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[0:00] Lea Lachey: This is Lea Lachey and I'm Drew Lachey and you're listening to Behind the Awards.

[0:14] Eila Mell: Hello and welcome to Behind the Awards.

[0:16] Bruce Gotlieb: I'm Bruce and I am here with Eila.

[0:19] Eila Mell: Hello. Hello there.

[0:21] Bruce Gotlieb: How are you doing today?

[0:23] Eila Mell: It's so hot.

[0:24] Bruce Gotlieb: We are smack dab in the middle of summer.

[0:27] Eila Mell: Yes. And it's not supposed to get any cooler.

[0:29] Bruce Gotlieb: The heat wave is upon us.

[0:31] Eila Mell: All right. Well, you know, I'll think about the cold winter and I'll enjoy it.

[0:35] Bruce Gotlieb: There you go.

[0:36] Eila Mell: So I saw a really cool advertisement today.

[0:40] Bruce Gotlieb: I know you're not a sports person, but during The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's character says "old sport" a lot.

[0:47] Eila Mell: That's, I guess, a turn of phrase from that time period where they would call each other "sport."

[0:53] Bruce Gotlieb: So the show is saying show up to the box office to purchase your tickets in person wearing a sports jersey, and they will give you 30 percent off your ticket.

[1:05] Eila Mell: Oh, wow. That's a great deal.

[1:09] Bruce Gotlieb: And so smart to get people to the box office, especially when the World Cup is going on.

[1:15] Eila Mell: So, you know, people are wearing these jerseys anyway.

[1:19] Bruce Gotlieb: Right. And it plays into the vernacular of the show.

[1:23] Eila Mell: As people know, if they go to the theater to buy a ticket, you're going to get a better price anyway because you don't have all those service fees.

[1:30] Bruce Gotlieb: Right. And they can also, if there are any discounts, apply them for you.

[1:34] Eila Mell: Correct. And now if you get 30 percent off, really.

[1:37] Bruce Gotlieb: But the smartest thing about that is the husband factor, because obviously everybody wears jerseys.

[1:46] Eila Mell: But typically and stereotypically, it's the husbands and the shows that succeed the most are the ones where husbands will agree to go to them.

[1:55] Bruce Gotlieb: Right. So if you can get your husband to go in a jersey, all the better.

[2:00] Eila Mell: Exactly. And the other thing that's great about just the logistics of it all is The Great Gatsby's playing at the Broadway Theater, which is all the way up at the tip of the theater district.

[2:10] Bruce Gotlieb: So you don't even have to deal with Times Square and stuff. You're kind of, you know, off the beaten trail a little bit.

[2:16] Eila Mell: Yeah, it's true. So, well, that's a lot of fun.

[2:20] Bruce Gotlieb: Yeah. Speaking of fun.

[2:20] Eila Mell: Yeah, exactly. I couldn't be more thrilled to welcome our guests back to our show.

[2:27] Bruce Gotlieb: This is the third time we're having our friends Lea and Drew Lachey on Behind the Awards.

[2:32] Eila Mell: Yes. And they're telling us all about the most recent iteration of Label.less, which is now playing at The Duke.

[2:39] Bruce Gotlieb: And we might as well just get into it.

[2:45] Eila Mell: Bruce, we are so excited to welcome back to our show our friends, Lea and Drew Lachey. Hey, you guys.

[2:52] Drew Lachey: How's it going?

[2:52] Lea Lachey: Hi, guys. We're so excited to be here.

[2:56] Drew Lachey: We're thrilled to have you back.

[2:58] Lea Lachey: We're so excited.

[2:58] Drew Lachey: And we're so excited that Label.less is back, too.

[3:01] Lea Lachey: Yes, we couldn't be kept away. You know, we had so much fun last spring and the response was so great that, you know, this was always kind of part of our plan towards world domination, as you know, to return back to New York.

[3:16] Drew Lachey: And, you know, so we're very excited to be here all summer long.

[3:18] Lea Lachey: That's amazing.

[3:19] Bruce Gotlieb: Well, and you're in a big venue.

[3:22] Drew Lachey: Yes, we've moved a little bit more towards the center of the island. You know, so we're a little closer to Times Square, a little bit more into the thick of things.

