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On getting advice from Peter Pans past: Sandy Duncan and Cathy Rigby: "I asked them a hundred thousand questions. We were talking about flying tricks and little tips, and I asked them what parts they enjoyed the most. And they said, 'I wish you could have kids in the audience, they're always so vocal.' We don't have any kids in the audience. They're like, 'Have some kids in the dress rehearsal and channel their voices.' And I said, 'OK, that might work.'
"We just talked, talked, talked. It's such a weird little connection to have with them and we will be bound together in this forever. They, much more so, because they did so many performances. I feel like Cathy Rigby did like 3,000 of them. That's a lot of fairy dust. And Sandy Duncan did it hundreds of times.
"So how do you keep it fresh for that long and keep it exciting? They gave me so much advice, and it was such an honor because I've been a fan of them both. The one thing they did say to me — something I already knew but is a bummer confirm — [they said playing Peter Pan] was the highlight of their careers. And I was like, 'OK cool. [At] 26, that feels like a good time to be on top and call it a day.' But I don't see how it could get happier than this."