunday in the park
02:00 - 02:30 with George um down in Escondido at um was like what ccae is what they were called but I think they've changed their theater name now I'm not sure or maybe they just changed where they do theater but um yeah that was really really really really special because that is my favorite musical ever and um was always a dream roll of mine and getting to do
02:30 - 03:00 that was like a lifechanging experience it's the most beautiful show ever I got to play um a 98y old woman which like when I when I signed up to do the show I forgot that like I knew that was part of it but then like you know when I was like 12 years old practicing the play in my bedroom I would only I wasn't really thinking about the second act so then when I finally got there I was like oh I guess I got to figure out how
03:00 - 03:30 to it was amazing um met one of my best friends there will Blum who played George is an actual genius and like he's just my George forever and I love him so much um and then I got to do Cabaret I did Cabaret Cabaret too yes oh my God you've done so many dream like dream stuff for you that was it I mean like after that I after it Sunday I was
03:30 - 04:00 like well what else would I want to do and was like oh I want to do Sally bows and then immediately that was the next thing I got to do with like great people and it was you know a wild experience that's a wild wild wild wild role um and it was a super mega wild time in my life and um I'm actually right now in my MC's bedroom
04:00 - 04:30 oh I love I love The Vibes yeah he we're hanging out today and I was like I have a a zoom call with my friend can I come over and do it at your house he's like yeah take my room um these are his cat ears also um shout out to Cruz um but that was amazing I don't know and then uh I moved to New York yeah that was interesting I you know I
04:30 - 05:00 have a lot of thoughts about theater and the way that theater is these days so you know I was interested to see what was going on out there and it feels pretty much the same everywhere I go which is like to quote um guess the theater cat from cats the theater is certainly not what it was you know it's like like everything's based on movies and
05:00 - 05:30 it's funny like working with for the record which is like that's what they do it's a little bit like they do their own thing with it but it is like I just something in me is just dying to do something like original you know well yeah and like every time I see it's funny because like I love the FTR stuff and it's like my favorite la
05:30 - 06:00 uh those are my favorite La theater Productions like every time I see news about like something being uh coming to Broadway that's been like a movie or that's like a book or that already exists I'm like oh but then when FTR announce this stuff I'm like Yay right I think part of that at least like from my perspective like having worked with them for 10 years now I've been working with them which is crazy also to say um it's the people that they
06:00 - 06:30 have and the people they use are so unbelievably talented talented dedicated hardworking like multifaceted artists that are like almost all of them are like songwriters or like creatives and you know just like other worldly Talent um I think that's like the Special Sauce that they
06:30 - 07:00 that they have yes and it's it's Unique you know it's not like you know what I wouldn't say necessarily like that the shows have like a plot it's more like I always have a hard time describing what what it is to people I'm like it's kind of like a concert collage of these great careers of these iconic creative
07:00 - 07:30 and like it you're going to hear like some of the best singing you'll ever hear and you're going to see some of the best acting you'll ever see and you know it's just really it's really super extra Niche is what it is and now it's at the cinita which is like oh my oh my God oh my gosh it's it's the most incredible venue I've ever been to in La like I'm not I like I get chills every time I actually stop to think
07:30 - 08:00 about it because it's kind of it feels like a mathematical improbability that that cinita would exist and that it would be the home for for the record because it's they're so rare um it they're so unique each one is so unique and it's like the Cita you know it's all I give like I give the speech before know the Spiegel speech and my little red in my little
08:00 - 08:30 red uniform like a monkey with symbols but it it's fascinating because it it is handcrafted by the Clen family from Belgium and they've done it for four generations so it's like this it has a whole history but it's brand new but it feels lived in and it feels whole it's so unique I've never had an a experience and I I love like architecture and like I love a building I love like you know
08:30 - 09:00 everything is made of like beautiful wood and it's all hand done and it just feels like you're in the turn of the century or something it's just so beautiful it's wild like I I just every time I'm there I can't believe it and the inside because it's a tent it almost looks like you're inside of like a red velvet victrola or something like it the way that the like performance energy goes out is just so unique we had
09:00 - 09:30 um we had our like closing show of Tarantino um when I don't know when that was Sunday and yeah the show one of the shows this weekend like the energy was so insane and after every number that they loved the people in the audience would like pound their feet on the floor and flap so the whole venue was like buzzing it was like I've never
09:30 - 10:00 experienced anything like it it was amazing see I love that and I feel like that's deserved for like literally every show that happens at the I agree I agree I I really just like I hope that I'm I know that it will but I'm just it'll be interesting to watch it kind of catch on and people kind of like realize that this is in LA and the fact that it has the capacity to travel is so like I mean