[3:30] Lea Lachey: But when we were thinking about, you know, venues where the show would work, we really kind of went through all the paces.

[3:34] Drew Lachey: All right. We looked downtown. We looked the Midtown Eastside. We looked all over. And as you know, our show has so much choreography and the cast is a bit bigger. So it was kind of that right combination of stage size versus audience size.

[3:47] Lea Lachey: And the Duke was just the perfect fit.

[3:50] Bruce Gotlieb: Now, when you guys were building this next phase, I know you mentioned the cast getting a little bit larger. Did you then have to tweak choreography, staging numbers, all of that?

[4:03] Drew Lachey: Also, I honestly I didn't tweak that much because I knew what were. I think that's the hard part, though, right, is like when to leave it and when to kind of, you know, get in there and mix it up a little bit.

[4:18] Lea Lachey: There are some slight changes.

[4:20] Drew Lachey: Yeah. There's some surprises.

[4:23] Lea Lachey: Love in the section of the show and "Man's World." There's a big change there.

[4:30] Drew Lachey: And also in the self-worth section, the song "Enough" sung by Abby Doherty is choreographed a little differently.

[4:39] Lea Lachey: But I think it's really hitting in the right places. So I'm excited about it. The whole show is great.

[4:45] Drew Lachey: But I have to say the choreography, Lea, is fantastic.

[4:49] Lea Lachey: Thank you. You just made her all day.

[4:50] Drew Lachey: Yeah, I made her all day.

[4:52] Lea Lachey: Oh, my God. Thank you. I'm super proud. We just have a talented cast that can execute.

[5:00] Drew Lachey: Right. And then I have to brag a little bit to this cast. The note taking is off the charts.

[5:08] Lea Lachey: Unbelievable.

[5:09] Drew Lachey: Like I looked at our stage manager, Kelsey, the other night and said they just took every single note and it just makes your job so much more fun and easier, to be quite honest.

[5:20] Lea Lachey: So I'm lucky to have them to execute what my vision is.

[5:26] Drew Lachey: So it's an exciting time, guys.

[5:29] Eila Mell: Exciting. Yeah. No, you're so good at what you do. I mean, both of you really.

[5:34] Bruce Gotlieb: Let's explain to people who don't know what the show is.

[5:37] Eila Mell: For me, it's sort of a hybrid of a concert and a musical in the best possible way.

[5:43] Drew Lachey: So, you know, I think this is perfect for people who aren't sure if they like musicals so much because, you know, you're getting drama, you're getting concert, you're getting musical, you're getting, you know, just great choreography.

[5:58] Lea Lachey: Is that how you sort of envisioned it?

[6:00] Drew Lachey: I think that's where it landed for us. I think that those are our backgrounds.

[6:04] Lea Lachey: You know, we have trained in theater.

[6:07] Drew Lachey: We have done tons of theater. The pop world, clearly.

[6:11] Lea Lachey: We know a lot about.

[6:12] Drew Lachey: True. Do you have some experience?

[6:16] Lea Lachey: Maybe a little bit.

[6:17] Drew Lachey: Maybe just a little bit. I've done one or two.

[6:20] Lea Lachey: Right. Yeah, I think for us it was, you know, people are very much quick to be like, all right, well, if you're creating a musical, you need this, you need this book, you need this kind of score, you need this kind of story, you need this size cast.

[6:33] Drew Lachey: None of that is true to create something.

[6:36] Lea Lachey: You don't need any. You don't need to check off any kind of boxes.

[6:40] Drew Lachey: You need something. And we say this all the time. I think it's Carol Burnett that says they won't remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel.

[6:48] Lea Lachey: Yeah. And that is what Label.less is all about. It is about making people feel from their heart.

[6:53] Drew Lachey: So whether the vehicle is a song, whether it's choreography, whether it is, you know, someone, you know, telling their true personal stories on the stage, that vehicle can take any different kind of shape or size or length of time or size bunk or, you know, number of songs.

[7:10] Lea Lachey: And so I think we had to fight ourselves, you know, be like, oh, well, they're telling us we got to do this.

