Barrett Wilbert Weed

And he was like, after a while, it's a day job.

And these people will stay in the day job for a long time.

But like the magic's gone.

Like the synergy is really hard to keep alive.

And like I always say, like Broadway is amazing for a week.

especially when you make the debut or you got the opening night or it's just your opening night because you were placed in a show and it's the confetti comes from the sky you have your moment and then it's just a job and then it is same shit with a bigger paycheck maybe and I think that like what we were saying beforehand like

Sometimes it's not necessarily your talent that's really being acknowledged.

Like, do you remember when Colleen Hayes almost booked?

I would say most of the time it's not your talent being acknowledged.

Right, remember when Colleen Hayes almost booked beautiful, but like the other girl fit the costumes better for the immediate replacement?

Like, that shit happens more than we think.

Like, if Lin-Manuel had just gone to EPAs and ECCs, we would not know who he is.

And I'm not telling you like, hey, guess what?

I want to be in them.

You need to go write a rap musical about a historical figure.

No, I'm actually telling you not to do that.

I'm telling you, please don't do that.

But what we do want you to do is really understand that.

But talk about a higher purpose.

Yeah.