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 The 18-month-long pandemic
closures threw hundreds of actors, musicians and
dancers out of work, along with stage crews.
Following are comments from some of them on how
it feels to be back:
KENNY SEYMOUR, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, "AIN'T TOO
PROUD"
"It was just a sigh of relief, it was a sigh of
joy being back in the theater ... When you're
with the show for a certain amount of time,
everybody becomes family. So, it's like a family
reunion."
JAWAN M. JACKSON, ACTOR, "AIN'T TOO PROUD"
"It's been a great time just being back with my
brothers and feeling that energy again and not
via Zoom."
JAMES HARKNESS, ACTOR, "AIN'T TOO PROUD"
"I missed the people, I missed the connection. I
missed the brotherhood, I missed the sisterhood,
I missed the family. And I missed performing."
SERGIO TRUJILLO, CHOREOGRAPHER, "AIN'T TOO
PROUD"
"We need to get our company back in shape, we
need to regroup them, we need to bring them
together. So they're going to have yoga classes,
spirituality classes."
MARIAND TORRES, ACTRESS, "HADESTOWN"
"I'm new to the cast completely. So I was
meeting all these people, but I couldn't see
what they looked like. So, it was really nice
when we actually started working and were able
to take our masks off and have this moment of
like, OK, these are the people I'm going to be
spending all this time with."
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 JELANI REMY, ACTOR, "AIN'T TOO
PROUD"
"Stepping back into this building, knowing that
it could be gone tomorrow, it gives me a deeper
appreciation to really be present, to be
wholehearted and to really give everybody
something to take with them for the rest of
their lives."
DES MCANUFF, DIRECTOR, "AIN'T TOO PROUD"
"I'm optimistic that we'll navigate our way
through this. I was just in London opening a
show there, and frankly, it was joyous. It was
great. And we had some challenges, but we got
through them."
DAVID ALAN GRIER, ACTOR, "A SOLDIER'S PLAY"
"When I left New York last March, I really
wondered if I'd done my last show on Broadway
because that's where we were at. I didn't know.
I had no idea what was going to transpire for
the world ... I feel really hopeful now."
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Editing by Karishma
Singh)
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