July 27, 2025 • 13 mins
Stephen Mahy chats to Subculture about his role in Footloose: The Musical.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Well, listeners, The days might be cold in Melbourne at
the moment, but Footloose the Musical has come back for
an encore season and we thought today we would find
out a little bit more about this amazing production that
so many of us enjoyed the first time around by
chatting to some of the cast. And now we're actually
going to be chatting to Stephen May, who's got one
of the main parts of this production. So welcome to
(00:26):
the program, Stephen.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thank you very much for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
No worries now, Stephen, how do you feel about being
able to bring Footloose back to Melbourne after the first
season sold out in just three weeks.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, Look, it's exciting to do any show for a
comeback season. It's especially exciting just to sort of have
a bit more time to think about it again and
think about why audiences loved Footloose so dearly. It was
interesting having an audience for the first time and going,
oh wow, this show really does still stand. It's test
time and it has its legacy from obviously the agies nostalgia,
(01:04):
but just has that legacy of the story what it
is relevant to today. So it's nice to add a
few more little sprinkles on top of the cake, so
to speak.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And I know when a season cells out like that,
it's always a great advertising point. But what does it
feel like for you as a performer knowing that so
many people are excited about the show that you're in,
that it basically sold out in an instant.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, it is always great to play to full houses.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I've certainly had my fair share of ups and downs
with different audiences and different theaters.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
But what we do it for.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
You know that the show's created so the audiences come
and see it and give them that moment of time
to have a bit of a you know, something to
escape from, something to entertain, something to uplift them.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
So yeah, it's really.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Exciting the audiences are really wanting to come back or
it's still just book those seats and to be able
to do it again is yeah, to a realtreat.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Now it's spread to Jared before and when we're talking
about what it was like coming into a show as
a newcomer, you're not a newcomer. You're someone who's a
very very experienced actor and have done shows like Greece
previously in the past. What was it like for you
to step into Footloose, a production that is two films
now have been made over the years. What was that
(02:22):
like for you to step into a production that was
so well loved and I'm sure you were possibly already
a fan of.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yeah, it's interesting stepping into the shoes of what people
already have a preconceived idea of. You know, they are
fictional characters, so it's a bit easier to sort of
step into those shoes and create something around what the
script tells us, what.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The movies do say.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And I'm not going to lie, like I absolutely rewatched
the movie and wanted to see what John Lithgow did
and have my own spin on it. The whole sort
of foot loose. It's like everyone goes off foot loose?
Is that Kevin Bacon? Yes, the Kevin Bacon movie. And
so with the music, it's having that opportunity to, yes,
draw from all these wonderful actors that have played the
roles that we've played.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Before and give it our spin.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I love the fact that it's an eighties pop classic
film and that it still holds this kind of really
special place for people, and it's exactly what the musical does.
It has those iconic songs in there, but also has
this sort of deep undercurrent story and it's something that
I probably took for granted not knowing too much about
(03:29):
it all.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I was too young when I first watched the movie,
but watching it.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Now or now that I'm older, this is really sort
of quite deep and dark undertones of the show, and
it's exactly what draws everybody into the musical, not just
the music itself.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
So it's nice.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
To be able to sink my teeth into something. Reverend
shaw More is a little older than me that I've
sort of was like, Oh, how am I going to
play this? But it kind of works within the timeline
on forty three this year, and I'm a father as well,
and so having the loss of a child, having these
frictions put on you in a society the things that
I haven't lost a child, but I have certainly had
(04:05):
loss and I've certainly had restrictions put on me within society.
So it's interesting to be able to harness that within Footloot.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I was going to ask that we talked to Jared
a little bit about the fact that that Wren in
the musical is a little bit different to what he
is in the film. Did you notice differences as well
with the Reverend in the musical script rather than what
was in the film.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Subtle differences. It's kind of easy.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
I think with reverend there is this small town and
they are he holds this sort of weight on his
shoulders that he should provide the Lord's word and he
should be guiding the community and being able to set
things in a proper way. It's you know, we look
at a lot of religion these days and there's a
(04:52):
lot of a lot of dominations and in a small
town there, that's kind of what you can hold on to.