[7:10] Drew Lachey: We had to fight the idea of conforming to what people thought a musical was supposed to be or, you know, a show that was going to New York was supposed to be.

[7:24] Lea Lachey: And we literally had to take a step back and be like, but it works. It works this way. It is its own thing.

[7:31] Drew Lachey: It doesn't have to be. We're not trying to do, you know, recreate, you know, Sondheim or J.R.B. or like any of these fantastic, you know, shows.

[7:42] Lea Lachey: We're just trying to do what we know works and what makes our audiences feel something special.

[7:47] Drew Lachey: So we settled on that kind of concert theater hybrid.

[7:53] Lea Lachey: And I also think that in the landscape of what's out there in theater right now, you know, this smaller show that isn't linked to an existing IP, people also are clinging to because it's something new and something exciting.

[8:07] Drew Lachey: And people crave originality.

[8:10] Lea Lachey: So they get that in coming to your show.

[8:13] Drew Lachey: I think so, too. Another big comment that we're getting right now is that it's so authentic, raw, real.

[8:20] Lea Lachey: So touching on that, I think people are craving that.

[8:23] Drew Lachey: I think audiences are craving that. I think they're craving real emotion and real connection.

[8:30] Lea Lachey: So I do think that it's, you know, what? Ninety-five minutes, I think, is what we landed at.

[8:34] Drew Lachey: This is a 90, 95 minutes, depending on how the monologues are delivered.

[8:38] Lea Lachey: Yeah. How many dramatic pauses do they think? Like, come put your phone down, right?

[8:43] Drew Lachey: And experience some real life stories.

[8:46] Lea Lachey: I do think that people want that right now.

[8:50] Bruce Gotlieb: No, I would agree. I think so. And the stories are based on some of the actors' real experiences, and they're so profound, too.

[8:58] Drew Lachey: Yeah. All of the stories are either new and very truthful to the current cast member or a cast member in the past.

[9:07] Lea Lachey: Most of them are current. But the sad thing is, like, we'll go to a new cast member like, all right, this is the monologue that was in this spot before.

[9:15] Drew Lachey: How do we want to change it? What makes it true to you?

[9:17] Lea Lachey: What makes the story, you know, reflect your life?

[9:21] Drew Lachey: And I mean, most of the time they say we relate to that story.

[9:25] Lea Lachey: And then there are obviously little tweaks that Drew does so that, you know, it's that person.

[9:31] Drew Lachey: But it is, it's eye-opening as creators to say, oh, my gosh, we're so many of us are linked by these stories that it is.

[9:41] Lea Lachey: It's like this. I think that's what pushes us forward too as creators is to say, like, this needs to be seen. This needs to be told.

[9:49] Drew Lachey: So it's refreshing.

[9:51] Lea Lachey: And I feel like that's another thing that, you know, is part of the, you know, to make a musical, you have to do this.

[9:57] Drew Lachey: Our book has never been locked.

[10:00] Lea Lachey: You know, our cast could come up to us today. I mean, and they could say, what do you think about changing this line?

[10:06] Drew Lachey: OK, let's work through it. Let's figure it out. Let's see how it tells the story.

[10:10] Lea Lachey: Does it tell the story better? Does it make it feel better for you as an actor?

[10:14] Drew Lachey: You know, so I think, you know, that's another way that we're trying to keep it do something new.

[10:20] Lea Lachey: Yeah. Keep it exciting.

[10:22] Bruce Gotlieb: Keep it for audiences to Drew. Do you on the music side feel like also like Lea, where you have to stop at some point, but you get maybe a new cast member that now has abilities that maybe somebody doesn't.

[10:36] Drew Lachey: Do you feel like inclined to like, oh, I have to sit down and write a new song or add something?

[10:43] Drew Lachey: Yeah. So it's yes, I do. And there's a couple of times I feel like, oh, I maybe I should maybe I go back into the studio and I work.

[10:51] Drew Lachey: On this song and, you know, sometimes I catch myself, I'm like, I'm not gonna do that. That song fits perfectly. But there's also elements of, there is flexibility with, you know, songs we've written to change lyrics, change melodies. You know, we have a guy that just joined the show this time, and he has a range that just doesn't stop. It's unbelievable. So I'm like, alright, what if we change the melody at this part? And he opts up. I mean, it's a big opt up. And it's now literally one of my new favorite moments of the show. Um, you know, so I think by being the writers, the creators, the producers, like we have that freedom to take cast members and basically be like, what do you do? Well, how can we make this a showcase for you as well?

