The

show forced me.

To face it.

Right.

Which was one of the biggest gifts that that show, like besides the career, it was one of the biggest gifts ever was to have my Broadway debut be a show about this woman who beat insurmountable odds in order to get back on her feet.

And weirdly, what was happening in my life over the span of those years that I was playing the role was mirroring what was happening on stage.

So I had to face so much of myself in order to just do my job.

saying this to you

it all comes to life in a, in a very, like, palatable, tangible, exciting way.

I was definitely raised on his music.

Also, I mean, being American, it's... you can't escape it.

[laughs]You know, the, for better or worse, it's everywhere, right? And, and I think, um, I was raised by a family of immigrants, so the...

There's, there's a link there because, like, his authenticity of self and of persona and his claim on his culture is such a huge part of his story, and is absolutely comes through in his music in my opinion.

So, like, my grandfather also, huge Rat Pack fan, so Dean, Sammy, like the whole, that entire era of music, um, it's kind of like injected into our veins growing up.

And so I was raised listening to Latin iconic classics and, like, the American songbook, which is the Frank Sinatra songbook.

Ladies? [laughs]