And I think it's beautiful that happens. There's not I
can't say there's huge differences in what the movie. Obviously
you get to sing. It's a bit of a difference,
and it's kind of nice. The Reverence sings something in
a very different style to what the rest of the
show is. It's not as poppy, it's not as you know,
(05:16):
rock and roll. It definitely is a bit of a
moment for a ballad. Also, the Sophie Weiss gets to
sing some songs in the show as well. And so
our characters are Reverend Shaw and buy More. We play
a couple, So we kind of have this sort of
juxtaposition of what's going on internally for Ren but also
for our family as well.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Now we know that we have a lot of young
performers that listen to this show. So I'd love to
ask when you sat down to watch the film and
you watch the John Lithgow performance, then what do you
take away from that? How do you approach that character
then of thinking this is my character now in a sense,
how do you go then about making it a little
(05:53):
bit different to what John Lithgow did and making that
character your own?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah? You just you have the script.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I think you always start with the script and read
the script more than once, read it multiple times and
see the things that start to jump out at you
and see what you can connect with. You know, I've
done so many different shows before where I'm either playing
a real person or it was an iconic movie. And yes,
people are expecting to kind of get a flavor of
that or a kind of you know, some kind of ism,
(06:26):
but you do, you know, have to just bring yourself
to each role. It doesn't matter what you're playing and
what the show is, You're bringing yourself to it every
night and you're bringing what you.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Have to offer.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So I just sit down with a script and I
write down everything that my character says, that I write
down everything that the other characters say about me, and
then I write down everything where the scenarios are, where
are we, what are we doing? What place are we in?
And sometimes the script doesn't have those answers. You need
to fill in the missing blanks. But definitely just keep
going back to the script listening to the other characters.
(06:58):
You can come completely informed from the script to day
one rehearsal. You can keep finding those things on the
floor with your other actors because you need to start
listening to what the other actors are saying to you.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
And there's no point.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yes, I would learn your lines and figure out what
you're about to say, but it's the energy and the
synergy that you find within a rehearsal room when you're
working across other actors. They may give you a delivery
of a line very differently to the way that you
would do it personally, so you have to listen and
respond that way. Then you can build your character around that.
And yes, iconic people have played the roles and it's
(07:32):
not about copying, but definitely, you know, borrow some things
from them, and there's a reason why that they were
casting the roles in the first place, and so that's
what people were drawn to. And so I think to
sort of, yeah, using a bit of what you can.
Choreographers do it, singers do it. You know, we emulate
different sounds, but it's just finding your voice, your body
and the way that you walk in those shoes. And
(07:55):
then yeah, hopefully during rehearsal you have a great director
and they sort of guide you through that.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Definitely. Now I wanted to ask as well. You mentioned
the music before, do you have a favorite track that
from the musical or from the film that you find
that you really really love. Darred was saying that some
of the ones that he's not even in, he will
go and stand on the side of the stage because
he wants to watch them night after night. Are there
some that draw you in as well?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, there's a beautiful trio between vi More, Ariel and
Ethel that they sing and they have their kind of
own moment of it's I'm terrible, I'm slipping of what
the actual name of the song is, but they're talking
about having them to be quiet and they're being muted
and they're trying to find the words, but they're not
allowed to speak out loud, and it's quite a beautiful
(08:44):
moment to see these three characters go through their journeys together.
And I do sort of always put my ear out
for that one listening. I just I mean the iconic
song in the spotloose and it does actually kind of
ring through all the time.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
I don't know why. I sing at corporate events and
everybody go off.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
On the dance floor and I think we sing it
two or three times within the musical because we've got
a MEGAMEX, we've got a finale. So yeah, those two
stick out for me at the moment, definitely.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Now we mentioned before that you've done Greece, You've also
done Rocky Horror, now you've done Footloose. Is there a
musical out there that you haven't done yet that you
would really like to do, or is there a film
musical that you would love to see come to the
stage that you haven't seen on stage yet.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean there's so many different shows that I
would love to do. I think Waitress would be an
incredible show to see on the Australian shores. And I'd
love to play doctor Palmatter in that I still haven't
had a chance to perform anything in lay Miz And
I think that is just one of the shows that
one day who knows one day more as I say, but.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah, and what could we see on the stage.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
It's interesting because there's a lot at the moment in
America that I haven't been able to go and see.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Would I want to be in them?