And we're able to do that. But I think that that's what makes it unique to the entire process of Label.less. It keeps us engaged, it keeps the cast engaged. So you're coming and you're seeing something so entertaining and real because people are, the cast is connected, like they want to constantly find ways. Does this look better? Does this, should we connect here? And it's exciting because it doesn't sit stagnant, right? It's like, it evolves and it grows and it breathes. And so it's fun to go to work every day.

[12:19] Lea Lachey: Keeps it fresh for everybody, which is important.

[12:22] Drew Lachey: Yes. Yeah. And it feels like, you know, the actors because it's a lot of them, their stories, they have equity in the show.

[12:27] Lea Lachey: Yes.

[12:30] Drew Lachey: I mean, literally and yeah, literally and figuratively, you know, that was something that was important to us too, you know, is making sure that they feel like it is their show because honestly, what is the show without their stories? Yeah. So there is that give and take, you know, with what is true to them, what is authentic to them, but also what does the show need in order to keep its structure? We can rewrite monologues, but it still needs to have a cohesive voice. It needs to have a certain cadence that, you know, it doesn't feel, you know, wonky and disjointed. So there is some give and take and some compromise that has to happen. But it is always an open conversation, like any time the cast can come to us and be like, so what do you think if we add this or change this? And I think that's those are the conversations that make the show continue to grow and be relevant, you know, and as the world changes, the show can change.

[13:30] Drew Lachey: You know, I said that the show is unique, and it is, but it also reminds me of shows like A Chorus Line and Runaways, where it's, you know, people's stories, and then, you know, these great numbers. So, you know, it definitely has roots in musical theatre, it's just told in a slightly different way.

[13:51] Lea Lachey: Yeah, yeah, and we get that comparison a lot.

[13:54] Drew Lachey: Yeah, I think, you know, for me, like, I did a production of A Chorus Line not too long ago. And, you know, every, every night, I would sit there and listen to Paul's monologue and, you know, be like, heartbroken every single time. So imagine hearing a monologue or story told like that, from the point of view of the person that it actually happened to.

[14:14] Lea Lachey: Yeah.

[14:15] Drew Lachey: You know, yeah, the impact that that can have. And then, you know, they go into a song that good part of the time was written for them, right? You know, or chosen for them to be in their voice, the key was selected for them. You know, the runs, the opt-ups, all those was catered to them. You know, so the impact is, you know, I feel like it's that much more magnified, because you know that, you know, this is something that Abby went through, that Micah went through, that Colton went through, or is still going through. And some of it is heartbreaking, and some of it is extremely celebratory, you know, full of hope. So I think that's the balance that Label.less finds.

[14:59] Lea Lachey: I think that when you were talking about are there any changes, I do think that this phase, there's a joyfulness to it. They're empowered when they're telling their story. So I would say if there, you know, any big change from last year, there's even more joy on the stage, which I think is remarkable that they can get on stage and share those deep moments in those personal stories and still find connection and joy within the cast.

[15:27] Drew Lachey: And is there still a Lachey in the cast?

[15:30] Lea Lachey: There is, there is, there is.

[15:32] Drew Lachey: That's great.

[15:33] Drew Lachey: Beyond proud. Yeah, I mean, I don't know what else to say other than, he's a beast. Yeah, I mean, it's crazy enough, like, so yes, there's a Lachey in the cast. But we've been working with some of this, these cast members since they were, you know, 14 years old, and now they're 28. You know, so for us, this cast is an extension of our family. This show is our third child. You know, it's not something that we're like, Oh, gotta go to work today, right? It's like, we get to see we get to see people that we genuinely care about, that we know, you know, very well that we know their parents, we know their siblings. So for us, it really is just an extension of family and watching dreams come true. I mean, we're clearly thrilled by everything that's happening for our own dreams, right? But to watch 18 people in front of you living their dream. There's nothing like it. There's nothing like it. It's, it's, it's magic. I mean, to watch their faces every day is remarkable.

