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I'm trying to translate this video -> link and the following is the transcription
At 1:42
千秋楽を迎えると、なんかこう、
始まりと、こう、終わりを繰り返すんだなって、
こう、改めて実感するというか、
顔合わせから今日千秋楽まで、えーとなんかこう、
すごい、今日でこの今回の作品が完成したんだなと思いました。
My question is how to tell if this means "the beginning and the ending are repeated or will be repeated?"
『始まりと、（こう、）終わりを繰り返すんだな』って改めて実感する
"It really makes me feel/realize once again that we repeat the beginning and, (erm,) the end"
He's saying they actors regularly repeat starting and ending working together every time they produce a work.
According to デジタル大辞泉, the な here is used in the sense of:
な 1⃣［終助］
３ 活用語の終止形、助詞に付く。
㋓感動・詠嘆の意を表す。「この暑さにはまいったな」「楽しいな」
It's a 終助詞(sentence-ending particle) indicating exclamation or admiration.
「『～～な』と思う」「『～～なぁ』と感じる」「『～～な』と実感する」 etc. are common ways to state one's impression or feelings.
Example:
- 英語って難しいなあって改めて感じました。
I really felt once again that English is difficult.
It does sound like he said ［繰り返す」、 but I'm going to guess he meant 「[振り返す]{ふりかえす}」. See if "going back over" works for you in context. (If it does, I assume you'll know the answer to this question.)
I'll withdraw this. I should have backed up a bit further than I did to listen. Chocolate is right.
