“The story sort of ends up becoming like a Richard Linklater movie as it evolves.

Adds Littler, “We don’t have reservations about much.

But crafting a musical in the recording studio was a somewhat familiar territory.

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There’s an intimacy that comes with recording the mic picks up everything.

Things get heavy, they say, but it’s notcompletelydark (remember, thereisa duck).

And I thought that sounded really cool,” said Groff.

As Littler puts it, it allows everyone to be in the Room Where It Happens.

“It’s way cheaper thanHamilton!

And has way more ducks.”