Speaker 3 (09:59):
And I think when there's definitely a few that I
would love to go and see, and there's some that
I haven't been cast in before, and you know, you.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Go and see it on stage.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
It's so exciting to see the Book of Mormon come
back with it all Australian cast predominantly in the leads there.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
And oh gosh, it's a hard one. I've never done Rent,
and I love Rent.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
It's so iconic and I don't know, maybe I'm too
old now to be in it, but it would be
a great show to do.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Definitely. I love the fact that so many these days
as well, there are so many movies being made into
musicals for stage that you would never have expected, like
bringing on cruel intentions once like that. That must also
be something for you as a performer, where you're wondering
what is going to be turned into a musical or
a stage show next.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yeah, look, I'm not I'm not surprised when it happens,
you know, you kind of go.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Of course.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I was lucky enough to do Jersey Boys, and I
played Bob Gaudio. And when it first came out, like
the audition if I hadn't really known too much about it,
but you saw the poster and you're like, oh, it's
human nature. And to be able to get to sing
the catalog of the Four Seasons, it was so iconic
and it still rings today. I did it in two
thousand and nine and what is it, twenty twenty five
and I'm still singing them at events.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
People are still recognizing me from the show, you know.
And then a few years ago I.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Also did Carol King's Beautiful the musical, and to sing
those scores, like you just never get a chance to
you know, sing that music, and to be able to
do it in a musical and then do it eight
shows a week is really it's really fun. A lot
of the movie musicals sometimes don't translate, but I think
the oh, you know what, I've just seen Gatsby and
(11:39):
the Great Gatsby looks extraordinary, and I think that would
be a great one. But it is exciting that I
just sort of and I think it's been out for
a while with the copa Cabana is a Barry Manilow
catalog of songs, and it's yeah, really really cool. I say,
what's the song that I sang? It doesn't matter. I've
(12:00):
sung a few songs from that show and it was Yeah,
they're really great. So yeah, it is exciting as a
performer to see what's going to come out some interesting
choices and you go, really, how's that going to work?
But people do it? What did you two do? I
think they did Spider Man, didn't they? And they just
spent millions and millions of dollars in Spider Man and
we never saw it get off the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Really, it only did a short season.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Yeah, the lead actor got really badly hurt too, I
think if that's correct, in the first in the first
week that it was on. So yeah, it really it
really sucked it. But I know you also, Marvel have
been talking about doing some of their films as stage
performances as well, which could be interesting. So yeah, we'll
see where that goes.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yeah, and it once has come to mind Rocketman.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
I mean, I think after seeing the movie and seeing
how that is, it was so musical and it was
so alive that it absolutely could be a stage production.
