Episode 2: Seize the Day-O: Backstage at BEETLEJUICE with Leslie Kritzer

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BEETLEJUICE star Leslie Kritzer takes us into the orchestra pit at the Winter Garden Theatre and cheers on a very special debut in her second vlog episode.

[@nataliecook8530]

The chaotic supportive energy of Broadway never fails to make me smile

[@clarapadilha9365]

Natalie Cook is your username a reference to 36 questions? 😱

[@nataliecook8530]

@@clarapadilha9365 no it's just my name lmao

[@suuperstaarrrr]

yeah the energy really hit different

[@ahmedmatias4086]

I realize it's kind of off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?

[@shnooffledoofd4508]

I want Alex to do a show with the ice tea in his hand the entire time. “I’ll kill you myself” *sips tea*

[@racheltfisher]

Shnooffledoof :D 😆

[@filmfangirls9163]

@MspPrincess pembo Genius!!!

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

@@filmfangirls9163 OMG YES PLEASE! Except make the tea like-bright green or something and pretend it's slime.......oh god I wanna see that now! **Laughs**

[@casperdurieux2532]

That’s the tea, sis

[@jillpongo2959]

I died reading this comment 😂 😂 😂

[@p0lyxena]

it blows my mind that kerry butler is nearly 50. i'm *convinced* that she was bitten by a vampire when she was in her mid-20's.

[@cami_cosmos]

SERIOUSLY She looks like shes in her mid thirties, at MOST. Not 48.

[@lillydaisey8137]

SHE IS NEARLY WHAT NOW

[@betsycarwile4788]

Wait she’s my mothers age? And she looks better then my mom?

[@eviericheson]

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE I AM SHOOK

[@toadtrash9565]

say sike rn, KERRY IS NOT 48 BROOOO

[@poppyameiIa]

the way everyone hyped presley up 🥰😭☺️🤧

[@juliehartley8668]

🤦🤦🤦

[@ellabradley3835]

Honestly, it was a little overwhelming to watch because she was just trying to walk through the hallway and people are just yelling at her like "WWWWWOOOOOOOO GO PRESLEY"

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

Yes I love Presley’s Lydia almost as much as Sophia’s. I had no idea that was possible.

[@amber-kr3ij]

@@juliehartley8668 what??

[@ItsThatGirlNamedAlex]

6:20 As soon as Alex said “Sup, Nerd?” with his PINKY UP, sipping tea as Beetlejuice I immediately started cackling. I live for it! 😂😂😂

[@katemcburnie9815]

Okay but i have this music teacher that i always thought would be AMAZING as beetlejuice and he always does the tea thing and always says to me ‘sup, nerd’ and i swear i nearly screamed when Alex did that

[@isabelladippel9649]

Kerry singing to her plants is the purest thing I want to be her

[@amandarama3314]

She is my child. I don't care if she's old enough to be my mom

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

Lol, my mum’s only 2 years older than her

[@gacharse1534]

@@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318 your mom is 51..?

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

@@gacharse1534 Yeah

[@graciestaysuplate3871]

i’m sorry but kerry and her plants are the cutest

[@saraht.m.8478]

GracieLoves absolutely

[@racheltfisher]

😍😍

[@franchescaalejo9798]

come on ur supposed to GROW

[@freelancebioexorcist174]

Fun fact: she started doing gardening because Barbara gardened in the DC script!

[@paulinamacias2944]

True Maitland

[@Fritter_Films]

“The crystals are speaking to me.” “What are they saying?” *buy more crystals*

[@Wolf-vy2gu]

Me lol

[@finnsaffelsipes]

i love the support for presley thats so special my heart omygoodness side note: i would pay to have alex brightman bully me while sipping tea

[@catherinevirginia947]

Finn Sipes I want him to roast me!

[@ruby7226]

imagine coming into the show and leslie kritzer is standing in the pit filiming everything

[@marieshenk1091]

Ruby Anne Locklear in her Delia costume too

[@itsmehoang]

No one: Not a soul Not even Beetlejuice: Leslie: shove a camera to a girls face “BuT aNyThInG fOr BRoAdWaY CoM”

[@catherinevirginia947]

Nf8hoang UNDERRATED COMMENT LMAOOO

[@catherinevirginia947]

Nf8hoang especially cuz I was the girl being shoved a camera in ma face but it’s fine and I repeat anything for broadway.com

[@itsmehoang]

Catherine Virginia oh my goddd ahahhahahahahha

[@catherinevirginia947]

Nf8hoang haha yeah 🤣🤣

[@chloe8270]

nobody: alex brightman: *sips tea*

[@user-oq6ol5fi2w]

i love few things more than the fact that alex's jacket sparkles

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

Right?! I never noticed the glitter!

