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Seth Rudetsky
Seth Rudetsky visits Chicago's Steppenwolf
“I feel like my part is babbling about my private life!”
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Theatre interviews from GoPride's conversations with artists, creators and community voices.
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Laurence Luckinbill
Award winning stage and film actor Laurence Luckinbill talks Boys In The Band
“there was a big ta-do over the kiss. ...It was the first gay film and they wanted the first on screen kiss between two men”
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J'Royce Jata
Talking musical with Dirty Dancing on Stage's J'Royce Jata
“Stay open, trust yourself and stay open to working with other people”
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John Barsoian
A "charming" conversation with John Barsoian, currently in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
“a young woman kind of creating her own happy ending, versus the traditional fairy tale...”
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Danny Burgos
Danny Burgos talks "Get on Your Feet!" as Gloria Estefan musical returns to Chicago
“We played [Beauty & the Beast] at the Cadillac Palace as well and I really love Chicago. It has a really special place in my heart.”
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Jerry Mitchell
Tony-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell comes back to town with Pretty Woman the Musical
“It's about finding those moments in the film that I think deserve song and deserve to be told in a theatrical way that's different from the film”
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Katrina Kemp
Katrina Kemp talks "Phantom" sequel, inspirations, and a mission of truth and visibility
“Live in your own truth and believe you have something to offer”
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Therese Plaehn
Therese Plaehn rises to the challenge in acclaimed Tony winner "The Humans"
“my biggest challenge is rising to her and rising to her reality”
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John Michael Dias
Beautiful's John Michael Dias - on growing up, working from wardrobe to stage and Carole King
“It doesn't feel like as much of a job when you're doing it for people that love it”
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Andre Ward
Escape to Margaritaville's Andre Ward on the musical's tour
“if it's for you, it's for you - and if it's not, that's okay because the other door will open”
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John Ambrosino
Les Miserables' John Ambrosino talks Trevor Project Musical, Musical Mondays and #FlyTheW
“Fly the W in everything you do in life, even before it happens!”
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Cartreze Tucker
A GoPride Interview with Motown the Musical's Cartreze Tucker
“It was like people on TV that look like me and they are singing songs and they are dancing. That was life changing.”
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Caleb Dehne
Portraying Tori Spelling: 90210 The Musical's Caleb Dehne
“she gets her moment of empowerment and she is like: look I am a valuable person here”
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Tom Mattingly
A chat with An American in Paris' Tom Mattingly
“When I was about 9 is when I found out that you could make a living as a ballet dancer and from then on, I was set”
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Jose Llana
The King and I's out lead Jose Llana on the national tour, the Donald and building fences, and celebrating Pride
“now, especially during the election, it gets a laugh, it gets a gasp from the audience...”
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Anthony Murphy
Never had a friend like him: hanging with Aladdin the Musical's Genie Anthony Murphy
“...and we were holding and just smiling and beaming with energy!”
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Isabelle McCalla
Isabelle McCalla takes us on a magic carpet ride as Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin musical
“Oh my gosh! I was squealing the entire time!”
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Mathew and Lissa deGuzman
Mathew and Lissa deGuzman swing through 19 tracks in Disney's Aladdin
“You may never know that you are going on until three minutes before; and all of a sudden you have a team around you throwing costumes at you and getting ready!”
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Jonathan Weir
Chicago's Jonathan Weir brings Jafar to life in Disney's Aladdin musical
“Besides the fabulous make-up and eyebrows, I get to be the antagonist, come in and mess up everyone's good time.”
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Bethany Thomas
Bethany Thomas talks Chicago theater and Porchlight's 'Marry Me a Little'
“It was fun to play a version of Liza Minnelli.”
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Miguel Cervantes
Miguel Cervantes and Christopher Lee talk 'Hamilton'
“They are going to have to drag me out of here kicking and screaming from Hamilton if I have my way.”
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Molly Brennan
Malic and Molly make magic
“I especially want queer folks that might feel they are not part of the theater world but want to do it come see it.”
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Travis Turner
Travis Turner bets on Bootycandy
“We are still doing it, the way we talk about sexuality without actually having the discussion.”