10:00 - 10:30 it's Limitless possibilities just like wild and genius and I think I heard a little something about it back like maybe like a year and a half ago from you and I was like what I was like cautiously optimistic like well is that actually gonna happen and oh my like oh my God I know I can't believe it's it I can't believe it
10:30 - 11:00 it's so many people had to put so much work into making it a reality and like even just the people who helped hook up the sound for it because it's so unique and you know it's so cool too to have seen these shows before and done these shows before and then get to see how they fit and how the creative team is like taking what they have and making it fit perfectly in this new space is just
11:00 - 11:30 so interesting I cannot wait to see what they do with Brat Pack I'm like I can't wait I'm I'm excited I'm so excited I mean break room also really cool venue that they found that was a great place for for the show I I just like how they they're able to adapt it to different spaces and you know like I did it on the cruise ship and it was way different from what we did it at break room it was much bigger and we were running around
11:30 - 12:00 way more so I like I just know they're going to put these kids through it they they're going to be running all over this C oh my gosh I I can't imagine but at least like the uh backstage areas like bourbon room where you go down like 10 plates of stairs minimal stairs at the not that many um yeah yeah it's it's really special it's just just a it's I
12:00 - 12:30 would describe it as like a very high drama environment like it just feels dramatic the second you walk in there like you can't help but like feel dramatic like anything you do like if I'm eating a bowl of soup in there I feel like it's the most dramatic bowl of soup I've ever had in my life I think like yeah if if you're in LA or you're anywhere that cinita is
12:30 - 13:00 like it's something you have to see in person it's it's unbelievable I'm also like you know I want to see concerts in there I want to see you know like I would love to see like something really old school like an opera or you know just like we're talking drama like I want to see I I just like I feel like the possibilities are Limitless so I'm just like let's see what all happens there you know I mean could we get a production of Cabaret in there let's how I I mean I in my uh in the
13:00 - 13:30 rehearsals in my time off I was performing a lot of one woman shows in the lobby with my headphones on cavar wasn't one of them but cats definitely was and um whatever I was in the mood for also the floor in there is really really nice for dancing and especially in the lobby because the wood is so smooth so I would just dance around in my socks and like I
13:30 - 14:00 I can't do a triple but I can do a triple in a cinita you know it sounds like a fun fact too for like the like Jen Z generation going on who likes to do Tik Tok dances they can do Tik Tok dances in the hobby oh yeah come to the C no I'm sure one of the next for the record Productions will be um Tik Tock record presents Tik tock not like
14:00 - 14:30 jenz for J I know anything becc I never I haven't got on Tik Tok because my my um attention span doesn't it doesn't sit well with the way that my brain operates every time I would look at a Tik Tok it would make me feel like like it's like glitching my brain or something so I just figured it wasn't for me I'm too you know I mean I I can't really I I'm more of an Instagram girly what versus Tik
14:30 - 15:00 Tok I'm on YouTube I'm on YouTube watching People's Tony acceptance speeches I'm watching Tony performances I'm watching you know be horror films this is what I do with my time on the internet yes the long form stuff like appreciating art truly appreciating exactly I yeah I don't know I I haven't have I seen any theater since I've been
15:00 - 15:30 back in California I'm trying to think if I've I mean I hate to say it if I if I can't remember anything I've seen oh I did I've seen a couple things I saw um both things at the Pantages I saw Back to the Future the musical which was honestly a blast as much as I hate on like movies turned into musicals it was hilarious I thought it was great um and then I saw Kimia Kimbo I missed that one the you haven't seen
15:30 - 16:00 it ever no I missed it it's wild so okay if we're talking about like me complaining how there's no like original ideas like Kim really AO is like the most original thing I've ever seen like it's it's so original that every time a character would say something or like a new plot development or something else would happen in the musical I'd be like what like what is happening here it's
16:00 - 16:30 just so unique and I mean I was there with one of my best friends and then at intermission we looked at each other we were like what is going on like this is unlike anything I've ever seen but you know it's definitely unique I saw that but I don't really count like stuff at the pantag just as like La theater you know no it's like touring and people still are like oh this is a Broadway show like
16:30 - 17:00 a Broadway show I'm seeing so people like still kind of relate it to New York I did see something and I want to shout out Al to Dina Music Theater again which is where I did Cabaret I saw their production of Guys and Dolls and um I've never seen Guys and Dolls in person did you see it I did not I was out of town okay so I'd never seen it I'd only seen the movie which you know the movie is like big and colorful but it feels like
17:00 - 17:30 you know Marlin Brando and Frank Sinatra are just like trying to piss each other off the whole time and this production was so great but I have to say this also if we're talking about like people that are just unbelievable and part of the the thing that makes for the record so special James bias who I've worked with for many many years now we did the brat pack together he played Sky master and he was so fantastic I mean I he's
