Alicia Keys

We didn't really know where we were going. So he was like a beautiful guide and light. And then as time passed, you know, being able to connect with the public theater, who's the theater who did, you know, Hamilton and Chorus Line and all of these incredible, incredible shows, even the softs they did. And, you know, there's so many beautiful things that they, that created another level of like,

We didn't really know where we were going. So he was like a beautiful guide and light. And then as time passed, you know, being able to connect with the public theater, who's the theater who did, you know, Hamilton and Chorus Line and all of these incredible, incredible shows, even the softs they did. And, you know, there's so many beautiful things that they, that created another level of like,

clarity and just like refinement and really being able to bring it to life so all these things kind of happen in pockets like you know it'll be a three-week process and then we'll hold tight for a minute be a two-month process and then we'll hold tight a minute and then it'll be six months of just heavy and then we'll hold tight a minute and so it really gave me the capacity

clarity and just like refinement and really being able to bring it to life so all these things kind of happen in pockets like you know it'll be a three-week process and then we'll hold tight for a minute be a two-month process and then we'll hold tight a minute and then it'll be six months of just heavy and then we'll hold tight a minute and so it really gave me the capacity

to hold the container for the story and for the meaning. And I would always be able to come back to it and say, this feels right, or something's wrong about that. We have to figure that out. And then when we brought in the choreographer, she became another part of this beautiful tapestry. And she was creating movement around the songs in a way that I just never imagined.

to hold the container for the story and for the meaning. And I would always be able to come back to it and say, this feels right, or something's wrong about that. We have to figure that out. And then when we brought in the choreographer, she became another part of this beautiful tapestry. And she was creating movement around the songs in a way that I just never imagined.

heard it before and the orchestrator who's also been a partner to me in many ways, musically, Adam Blackstone, you know, we would create different versions and instrumentals and I wrote new songs. And so it was all these pieces and parts and you could start to feel little by little how it was all the right timing.

heard it before and the orchestrator who's also been a partner to me in many ways, musically, Adam Blackstone, you know, we would create different versions and instrumentals and I wrote new songs. And so it was all these pieces and parts and you could start to feel little by little how it was all the right timing.

But I feel like the biggest, I wouldn't call it a challenge, I'm looking for the right word, the biggest- Yeah, maybe the biggest growth or the biggest awakening that I had with it was realizing that I could take this moment and I could almost take everything that I ever didn't do right. And I could fix it. I could learn from it.

But I feel like the biggest, I wouldn't call it a challenge, I'm looking for the right word, the biggest- Yeah, maybe the biggest growth or the biggest awakening that I had with it was realizing that I could take this moment and I could almost take everything that I ever didn't do right. And I could fix it. I could learn from it.

I could take it, the knowledge, and I could put it into this process and I can fix it. I could do it right because I actually had the experience. And so my intellectual experience that I had gave me the ability to really look at it in a way that I had truly never had before.

I could take it, the knowledge, and I could put it into this process and I can fix it. I could do it right because I actually had the experience. And so my intellectual experience that I had gave me the ability to really look at it in a way that I had truly never had before.

And then because of that knowledge, really cultivating the strongest team of really awesome people in this particular universe to assist me as a newbie, as a person who hadn't quite traverse this path, yeah, was so inspiring and enlightening and empowering to really see that when everybody is the best at their field, you really can create something that truly is magical.

And then because of that knowledge, really cultivating the strongest team of really awesome people in this particular universe to assist me as a newbie, as a person who hadn't quite traverse this path, yeah, was so inspiring and enlightening and empowering to really see that when everybody is the best at their field, you really can create something that truly is magical.

And so I learned so much from it. And obviously that's been years and years and years and years and years. And even just seeing it off Broadway and having to navigate our way through, how can we perfect the story? And there's still more to perfect. There's still more to craft. And doing that and being open and listening and really just being open too was tremendously rewarding.

And so I learned so much from it. And obviously that's been years and years and years and years and years. And even just seeing it off Broadway and having to navigate our way through, how can we perfect the story? And there's still more to perfect. There's still more to craft. And doing that and being open and listening and really just being open too was tremendously rewarding.

So that day when we got that announcement that we had been nominated for 13 Tonys. Yeah. It was freaky. The 13, the 13. It was just all like, something's really divine here. Wow. And it was unbelievable. So it's been such a hands-on. I mean, I am notoriously anal. but in the best, most loving way.

So that day when we got that announcement that we had been nominated for 13 Tonys. Yeah. It was freaky. The 13, the 13. It was just all like, something's really divine here. Wow. And it was unbelievable. So it's been such a hands-on. I mean, I am notoriously anal. but in the best, most loving way.

Because I just, I know what it's supposed to be and I'm not going to let it go until it's right what it's meant to be.

Because I just, I know what it's supposed to be and I'm not going to let it go until it's right what it's meant to be.