Video: Alyssa Milano Is the Merry Murderess of the Moment

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It's the Roundtable with me, Robert Bannon. Hi, everybody. Welcome to The Roundtable

My name is Robert Bannon. I'm so excited that you're here. Listen, I was born in 1983 in New Jersey

and there is nothing more New York, New Jersey, in Connecticut than who's the boss

if it was Alyssa, Tony, Judith, Danny, Catherine, we didn't miss an episode in my house

So when I heard that Alyssa Milana was going to be Roxy Hart on Z. Broadway, my cousins had her

records back in the day. I knew she could sing. And I know Alyssa Milano can dance and I know she can act

We were really excited that Alyssa Milano joins us. So she's coming up in a few minutes

I'm excited that you're here. You could be anywhere. You could be watching anything. You could be listening to anything

but somehow either because of Alyssa, because of Broadway World, or because you just were trolling the internet

and you fell into the rabbit hole that is this show. I'm so happy you're joining us for our messy time

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Look, Chicago's one of my faves because it's a classic. And no matter if you've seen it all the time or you haven't seen it in a decade

it lives up to the hype. The cast is amazing. The people that come in that play the characters of Velma and Roxy and Billy

and that just come in and crush this show every single time, It's a rotating cavalcade of stars

I'm one of my favorite stars. I mean, my husband has a charm tattoo. So we wait until I show, Alyssa, we got receipts

Alyssa Milano makes her roundtable debut right here on the roundtable on Broadway World

Yes, my family has freaked out. We've done interviews Alyssa Milano, but nobody has got my family more excited than you

Really? Are you kidding? That's the best. That's so sweet. Send them my love

I got married in New Jersey. I was going to say, you have a Jersey little boy

You have a Jersey husband a little bit. I do. I do have a Jersey husband

He grew up in Tewksbury, and we got married in the house that he grew up in

There's a certain type of charm about a Jersey boy, I have to say. 100%

His family is so incredible. And he's so incredible. And I'm very blessed

We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary this year. 15 years. I remember. I remember your career and your life has been in the public eye for so long

And I can't believe that Broadway, after you've recorded music, you've had platinum records

you've been singing and doing television, now you get to be Roxy Heart on Broadway

I mean, am I the luckiest? And we're lucky to see it

Thank you. Have you seen it yet? Come see me. I have to see you. I have seen Chicago a lot. It is my favorite show, everybody

The Richard Rogers, and it is an old friend. You can go back over and over again

Yes. And I think that's the beauty of what they've created, especially with, you know, new people coming in to play Roxy or Velmo or Billy Flynn

You can see this show over and over and it always brings something new What was rehearsal like for you to get these dance moves and this music down It was interesting because I think what people don realize is when you rehearsing for a show like Chicago where you stepping in

I basically, I just rehearsed with a piano and the stage managers

Like, I didn't even have other actors really to play off of every once in a while they bring

in a swing or an understudy. But, you know, because everyone was performing that night or in the show

So I literally, I didn't hear the music the first time or sing to an orchestra until opening night, which was a week ago yesterday

And there's a picture of the bow, of the curtain call bow. As a person growing up in New York and a lifetime in it

It had to be a bucket list moment. What was it like when you did that dance

and finished that show and took that bow? It was thrilling. It was thrilling

It was really stressful. You know, I've always been very honest about my emotional mindset

in different parts of my life. And I will definitely say that getting

getting ready for an opening night of Broadway was probably the most stressful time

I think ever for me. But I can also say within the last, I would say, three or four days, so that's like, what

three days in, I started to feel less stressed and more just thrilled and excited

And I've been having a really good time. It's so fun. It's so fun

I mean, Roxy is such a fun character to explore and do a deep dive

I mean, she's very complex. And, you know, those complex characters, those flawed characters are what I love to do so, so much

So I'm having a great time. And you've done a lot of characters that have passed in history

I mean, we've seen you on TV playing people who have been convicted. You play criminals you played, scorn lovers, you play at all

So this is a roll. Right up my alley. Chicago The Musical.com

you could get your tickets. And of course we were following Alyssa on Instagram at Milano underscore Alyssa

I would be remiss to say that you were in the newspaper the other day because you had a reunion in New York City

This is what I remember. And then this was just the other night

I know. And his fabulous cabaret show of Tony Danza, was it a little

I know you've all been close. So what's it like when you all get together? And now you're all working in New York

the two of you. I mean, he is such a sweet, sweet, sweetheart

He said, during the show, he said, I have two daughters here

I have my real daughter and my TV daughter. It was so very touching

I just love to go see. It's the third time I've seen him live

I brought my son the last time. I love, and I figured out what it is

because he brings such, his voice brings, such comfort to me because it was such a big part of my childhood

But also it allows me to go back and remember certain things about that time that I don't

think I normally would do like a deep dive doing you know like he when we did who the boss he had this this Akita dog named Buddy And I don know why while I was sitting there watching him at the Carlisle the other night

I just started thinking about Buddy, his dog at the time. And what a blessing that is

And what a blessing it is to go see a man who just loves to perform

Yeah. He loves it. That's his heart. He would be nothing without that ability to go out there in front of a crowd

