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My name is Shoshana Bean. I am miraculously up for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
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for my role as Susan Young in Mr. Saturday Night. I am so happy to be sitting with you in here. Is it all surreal? What is it like
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It is! It's bizarre. It hasn't sunk in yet. Yeah. Okay, so you're wearing the pin
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Yes, I am. They're really cool, aren't they? Yeah. I didn't know it was coming. Like, everyone knows this is a thing
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How would I know it's a thing? Now I know. How joyous is doing this show? You bring such joy to audience members
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I mean, it's so great. I've seen the show twice already. You didn't say hi
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How can I come back? Right, there's no back. How joyous is that for you, just knowing the joy you're giving people
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I mean, that's probably the greatest joy is hearing the laughter every night en masse like that
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Not only have we not heard it for a few years, but knowing how badly people need that right now
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To be able to come to the theater and just have joy for two and a half hours
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There's no heaviness. There's no dark. It's just an escape, which is largely why we love
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experiencing art in that way, just to forget about the things that we face all day, every day
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Anyway, my character doesn't necessarily get to have a lot of fun
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She's not necessarily the most joyous force in the show, but being able to know that I'm a part of something that is doing that, it makes me very proud
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Sharing the stage with Billy Crispin, what is that like? Weirdly, it went from being really intimidating to then just really comfortable and
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a beautiful exploration every night. He's such a generous scene partner, and the majority of what I do is with him. He's one of those people that just loves the
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exploration like I do, so loves for things to shift and change and find new things in each moment
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So I feel really, really lucky to be able to do this with him
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He's a master class as well, on and off stage. Our relationship off stage has become the most precious gift of this whole experience for me