[@barbaravaldezprados3522]

He be a sparkly boi.

[@benjaminnebenjamin6033]

i just noticed that was his curtain call costume 🤩

[@todwarner4851]

Rob just going “woAH OOOHHHH” after Alex calling him a nerd is a piece of gold

[@chiaisannoying]

WJEJSJJSJS IKR

[@lillydaisey8137]

God, I would sell my soul to beetlejuice for tickets to this show

[@annag8299]

*beetlejuice has entered the chat*

[@counterfeitpsychic1116]

*Lydia has left the chat*

[@marlenaroach2345]

Omg same!!!!!!!!

[@harmony453]

musicial ‘slime tutorial’s, look them up.

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

[@officialnetherling2486]

LESLIE STOP BEING ICONIC ASF ITS NOT FAIRRRR

[@katies7415]

“And this is five years!” “Five and a half!” “We’ve been together for nine months” “Ten months” (Haha literally the most likes I’ve ever gotten on a comment😂)

[@magnasollertia4665]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT HI I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@katies7415]

frasierland haha! Glad we had the same idea!☺️

[@unicornthespianbookworm6163]

omg thats what i was thinking

[@liliaadderley1549]

frasierland that’s literally what I was thinking

[@mariahhenderson1470]

@@magnasollertia4665 same

[@rachelwalker3704]

that girl when she saw you DEAD

[@catherinevirginia947]

rachel walker hi that was me not kidding

[@madison8355]

Catherine Virginia lol I’d love that

[@catherinevirginia947]

Annie Courshon so I was just making small talk and suddenly a hand with a camera popped up of the pit and me and the person next to me who was cut out we were screaming like omg and then it went back down and we both looked in the pit and saw Leslie and we sat back down and we heard a psssstttt and she said come here so we looked in the pit and she talked to us but she cut that part out. I was shakingggggg. She already had her costume on and everything

[@theshogun5364]

Catherine Virginia that’s great! I wish I could see this show live

[@abc-oy3vl]

Catherine Virginia omg that’s crazy i’m so happy for u!!! and i’m glad you have fun that’s an amazing experience

[@DarkStreamGaming]

Omg, Leslie, Alex, and Rob is that one group of friends the teachers always split up. I swear, they are so funny, I was dying during that part.

[@addysonbrown1771]

Alex needs his own seize the day o

[@Orangecatinahoodie]

He did the blog for school of rock called hard rock life

[@Jakeybakey5]

Kerry is the Plant Mom i aspire to be in life

[@allisondominguez468]

Leslie is truly feeding us some top notch content and I am GRATEFUL. Alex sipping tea? Supportive hugs to Presley on her debut night? Whatever on earth that usher character was? Incredible

[@carlywilsons]

the way everyone suppported presley made me wanna cry. why am i so emotionally unstable lmaoooo

[@rickym242]

Kerry singing Les Mis to her plants is also a mood! THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS A MOOD!!!

[@Jakeybakey5]

8:19 IS LESLIE VAPING BACKSTAGE I CAN’T 😂

[@christinec4102]

Jacob Redwood AHAHHAHAHAHAHAH IKRRRR

[@jaimemonteleone4310]

I think it’s one of those things that big time actors use to clear their throats

[@owenhparker]

It’s for the show, it’s a prop that doesn’t use real nicotine

[@mackenzieemptage6761]

IK I THOUGHT THAT WAS A JUUL TOO LMAO

[@dogsye9218]

Her character vapes in the show!

[@noawenger289]

i was there the night presley performed and she was amazing!!!!!

[@KingQueerio]

Noa Wenger LUCKY!!!!! ❤️

[@marlipickford2728]

Noa Wenger me too!! She was amazing

[@shelbydeep1554]

Noa Wenger im confused, is presley a swing? why was she lydia that night?

[@kendallwakefield7459]

I was there too!! It was my first broadway show!!

[@that_orange_hat]

Shelby Deep Sophia was off (idk why, she was probably sick or busy) and Presley understudies her!

[@chloe-ri5el]

i started happy crying when she showed presley as lydia

[@nataliecook8530]

The appreciation for Matt DiCarlo the PSM and his bf Joey Joseph (who also plays keyboard in the show?? rad!!) makes my gay techie heart happy

[@thelovelymadbs]

I was there for Presley’s first day! She was fantastic!

