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Video: Brian d'Arcy James Opens Up About His 'Most Satisfying and Gratifying Experience Onstage'
May 21, 2024
In this video, watch as Tony nominee Brian d'Arcy James chats about his beloved co-star, the long evolution of days of Wine and Roses, and so much more.
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It really means a lot to me, this one in particular. I have the great fortune of saying that I've
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been here before and I never take it for granted because it is threading a needle to have this
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recognition which I'm so grateful for. But this one in particular just because of the
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gestation process of this show over 20 years and getting to work hand in glove with Kelly
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O'Hara and just really explore the depths of these characters along with the likes of Adam
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Gettl, Michael Greif, Craig Lucas. I mean this is up there as being one of the most satisfying and
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gratifying experiences I've ever had on stage. You know you've done so many special things but
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this is extra special the way it's been done like over 20 years of putting this musical together
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with the same team. Yeah it is kind of remarkable I mean that's never happened to me before and you
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know just to be clear it wasn't 20 years of constant work it was kind of island hopping
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every once in a while but in the last 10 years for sure there's a concerted effort to really
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kind of find out what this show could be. So that is unique in and of itself but and then that's
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just one of the ways it stands out as being special. Sharing the stage with Kelly O'Hara
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what is that like? I love Kelly O'Hara. I'm lucky to call her a dear friend and you know
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I've never had the kind of I've never been asked to do the kinds of things I had to do with this
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character the exploration of the terrain of what these characters go through and the fact that we
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were basically being given the same request and knowing that the person that you were doing it
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with was just was fearless and was inventive and inquisitive and wanted the best out of every
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moment and then and of course in the doing of it just willing to to try to find out what those
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boundaries were and to go even further than they did the night before. That made me a better actor
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and I'm eternally grateful for that experience with her. And Adam pushes the musical envelope
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every show he does is Jeopardy. He moves the form forward what that means to you as an artist. Yeah
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I think he does. I'd never speak for him but I think that I think what he does is I think he
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tries to find the voice for the the thing that he's working on. It doesn't necessarily try to
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push the boundaries per se but he's just trying to listen to what he feels is the right musical
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expression for the story that he's telling and just by that very pure effort you get something
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that is completely unique and completely remarkable as is all his work. So as you're here today you've
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been down this road before. Who are you most excited to meet here today? Well I saw my friend
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Leslie Odom Jr. in Pearly Victorious and I had a brief moment to be able to just look him in the
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eyes and tell him I was astounded by what he did in that show. I mean it really was. So I'm looking
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forward to seeing him again and just you know just congratulating him. That's just the first
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thing that popped into my head
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