17:30 - 18:00 just like one of my favorite people but he honestly to me is like probably probably the best actor I've ever worked with he's so what he did was he took like kind of a silly guys all is a little bit silly right but he it felt like you're watching a real person and the stakes felt like genuine and that's something that like that's a gift he has and he's also in you know all the shows
18:00 - 18:30 with f the record he's in um Tarantino he just has such a gift but he is in the process of writing an original um musical I guess I call it more like a rock show because it's rocks but it's a musical called Jimmy Darkness um from it too Becca I got to see the um production he did at The
18:30 - 19:00 Bourbon Room and it's still in development but um I was watching it with like hot tears streaming down my face at how um how beautiful the music was how hard it rocked how genuine and vulnerable the story was and how like it's actually a show that could like help people um and just that how like proud I am of him as a person but like I I'm hoping he puts out like at least
19:00 - 19:30 like the album soon or something just as like a way to give people like clue them into what it the potential is but like I I was like I wish I was like Mr Tony and could just like hand him a Tony right now because it was so so beautiful but like that's an example of like that's part of the reason that um for the record is so successful is like people like James who are so dedicated and he shows up no matter what and he always gives a th% but I did see him play sky
19:30 - 20:00 masteron at um alt TOA Music Theater which you know is gone it yeah I just got an email today about like a the little like fundraiser concert that they're participating in yeah I mean the amazing thing it's Sarah and Oliver who run it and I am so sorry to Sarah and Oliver who are some of my favorite people in the world I have no idea how to pronounce her last name I think it's
20:00 - 20:30 I think it's Sor that I love so much but I don't know how to pronounce your last name um they are so resilient and um I'm just like I I don't have any doubt in my mind that they're gonna come together again and figure out a way to continue doing what they were doing in Altadena because like the fact that they were able to do
20:30 - 21:00 already what they did all on their own just from their own idea and for the community it's like it's it's going to be great but I would say like definitely if you ever see anything having to do with them or what they're doing like that those are people to support because they put their whole heart and soul and everything they have into it and yeah I mean doing Cabaret with them was like really really really like a turning point in my life and I
21:00 - 21:30 was going through some crazy stuff at that time and they just really really hi my back and they're that way with everybody so you know wow I was gonna say there's like an there's like kind of an FTR crossover there too which is really cool yeah um I met them through Ruby Lewis yes who I miss and I wish that she was doing all the shows at the Cita right now everywhere she's she's all over the world she's International Superstar Ruby
21:30 - 22:00 Lewis probably forming on the moon right now right probably actually yeah that's how I that's how I met them initially was through her a I love that so much it I was and you're bragging about James over here but I was gonna say like you're also one of the people in these theater companies that we got to brag about because you have that Talent you write
22:00 - 22:30 songs yeah I do I write songs like you're so musically talented like Broadway musical theater talented all the things you're like acting wise thank you Becca quadruple or what's like I don't know what's more than quadruple talented no I just call it kindergarten talented when you're just like willing to try anything um yeah I'm I'm working
22:30 - 23:00 on some stuff right now I just picked a band name for my band and playing a gig with um Thomasina who's another for the record genius another amazing songwriter we're playing a gig on the 25th if you want to come but I picked my band name is called um leopard skin dolsa wait how do I want to hear like how do how did you come up with this
23:00 - 23:30 okay so I wanted I'm obsessed with with leopard print I'm wearing it now it's my favorite thing in the world and I was researching it and leopard skin is like in ancient times it was worn by like the shamans and the medicine men and the people who were like there to oversee kind of the people maybe transitioning from life to death and you know and ancient knowledge it's considered life
23:30 - 24:00 is infinite and you know you continue on this journey forever and the kind of music I'm making is pretty um it's kind of all over the place but I I guess like what I wanted more than anything was to have it feel like medicine to people who are listening to it if somebody's going through something difficult I I want to make music or um like the soul that's what I want to to that's why I do it because it feels like
24:00 - 24:30 my what I'm here to do so um I thought and like it's just kind of funky and and leopard skin is kind of funky so I was like okay well I like that and then um D is from man of lamancha well it's not lancha but that's where I know it from and it's just such a beautiful song and some of the songs that we're recording are kind of like Western like spaghetti Wern influence so there's a little bit of like you know
24:30 - 25:00 there's all all kinds of influences so I just likeed the idea of like it just means sweetheart or like beloved so I liked the idea of like the leopard skin sweetheart oh my gosh I'm excited to like hear all this music because I need like I need some good music that's not just like your classic pop pop music going on