It would be probably one of the best things to
make the costumes for and be able to have the
iconic music being played. I'm not sure that I'm I'm
an Elton John, but definitely love to play one of.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
The supporting characters.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Maybe one of his boyfriends or the managers would be
amazing to play.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Definitely, Well, Steven, we know that you are backstage at
the moment getting ready or for I think another rehearsal,
But so we want to say thank you so much
for coming on the show. And to finish off, what
would you like to say to people out there who
are thinking about coming along and checking out this on
core season.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I'd love to know that you're coming check us out
on the socials, say you know, hi to Stephen May
Let's say hi afterwards, grab a photo, but really just
come for the for a night out.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
It's a decent amount of price for a ticket.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I think they're relatively cheaper than most things going around
where the Athneum on Colin Street. We're really looking forward
to having the audiences back and we you know, hopefully
we can extend the season here at the Atheneum. And
you know, fingers crossed that it goes on tour, So
if you don't book now, you might miss it and
you might have to come and see this as another
state
Well, listeners, The days might be cold in Melbourne at
the moment, but Footloose the Musical has come back for
an encore season and we thought today we would find
out a little bit more about this amazing production that
so many of us enjoyed the first time around by
chatting to some of the cast. And now we're actually
going to be chatting to Stephen May, who's got one
of the main parts of this production. So welcome to
(00:26):
the program, Stephen.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thank you very much for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
No worries now, Stephen, how do you feel about being
able to bring Footloose back to Melbourne after the first
season sold out in just three weeks.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, Look, it's exciting to do any show for a
comeback season. It's especially exciting just to sort of have
a bit more time to think about it again and
think about why audiences loved Footloose so dearly. It was
interesting having an audience for the first time and going,
oh wow, this show really does still stand. It's test
time and it has its legacy from obviously the agies nostalgia,
(01:04):
but just has that legacy of the story what it
is relevant to today. So it's nice to add a
few more little sprinkles on top of the cake, so
to speak.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
And I know when a season cells out like that,
it's always a great advertising point. But what does it
feel like for you as a performer knowing that so
many people are excited about the show that you're in,
that it basically sold out in an instant.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, it is always great to play to full houses.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I've certainly had my fair share of ups and downs
with different audiences and different theaters.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
But what we do it for.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
You know that the show's created so the audiences come
and see it and give them that moment of time
to have a bit of a you know, something to
escape from, something to entertain, something to uplift them.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
So yeah, it's really.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Exciting the audiences are really wanting to come back or
it's still just book those seats and to be able
to do it again is yeah, to a realtreat.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Now it's spread to Jared before and when we're talking
about what it was like coming into a show as
a newcomer, you're not a newcomer. You're someone who's a
very very experienced actor and have done shows like Greece
previously in the past. What was it like for you
to step into Footloose, a production that is two films
now have been made over the years. What was that
(02:22):
like for you to step into a production that was
so well loved and I'm sure you were possibly already
a fan of.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yeah, it's interesting stepping into the shoes of what people
already have a preconceived idea of. You know, they are
fictional characters, so it's a bit easier to sort of
step into those shoes and create something around what the
script tells us, what.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The movies do say.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
And I'm not going to lie, like I absolutely rewatched
the movie and wanted to see what John Lithgow did
and have my own spin on it. The whole sort
of foot loose. It's like everyone goes off foot loose?
Is that Kevin Bacon? Yes, the Kevin Bacon movie. And
so with the music, it's having that opportunity to, yes,
draw from all these wonderful actors that have played the
roles that we've played.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Before and give it our spin.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I love the fact that it's an eighties pop classic
film and that it still holds this kind of really
special place for people, and it's exactly what the musical does.
It has those iconic songs in there, but also has
this sort of deep undercurrent story and it's something that
I probably took for granted not knowing too much about
(03:29):
it all.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I was too young when I first watched the movie,
but watching it.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Now or now that I'm older, this is really sort
of quite deep and dark undertones of the show, and
it's exactly what draws everybody into the musical, not just
the music itself.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
So it's nice.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
To be able to sink my teeth into something. Reverend
shaw More is a little older than me that I've
sort of was like, Oh, how am I going to
play this? But it kind of works within the timeline
on forty three this year, and I'm a father as well,
and so having the loss of a child, having these
frictions put on you in a society the things that
I haven't lost a child, but I have certainly had
(04:05):
loss and I've certainly had restrictions put on me within society.
So it's interesting to be able to harness that within Footloot.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I was going to ask that we talked to Jared
a little bit about the fact that that Wren in
the musical is a little bit different to what he
is in the film. Did you notice differences as well
with the Reverend in the musical script rather than what
was in the film.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Subtle differences. It's kind of easy.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
I think with reverend there is this small town and
they are he holds this sort of weight on his
shoulders that he should provide the Lord's word and he
should be guiding the community and being able to set
things in a proper way. It's you know, we look
at a lot of religion these days and there's a
(04:52):
lot of a lot of dominations and in a small
town there, that's kind of what you can hold on to.
