Nestled on her lap in a white onesie is her 6-month-old son.
Also, I love a puppet.
(In hindsight, shes not sure the plots kid-proof: Are you kidding me?
It was like going to the gym again after 10 years, she says.
Theres a reason you’ve never seen me at a fashion show.
I dont feel excited by fancy things.
I feel excited by watching my kids try a strawberry for the first time.
On her dressing room staples:
I keep a vocal steamer.
Its a handheld steam machine to steam your vocal cords, because its a very vocally rigorous show.
And Ive probably eaten my weight in Ricolas.
I haveoregano oil, because thats really good at preventing you from becoming sick.
I immediately took it and had anEmergen-C vitamin C drink, and Ive been fine.
I really like singing with them.
In LA, when I do stuff like that, people roll their eyes at me.
But here, they sing along.
On her intermission reality:
I pump.
And you do all the things other people do during intermission.
You go to the bathroom.
But mostly its just pumping now.
On dealing with mid-show interruptions:
Thats the best part of theater.
You just go with it.
When I say that, somebody in the audience goes, Aw, man!
Everybody started laughing, and then I broke the fourth wall and looked at the audience for a second.
The whole audience just roared, because it was a moment we were sharing together.
On why she loves the theater:
Ive always been a person with really big feelings.
Sometimes in America, theres a culture of worshiping cool, which is the opposite of big feelings.
I aint never been cool, honey.
Same thing with being Asian.
That was something that made me cool and interesting in the theater community.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