25:00 - 25:30 it's dramatic it's yeah I describe it it's just ethereal you know I want people to feel like they're like floating somewhere in outer space and they're like you know wrapped in a big leopard skin you know coat and they're just like cozy as can be I want it to feel like a big um groovy hug as soon as it's out you will know but we're some stuff out soon yes oh my gosh I'm
25:30 - 26:00 totally I'm very very intrigued right now um speaking of like speaking of music when I saw you perform at a scape Hotel your set lists were always incredible how did you like pick set list when you there I never had a set list at Escape hotel in the three years I sang there every night that I sang for three hours it was always completely spontaneous because that's just how I
26:00 - 26:30 roll and I had like probably a hard drive with like thousands of songs on it and then I also took requests so it just so I didn't want it to feel when you do that every multiple nights a weekend it gets to feel like you want to keep it interesting and one of my best friends um Lily simmerman is doing it now and I'm like you know hats off to you girl
26:30 - 27:00 like you know it's it's hard work and you know I watched her start I think she was like 21 or maybe like even 20 when she started doing it and I just went to watch her recently and just seeing how she's like totally become like a complete performer in her time performing there was like wow this really is D.A boot camp like you are captivating an entire room it's just there's a certain the cool video it is I
27:00 - 27:30 I love it I love escape Hotel I got a little burnt out because I was there for five years and singing there for three hours every week and was like okay maybe I need a little break but I do I do still love it you're like never gonna stay here you know I just feel like I've done enough I I I'll Never Say Never I go to every Christmas party and do the carry there but you know i i i after having done that for three
27:30 - 28:00 years I kind of have a self-imposed ban on karaoke for myself because I've done enough karaoke to last a lifetime and it's other people's turn now so like I'll sing with real musicians and I'll let everybody else sing at karaoke as my I'm I'm good like I I I don't need to do that anymore I will say karaoke has such a talent because like I've been to uh not not a ton of times but I've been to
28:00 - 28:30 H [ __ ] stamps and Hollywood a couple times and speaking of playing and singing for three hours like that's what they do there and it's like you have a dictionary songs in your head you could not there is no amount of money you could pay me to do that job at [ __ ] stamp Granny's I do not want to be playing piano and having musical drunk musical theater people telling me all what song they want to sing all night I
28:30 - 29:00 just like no no you know I like how they end every night with One Day More though but I like that but I you'll only ever find me at [ __ ] step Granny's At Last Call singing One Day More no it's so like it's so fun it's just like how do you play for three hours how do you know every song I don't know what the heck I don't know I mean it's these are these are the Angels of of La say angels of Music perhaps
29:00 - 29:30 too little Phantom reference going on also I really want to know during your time performing at Escape Hotel I heard I overheard lots of compliments you got but what was your like favorite compliment from people who just like walked in and okay my favorite Escape Hotel compliment ever we stayed open late one time because Rihanna came to play an escape game with um with
29:30 - 30:00 ASAP Rocky so they came after hours they would like would you stay and sing a little bit longer like we have like a VIP person coming like we can't tell you who it is and I was like yeah sure like I'll stay and sing until you guys shut the power off like I just like singing and then they walked in and first of all like she is both of them they're actually like the most beautiful human beings I've ever seen with my own eyes like it's
30:00 - 30:30 wild you just can't even believe how symmetrical their faces are it was wild but she came was watching me sing and I sang like so many songs for her and she was like winking at me and she came up to me and was like you pick your own songs I was like yeah they let me pick my own songs and she called me a bad [ __ ] oh my gosh being called uh being certified bad [ __ ] although Rihanna was
30:30 - 31:00 the best compliment I could ever get but um and she anytime also too I loved like it was the little things that I loved there like because from the stage you could see the front door so you'd see people walking by on Hollywood Boulevard so I always loved like people stopping in the doorway or I'd see like my friends walking by and that was always fun to like to be able to connect to the people on the actual Boulevard was really special oh my gosh and I'm sure
31:00 - 31:30 people like walking on the boulevard like over her you singing were like what is going on in there that's cool yeah yeah that's how I've made a lot of my friends that way yeah we just hit it off and be friends yeah I love that they like that they like leave their doors open so you can hear though like what's happening I know they play the the music outside from the speakers so it's almost like Escape Hotel the building is I become I became one with the
31:30 - 32:00 building yes love and I really want to talk a uh a little more about FTR and all the stuff that you've done with them in the past couple of years too um so you were you did first before I get into s like more into C uh you in Tarantino at The Bourbon Room how are the Vibes different there than like
32:00 - 32:30 very different um you know it's I think like people are really what make the experience different um it was pretty much a different cast with a few exceptions um it was just a different time also like I was living in Hollywood proper and would just walk to rehearsals um because it it's on the urban room is on the boulevard so I just walk there every day
