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It's a reminder of wanting to fight for my voice
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It's a reminder of wanting the world to fight for its voice. It's a constant reminder of this beautiful artist who is no longer with us
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but that holds this timeless peace because it's about freedom. Personally, it just reflects everything that I am, and it's love
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I've always been, you know, I was raised in a house of love. I had great parents that taught me that there were no, you know, everybody's equals, whether race, gender, whatever
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I think that's why I fell in love with it for the first time in 2006, is because it just was a reflection of my friendships and my family and, you know, what I already believed and my moral compass
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I've gotten the opportunity to do it within really random circumstances, but they've been really the most valuable to me in my entire professional career
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So it just means a great deal to me to be a part of it again and to be able to be a part of this kind of new creation
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and a new generation falling in love with it? You know, Rent changed my life
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You know, it was my first professional job. So to come back to it later, having had a bit of a career
1:08
getting to do musicals and make musicals and rediscover this material it just overwhelming And it been an incredibly emotional and beautiful homecoming for me
1:21
To do it with people who were a part of the original creative team
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in a part of a show that was so groundbreaking and uniting, I think, for a country is just so special
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and something that I feel will hopefully translate and be the same for the audiences today
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The major themes and topics in the show are still relevant to the climate in America right now
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We're all discovering and having issues with whether it's our race, our sexuality, our gender identification
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Everything that we talk about in this show is something that affects me personally
1:58
Just knowing the legacy that this musical has and knowing hopefully the legacy that we can help leave
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it's a really big deal and it's a huge honor and I'm thrilled. What it reminds us is how alike we all are
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and that in that unity there's so much power. Even if we don't agree with each other
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we can still learn something from one another