[16:40] Lea Lachey: It's a young cast. Yes.

[16:42] Drew Lachey: Yeah, everyone in the show is is is between 20 and 30. You know, some of them are still in college, some of them literally just graduated college, you know, a couple months ago. Yes. Some never went to college. It's just kind of this smorgasbord. It's this cross section of society. You know, every different, you know, background, every different color, every I mean, we try to put as much diversity and representation on the stage as we possibly can. Because that's what tells the stories that need to be told in the show. You know, we can't have a bunch of cookie cutter people that all went to the, you know, top three empty schools in the country, and they all come out and they all, you know, they all got the same training and the same stories. And this is something different. And so, you know, representation matters for us.

[17:31] Lea Lachey: I have to just share this too. They're just funny. Like I, we got added, we're lucky enough, you guys, that we got added to the group text. Well, they have their own without us. Okay, let's be real. Like, there's like real stuff going on in that. But in the other one, and I mean, they're just so hysterical, like, like to listen to them and watch them. And they're just fun people. They're good people. And, and they believe in, you know, the other thing that's, that's important to me anyway, with the show is the ripple effect of being a good human, of looking people in the eyes and seeing them for who they truly are. And I think they are ambassadors for that. Truly, just because of who they are in their makeup, not because we tell them to be, they just are. And so it's just fun to be around them.

[18:22] Drew Lachey: Yeah, I'm sure. Well, at the time of recording, you guys have opening tomorrow.

[18:29] Lea Lachey: We have two more previews today. Okay.

[18:35] Drew Lachey: And then we opened openings. Yes. Yeah, so that's exciting.

[18:35] Lea Lachey: Yeah, which is which is exciting is one word. Yeah. No, it's very exciting. It's also, you know, nerve wracking. You know, there's there's lots of butterflies, not because of, you know, the story or the show, we feel so proud of the way the show is and the talent, you know, it's just all the unknowns of theater that are that are out there in the world right now. You know, anybody that's experienced theater in the last, you know, since COVID, you know, gets that, you know, I think for us, though, the joy that we get from going to work every day, the way that we feel like we can help, you know, leave our mark on the world is through this show. And like Leah said, the ripple effect that the show offers of, you know, being able to, you know, reach more people that feel like they aren't seen or aren't heard or aren't valued.

You know, that has a very powerful effect on the world. And we say, you know, we have this saying, there's just one person, there's always going to be one person in the audience whose life is going to be touched and changed. Maybe they, you know, are going through something, maybe they need to feel a part of a community, maybe they need to feel lifted up or supported. And this show can do that, you know, so the cast goes out every night, regardless of whether it's, you know, a matinee or a night show or opening night or first preview, and they go out and they try and connect with the audience because they know that there could be that one person that needs to hear it.

[20:11] Lea Lachey: So this year is a big year for Rent, you know, it's an anniversary year.

[20:16] Drew Lachey: Yeah, is it?

[20:19] Lea Lachey: You've been in Rent, Drew.

[20:20] Drew Lachey: Yes, yes.

[20:21] Lea Lachey: But you know, and it's not your only Broadway show, obviously, but how has your experience as an actor on Broadway influenced this show?

[20:29] Drew Lachey: I mean, I'll tell anybody that ever asked, like one of my most proud moments and one of the things that that has changed my life the most as a performer was doing Rent, you know, just the way that I was brought into the cast, the way that I was accepted, the way that that Michael, you know, directed me, the way that the stage managers, you know, John Vivian, you know, kind of walked me through the process and my fellow cast member, Jeremy and Merle and Crystal and Beth and all of them, you know, they they kind of showed me, you know, kind of a way of performing that was different. And so it's it's one of my most proud moments to be a part of that show and tell that story. But I think the best way that it's affected my view of this show is just try and not come at it as a director, the producer, whatever, but come at is like a peer, like, all right, eight shows a week.

This is what we need to do. This is how we can continue to keep the stories fresh. This is what we can because the grind of eight shows a week is a lot. People talk about it, but it's it from a point of view, it is it's a it's it's a struggle, especially if you're constantly picking at the same scab from your own story all the time. So we talk a lot about protecting your soul.