32:30 - 33:00 um it was different and also I had it was my first time doing the show um The Vibes were different and the space was different um I think again like the difference I'll say is this cinova is just a dramatic place so like no Vibes like for the record yes no for the record is like they kind of every experience I've had with them have been a little bit different depending on what the show is
33:00 - 33:30 and who's in it and um I'd say Bourbon Room that felt a little more that felt a little more like let's see what happens a little more much more stairs to take um I'd say uh I don't know it was just a different
33:30 - 34:00 time a different time different place different um frame of mind I think for everybody like with with cinita it the Tarantino show is the first show they're doing every it feels like the stakes are really high you know so it definitely feels a little more like this is how I describe it you know if like um yeah if like the if the if Bourbon Room
34:00 - 34:30 was a little more Loosey Goosey cinita is like down to the detail like every breath everything like it feels like you don't want to make a mistake so it does feel different like it doesn't feel but like we had less rehearsal for Less rehearsal time for this Cita than we did for burban room wild that time felt short but this time we put it up faster but it feels like like there's so much
34:30 - 35:00 more detail in it almost like I don't I don't know the Vibes The Vibes are definitely a different back up again like the cinita is just high drama like you know it just it's felt like um it's just it feels like everybody feels like they have something that they want to prove right now like just to prove like also it was such a bummer when when we ended it at The Bourbon Room because like it was a time like postco when
35:00 - 35:30 people weren't really wanting to come out so like getting people to the show was like a challenge and then this time it's like we want to fill up the cin but it's a huge venue also and it just takes time for people to know that it's there and know what it's doing so like to just have 750 people like ready to go every night of the week is like it's challenging you know also also wait Les
35:30 - 36:00 we forget this is what's so funny about like this time in the world we live in where like everything is so insane all of the city was just recently burning down so like we were still rehearsing while that was going on like people were evacuating their homes during rehearsals and like we still going so like that's what I mean by like the stakes just felt much higher because it's like okay well we got to make this happen like this is the dream this is
36:00 - 36:30 you know I grew up doing like insanely overly ambitious Community Theater ambitious stuff that's why I'm like okay this is like you just make it happen you know it's it's funny to do theater because like you have to get your like the whole point of acting is to like take yourself out of the equation and become a character so like
36:30 - 37:00 become a character and like serve the purpose of you know whoever's directing the Creative Vision it's not all about Emily and like what do I want and like this than that so that's that's something I think like that's felt a little bit different is like it just feels somehow feels more personal this time like it just feels more like the emotions are just more powerful but it's
37:00 - 37:30 kind of like I feel like that's just in general with the world right now you know yes I feel like it's kind of a love letter right now to like the people who have like who have like seen the shows grow since they started yeah and I feel like at Bourbon Room it was kind of like uh okay La theater is gonna be back after the pandemic happened yeah at least for me I was like okay good like La theaters is going to like survive and there's going to be a way it
37:30 - 38:00 comes back like not just like the tours but like right well like you then you understand what I'm saying by like the stakes just feel higher with this because also with the like handcrafted beauty of the venue and like just knowing how much work went into creating that space like you want to live up to the Grandeur of the environment and you want to show up for other people I just like
38:00 - 38:30 I I think in general with this time in the world and especially working in the Arts and with creative people who are very sensitive and feeling I feel like the best thing to do in any business not that I'm a business person at all back but I'll say like my intuition tells me like the the like kind of golden mode to operate is
38:30 - 39:00 to be kind and treat the people that are showing up and working their asses off with as much respect as possible um and you know people like yes you can recast people yes you can there are lots of people who would love to do any job involved in the theater so like everything can be re re replaced but it's like in a in a company like for the record where people have been working in
39:00 - 39:30 it for years and showing up and investing their time and investing their emotions in it it's like respect is goes a really really really long way and it people will be much more willing to work harder to work maybe you know for Less to work longer hours if they feel respected so you know that's kind of that's been kind of at the Forefront of my mind of all of this like there are so many people in this
39:30 - 40:00 project I respect so much like you know I mean I've I've made lifelong friends from working with f the records so like just the amount of respect I have for um just that alone means a lot to me it's part of the reason that I'm want to come back and and work again and again and then like to get to do that and be with people I respect so much in such a beautiful space it's just really special yes and I'm glad that it's not just like that now like FTR with the
