My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New York. I came with a group of theatre kids, and we saw four shows. The very first one was 'Contact.'
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I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.
In '92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - 'Crazy for You.' I was in the ensemble. In fact, I was in eight Broadway shows as a dancer. Seven of them were original shows. That's how I learned to create something from the ground up.
The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.
I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
I did children's theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.
My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.
I saw my first two Broadway shows when I was 4 years old, 'The Lion King' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' and after both of them I came home and reenacted the entirety of the shows on my living room table for my family and friends. I started doing that after every show I saw until I actually did my first youth production when I was 5.
I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remember going out to dinner with my mom afterward and reading the souvenir program like crazy!
When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.