Ep319 – Ryan Vasquez: Hamilton Is “Paid Therapy”

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Ryan Vasquez looks back on his career journey including living with French acrobats in a seven-bedroom house while doing a show and eventually booking Hamilton Playing as many characters as he has in Hamilton was to him just paid therapy Having passed up competing offers to star in Water for Elephants and The Outsiders he is now starring as Middle Noah in The Notebook Ryan opens up about why he chose to be part of the show believing in its impact and just how it personally hits him hard He reflects on the various aspects of the show from having diverse couples portray the different stages of Noah and Allie s relationship to witnessing the audience cry and experience deep emotions during performances He also discusses the misconception that the show is purely about sadness noting that it touches on a range of emotions like joy and self-actualization Ryan also talks about her chemistry with his co-star Joy Woods and how much real life fun they have performing together Aware that he s stepping into an iconic role he reveals that he doesn t feel pressured but instead focuses more on the importance of bringing his own authenticity to the character After all it s what motivates him bringing his authentic-isms and self to the world Ryan Vasquez can probably reenact all of Hamilton on his own having played multiple roles in the ensemble including Philip Schuyler Reynolds Hercules Mulligan James Madison George Washington Marquis de Lafayette Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr and ultimately the title role of Hamilton himself He has been in Wicked as Fiyero and other roles and in Broadway s production of Waitress He can be seen on both the big and little screens in The Good Fight Curb Your Enthusiasm Tick Tick Boom and In the Heights He can now be seen as Middle Noah in the Broadway cast of The Notebook Connect with Ryan Website www ryanvasqueznyc com Instagram itsryanvasquez Connect with The Theatre Podcast Support the podcast on Patreon Patreon com TheTheatrePodcast YouTube YouTube com TheTheatrePodcast Threads Twitter Instagram theatre podcast TikTok thetheatrepodcast Facebook com OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast com My personal Instagram alanseales Learn more about your ad choices Visit megaphone fm adchoicesClick here to visit this podcast episode

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