40:00 - 40:30 with their own venue like it's not just a let's bring Love Actually back every December thing or something like that it's like something that they can do at their own venue and they don't have to work with scheduling for venue to like figure out when is a good time to bring the show back for a limited amount of time they can right they do anything they want it's theirs and um yeah it definitely the first time I
40:30 - 41:00 walked in there it did feel in a weird way like I was coming back to something even though it's brand new and I had never been in there it did feel like I don't know yeah a little nostalgic in a weird way and even that first night where they had just the concert of everybody coming together like a big family reunion like I was just crying the whole damn time because I was like I amazed that all these people that I've met are so unbelievably talented and
41:00 - 41:30 also like very very good natured people um yeah I don't know I I I just like I could I could just shout out people non-stop like there's so many people that I even just working on on this version of Tarantino people I've worked with before who I'm like oh no you are like the real deal you will you work really hard you put your entire heart and soul into it and um
41:30 - 42:00 yeah I don't know it's just it's cool it's cool well I mean I can't think of like a situation with FTR without you because like you're now like when I think FD I'm like well Emily yeah yeah I it's it's uh it's an interesting thing I definitely love doing it I it's so fun to get to do scenes from films that you
42:00 - 42:30 probably otherwise would never get to do and um you know I'm the type of person that wants to stretch myself as a performer and do things that I wouldn't necessarily expect to come naturally to me and also like you know in my own life I have a lot of unique experiences that maybe someday I'll put a book but um yes it's
42:30 - 43:00 it's it's just interesting I I really do believe that um roles and characters we play them at the times that we're meant to play them and um and there's we learn a lot from them yeah that's what I think so I yeah I'd love to keep working with them I'll give this beagle speech any day of the week yes what's your favorite Dutch for Mirror you have that down though like oh
43:00 - 43:30 my gosh it's a practice and like I felt really bad because like you know I my vibe in general isn't really like I don't know but I kept getting I don't want to like put the director on blast or anything but he was like calling me he's like we just yeah could we want it to be a little more like he kept saying like buttoned up and like we just want people to know like how what an elegant place this is and I was like you know I just don't feel in my heart
43:30 - 44:00 of hearts like I am the representation of pure Elegance I feel more like I'm like you know after school counselor like just trying to make everybody feel comfortable and welcome so it it just took a lot of practicing to feel like I knew what the hell he was talking about when he said that but you know it's more it is important to let people know how how truly rare that venue and how special it is and how much work and the
44:00 - 44:30 strange history that went into its creation so I feel like it's important that that it's great that they have you doing that speech too because like when people come to a new venue to check out the venue for the first time yeah like they want to find themselves in a place where they feel comfortable too yeah so it's like a big welcome it that's that's it that's the thing it's like I'm I'm happy and yeah it's it's just an honor to be in
44:30 - 45:00 the space and that it exists at all so I'm so happy to get to tell people about it at the beginning of the show and um I want to know even more about it I like I feel I don't want to like bug anybody but I'm like yeah what kind of do it do it do it used what type of wood was used or you know how did they make the St last I could talk I could give a speech on it that lasts for much longer than you know the 20 seconds it's supposed to take or
45:00 - 45:30 whatever no I believe it too it and I would wear that silly hat do yes hey no that hat is that hat is is very cute actually though thank you thank you to Steve mous for yes I mean I think it's really cool how they have everybody that's working there in the front of house everybody just looks gorgeous it definitely feels like it's an experience is what it is oh
45:30 - 46:00 my gosh it's such an experience and everyone needs to go in La like I mean let's s sell it out all the shows because I want to see that room full nice my me too I mean like I said when we had that show and people were pounding their feet on the floor it was unlike anything I've ever experienced and I'm sure unlike anything anyone in the audience that night has ever experienced it was very special so no doubt in my mind that um you know the
46:00 - 46:30 Cita will be filled with beautiful people being reflected in all three over 3,000 of the spegel that are hand beveled but you know I love the fun what's your favorite scene in Tarantino live oh man um favorite scene I mean God that sword fight is just exquisitely
46:30 - 47:00 beautiful and masterfully done and um it's just so cool it's so damn cool and James bias and his Zoro costume playing guitar and you know Cheyenne just singing her absolute face off every time um I love it and I love that song and that scene in you know the overdose scene in P piction is so stressful and the stakes are so high I think it's really like incredibly brilliant to
47:00 - 47:30 combine the two um really high stakes moments together and something so beautiful I think that's definitely my favorite part um but also I really love um the last little um like introspective moment that Jules has who's played by Craven um yes that last moment in the show where it's like the show goes and you're like okay how are they gonna end this and it's just like juules just kind of you know musing
