Maggie Interviews Corbin Bleu!

KTWV-FM / 94.7 The WAVE

7/15/2024

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00:00Disney 80s and 90s Celebration and Concert is a world premiere

00:03with the iconic music from these incredible decades.

00:06And it's coming to the Hollywood Bowl July 19th and 20th.

00:11We are so lucky today to have with us Corbin Bleu.

00:14He has been in everything you have seen him

00:17in High School Musical, Broadway's Kiss Me Kate,

00:20Disney's Jump In, In the Heights, Godspell, Holiday Inn,

00:24you name it, Corbin, you have been there.

00:26So you've got to tell us more about this special production.

00:30And your part in it.

00:32This is a celebration of 80s and 90s Disney music,

00:37which to me is the golden era of Disney music.

00:41I mean, it's Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid,

00:46which of course, you know, all of the Howard Ashman

00:48and Alan Menken era, Hercules, Toy Story,

00:52A Goofy Movie, Pocahontas, the list goes on and on.

00:55Basically every single amazing Disney movie

00:59that we grew up with, we are putting it on in concert

01:03with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performed

01:06all by Broadway performers, television performers,

01:09as well as animation performers.

01:12So we have some of the original animated voices

01:15like Jodie Benson, who was the original

01:18Little Mermaid voice of Ariel.

01:21She is actually doing this concert

01:23and we're going to be able to hear her perform

01:25part of your world.

01:26Oh, that's so cool.

01:27And what I'm excited about, the official voice of Goofy.

01:32Yeah, Bill Farmer, Disney legend.

01:36I'm going to get to perform alongside Bill Farmer.

01:39It is truly, this concert is a dream come true.

01:42I'm living out all of my childhood fantasies

01:47and getting to not only perform alongside these legends,

01:50but to perform this beautiful music

01:52that really had such an impact on my childhood,

01:55on so many childhoods.

01:57And I know just overall it's going to be a night

02:01that I feel like we're all going to just walk away

02:04feeling like we're kids again.

02:07And you mentioned the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

02:10They are incredible, of course.

02:11And Sarah Hicks is conducting.

02:13So right there, that's exciting.

02:15Tell us about the gospel ensemble.

02:18Yeah, so we have, they're called the DC6.

02:21There's more than six of them.

02:22They're just called the DC6.

02:24But we do have a gospel choir

02:27that is backing us up throughout the entire performance,

02:31which is really going to come in handy,

02:32especially during all of the Hercules songs.

02:37And we have all of the gospel choir that gets done.

02:42And then we have an entire ensemble of dancers,

02:45all Broadway dancers.

02:48Wow.

02:49Yeah, it truly is such a stellar cast of performers.

02:55All people just that are masters of their craft.

02:59And again, also all grew up with this.

03:02And so not only are they incredible at what they do,

03:06but everyone is going into this

03:08with a love and passion for this music.

03:11Have most of them performed on the Hollywood Bowl stage?

03:15As far as everyone within our show, I'm not sure.

03:20I have.

03:21I actually did Hairspray at the Hollywood Bowl,

03:24and I also did Mamma Mia at the Hollywood Bowl.

03:27Yeah, so this will be my third time performing there.

03:30I'm so excited.

03:31And the previous two times I was doing a show

03:34where I'm playing a character.

03:36So I'm so excited to be able to go

03:38and actually just do a concert at the Bowl.

03:41Right, that's gonna be incredible.

03:43Yeah, I cannot wait.

03:46And I heard there's some new arrangements

03:48of some of the classics.

03:50Yeah, a lot of the music has been rearranged.

03:54Some of the music arranged for the first time.

03:58Yeah, I mean, A Goofy Movie is a great example.

04:03When the movie first came out,

04:06I don't think they knew what a cult following it would have,

04:10what a sensation it was.

04:11So I think most of that music was just like left

04:14on the stands in the recording booth.

04:16So there's like no archive of that music.

04:20So they are completely rearranging

04:23these charts from scratch.

04:26Okay.

04:27It's quite a feat.

04:29And it's incredible that it's being done for this concert.

04:34So the attire, this is very fun.

04:36You're supposed to come dressed in your favorite

04:38Disney garb or character.

04:41What's the story?

04:42Oh, well, I mean, it's the Hollywood Bowl,

04:45which if anybody who hasn't been to the Hollywood Bowl

04:48in itself as an experience, it's such a magical venue.

