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    The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales

    Intimate, personal conversations with the biggest talents from professional theatre, tv, film, and more. Hear their secrets, what makes them laugh, stresses them out, and how they manage the anxiety of success. We feature both stars and creatives such as producers, stage managers, directors, press and marketing agents, or even the people who own the theaters or productions themselves.​

    This is a podcast for artists, made by artists. With over 2 decades of experience in film and theatre both as cast and creative, host Alan Seales speaks with Broadway, TV, film and beyond’s biggest talents to learn more about not only how the world of theatre and performing operate, but also what makes it so real and human. In-depth, personal, behind-the-scenes conversations will highlight special details of the industry that most people may not know exist, will always find out what makes the guests love their craft, what makes them tick, and what truly inspires them.

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    Ep165 - James Monroe Iglehart and Tommy Kail Talk Freestyle Love Supreme & FLS Academy Sep 28, 2021
    Show notes

    To celebrate it’s reopening on Broadway next month, the acclaimed director of Freestyle Love Supreme joins one if it’s first company members to talk about all things past, present and future for their show, and for FLS Academy.


    Tommy Kail is a director and producer known for his amazing work on Hamilton, In the Heights, Grease Live!, and Fosse/Verdon. James Monroe Iglehart just reprised his role as Lafayette/Jefferson in the newly reopened Hamilton on Broadway, originated Genie in Disney's Aladdin, and has other Broadway and TV credits including Memphis, Spelling Bee, Netflix's Maniac, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the Tangled animated series. Both Tony Award winners, Tommy (director) and James (one of the first members to join FLS) are set to bring their hit show Freestyle Love Supreme back to Broadway next month for a limited run beginning on October 7, 2021.


    Tommy and James recall their first meeting at James’ audition for Freestyle Love Supreme, where James was hired on the spot. James shares how he met, performed, and became friends with Chris Jackson, who later introduced him to Freestyle Love Supreme in its early years. Tommy gives us an inside look on what it’s like directing an improv show like FLS, comparing it to being the coach of a basketball team, and describing how important it is for him to find new members whose energies vibe with the rest of the group. They also open up about what makes FLS so unique and different from any other show they’ve worked on, highlighting the unfailing affection and admiration each company member has for the other.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • How Freestyle Love Supreme was born
    • The family they’ve created, and why they always return
    • Discovering new member Aneesa Folds at the FLS academy
    • The impact of the audience storing their phones during the show
    • What Tommy looks for when casting a show like FLS
    • The future of Freestyle Love Supreme


    Connect with Tommy:

    • Good luck! He's not on social media!
    • Watch We Are Freestyle Love Supreme on Hulu


    Connect with James:

    • IG: @jmiglehart
    • Twitter: @jamesmiglehart


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep164 - Jenny Steingart, Producing Powerhouse Sep 21, 2021
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    Jenny Steingart is a powerhouse producer for theater, film, and television. She has worked alongside some of the greatest names in the industry, including Tina Fey, Joel Grey, Sir Patrick Stewart, Josh Groban, and Lin Manuel Miranda. Recent productions include Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway, a limited engagement of Sir Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Mean Girls and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She most recently produced the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Jenny is the co-founder of Ars Nova, New York City’s premier theater for emerging artists and new work. She has also co-founded a Japanese animation studio called Ultra Super Pictures.

    Jenny grew up in a creative household, where her mother, a singer and musician, and her father, a broadcaster, strongly encouraged her to pursue her passions. A theater kid, initially not able to conceive of doing anything else except acting, Jenny takes us back to her post college days when she realized performing was actually not going to be for her. She recounts her introduction to producer Margo Lion, for whom she became an assistant, and details how she began her own journey to producing. Jenny chats about the years she has happily devoted to the development and production of FreeStyle Love Supreme, and also candidly speaks about how the pain and grief of losing her brother became a catalyst for founding Ars Nova.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The advice her father always gave her
    • Having powerhouse female producers as role models
    • Her oldest son’s interest in the performing arts
    • How failing is an essential part of any creative process
    • Her favorite game in Freestyle Love Supreme


    Connect with Jenny:

    • IG: @jennysteingart


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep163 - Barry Sonnenfeld: Schmigadoon, Big, Men In Black, Addams Family Values, When Harry Met Sally, and so many more! Sep 14, 2021
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    He began his career working as a cinematographer alongside the Coen Brothers, made a name for himself as a director, and now reflects on much of the journey which brought him to Schmigadoon, and a new memoir: Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother.

    TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains talk of child sexual abuse and molestation.

    Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen brothers first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Miller's Crossing. He was also the Director of Photography on Throw Momma from the Train, Big, When Harry Met Sally and Misery, among others. Barry made his directorial debut with The Addams Family in 1991, and went on to direct more films including Addams Family Values, Get Shorty, Wild, Wild, West, and the first three Men in Black movies. His television credits include Pushing Daisies, for which he won an Emmy, Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and most recently, Apple TV’s Schmigadoon. The paperback version of his book, “Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother”, is available now.

    When Barry decided to go to grad school for film, it wasn’t out of any love for film, but rather as a way to avoid spending three more years trying to figure out what to do with his life outside of school. He chronicles how his background in still photography set him up for a chance to work as a cinematographer with the Coen Brothers, who were also just starting their own careers. In talking about the subject matter and process for writing his new book, Barry opens up about his tumultuous childhood and the age-old question - did he become who he is because of or in spite of his parents? Barry also candidly shares what led him to direct Schimigadoon, despite his general dislike for the musical theatre genre, and chats about what filming was like.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • His complicated relationship with his parents
    • Turning his teenage bedroom into a darkroom
    • How all comedy is hiding pain
    • Meeting and working with the Coen Brothers
    • Almost directing Forrest Gump
    • The fun of pre and post production


    Connect with Barry:

    • IG: @bsonnenfeld
    • Get his book Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep162 - Ciara Renée: Frozen, Legends of Tomorrow (The Flash), Pippin Sep 07, 2021
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    “I feel like, as an artist, and doing my art, that is how I am seen... and I want to do that for others by creating a safe space for them”.

    Ciara Renée made her Broadway debut in 2013 as The Witch in Big Fish, before joining the Broadway revival of Pippin as the Leading Player. She also starred as Esmerelda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame at Papermill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse. Ciara can be seen on TV as Hawkgirl in the CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow and The Flash, and has additional credits which include Law & Order, Master of None, and The Big Bang Theory. She was most recently seen on Broadway as Elsa in Frozen, and can now be heard as one of the leads on the new studio cast album IN THE LIGHT, A Faustian Tale.

    Originally from small town, Pennsylvania, where she felt like she never fit in, Ciara knew early on it was “music or nothing”. She opens up about being one of the few people of color in her town as a child, which led to feeling “in between worlds”, but also to embracing musical theatre. She takes us back to the days she spent simultaneously training and preparing to play the Leading Player in Pippin, while performing in the final lab of Hamilton before it moved to The Public Theater. Ciara also speaks candidly about her short but sweet time playing Elsa in Broadway’s Frozen, and the opportunity it provided for little girls who look like her to see themselves as Queens.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • How her duel passions, psychology and theater, go hand in hand
    • Why theatre speaks to her more so than other mediums
    • Training to do 20 pull-ups, and fly on trapeze in Pippin
    • Choosing Esmerelda and a TV show, over Peggy in Hamilton
    • Joining the cast of IN THE LIGHT, A Faustian Tale


    Connect with Ciara:

    • IG: @CiaraRenee8
    • Twitter: @CiaraRenee8
    • Listen to In the Light


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep161 - Susan Kelechi Watson: This Is Us, Merry Wives, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way Aug 31, 2021
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    Opening up about her first live performance since the COVID pandemic began, this performer shares her joy in welcoming enthusiastic audiences back to the theatre, and says if people didn’t know it pre pandemic, they certainly know it now - “life without the arts is not living."

    Susan Kelechi Watson may be best known for her role as Beth Pearson in This Is Us, but she made her Broadway debut in 2005 in a Richard Greenberg play, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way. She later found her way to a successful TV and film career, with credits including Law & Order, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Veep, Billions, and recurring roles on Louie, NCIS, The Following, Third Watch, and The Blacklist. Additional Off Broadway credits include Twelfth Night and A Raisin in the Sun. Susan also starred as Andrea Vogel in the Fred Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood alongside Tom Hanks. She can now be seen in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives, playing through September 18th.

    Susan opens up about how her deep love and appreciation for her own Jamaican culture influenced and informed the work she put into her newest role as a Nigerian woman in Merry Wives. Part of her efforts to be as specific as possible included sending her script to friends for help with cadence and rhythm of language, as well as watching Nigerian movies every night for a month and a half. She calls theatre “magic”, and shares why she’ll keep coming back to it even in the midst of a successful film and TV career. Susan also talks about what it’s felt like to finally return to live theatre performance, and to be a part of a show which allows a crowd of people to laugh together once again.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Welcoming people back to the theatre every night at Merry Wives
    • Performing while the COVID pandemic continues
    • This modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives
    • Being a first generation Jamaican, born in Brooklyn
    • Why she switched her major from English to Acting in college


    Connect with Susan:

    • IG: @SusanKelechiWatson
    • Twitter: @SKelechiWatson
    • Shakespeare in the Park's Merry Wives


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep160 - Jay Armstrong Johnson: Phantom of the Opera, Quantico, On The Town, Hands on a Hardbody Aug 24, 2021
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    After realizing he “didn't just want to get up there and do a kick ball change, and sing a high C”, but also wanted his art to make change in the world, this Broadway veteran decided social justice would become a theme in his career.

