ANTOINE L. SMITH: Antoine L. Smith, Captain Shultz, male ensemble.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: I understudy the incomparable Nick Chris as John.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: And we get to rehearse quite often.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: I think I've been on maybe seven or eight times.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: It just varies.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: But-- Yeah.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: --the cast is so supportive in everybody.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: It was very exciting.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: Ooh.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: And the light came up on it as it--
ANTOINE L. SMITH: Yeah, and I have to say, it's definitely not the lack of talent in the people of color.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: No, but it-- But don't stare too long at what's on stage.
ANTOINE L. SMITH: Those damn Apple Watches.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: "Caribbean Queen," yes.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: She just aged herself-- phone book.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: That was my phone.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: I'm like, if you make mistakes, no one will even know.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Who wouldn't?
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: She's the long-winded twin.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Everything she bought for herself, she bought for me, which is such a great testament to our bond and our relationship.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: We're equal now.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: So after looking at her life, I was reassessing where I was in my career.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: With me, I knew I didn't have the stomach to be an entrepreneur.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: I opted not to do that.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Right.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: So I think a lot of our world and culture definitely shines a grand light on the overnight success
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: At McDonald's.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Yes.
Antoinette invited friends from her class.
Antoinette's friends, they bought one gift, one for Antoinette.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: They didn't know I had a twin.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Full circle now.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: And they were real.
Antoinette's was empathy. So we combined that to basically become a bit more enterprising in high school.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Great, yes.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: And it's too cocky.
ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Right.
Louis Antoine Bougainville read Anson.
But Antoinette took it to another level.
So Antoinette never told people.
--which is pretty amazing-- ANTOINE L. SMITH: Against Bette Midler-- --considering your age.
And so Antoine , I call him my was-band, and said-- because we're best friends, and he lives in Africa.
And her name was Antoinette.
And this is Antoinette, just watching me.
Because that was-- ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: Do any of you know what Excite is?
And I remember calling Antoinette and saying, should I do this?
Tricia-- I call her-- ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: --calls me the whore of daytime.
So during that-- ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: She was my sugar mommy.
So much of who Antoinette Clark was rolled up into that credit at the end of every show.
And I was like-- ANTOINETTE M. CLARKE: She propositioned for her to go in for me.