Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines. You guys, today's guest, Laura Benanti, needs no introduction, right? This is her fourth appearance on theater people. I'm obsessed with her. You're obsessed with her. You guys were all obsessed with her. This interview was recorded live on the main stage at BroadwayCon 2018 in front of an audience of 2,500 people.

Laura came out in a phantom of the opera mask and cape.

Shananigans ensued.

At one point, I spilled a bottle of water and just left it on the stage.

And Laura, probably tired of almost slipping in it, attempted to clean it up, much to the horror of my husband

in the audience. At another point, a super adorable young man named Xander, dressed head to toe as

Usnavi from In The Heights, came to the foot of the stage, and he and Laura had an adorable little

back and forth. Laura is truly one of the most amazing humans I know. I couldn't believe she said yes to this interview

and then made time to do it. I'm in love with her. We're Lavender married. Tickets for Broadway

Con 2019 are now on sale and can be purchased at Broadwaycon.com. Okay, here we go.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the Broadway con stage. He's the host of the Theater People podcast and Broadway backstory.

Patrick Hines.

I think this is going to be Laura's good side.

You guys, I have no business being up here in the main stage doing what I'm about to do.

I'm not going to waste any time.

One-time Tony winner, five-time Tony nominee nominee star of the Spring Pit Spectacular ladies and

gentlemen Laura Benanti my spring spectacular joke I bombed it. Oh, the show itself was the joke.

I feel like you have one weekend off every year.

Are we not addressing this?

Are we just letting this slide?

Are we going to tell them what happened to your face?

Oh, yeah.

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