47:30 - 48:00 on maybe he doesn't want to be a bad guy anymore he just wants to walk the earth and like come on vocals I mean seriously like I yeah I it's funny because I say there's not really a plot in the show but there definitely is a heartbeat in the show and I feel like you know that is the moment for me where at the end of the show and he's singing um satisfied mind
48:00 - 48:30 it just like brings me back to it reminds me why I love to do what I love to do and that when it comes my time I will leave this whole world with the satisfied mind it's like why it's like I get to be here doing this exactly yeah amazing yes and I just want to say if people see you on the castle Bernie show they need to go um yeah who knows I have no idea what what's in store for my life
48:30 - 49:00 but um yeah you know yeah anywhere I anywhere I am there I am yes I mean the talent insane if people haven't seen you sing live yes come come to bar luit on Santa Monica Boulevard on March 25th for Thomas Show and the debut of um leopard skin DOA oh my gosh I'm GNA put that in the description too um and I like also
49:00 - 49:30 my my best friend fedan Kelty who's another for the record El she'll be singing there too she's going to do some of her own music which is unbelievable she's actually like the Joanie Mitchell of of 2025 so like that if anybody's in town you don't want to miss this but shout out to her too like kind of like going back I keep going back to FDR and like how they find you all but like like how it's it's insane you know I think we
49:30 - 50:00 just find each other and I think whe even whether or not um I had met because feden is like a sister to me and there's a lot of people in the for the record gang that feel like family um you know and I I'm a little leer of using the word family when it comes to like businesses because it feels a little culty but um feden is like I feel like a lot of these people but especially feden
50:00 - 50:30 I would have found them no matter what but like thank you to to my life and to for the record for casting me on that cruise ship gig forever ago because my life panned out beautifully yes and okay so my dream is to like see you in Sunday the park in Cabaret eventually but what is what are some of your dream roles that you haven't tackled yet oh man okay okay really good question for me my really my
50:30 - 51:00 career goal is to play every single female s time roll every single one um I want to do every one and I've done a few but I want to do all of them um yes I would love to do some old school stuff like some Rogers and Harrison I've done a lot of that but I'd love also like I want to do my fair lady I'd love to do some plays um I'd love to do Glass Menagerie
51:00 - 51:30 I'd love to do um another one I love is Venus and fur I'd love to do anything I mean I'm open to doing anything I'd love to do something I've never heard of but my career goal is to play every single son role female or even Beyond I'd love to be Sweeney to oh my gosh no I could I could totally see like a production of that and like you tackling that one woman production F
51:30 - 52:00 oh and also this should go without saying but grizabella the glamour cat oh yeah yeah yes obviously oh my gosh I would I mean okay so the first time I saw cats I don't know if I've told you the story but no one told me that the cats like come up to you in the audience and that like emotionally scarred me oh oh my I was an aisle I had a completely opposite
52:00 - 52:30 experience where I was obsessed with cats and went to see cats at the Pantagis and sat in the back row and the cats came all the way up to the back row and I was like this is the greatest moment of my life but I read okay so I have a book recommendation for you you need to read um I'm still here it's an Elaine stretch biography that's incredible it's so good but they tell the story so at at one point I guess
52:30 - 53:00 Elaine stretch was maybe going to be in cats which is crazy but she wasn't and then she went to see the show and the cats came up to her in the audience they came up to her and were crawling and she told the cats don't touch me leave me alone it's just like okay I was like who is behind me and then I looked behind me and there's like someone it's me behind you I was like what in the world is
53:00 - 53:30 happening and I also had I was like into it I had like C ear on I bought C ear for merch yeah so like they you loving your life but it's you know so cat isn't for everybody I'll say that person or you're not a cat person um I love it it just scared me that's totally understandable I saw um the best thing I saw in my time living in New York was um cats the
53:30 - 54:00 Revival of cats they just did um the Jellico ball did you see Andre the shields yes I did and it was I'm still can't really find the words it was one of the best nights of my entire life um I went with Will Blum my George we went together and we're both like cats nerds and he had already seen it and he was was just like waiting for me to like experience it it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen and
54:00 - 54:30 I pray pray pray pray to the theater gods that it will happen again and they'll tour it everywhere and everyone in the world will get to see that production because it was everything and more yes hey and you can be in it yes be in it so we can we can manifest that going on cat is a cat is a cat yes oh my gosh and okay so it's funny what you said about
54:30 - 55:00 the sonheim rle is about the every female sonheim role because I have like a little like note on my questions that says like most of his characters are just like very emly coded oh yeah oh yeah no absolutely I mean all of them I feel I there's not really a a role that I don't feel connected to like he I it