[22:13] Drew Lachey: If you're doing a show in Baton Rouge or something in the summer, it's 90% humidity and 90 degrees and then you're sweating, so it's a little different in those regards. A performance is a performance. You either love to perform and you love to get out there and tell a certain story, whether you're singing pop hits from the 90s about heartbreak and love and all that stuff, or whether you're telling a story about something a little more intimate and personal. It's all about connecting with your audience and finding those moments where you can feel at peace and at home on the stage. So in some ways, it's different. There's no tour buses on Broadway. No tour buses.

[22:59] Lea Lachey: That's true.

[23:00] Drew Lachey: That's good. You get an idling fine.

[23:04] Lea Lachey: Right, right, right, right.

[23:05] Drew Lachey: But you can load up a bus of people and bring them to the Duke and they'll drop you off and you'll see a great show.

[23:12] Lea Lachey: That is true. We love that idea.

[23:15] Lea Lachey: You know, you guys are great leaders of this company, but are you ever tempted to get on stage yourselves and perform? Does it make you want to do that?

[23:24] Drew Lachey: Okay, I would be lying if I didn't say this. There's a couple numbers in the show that I joke to the cast. If anybody isn't feeling good, I can just jump in real quick and live out that fantasy again. For me, though, no. I mean, I can answer honestly. I am really happy where I sit right now. I love directing. I love choreographing. I love creating. I love that side of the table. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm too insecure. This cast, they sing their faces off. So I'd be like, hmm. I don't know. So my baritone. It would be like a constant struggle where I'd be like, oh my god, guys, I'm a little hoarse today. No, but I am constantly in awe of what this cast does. So in that regard, the way that they're able to have that connection on stage, do I miss that on a daily basis? Absolutely.

[24:35] Lea Lachey: Yeah, the rush.

[24:37] Drew Lachey: A cast becomes a family, and the way this show is created, they're able to have that connection on stage. A lot of casts have to play these games on stage and do all that.

[24:48] Lea Lachey: Oh, they're not.

[24:49] Drew Lachey: This cast, literally, they just get to connect on stage at any given moment and share their friendship and their connection with each other. So it doesn't have to be like, all right, you're a jet and you're a shark, but you still play these games.

[25:02] Lea Lachey: Right, right, right.

[25:03] Drew Lachey: This is about family and unity and connection and support and love. I think that's my favorite part. I was saying to Drew the other night, just watching the new connections, because that clearly works with Label.less in the staging. It's like to go into intricate choreography and blocking and then to see something new that a cast member does, it's heartwarming for me because it makes everything so seamless. It's not like, oh, they're going to do a monologue and now they're going to go into a number. It's just like one big thread line, I think, which is fun. It's like the mama bear in me watches it and I'm like, oh, look at them. They love each other.

[25:48] Drew Lachey: It doesn't feel like song monologue. It feels like the natural steps that you take to tell the story.

[25:56] Lea Lachey: Yeah, when somebody takes it and runs with it, you never want somebody to be like, it shouldn't look like you're walking over there because I told you that's where you need to go.

[26:04] Drew Lachey: Exactly.

[26:04] Lea Lachey: Yes, you need to be back there, but create your path. Can we maybe find some connection along the way as we move stage left?

[26:13] Drew Lachey: Yes.

[26:16] Lea Lachey: One thing that's really nice, and I got to observe when I was there last time, is your interaction with the audience, you two specifically, that you're so welcoming to the audience. Drew, you have fans of yours that come to see the show and you're so lovely to them and you give them so much time and it's really so nice to observe.

[26:37] Drew Lachey: Well, thank you. I say this all the time to anybody who asks, of the two people that are sitting on this couch right now, I am by far the least favorite. Anybody that meets Lea instantly falls in love with her and they become best friends. I'm constantly just trying to compete and keep up with this ray of sunshine over here.

[27:05] Lea Lachey: Well, it's true. The reason that we're here is because I connected with Lea first.

[27:11] Drew Lachey: That is true. I'm not lying.

