Did you know people like that, like Wickie, during your career? Are there people that you kind of thought of as you were putting Wickie together? She's not going to let the realities of her life in show business get in the way of what she thinks her life in show business should be (laughter). And she has a pretty hard lesson ahead of her to figure out how to turn, I think, what is a beautiful talent away from being something that's cancerous in her and into something that really lifts her and everyone around her up as high as possible.īALDONADO: Well, the thing about Wickie is, you know, she works it. And when we meet her, we discover that that did not work out for her. And she also is under the misbelief that she needed to climb over everybody along the way to achieve her dreams. She is a woman who believes that stardom was destined for her. GOLDSBERRY: Wickie is (laughter) desperately in need of a second chance. I'm so happy to be here.īALDONADO: Can you describe your character, Wickie Roy? UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Shut up.īALDONADO: Renee Elise Goldsberry, welcome to FRESH AIR. I thought this little singing stuff was going to be my ticket back to the fame and the lifestyle I am owed because of the (singing) voice God put in my mouth. GOLDSBERRY: (As Wickie) I was never done with music, OK? After I went solo, the label decided I was difficult just because I wouldn't let my backup singers wear makeup and refused to play venues that also did sports. In this scene, Wickie's trying to convince her bandmate, played by Sara Bareilles, to get the group back together. So when the group gets this second chance, Wickie thinks that finally the world will recognize her talent. She's still pretending to be a social media influencer, but in reality, her job is shooting geese at the airport. ![]() Goldsberry plays the character Wickie, who tried to hold on to the success and fame with a solo career, but it never took off. The jokes come fast and feminist, and the songs may feel like you know them from the '90s, but the lyrics make fun of the misogyny of those times. The executive producer of "Girls5eva" is Tina Fey, and you can tell. They want to make it in music again as a group, even though the odds are against them. They fire their sexist manager who took advantage of them when they were younger and decide to write their own new songs. They perform together for the first time in decades on a late-night show and end up deciding they want to keep performing. But when a hip-hop artist decides to sample one of their old songs, people remember. ![]() It's about a one-hit wonder girl group from the 1990s whose members have dropped out of music and have pretty much been living in obscurity. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Angelica - work.īALDONADO: That's her playing Angelica Schuyler in "Hamilton." She was also in the Broadway productions of "Rent," "The Color Purple" and "The Lion King." She was on TV shows like "Ally McBeal" and "The Good Wife," and the soap opera "One Life To Live." And now, she gets to show off her comedy chops, not to mention her ability to parody '90s pop songs, in a new show called "Girls5eva." It just got renewed for a second season. JASMINE CEPHAS JONES AND PHILIPPA SOO: (As Peggy Schuyler and Eliza Schuyler, singing) New York. ![]() RENEE ELISE GOLDSBERRY: (As Angelica Schuyler, singing) Look around, look around - the revolution's happening in New York. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE SCHUYLER SISTERS") She spoke with FRESH AIR'S Ann Marie Baldonado.ĪNN MARIE BALDONADO, BYLINE: You probably already know Renee Elise Goldsberry from this. She's now one of the stars of the new comedy series "Girls5eva" that's available on Peacock, NBC's streaming platform. Our guest, Renee Elise Goldsberry, won a Tony Award for her performance in "Hamilton" and a Grammy for her work on the cast recording.
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