Small Screen to Big Stage

" It's like cat -- instead of cats -- people. Hot people -- about life and stuff. Minus the cats rocket pages of the story of a small town girl living in a lonely world in the second city boy born and raised in south Detroit and wait port they fall in love also gets -- some of their greatest hair metal of the Reagan era. Joining us is the star of Moroccan finals on the fourth season have something called American Idol got the -- not rule unless he knows melodies like I know maladies so. You've got nominated for Tony congratulations thank you so much June 7 via the Chinese will be on his -- your competition. Who's my competition well there -- four other actors will actually there's seven other actors because. One of the actors is three actors -- you sort of strange it's the kid in Billy Elliot yes so there are three actors playing that role. That's not fair you're playing you're you're playing your true right you have played through -- through -- drew it's a true. You're playing true you're only playing -- yeah that that's not -- visually it is sliver of the Tony they went what. -- you're -- stupid little kids anyway. I don't know they got to know John behind -- ideal -- According that would get -- yeah I'm totally exact and death. So up. You know they're either sweet kids there -- like thirteen fourteen or seventeen on and -- Shrek is well Shrek and a couple other guys yes not very that's not even a real person. He's very talented actor Brian D'Arcy James shot up. The -- it's it's a great here for a for Broadway to so many stars on now on all the shows -- I'm excited just be invited to the party yet now I'm you know you run American Idol. What do you make of -- with the latest do you think the right -- won. You know I don't know if it was the -- what I think that it was a great show this year is an awesome competition I think -- since I've been on the show the show is grown tremendously we think about -- Lambert to I think he's awesome yeah yeah I got a great voice video audition for rocket agents. How do you know. You know he -- theater background and it showed did start in LA and this sort of workshop. Sort of amazed in -- clubs and all that and apparently he -- if you but he failed to make what -- they're just not you succeed Abraham you succeeding he failed. Well you know he's not a big deal on the outside that you do and you're a bigger deal it's on -- scale of one to ten -- one to awesome. How would you rate this show brought to Beijing is definitely awesome yes yes what sets it apart from the other musicals. You know I had Grossman to Peterson have a big theater background done tons of different shows I like the more contemporary stuff like this yeah -- get into these you walk into the house you know we've -- recreated the sunset strip 1987 hole five we have an onstage band. We hand out little LED lighters and other hot waitresses. Handing out drinks during the entire show we have hot -- girls on on -- and we have the most amazing songs from that. Hair band -- the sunset strip you know. Poison we have fun she'll be -- the funny you don't often. No jobs no tears only chance with guitar standard guitar my love I -- my family except -- you have -- flight LA's such and goes it is. They loved you know I it was great because you can drink wine coolers and -- big year. Of course like that during this show has ever presented a problem drunken tackling wise a couple of times you know we actually started as this are probably show and that we had great success there's it was a little more rowdy event but now we sort of managed to keep it under control each night whom we might like -- these -- looked at except for the annoying singing. Of some of the audience members well -- what do you do about that. You know it's sort of part of the show -- her feet off the audience and their energy you know we have a lot of bridge and tunnel type of people coming through not atypical Broadway I sort of set. -- we mix them and with the with the tourists in the theater crowd and they went -- how did you anyway to politely set them up because of people paying you know tickets and they got some. Jackass. You know with a terrible voice -- anyway it's rock of ages so it's sort of like what years. Setting yourself up for when you come to the show it's an amazing comedy the audience participates a little bit what it's not quite know rocky horror something like that but. We've -- good energy right -- really get it yeah. -- I -- it's for people who don't like musicals it's a great musical because it's the music is awesome it's all eighties rock guitar driven -- it's funny it's funny. Any he'd gotten like I don't like musicals I fell asleep during cabaret which is a great music great show you I was you know are so strange I really well under way I play at a I was arm -- in the truck driver out the back -- Hot girls and I showed -- Its -- last Broadway production of -- Anyway I don't know people seem to really like our show rock of ages musical dot com -- actually just recorded the most amazing. Original cast recording ever known to mankind. And it's available for pre -- right now and iTunes to check that out but it's getting you know I don't know we're sort of changing the face of Broadway where we're Lebanon were having a great time well I hope he beat the pants off."

" Billy Elliot that's all I've got only figuratively -- they really don't touch those children. I don't type stuff so I -- Highlighted that the IRA win and I -- I have a constant theme are rooted sit here in New York City you want to see Michelle good rock of ages musical dot com for tickets. Often have a domino what you're seeing email us right I have foxnews.com. Betting you'll leave a message and a direct line to what you port 62 by -- just look in the next three minutes after the."