So I'm blessed. I get to still see him. And I feel blessed to be inspired by him still after all these years

And now you're a Broadway baby, too. So we're all the Broadway babies out here

Is it true that you come from a family that was theatrical or

but you kind of snuck into showbiz that you didn't, Did you, is that true

Is that a true story? I mean, I kind of, yeah, that's a good way to put it

My mom was a fashion designer when I was a little girl, and she had a model who was a dancer

She was a member of equity, and she went up for an open-a audition

and was babysitting for me one day, and there were 1,500 kids there

And I was like, I want to do that. Four were picked out of the 1,500

and I was one of the four. So I toured him. the second national touring company with Annie

That was my first job. I was eight years old. And then I did a whole bunch of theater

when I got off the road with Annie until I got, who's the boss when I was 10

And then we moved out to Los Angeles. But yeah. So musical theater is really your introduction

So you're back. It's like a full circle moment where you're back. Truly. I mean, life is really just an interesting thing

when you could, you know, come that full, that full circle. Also, like my daughter is really responsible for me being in Chicago

She started doing musical theater. She's 10. She started doing musical theater a couple years ago when she was just eight

And just kind of gave me the courage to go out for this audition, to audition for Roxy

And when I got the part and I was trying to think of every excuse why I shouldn't do it because

I was so scared, she was like, she looked at me and she said

you would be an idiot not to do this. I was like, okay, stage daughter

He's worse than a stage mother. How you supposed to compete with that

You have no choice. No, because what am I going to do

Like saying you can't at that point say, no, I'm too scared because that's a horrible

thing to, you know, to, my daughter would think, oh, I could do things I'm not

that I don't feel. that I'm scared of doing, you know. So I had to set that influence, you know, and be like, no, we can do things that are hard and we could do things that are scary

Have you seen it? Huh? Have they seen it yet? Not yet, no

But my parents are coming tomorrow. They're coming into New York tomorrow

And I think Friday they're coming to see the show. And I think I'm going to be able to audibly hear their songs

Oh, 100%. Well, we are so excited about it. I am, I would be divorced before I get married

I marry my husband in May and I have to show you. I have receipts, Alyssa Milano, of how much we love you in this house

This is the tattoo on his back shoulder It is the charm Oh we don play Darius Wheeler right here Wow He has Amazing

And a little scary. I love it. There are many amazing people on the planet that have the trichletra tattooed on their bodies

So you're lucky to have him. I sure am. So Darius, Alyssa Milano

We showed her yesterday. I said, can I take a picture of the tattoo? He said, if you're showing Alyssa Milano, yes

Oh. I love it so much. Well, congratulations. Thank you. Your work has inspired a lot of people

They see your characters. They see the work that you've done and the joy that you've brought it

But you also, as a queer individual, the work that you've done for HIV, back with Ryan White

the work that you do with UNICEF and PETA and, I mean, the Me Too movement and the United 24 movement and gun rights

and you speak out for what you move is so inspiring. and needed in this time. Your entertainment value is off the chart, but your voice has helped many

people. Thank you. Thank you. It means so much to me. Thank you. Yeah, I, it's my most important work

and everything else fuels that work. You know, I'm very lucky to have a platform to be able to

impact people and make a positive change for causes that mean a lot to me and that injustices

that I see. And so I'm very lucky that I get to do that work. Well, we'll be staying watching

and we'll be up to speed on all the things that you're doing. Thank you. And we're coming

Chicago, the music. Come on. You better listen to everyone out there if you've never seen it or if you've seen it

10 times, you're not going to see it like when she does it. It's true

I'm doing a very, very different take. So come see me. Do you have like a whole routine

Are we interrupting your pre-show routine right now? No, not not. I've got seven minutes normally before I'm here even

So, but yeah, I usually get here at 5 o'clock and then that starts the whole, you know

hair and makeup process. And I go over my script. I listen to the soundtrack

from, you know, Annie Rankin and BB New Earth Days. And, yeah, then just starts, it all starts

Just get in the zone. We hope you have the most amazing run, break all the legs

The word on the street is that you're triumphant and your voice is gorgeous. And this dancing is not easy, everybody

So she's out there, dancing. That's right. I am, and I got the bruises to prove

I'm bruised from head to tell. It's such an honor to talk to you

Thank you so much. Enjoy the run. Enjoy New York and much love. Thank you. I'll see you soon

Bye, everyone. Thank you. How great is she? She doesn't age. She's timeless

Alyssa Milano is timeless. Why haven't you gotten your tickets yet? Grab your tickets already

Come on down. See a Broadway show. Support art and life of an artist out here

We all need that support out here in the art community. So you being here is supporting me

and you going and buying a ticket or listening to a song or sharing something on social media

is supporting an artist out there and the world is a better place because of art and artists. So for me, I said thank you for being here on the roundtable

Thank you, Broadway World. Thank you, Alyssa Milano. Thank you, Chicago. And mostly thanks to you for being here with me

I hope the best is yet to come and I hope to see you again next time on the Broadway World Roundtable

Bye, everyone