Cynthia Erivo Takes Us Inside Rehearsals, Her Diary & More

0:00 Cynthia Erivo. It's a household name. It's a name. By the way, you have been associated with so many different things and you have gotten every accolade and nominated three times for that Oscar. You are, you will be the next EGOT, won't you? You will be.

0:15 I'm your lipstick. Thank you for saying that.

0:18 No, it's amazing though. I mean, multiple nominations for the Oscar. So it's, it's, it's on the horizon, Cynthia.

0:25 Thank you.

0:26 Now, we want to talk, because here we are, hubbed out of Los Angeles, we want to talk about the beauty that will be Thursday night. This just sounds remarkable. We all know the Hollywood Bowl. We love the Bowl. We have so many memories of being at the Bowl, as do you.

0:41 Yes, yes, I do, yeah.

0:43 I've performed at the Bowl a number of times. I've headlined it once before, and now I get to do it again.

0:49 Yeah, I'm excited.

0:51 We had I want to hear about the show you're going to do. Cynthia Erivo going to be on stage at the Bowl in two nights. I want to hear about the show. But one of our producers saw you with Adam Lambert, saw you on stage together. Yeah. And said how incredible it was that she made sure she got tickets because she saw you that one time to see this show as well. And she also said, whatever perfume you have is amazing as you walk by her.

1:18 I do have a penchant for perfume. I love scents. And I'm a bit of an alchemist when it comes to that.

1:25 To the red chemistry of a scent. Well, she appreciated that. So tell us, what can we look forward to on Thursday night at the Hollywood Bowl?

1:32 It's a fun night.

1:33 I love doing these symphony concerts because I get to really sort of dig into the music that I love singing.

1:38 You'll hear a piece or two of my own.

1:41 I'm singing with a friend of mine who is wonderful, who has also helped write a couple songs and my album just gone.

1:48 I forgive you.

1:50 And, you know, it's a collection of music that I've sung over the years and some songs that I've never sung.

1:57 So I'm doing it for the first time for you, the audience. And it's a good night. It's just a good night.

2:03 I read somewhere that you teased a special guest that we will all be familiar with. Is that true? Or do we now know who that is?

2:14 You don't know who it is yet. I did tease, but they might not be able to come anymore.

2:20 Would you like for me to fill in?

2:22 You know what?

2:27 I don't know what my assignment would be, but I have a, I'm a great, I have great spirit. Come on.

2:32 That's all we need.

2:33 Good spirit. Now, when you rehearse, your voice is just, it's so signature and, and the, and it's remarkable. When you rehearse, do you have to hold back?

2:46 I try to.

2:47 I'm not very good at doing that because I really love the sound of the music. I get carried away sometimes when I'm rehearsing, but I try to hold back so I can sing the show. When I'm rehearsing, I'm rehearsing to literally an empty space and I get carried away.

3:07 You feel the saw, you feel it all and you go full voice. I, I'm not going to get into detail, but you are, we're on a zoom as well. And I'm seeing that your, your nails for today. Well, I don't, I just, I'm getting glimpses of those. Well, will you have something special for Thursday night? That's different. Or those, those show nails.

3:23 These, these are for what I'm doing now. We'll have something different. Wow.

3:28 See just right there. I mean, you got it all there with Cynthia. I'm super excited for you to be here to do this. And it's only this night. It's only one night.

3:36 Only one night. Yeah.

3:37 What's, what do you, what, where do you go from there? What, what's, I just want to know, like, what's, what's in your diary?

3:43 So I go to Arizona for three days and I come back to London to do SNL UK.

3:48 Well, no slow motion for Cynthia Erivo. Great to see you. Thank you for coming on. Cynthia Erivo, let me sing to you with special guests, Tanya Sisney or me, maybe in the audience doing something, bringing the spirit and good luck. Have so much fun. Great to see all your success.

4:05 Thank you so much.

4:06 You take care.

4:07 Bye.

4:07 Bye. You know, when you meet people like that, one, me, I realize we don't, I don't have a skill. It's true. Like I meet someone like that. I'm like, gosh, that's what talent is.

4:22 Right.

4:22 What do you do?