How does it feel to be bringing Lyrebird… home for the first time?
It’s amazing. I’ve never worked with my brother Mitch, and he’s never worked in theater. He came to New Zealand and saw the show and loved it, and he said, “I think you should do it in Sacramento.” Then he called me again about it a couple years ago, and I said, “Well, no offense, but why? It’s a lot of work, you know.” Then I thought, “It will be great to work with Mitch. He wants to do something creative.” So it’s more of a family effort than it’s ever been. [Laughs] Well yeah, completely. At first when I thought about it, I realized it’s nice being away overseas, because it’s kind of an icky show in a way—a lot of makeup, and a lot of hair spray and I smoke herbal cigarettes [laughs]. I’ve got all these people I haven’t seen in a long time that are related to me and they’re coming, and I’m playing this character. Not that I care, but this is the first time they’re going to see me as this character and they’re going to think, “What happened to Tyler?” But it’s good, the whole point i