04:53But just as a night out to go listen to Disney music,

04:56we're encouraging people come dressed up

04:59as your favorite Disney character if you want.

05:01It's just a beautiful evening under the stars.

05:04It's all outdoors.

05:06And it's one of the most iconic venues

05:10that has hosted some of the most incredible stars

05:15and performers of our lifetime.

05:19And I love that pretty much any generation

05:22is going to have fun there.

05:24I mean, the millennials can relive their VHS tape glory days.

05:28Seniors are going to know the music.

05:30A whole family of little kids can wear

05:32their princess dresses and come.

05:33And pretty much any age group would love it.

05:36It'd be a good date night, too, don't you think?

05:38Absolutely.

05:39I mean, it's Disney.

05:42You can't go wrong.

05:44I mean, and specifically this era,

05:49the 80s and 90s, to me, I feel like I still, to this day,

05:55I love going to see a new Disney animated film.

05:59But there is something about this particular set

06:03of films during these particular decades

06:07that when I go back and watch them,

06:09I don't think it's just nostalgia.

06:11I really do think that there is something to behold.

06:15There's something special about these films.

06:17It is.

06:19I think these movies, they're like woven

06:21into the fabric of our lives, which

06:23sounds very crazy and trite.

06:25But I really think they are.

06:26They're just part of who we are, especially

06:29if you grew up here going to Disneyland and watching.

06:32You don't have to have.

06:33But also, I love that the tickets are affordable.

06:36They start at $15, which is unheard of in LA anywhere.

06:41And for a show like this, where you get the Hollywood

06:45Orchestra, Sarah conducting, you guys from Broadway,

06:50the dancers, the gospel, my goodness.

06:53I mean, what more?

06:55The only thing I would say to people

06:57is last year sold out, the 100 years of Disney.

07:01Yes, last year.

07:04And it's the same producers and writers.

07:07Last year, they did 100 years of Disney as a celebration.

07:11And this time, they're focusing specifically

07:13on 80s and 90s.

07:13But yeah, that show completely sold out last year.

07:16And it was a major success.

07:18And everyone loved it.

07:20So again, it's the same group of people

07:22that's bringing you this one.

07:23So it's going to be just as fantastic.

07:26So we recommend that you hurry up and get your tickets.

07:29And we get to hear stories from behind the scenes.

07:33And what's up on the screens as we're listening?

07:36Yeah, so well, throughout the show, it is a concert.

07:40And as we said, we do have a lot of the original Disney

07:44legends.

07:44So we're going to get to hear stories from their time

07:48recording this incredible music.

07:50And then throughout the performance,

07:52we're using the legendary Hollywood Bowl screens

07:57that is going to be playing a lot of the animated films

08:00and clips throughout the performances.

08:03Wow.

08:04That's going to be so much fun.

08:05And if you want to get tickets, you go to hollywoodbowl.com.

08:10Anything else you want to add, Carbon?

08:13I mean, I cannot express enough how excited I am for this night.

08:20Anyone that I have told about it is super excited about it.

08:25It's just going to be such a beautiful celebration.

08:27Who doesn't love Disney and this particular music?

08:32And it's going to be performed so well.

08:35So if you want to enjoy a night for the summer,

08:41come on to the Hollywood Bowl.

08:43Last thing, do you have a favorite Disney movie?

08:48You know, that's always a difficult one for me,

08:50especially given this particular era.

08:53Beauty and the Beast has always been up there, number one for me.

08:59And of course, I am going to be singing a couple of songs

09:03from Beauty and the Beast.

09:05But there are a number of other ones.

09:07I mean, Nightmare Before Christmas had a huge impact on me.

09:12And we actually do have a little bit of a Nightmare Before Christmas section in this.

09:17Hercules was always a big one for me.

09:19Of course, we have a Hercules moment.

09:21And so it's tough when you have all of the best of the best

09:27wind up one after another.

09:28Yeah, exactly.

09:29Well, your enthusiasm is catching.

09:31And I'm sure anyone watching this is going to want to go see you

09:35and everybody else along with you and hear this iconic music.

09:39What a fun night it's going to be.

09:40Again, for tickets, hollywoodbowl.com.

09:42And thank you so much, Corbin Bleu, for joining us today.

09:46We appreciate you.

09:48Thanks for having me.

09:49Take care.

09:50You too.

09:51And have fun.

09:52I'm Maggie McCabe.

09:54I'm Maggie McCabe for 94.7 The Wave.

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