0:00
Now, some actors can sing
0:01
Some singers can act. Rarely, however, can they nail both. Our guest this morning certainly can
0:08
Of course she can. You'll know her from Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives. She's also an 11-time Grammy nominee
0:13
Will you please welcome Vanessa Williams? Yeah, good morning. Thank you so much for coming in
0:18
So was Elvis a singer that acted or was he an actor that could sing? I think it was a singer
0:24
Singer. And what about Vanessa Williams? Is she a singer? My, I am a, I'm a dancer first
0:33
That's, if I were to say, what do you want to do, I would, I would love to dance first
0:39
That makes you a triple head. Yeah, triple head. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm just happy that I can do it all, you know, and that, and musical theater allows me to kind of dip into all three and take a character and burst into song and also do a dance number
0:55
Well, talking of a character, we're absolutely over the moon in the youth. because you've just extended your run on Devil Wears Prada
1:01
So we've got you to October. Yeah October 18th just extended Yeah I mean the entrance that I make is the best entrance I ever had in my career I have to thank the director Jerry Mitchell for I come up from the floor and the audience erupts And we at the Dominion It like 2 people every show Wow So that definitely something that very intriguing and keeping me there too But it it it an experience So it I so happy that it a show that it a show that
1:33
that people, some people know that some people know the movie and some people don't. Some people don't
1:38
Some people don't. And we hear gasps when there's some plot twist that people that have seen the movie know
1:44
And then other people laugh at the people that are reacting because they're like, what
1:48
You don't know. So it's fascinating. And then we have like three girls in the front row that were screaming their heads off
1:55
And it felt like you're in a rock concert. So every night it's different. I do ages a week
2:00
I'm there all the time. We have our Sundays off. and it's really been an amazing experience
2:05
And also, Meryl Streep, throughout the movie, talked in almost a whisper. And everyone's like, how you're going to..
2:10
Merrill Streep, what are you going to do? I said there no way that you can burst in a song when you whispering the entire time So there choices that I made to make sure that it was my own Miranda Prizes And people can hear and see what I doing
2:23
What's your favorite part of being in London in the UK? Have you had a summer here before
2:28
I was in Plymouth, so I guess that's considered a summer. It's out in London
2:34
You're in high heels at the whole show. I understand that you've got a tip as to how
2:39
Oh, really? So my tip is that I think I got it. on one of those reels on Instagram
2:45
So if you take, you know, those toe socks, they're like little twos
2:49
And you put your third and fourth toe. So it's the one next to your pinky toe and the one there
2:57
Yep. It helps cushion the pressure from high heels. Yeah, yeah, because everything is pointy, you know, when you're wearing a high heel
3:07
So all your weight is always on the outside toes. Right. So if you tape them together
3:12
for some reason it kind of alleviates the pain so that's what I'm doing and that's my
3:16
try you can see the devil wears prada at the dominion theater in london first i want to say elton john did an amazing job you know and and sir elton his music is incredible incredible Shana Chob who did the lyrics it amazing so the fact that he taken an iconic
3:33
film and made it into a musical with Jerry Mitchell who's our director and choreographer is amazing
3:41
Do you get to spend some time with Elton doing that? I went to his house and Buckinghamshire
3:45
Yes I did. What was that like? Well it's at nighttime so I couldn't see the actual estate
3:52
But it was so warm and lovely and like just, you know
3:57
fresh flowers and candles burning and the dinner was amazing. And he does
4:02
he collects salt and pepper shaker so everybody had their own individual salt and pepper shaker
4:06
That's amazing intel. Yeah. Different themes and everything. So that was wonderful
4:11
And sat next to him and just warm and loving. And of course
4:15
David is amazing. The boys, his sons are so polite, so well-spoken
4:20
It was really a treat. Great. So thank you so much to Vanessa Williams. Yes
4:24
Thank you, Vanessa. Thank you