And I think it's beautiful that happens. There's not I
can't say there's huge differences in what the movie. Obviously
you get to sing. It's a bit of a difference,
and it's kind of nice. The Reverence sings something in
a very different style to what the rest of the
show is. It's not as poppy, it's not as you know,
(05:16):
rock and roll. It definitely is a bit of a
moment for a ballad. Also, the Sophie Weiss gets to
sing some songs in the show as well. And so
our characters are Reverend Shaw and buy More. We play
a couple, So we kind of have this sort of
juxtaposition of what's going on internally for Ren but also
for our family as well.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Now we know that we have a lot of young
performers that listen to this show. So I'd love to
ask when you sat down to watch the film and
you watch the John Lithgow performance, then what do you
take away from that? How do you approach that character
then of thinking this is my character now in a sense,
how do you go then about making it a little
(05:53):
bit different to what John Lithgow did and making that
character your own?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah? You just you have the script.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I think you always start with the script and read
the script more than once, read it multiple times and
see the things that start to jump out at you
and see what you can connect with. You know, I've
done so many different shows before where I'm either playing
a real person or it was an iconic movie. And yes,
people are expecting to kind of get a flavor of
that or a kind of you know, some kind of ism,
(06:26):
but you do, you know, have to just bring yourself
to each role. It doesn't matter what you're playing and
what the show is, You're bringing yourself to it every
night and you're bringing what you.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Have to offer.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So I just sit down with a script and I
write down everything that my character says, that I write
down everything that the other characters say about me, and
then I write down everything where the scenarios are, where
are we, what are we doing? What place are we in?
And sometimes the script doesn't have those answers. You need
to fill in the missing blanks. But definitely just keep
going back to the script listening to the other characters.
(06:58):
You can come completely informed from the script to day
one rehearsal. You can keep finding those things on the
floor with your other actors because you need to start
listening to what the other actors are saying to you.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
And there's no point.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yes, I would learn your lines and figure out what
you're about to say, but it's the energy and the
synergy that you find within a rehearsal room when you're
working across other actors. They may give you a delivery
of a line very differently to the way that you
would do it personally, so you have to listen and
respond that way. Then you can build your character around that.
And yes, iconic people have played the roles and it's
(07:32):
not about copying, but definitely, you know, borrow some things
from them, and there's a reason why that they were
casting the roles in the first place, and so that's
what people were drawn to. And so I think to
sort of, yeah, using a bit of what you can.
Choreographers do it, singers do it. You know, we emulate
different sounds, but it's just finding your voice, your body
and the way that you walk in those shoes. And
(07:55):
then yeah, hopefully during rehearsal you have a great director
and they sort of guide you through that.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Definitely. Now I wanted to ask as well. You mentioned
the music before, do you have a favorite track that
from the musical or from the film that you find
that you really really love. Darred was saying that some
of the ones that he's not even in, he will
go and stand on the side of the stage because
he wants to watch them night after night. Are there
some that draw you in as well?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, there's a beautiful trio between vi More, Ariel and
Ethel that they sing and they have their kind of
own moment of it's I'm terrible, I'm slipping of what
the actual name of the song is, but they're talking
about having them to be quiet and they're being muted
and they're trying to find the words, but they're not
allowed to speak out loud, and it's quite a beautiful
(08:44):
moment to see these three characters go through their journeys together.
And I do sort of always put my ear out
for that one listening. I just I mean the iconic
song in the spotloose and it does actually kind of
ring through all the time.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
I don't know why. I sing at corporate events and
everybody go off.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
On the dance floor and I think we sing it
two or three times within the musical because we've got
a MEGAMEX, we've got a finale. So yeah, those two
stick out for me at the moment, definitely.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Now we mentioned before that you've done Greece, You've also
done Rocky Horror, now you've done Footloose. Is there a
musical out there that you haven't done yet that you
would really like to do, or is there a film
musical that you would love to see come to the
stage that you haven't seen on stage yet.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean there's so many different shows that I
would love to do. I think Waitress would be an
incredible show to see on the Australian shores. And I'd
love to play doctor Palmatter in that I still haven't
had a chance to perform anything in lay Miz And
I think that is just one of the shows that
one day who knows one day more as I say, but.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yeah, and what could we see on the stage.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
It's interesting because there's a lot at the moment in
America that I haven't been able to go and see.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Would I want to be in them?
