Ariana Grande FANS OUT Over Meeting Broadway Cast
Ariana Grande FANS OUT Over Meeting Broadway Cast
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00:00 "Holy s***! You guys are so sweet! You were so beautiful!"
00:06 Ariana Grande totally fangirls over the cast of Broadway's And Juliet.
00:12 "It's just very exciting."
00:13 Ari, who got her start on Broadway as a star of Jason Robert Brown's short-lived 2008 musical 13,
00:20 returned to the Great White Way over the weekend to check out the Tony-nominated musical.
00:25 "I can't breathe for the first time. I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah."
00:35 The musical asks the question, "What if Juliet didn't die at the end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?"
00:41 and includes a bunch of pop songs, including Ari's hit "Problem"
00:46 "I should be wiser and realize that I'm not."
00:51 "One less problem without you."
00:53 and "Break Free."
00:54 "This is the part when I break free. 'Cause I can't resist it no more."
01:02 All of the tunes come from the catalog of five-time Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Max Martin,
01:08 who was also in the audience Saturday night.
01:10 "One less problem without you. I got one less problem without you."
01:15 Yeah, they got Max on stage and busted a move.
01:18 "Oh my God, it's a gift and it's a joy."
01:20 But no one was more stoked than Ari after seeing the show for the first time.
01:25 "I cried. I really cried like a baby. Did you sign my name?
01:29 "My name is Ari."
01:32 "Oh, you love it. She's my favorite singer."
01:34 "Ari's Max Martin. Oh my God."
01:39 "Thank you."
01:40 "Thank you."
01:41 "And thanks for being in time to say hi."
01:43 "Thanks for having me."
01:45 "This was the best night of my life."
01:47 But Ari, she wasn't the only one who was star-struck.
01:51 "Who do you think it could be?"
01:53 "I don't know."
01:54 "Who would you love to be here?"
01:56 "Well, either Ariana Grande or Sarah Jessica Parker."
01:59 "Oh. Interesting. It's definitely one of those.
02:07 And it's not the second one."
02:10 "You're right. Yeah."
02:13 "You're actually lying?"
02:14 "No, it's definitely Ariana Grande."
02:17 Matt Raffi, who plays Gregory in the show, broke down in tears learning Ari was in the audience.
02:24 "Whoever you view would die to meet, this is it. This is it for me. It doesn't get better than this."
02:29 Matt shared that clip and tons of pics from the emotional moment on Instagram, writing,
02:35 "Ariana Grande, I love you so much. Thank you for all your kind words and all the hugs.
02:41 I have no words for how magical it was to meet you last night.
02:45 My hands are cold and sweating and I'm still processing. Ok? Bye. I love you."
02:50 And Ari, she slid into the comments, writing, "What a pleasure to meet you and watch you shine."
02:56 "It means so much. It's an honor and it's, you know, it's insane."
03:02 Ari is getting back to her theater roots, starring as Glinda the Good Witch in the film adaptation of Wicked, set for release next year.
03:10 "I grew up singing, yeah, Hairspray in the car, Wicked in the car. Do you know what I mean?
03:18 So it's just such a crazy, beautiful, full circle that like my soul is like screaming like, I'm choking up again."
03:28 Kristen Chenoweth played the role of Glinda in the original Broadway production.
03:32 And when ET asked about the casting choice, she gave Ari two enthusiastic thumbs up.
03:38 "Ariana Grande is going to step so beautifully into my shoes. I'm so excited for her. She's going to put her own stamp on it."
03:45 [MUSIC]
03:51 (upbeat music)