[@slytherin3034]

was anyone disappointed that Sophia was absent?

[@catherinevirginia947]

Slytherin Sophia has yet to taken a personal or sick day since they opened in DC so that was a year ago. Cmon, people need days off. But actually, I want to see Presley as Lydia! Not that I don’t also want to see Sophia, but they are both amazing!

[@emilywhitson5443]

Kerry is the most innocent person on Broadway maybe of all time she is so cute

[@vcabrera5396]

Kerry’s dressing room is the embodiment of Barbara.

[@rosek38.]

Nobody: Everyone: PRESLEY PRESLEY PRESLEY GO PRESLEY YAAA

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

I’m everyone

[@alexandriaraeee]

Leslie is literally so iconic. Her voice makes me happy !!!!

[@bellaharvey2532]

DID SHE CAUSALLY VAPE IM SCREAMING I LOVE HER

[@allie5422]

When?

[@waterbottle1067]

@@allie5422 8:18

[@smolbean_cici]

I live for Alex’s laughter

[@nataliastornello]

I love how Kerry nonchalantly says “Just talking to my plants”😂❤️

[@lily8159]

At 4:20 I was getting really excited bc I thought she gonna record the first few seconds of the show 😂

[@sarahbearah6297]

Love you Leslie! I think we all want to see your dog and your parrot if you can!

[@juliasturrus876]

Leslie: 'What's your favorite part about playing the show?' Panicked musicians: '....' Leslie: 'Obviously these are not actors' I love that she showed the pit, I don't see that often in the bts

[@claremurphy5453]

i’ve never clicked on a notification faster in my life

[@avathetwin7431]

Alex’s laugh at 7:19 is ICONIC

[@jack7532]

True

[@beccametz4365]

Putting in the orchestra was so cool! I never see enough appreciation for them.

[@cat_dance2035]

I was so excited to see Presley in her Lydia debut. she was fantastic!!!

[@beetlejuicex3334]

i was so hyped to hear the beginning music to the show but it cut 😂 jkjk tho best vlog ever

[@shaneryan-williams]

I saw the show twice last week and I came from the UK just to see this particular show! Already I am predicting a West End Transfer, it is that good! If you haven't already seen it, please watch it, it'll bring such joy into your hearts and has such a strong message!

[@tobygurd8752]

there is allegedly going to be a west end transfer in 2020

[@shaneryan-williams]

@@tobygurd8752 Which theatre though?

[@tobygurd8752]

Shane Noddles oh I have no idea. I just heard it through the theatre community rumour mill

[@jordyn2470]

at 8:00 when alex pats her on the back he’s like “k you’re my lydia now” XD 🖤

[@kharmony9518]

Omggg Kerry and Presley are sooo adorable!!

[@ruby7226]

now i am SO EXCITED for presley, but why was sophia out?

[@sydneybenjamin558]

Ruby Anne Locklear I believe she said she just needed a day off. I’m pretty sure she hasn’t missed a show their entire run

[@dontletthemtakeourmaymays4690]

Sydney Benjamin I can imagine. She seems like she’s a very hard worker, and being a teenager. You gotta have a couple days.

[@henrycawood1569]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN. These remind me so much of looks not books

[@rachaelreynolds-soucie7590]

NOBODY is allowed to dislike this video

[@catherinevirginia947]

Rachael Reynolds-Soucie Dont worry I didn’t

[@alexhorowitz4527]

Presley is so cute so wholesome to see everybody cheering for her!

[@notguilty6217]

Fran was my usher when I saw the show. She was just the nicest person I ever met 😭

[@rezashayesteh9718]

PRESLEY RYAN’S SEGMENT??

[@RJTheCerealGuy]

Dead mom song starts, Presley about to sing Sophie comes:Who the hell is she!

[@thinmints4life]

TheGamingIcon lol

[@whoknows7317]

Anyone willing to take me to this show, I'll be ur friend ;-;

[@madison8355]

Nothing Important yeethaw let’s ride

[@whoknows7317]

@PatrickStar really :DDD

[@racheltfisher]

I would love to go with someone but the deal breaker is I live in the Uk!

[@lilly._.6547]

@@racheltfisher me too let’s we can go if it opens in west end ;-;

[@_crystallize_]

Current mood: Lesley hitting a juul when Presley goes onstage

[@sirjoshyyy_2024]

That girls reaction 😂 She thought the bio-exorcist was coming after her!

