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Hey there, welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams. Yes, that's me. I am Michelle. Thank you all so much for

tuning in this week. Last week's episode was pretty, pretty spectacular. I love when guests come on,

and especially in celebration of, you know, when you've worked hard for something and you see

the fruit of how hard you've worked, especially with great teams and producers and all that

good stuff. But shout out to Ruth and Boaz, Devon Franklin, for coming on last week. I'm excited pretty much about this week.

This week, I will be in celebration with the cast and crew of the Broadway musical,

Death Becomes Her. As y'all know, that show has had me in a chokehold for the past year and a half.

I'm not complaining one bit, okay?

But this week Thursday, October 23rd, we've been on Broadway a year.

October 23rd of 2024, 24 was our first Broadway preview.

And Broadway previews are, they're different from the actual official opening night and

um, post official opening night. So previews basically is like,

you know, you're actually still putting the show on its feet. You've probably rehearsed it

for a couple months. And then previews are basically, you know, you're inviting people to see something that's possibly not finished.

But there are people that have come to see death becomes her two and three times.

There are some folks that have seen it 13 times.

They have flown all the way from California to see death becomes her. And they can tell you from the

first day of the preview to now the significant changes and growth of the show. Previews are exhausting

because you're rehearsing during the day and then you do a show at night.

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