Aging backward is one thing. Finding a day off in theater? Now that’s a fantasy.

Andrew Durand and Kelsee Kimmel join Matty at The Public Theater ahead of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’s North American premiere. They get into Cornish accents, sea shanties, and the beautiful chaos of a musical where the actors are also the band.

Then the backstage tea starts pouring: Andrew opens up about the exhaustion of back-to-back shows, Kelsee gets candid about life as a swing and standby, and both have thoughts about what needs to change in New York theater. Expect stunt-casting hot takes, a plea to give understudies their due, and a very reasonable request for another day off.

Plus, Drag Race devotion, the secret to playing a corpse in Dead Outlaw, and why there’s no Real Housewives track in Benjamin Button.

Come join the Drama Club!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button runs October 8–November 22, 2026, at The Public Theater’s Newman Theater in New York City.
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