    Jay Armstrong Johnson is no stranger to the stage, or screen for that matter, having six Broadway productions on his resume, as well as a recurring role on the ABC series Quantico. His Broadway credits include Phantom of the Opera (Raoul), On The Town, Hands on a Hardbody, Catch Me If You Can, and Hair (Broadway debut). Jay originated the role of Banko in Roundabout Theatre Company’s world premiere of Scotland, PA, for which he received a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honor. He is the driving force, and a star of, the Hocus Pocus themed concert event “I Put A Spell On You”, which raised over a quarter of a million dollars for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS last year. Coming up next, Jay will be celebrating his birthday with all who tune in to his live streamed show from 54 Below on September 1st.

    Jay grew up a “queer kid” in Texas, and when he joined a community theater group at 12 years old, he realized he had found his place and his people. Jay shares his deep love for the movie Hocus Pocus with us, and how it later inspired him to create the now yearly and widely successful “I Put A Spell On You” show/fundraiser. He opens up about how his Broadway debut in Hair was a “life changing experience”, one where they played the part of 60’s hippies on stage, and also walked the walk offstage going to rallies and marches for marriage equality as a cast. Jay also speaks candidly about the “reckoning” of the last year within the theater industry, and the need for representation both on and off stage.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Being bullied at school as a child
    • Growing up as a “scholarship kid”
    • How he almost ended up a swimmer
    • How his parents divorce provided some “relief”
    • Connecting with Bette Midler


    Connect with Jay:

    • IG: @jay_a_johnson
    • Twitter: @jay_a_johnson
    • On the Web
    • Get Tickets to his 54/Below Birthday concert


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep159 - Allison Luff: Heels, Waitress, Wicked Aug 17, 2021
    Show notes

    From the Broadway stage to the television screen, this performer opens up about her undying love for live theater, as well as the new bug she caught for doing TV while filming her new series.

    Alison Luff is a Broadway veteran, maybe best known for her roles as Jenna in Waitress, and Elphaba in the First National Tour of Wicked. Her other Broadway credits include Matilda (Miss Honey), Les Mis (Fantine), Ghost, Scandalous, Escape to Margaritaville, and Mamma Mia (her Broadway debut). On TV she has appeared in FBI and New Amsterdam. Alison now has a starring role as Staci Spade in the Starz wrestling drama Heels, which was just released on August 15.

    Alison began performing professionally at age 10 in Texas, and opens up about the journey that took her from Houston, to New York City straight out of high school to pursue her dreams. From understudying greats like Carolee Carmello, to earning star billing herself, Alison charts her career by a series of brave decisions. She recalls the first time she read sides for her starring role on the new Starz series Heels, what attracted her to the role, and what the audition process was like. Alison also chats about what draws her to performing onstage, and while she will always return to the theatre.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Following her gut while auditioning for Elphaba
    • The Margaritaville connection that lead to her Heels audition
    • The stunt performances on Heels
    • Being one of the first shows to begin filming during COVID
    • Performing emotional scenes on stage v. on camera


    Connect with Alison:

    • IG: @alisonluff
    • Watch HEELS on Starz


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep158 - Toneisha Harris: The Voice #TeamBlake, Hairspray North American Tour Aug 10, 2021
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    “Music is so beautiful, because it is the tapestry of our lives. There is a song or a lyric for absolutely every emotion - good, bad, high, low - it doesn't matter…”


    Toneisha Harris is a singer and songwriter who may be best known for receiving a four chair turn and becoming the runner up on the most recent season of The Voice. Coming up this November she will join the North American tour of Hairspray as Motormouth Maybelle.


    Starting at the age of five, Toneisha could be found singing with her family in church and on the road along Maryland’s lower eastern shore with her mother’s singing group. She didn’t know what it would lead to then, but Toneisha was tied to music for life.