55:00 - 55:30 maybe it's just the his genius and his writing but like I just feel so connected to every possible character oh also you know what else I mean you know some time over Andrew Lloyd Weber any day of the week but I really do want to do aita I want to do aita bad wait yes yes I want to do at the Cita okay that would be a it actually I want I think I just have to go on the
55:30 - 56:00 voice and then they'll be like okay you've been on the voice now you can be hey hey yes but also just like if you need if we need like references here like people to like like uh to like talk talk a production team into it I'll be like yes do it no I'm going call my my um my Mafia friends and just have
56:00 - 56:30 them restrained until they give into my will your dreams yeah that's what aita would have done so yes oh my gosh that's what Patty Lon would have done oh I I mean I think she would I think she would be like okay yeah that that would make yeah she would she would condone it she absolutely condone it just just no
56:30 - 57:00 pictures oh my God she kind okay she kind of like in a good way scares me she's everything and more I think any great actress should scare you a little bit yeah yeah yeah no I totally get what you're saying I definitely get that um kind of Mak where could people follow you on the social media or to like keep up with you yeah um I do have an Instagram I keep it
57:00 - 57:30 private because I a lot of crazy people just want to know what I'm up to but follow me anyways and I I'll just add you if you're not crazy um my Instagram is locked and deleted Angel and um I'm trying to think what else I don't really you know I just I'm I'm posting all kinds of crazy stuff on there that you know half of it makes sense half of it will tell you tell you what where I'll be half of it will be just me
57:30 - 58:00 talking about Ela stretch so you know or complaining about how people drive in La it could be anything so oh you should you should do like a vlog about like uh just like complaining about people driving La just a complaining Vlog about the driving the driving thing for sure yeah that would be a hit the Tik tokers would find it be my original my original music it's just me complaining about people being bad drivers also
58:00 - 58:30 self-driving cars okay so like I don't drive so like I'd be inrig but I don't think I like I don't know I would be intrigued with a self-driving car but only after they like test it for like a good number of years you could make any argument for anything that doesn't make sense so like there's plenty of argument for why self-driving cars they're totally fine but I'm just like e keep it away from me
58:30 - 59:00 if you need a ride Becca just call me I will come and get you okay noted well I want to end this by uh how would you convince people to come into Cita oh my gosh all you got to do is look up a photo of it and you're GNA want to be there um also I mean there's it it it it does it's it's it it sells itself it's literally the most beautiful
59:00 - 59:30 thing I've ever seen in my life with my own eyes maybe I don't even know maybe next to like the ocean I'm just like it's so beautiful I I don't even know I it sells itself but again like obviously I'm going to be there sometimes giving a speech about what Spiegel me and Dutch so who would want to miss
59:30 - 60:00 that that's the main selling point there right they're like Tarantino but Comfort Emily making a speech about the T oh my God yeah my greatest role yet um no I I think yeah come see something that you would never expect to see in a million years I really do love the Ju position of the types of performances they do in a space that feels so
60:00 - 60:30 Timeless yeah it's insane it's insane it's it's as I said earlier like just so for the record when I walked in I was like this is like this is the like the company come to just have the most tramatic night of your life yes that's dramatic with a d not traumatic with a t traumatic dramatic dramatic not traumatic to to be very clear and I think did they change the times of the show of like the
60:30 - 61:00 shows on Sunday possibly I don't really pay attention to what's going on as far as time goes Becca I don't really know what time it is ever but I was looking at the like extension times and I think they made them six instead of like like madise no idea I I only know what time I'm supposed to be there that day I read my email and then I just stay all day until yeah and I would argue it's cooler than
61:00 - 61:30 the ocean oh yeah no because um you're not gonna get to see people sword fighting really yeah maybe in Venice you could see people sword fighting at the Bebe probably not but you can for sure see people sword fighting and um in Brat Pack there's going to be probably some terar away pants hopefully we had those every time we did the show knock on wood they'll they'll
61:30 - 62:00 still be there but I mean oh my gosh you want to see like the best singers in LA in the most beautiful venue you'll you maybe will ever see um and you love movies then go yes yes mine's all the thing all the genius yes that's that's how they found the niche they were like okay beautiful perfect glorious tent incredible singers movies yeah good movies theater
62:00 - 62:30 La Red Velvet jackets and H dox hats yes perfect yes I think I think that's that convinces people and oh my gosh I love talking to you I'm so glad we got to do a little like follow-up conversation about everything that's happened in your life since last time we talked talked on this yeah and thank you for being like such a champion of
62:30 - 63:00 theater in general and yeah and being somebody that's so fun to talk to about all these wild subjects of this insane cuckoo crazy industry um and I just love seeing you I always love seeing you thanks for watching this episode of backstage with beab you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at Becca talktv or more exclusive content from this interview and more you can follow me on Instagram and Facebook at backstage with Becka make sure to
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