Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.
We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on.
I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.
If professional wrestling did not exist, could you come up with this idea? Could you envision the popularity of huge men in tiny bathing suits, pretending to fight?
I mean, you can't just stop WWE. It is an entertainment company. It puts on a live show every week and prides itself for being out there and working.
For those that don't know much about 'American Idiot' or Green Day, just know that it's my generation's The Who's 'Tommy' or Pink Floyd's 'The Wall.' It was an album that really spoke to a generation. The theatrical show encapsulates that feeling and brings it to an even wider audience.
It was the highlight of my life being in the Mae West show, because I saw and did things I never had before.
The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.
The first time I really had an influence on a show was during 'Ragtime.' It's still the most magical show that I've ever done.
In many ways professional wrestling is a dance.
The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo: A Little Nightmare Music' has a history that goes back five years. I can say that this is the most successful project that we have ever done.
You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.
I would definitely go back to 'Kinky Boots' because that family, I think, is so wonderful and incredible, and my role and my part were just so fun to play. But I would definitely love to do other shows as well.
We perform the show for the people that are in the room and then that performance is theirs forever and ever.
