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I worked at a lot of incredible theaters in Denver
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and one of them is Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, so we're going to go there today
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I'm really excited about it. We're going to Town Hall, and Miss Suzy is going to be there. Yes
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Tell me all about Suzy. She is the grand dame of Denver Theater. Yeah
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And she's really the first person, whoever saw me perform and said
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you have to do this. She told me that she believed in me, and that she loved me
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What else could she ask for? Oh, look at this face. Oh. Suzy
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Look at Boots, Boots' outfit. When I saw Emily, I hadn't seen her in person for quite a while
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and she's my baby. I love you. I love you more. It just brought back so many memories
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Can you take us to the theater? Absolutely. Let's go. Take us to the theater
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There are certain people you meet, and they're kindred spirits, and they're family immediately
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and she's one of those. Welcome to the theater. I used to wait to make entrances like this
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I did! I'd come over and like peek over here and then make my entrance
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You first met, she came to audition for you. We were auditioning for Sound of Music
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and we probably had 350 kids sign up for this audition, and she blew me away
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So I said, there is no question in my mind that she would be cast in Sound of Music
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However, I want her for the lead in the show that I'm doing
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And that show was Ruthless? That was Ruthless. And I knew it
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And I knew the show! I actually have a little surprise for you. Oh no
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Come on. We do have the cast of Ruthless here. I'm going to cry already
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Hey guys! Come on out! Oh! I mean, what? Oh my God
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When the cast of Ruthless the musical walked out, tears streamed down my face immediately
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This is crazy! I'm overwhelmed that they found time to come and spend the afternoon with us
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I've gotten to do a lot of special shows in my life, but that first one was..
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was super, super, super special. They are not only people who taught me
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how to be an artist, but they taught me how to be human
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onstage and off. I was a little girl, but I never felt like a little girl
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They treated me like a fellow cast member, and that's really special as a young artist
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One number that stuck with me is the opening number. I was born to entertain
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Oh, that's right. Well, come on! Little girl Annalene was just back to herself
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I was born to sing and dance! When you look at your journey
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and how your life has come to be, those first couple steps are always the most important
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and I think I got pretty lucky that Ruthless the musical with Suzy Luser
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was not my first step, but my first tap. Everybody say Ruthless! Ruthless