Speaker 3 (09:59):
And I think when there's definitely a few that I
would love to go and see, and there's some that
I haven't been cast in before, and you know, you.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Go and see it on stage.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
It's so exciting to see the Book of Mormon come
back with it all Australian cast predominantly in the leads there.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
And oh gosh, it's a hard one. I've never done Rent,
and I love Rent.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
It's so iconic and I don't know, maybe I'm too
old now to be in it, but it would be
a great show to do.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Definitely. I love the fact that so many these days
as well, there are so many movies being made into
musicals for stage that you would never have expected, like
bringing on cruel intentions once like that. That must also
be something for you as a performer, where you're wondering
what is going to be turned into a musical or
a stage show next.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Yeah, look, I'm not I'm not surprised when it happens,
you know, you kind of go.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Of course.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
I was lucky enough to do Jersey Boys, and I
played Bob Gaudio. And when it first came out, like
the audition if I hadn't really known too much about it,
but you saw the poster and you're like, oh, it's
human nature. And to be able to get to sing
the catalog of the Four Seasons, it was so iconic
and it still rings today. I did it in two
thousand and nine and what is it, twenty twenty five
and I'm still singing them at events.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
People are still recognizing me from the show, you know.
And then a few years ago I.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Also did Carol King's Beautiful the musical, and to sing
those scores, like you just never get a chance to
you know, sing that music, and to be able to
do it in a musical and then do it eight
shows a week is really it's really fun. A lot
of the movie musicals sometimes don't translate, but I think
the oh, you know what, I've just seen Gatsby and
(11:39):
the Great Gatsby looks extraordinary, and I think that would
be a great one. But it is exciting that I
just sort of and I think it's been out for
a while with the copa Cabana is a Barry Manilow
catalog of songs, and it's yeah, really really cool. I say,
what's the song that I sang? It doesn't matter. I've
(12:00):
sung a few songs from that show and it was Yeah,
they're really great. So yeah, it is exciting as a
performer to see what's going to come out some interesting
choices and you go, really, how's that going to work?
But people do it? What did you two do? I
think they did Spider Man, didn't they? And they just
spent millions and millions of dollars in Spider Man and
we never saw it get off the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Really, it only did a short season.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Yeah, the lead actor got really badly hurt too, I
think if that's correct, in the first in the first
week that it was on. So yeah, it really it
really sucked it. But I know you also, Marvel have
been talking about doing some of their films as stage
performances as well, which could be interesting. So yeah, we'll
see where that goes.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yeah, and it once has come to mind Rocketman.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
I mean, I think after seeing the movie and seeing
how that is, it was so musical and it was
so alive that it absolutely could be a stage production.
It would be probably one of the best things to
make the costumes for and be able to have the
iconic music being played. I'm not sure that I'm I'm
an Elton John, but definitely love to play one of.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
The supporting characters.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Maybe one of his boyfriends or the managers would be
amazing to play.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Definitely, Well, Steven, we know that you are backstage at
the moment getting ready or for I think another rehearsal,
But so we want to say thank you so much
for coming on the show. And to finish off, what
would you like to say to people out there who
are thinking about coming along and checking out this on
core season.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
I'd love to know that you're coming check us out
on the socials, say you know, hi to Stephen May
Let's say hi afterwards, grab a photo, but really just
come for the for a night out.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
It's a decent amount of price for a ticket.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
I think they're relatively cheaper than most things going around
where the Athneum on Colin Street. We're really looking forward
to having the audiences back and we you know, hopefully
we can extend the season here at the Atheneum. And
you know, fingers crossed that it goes on tour, So
if you don't book now, you might miss it and
you might have to come and see this as another
state
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