The relationships in this show are so complicated. That's the missing piece in rehearsal: her. Working with Lenne Klingaman, who plays Dawn. What are you most looking forward to about this experience? But she had a way of demanding something that made you believe that you can do it, so I did. It's hard to do that on cue, and she demanded it. She pulled things out of me that I didn't think I was able to do. You don't know exactly where it's set, so it has this kind of enchanted, magical quality. What Adrienne Shelly did, how she imagined it. The dialogue is similar, and the character is so true to the film, and the feel of the show is the same. It's still a theater, with those red seats and that warm feeling.ĭid Ogie come flooding right back to you? It's been a while, but it's no different, whether it's in college or in Chicago, where I did theater, or Broadway. When I stepped onstage, I remembered that feeling. My kids said, "Dad, you've got to do this," and I'm so glad I'm here. I've been in garage bands all my life, so I do sing a little - but the rock-and-rolly kind of singing, not this. My daughter and my wife and my son are all singers and in musical theater, and I've never done any such thing. When they offered you the role, what made you say yes? But I was amazingly, overwhelmingly delighted, too. Jeremy Morse was amazing, and then I saw Chris, and it's the same thing. But I was kind of delighted at the same time. I was scared of being outshined, and it was confirmed. Why were you hesitant to see the Waitress musical?
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Eddie Jemison has joined the Broadway cast of Waitress.
Along the way, he's reliving fond memories of his past, while looking ahead to a chapter in his career that he never expected. After catching the touring company in Los Angeles, Jemison has made a leap he never expected: He's returning to the role of Ogie, more than a decade later, and joining the Broadway company tonight. In 2007, Jemison originated the role of Ogie in Adrienne Shelly's film on which the show is based, and he has fond memories of working with the late writer and director on a role that was very close to his heart.īut he managed to stay away from the show only for a little while. Eddie Jemison was reticent to see the stage musical version of Waitress, and it's easy to understand why.
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