[27:15] Lea Lachey: But I do think that we love that aspect of connecting with people and hearing what they have to say. Nine times out of ten, it's something really beautiful and then we're able to share that with the cast. That's important to us, to connect with the audience as well. And also, we are honored that they're coming to the show. We wouldn't be where we are without a lot of those fans, so we're grateful.

[27:45] Drew Lachey: Yeah, I think for us also, the world and this industry also are very critical. There are certain people that like to come to the theater now so they can pick it apart and tear it apart and, oh, well, I wouldn't have done this and, oh, you shouldn't have done that or this show was good for this reason but it was bad for this reason. And I think for us, there is a solace, there is a peace, there is a feeling that we get from hearing how a show touched someone in a positive way, how it made them feel seen. That is why we continue to do this. That is why this show is still eight years from creation still going is because of those interactions, those stories. So anybody that comes to see Label.less, I would just encourage them, just come with an open heart.

Just come with an open heart and let it do what it does. And I feel like that's any show. Don't go to a show, don't go to a movie, don't go to a concert trying to find what's wrong with it. Come trying to find what you can take away from it that's joyful and uplifting and going to make you a better person, have a better day. I feel like Label.less has that in spades.

[29:03] Lea Lachey: Yeah. I mean, it is the kind of show that will sort of turn your mood around and it will just change how your day is going if it's not going so well.

[29:09] Drew Lachey: Yeah. Yes. And if it couldn't get any better, the fact that we have our tickets priced for people to be able to actually take in the theater, that's another thing. That's important to us though. It's very important. We wanted something cost effective so that people could come and see live theater. So we're proud of that as well.

[29:33] Lea Lachey: Yeah. And it's important that young people can afford to go see it too because if it's not a show that your parents want to go to, you can still go and that's important because you'll hear your story.

[29:46] Drew Lachey: Yeah. Yeah. I think for us, making sure that our nonprofit is all about making the arts accessible and our nonprofit is mostly geared towards the training side of things. But this show is a continuation of that, making the arts accessible to audiences as well. That's another thing that New 42 is doing with the Vic and how they're bringing the arts and accessibility to kids all over the place.

[30:10] Lea Lachey: Well, that's partially why Label.less is a perfect fit to be in the Duke is because we share that mission of making sure that the arts, a family of four can come see our show for the price of one ticket to another show. So that's important to us. I can't recommend enough, Bruce, that people can come and see the show for all the reasons we've said. And then when you go, you'll find even more reasons that you like it.

[30:31] Drew Lachey: Oh, thank you. Yeah. For us, it really is a gift that keeps giving. Eight years later, we're still proud to be a part of it and helping to try and lead it with respect and love that it deserves and hope everybody comes and checks it out because we feel like it could change your life.

[30:47] Lea Lachey: Yeah. We'll have a link in the show notes so people can just click on and buy tickets. So you guys are at the Duke through the end of August. Is there a chance that that could even push out further?

[30:59] Drew Lachey: I mean, you never know. You know, you never know. Yeah. For us, like getting the show back out on tour is important. You know, taking the story and the show to people that might not be able to get to New York is important. We would love to go to the West End. We really want to do that. You know, there's considerations there. So even if it doesn't stay at the Duke longer than past August 29th, the show will continue on past August 29th.

[31:28] Lea Lachey: Yeah. All right. Now, Bruce and I would like to join you if you go to the West End.

[31:33] Drew Lachey: Oh, you're coming. Don't worry.

[31:33] Lea Lachey: Excellent. So everyone should click on the link, get your tickets between now and the end of August to see the show. Follow Label.less on Instagram. You can see all the little behind the scenes, some great videos that you guys have out, just giving people just enough of a taste to make them want to buy the tickets. So it's all great. And Lea, I strongly suggest that you do some videos of your choreography. You can teach people how to do some of the numbers because it's a great idea.

[32:05] Lea Lachey: I have started to get those requests where people are like, hey, come teach us part of the part of Born This Way or Money. And so that'll be coming soon. Don't worry.

[32:15] Drew Lachey: Excellent. All right. Well, thank you guys for joining us. Once again, we love having you.

[32:22] Lea Lachey: Thank you so much, guys. Appreciate it. We'll see everyone next time on Behind The Awards. Bye-bye.