[@cherismyprincess]

omg i saw presley's lydia debut and she was INCREDIBLE!!

[@milani3354]

when matt and joey were going "5 years" "5 in a half years" it reminded me of falsettos

[@hannahmariee4025]

i had the honor to watch presley as lydia and she was amazing

[@MandieZangora]

Watching this in November of 2020 with broadway closed and the pandemic raging on. I’m almost in tears watching these vlogs and seeing everyone hug and hang out and support each other so much and I would do anything to get it back that way. Hope everyone is staying safe, wear a mask, get your flu shot & be kind. And please remember that even though this year didn’t go like we planned it, the show must go on ♥️ 🎭 🌟

[@clairebear2813]

Congrats, Presley!! I was cheering you on from far away! I bet you rocked it!

[@trinurfav]

I want all of the cast as my friends like they seem like the best people

[@bellacollier845]

Alex: what you got, a camera, nerd. *femininely sips iced tea*

[@joshietoshie]

Wait Leslie Kritzer vaping just made my day

[@zoesella8540]

Every time I watch these it makes me want to see it even more

[@abijackson9746]

The way the hyped up Presley 😍😁🙌🏻

[@raelads3609]

"What, you gotta camera nerd?" 💅✨ OMIGOSH I LOVE ALEX

[@dawnadunn8369]

Who else just loves Leslie Kritzer

[@marbellamorrell2304]

i’m going to see beetlejuice this weekend and i’m so excitedddd ^.^

[@cassidyzollinger260]

Lucky! I hope you enjoy the show!

[@Munpies]

Marbella Morrell if only I could go😭

[@haleyrose6685]

I sat in the boxes during school of rock!!!

[@nelanela7862]

i LOVE these videos cant wait for the next one

[@evemansfield6983]

yay im so excited to watch!!!

[@glassmarbles4104]

Omg thank you for featuring the pit orchestra they’re always so under appreciated

[@jazziec]

This brought so much joy to my morning. Thank you.

[@Sean-jz1bq]

I love this show so much!!

[@tannergrant3431]

7:03-7:33... cracks me up EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[@bethanyanderson8352]

I love that they show us the pit!!!!!!!! It's so awesome

[@sweetperry26]

I’m living for this vlogss!!! Leslie your incredible ❤️ also yay for Presley!!!! I’m sure you were amazing!!

[@Carolinesbookworld]

These vlogs are too good for words to describe

[@zoegonzalez433]

these are seriously the best

[@WonderlandCrafting07]

I love that they all seem so excited to be doing this the energy is wonderful :)

[@AidanMcLeodProductions]

Thank you so much for the view in the pit!

[@mykelcohen]

I cannot get enough of Leslie! Thank you for these vlogs!!

[@chloe8270]

this totally makes my Tuesdays amazing!!

[@bxby_doll6796]

i met fran at beetlejuice last weekend!! she’s so wonderful, we had an actual chat with her while we walked down to our seats!! get yourself a seat on aisle 1 just to talk with her mdudes she’s a cool gal!!

[@sarah.fb.lindsay]

What a lovely and supportive cast 💓💓💓

[@llamaqueen2961]

I love this series it never fails to make me smile.

[@harrywithanh]

This is probably the most memeable thing I’ve ever seen and I love it

[@gotosweetstxr]

Kerry and her plants made me turn into the 🥺 emoji that shit was so cute omg

[@barbllm]

I love this so, so much. She is so relatable and funny.

[@bashe6802]

Hi! My older sister wants to be on Broadway just like her, and she just made a KZbin channel. If you search her name, Sophia Matteucci, you'll find her and all of the singing videos that she made/will make. I know watching them would make her really happy.

[@KELSAL2]

I’m so excited to find this!!! “Eleven Pages of Sides...” is one of my favorite songs, lol!!

[@Lucas1217_]

Kerry Butler makes me so happy.

[@athenaandfriends2208]

All And I mean ALL of this makes me smile

[@jena6587]

Literally spit my drink out thank you Leslie Kritzer!

[@ruby7226]

i have dropped EVERYTHING to watch this

[@jackmarks2922]

I LOVE HER SM

[@karinagonzalez1756]

I love this vlog!!!!!! I need the ensemble though!!!!! Ramone!!!!!

[@haileywojtaszek2197]

omgg this makes me want to be on broadway soo bad thatnk you so much leslie for opening my eyes up to the awesome world of Broadway