“Hell’s Kitchen” ran on the Public from October to January — it was offered out, and well-received. Moon is now relishing her Broadway second.
“You recognize, I bought scared that within the stress of all this, I might crumble, and I’m not going to lie — I’ve had my moments,” she mentioned. “Throughout tech I had an enormous breakdown the place every part hit me directly, and I fell aside throughout ‘Teenage Love Affair,’ ran offstage, got here up into my dressing room, had folks praying over me, bought via it.”
However principally, she’s good. “I’ve had little moments like that, however general, that is the healthiest I’ve ever been in my life,” she mentioned. “I really like being right here for the primary time in a really very long time.”
She’s getting plenty of assist. Keys, describing Moon as some mixture of mentee, little sister and buddy, is attempting to present the recommendation she wished she had obtained. Older castmates are sharing tips about vocal well being and endurance. Moon has change into significantly shut with Bean, who performs her mom, and who has put quite a lot of thought into how greatest to be useful with out being meddlesome. “We’re bringing our personal mother-daughter stuff,” Bean mentioned. “There’s quite a lot of issues within the soup, and that’s what offers it taste.”
With the assistance of her castmates, Moon is studying find out how to handle the trials of an eight-show week. “I keep residence with my cat and my canine and I drink tea and I watch Netflix and I steam [my vocal cords],” she mentioned. “I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I attempt to keep out of the streets.”
However sure features of her life are altering shortly: “Hell’s Kitchen,” with 13 Tony nominations, is a number one contender for greatest musical, and there’s now quite a lot of what she calls “sparkle.” In March, she made her first late-night talk-show look, on the “Tonight Present” with Jimmy Fallon. Final month, the present’s opening evening viewers included Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. And on Monday evening, she was a visitor on the Met Gala, dressed by Collina Strada.