    Toneisha recalls her experience watching all four judges turn their chairs to fight for her on The Voice, and speaks honestly about the “meltdown” she had just moments before stepping on stage. She opens up about receiving her son’s cancer diagnosis in 2011, and shares how throughout nearly 4 years of treatment, Toneisha’s son continued to encourage her to get back on stage. Toneisha also chats about one of her biggest dreams (now coming true) - to get back into theater.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Why she decided to join #TeamBlake
    • Filming parts of The Voice at home, with the help of her son
    • How her dad opened her eyes to the whole world of music
    • Her songwriting philosophy
    • Affirmations, and gratitude for the present moment


    Connect with Toneisha:

    • IG: @iamtoneishaharris
    • Twitter: @toneishaharris
    • Get tickets to Hairspray


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

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    Ep157 - Antonio Cipriano: Jagged Little Pill, In The Light, 2017 Jimmy Award Finalist Aug 03, 2021
    Show notes

    Antonio Cipriano starred in the World Premiere of Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater as ‘Phoenix’, and reprised this role for his Broadway debut in the fall of 2019. He previously won the 2017 Sutton Foster Ovation Award for Best High School Theater Actor and was a finalist in the 2017 NHSMTA - Jimmy Awards. His regional theatre credits include La Jolla Playhouse, York Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, New York Stage and Film, and Michigan Opera Theatre. Antonio has performed in multiple concerts at Feinstein’s 54 Below, and TV credits include “God Friended Me”, “City on a Hill”, and an upcoming supernatural TV series, “Safehaven”. Antonio can be heard now as a lead in the new studio cast album called IN THE LIGHT, A Faustian Tale, which is the brainchild of Michael Mott.


    Antonio grew up in Michigan “a wild child”, and his parents sought different outlets for his energy. At summer camp when he was 8 years old, he played Zeke in a production of High School Musical, and he hasn’t stopped performing since.


    Antonio chats about finding success right out of high school, including his journey to working on Jagged Little Pill. He opens up about making his Broadway debut a few months prior to the COVID shutdown, how he felt when the industry came to a screeching halt, and what he has learned during the downtime. Antonio also talks about working alongside big names on the new cast album “IN THE LIGHT, A Faustian Tale”, and how he was invited to be part of the project.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • His new love for golf
    • Working with actors he’s looked up to while younger
    • His stage door experience, and having fans
    • Imposter syndrome, and being humble
    • The Jimmy Awards process


    Connect with Antonio:

    • IG: @antoniocipriano_
    • Twitter: @AntonioCip_
    • Listen to In The Light


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


    Ep156 - Mauricio Martinez: International star of stage and screen Jul 27, 2021
    Show notes

    A household name in Mexico, and now an Emmy award winning actor and Broadway performer, this bi-cultural artist commits himself to a life of learning and advocacy, and opens up his mental health journey through cancer and COVID-19. This summer, he hosts the Bryant Park Picnic Performance series here in NYC.


    Mauricio Martinez is an international star of both stage and screen, most recently seen in Papermill Playhouse’s production of Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, after playing Emilio Estefan in Broadway's On Your Feet!, and leading the national tour of the same name. Mauricio is an International Emmy Award winner for the TV show El Vato on NBC Universal and became a household name in Latin America before crossing over to Broadway, having starred as the leading man in the Mexican productions of Beauty and the Beast, Saturday Night Fever, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweet Charity, The Last Five Years and A View from the Bridge. He can currently be heard as Thomas in the Broadway Podcast Network original podcast soap opera As The Curtain Rises and is now the host of the Bryant Park Picnic Performance Series.


    When he was 13 and growing up in Mexico, Mauricio discovered that the movie musicals his mom always played for him were actually based on live theatre shows. After realizing, “Wow, you can do this for a living”, he sought out voice lessons, saved his money, auditioned for AMDA, and moved to NYC when he was 18.


    Mauricio chronicles his journey from studying in NYC, to Berkeley summer programs, singing aboard cruise ships, and winning third place on Mexican Idol. He speaks about his love for working in multiple mediums at one time - doing theater while performing in concerts, or concerts while also filming for tv, or even better, a musical where he can sing, dance and act all at once. Mauricio also candidly opens up about his battle with cancer, touching on the importance of taking care of his mental health then and now.


    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Hosting the Bryant Park Picnic Performance Series
    • How El Vato allowed him to reach audiences across borders
    • His experience on Mexican Idol, which made him a household name
    • Life and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Learning and relearning during times of social and cultural change


    Connect with Mauricio:

    • Instagram: @martinezmau
    • Twitter: @martinezmau
    • Listen to As The Curtain Rises


    Connect with The Theatre Podcast:

    • Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast
    • Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast
    • Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast
    • TheTheatrePodcast.com
    • Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales
    • Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.


    Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


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