New episode out now with Evan Alexander Smith! This was my third time interviewing Evan. It’s so special seeing him go from The Play that Goes Wrong to Little Shop, and now to Merrily. We chatted about his audition process, his Frank debut, and everything in between. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Spotify for Podcasters. Or, watch this interview on YouTube. Link in bio.
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Evan is a classically trained, award-winning Canadian-American actor and voice-over artist. He was born and raised in Toronto, where he studied at George Brown Theatre School.
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Evan moved to New York City in 2013 and made his Broadway debut in Amazing Grace. He went on to star in the national tours of The Play That Goes Wrong and Dirty Dancing, and most recently appeared Off-Broadway Michael Mayer’s acclaimed revival of Little Shop of Horrors.
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Evan is currently performing on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along as Greg from Paramount while understudying Franklin Shepard. He also loves pizza and dogs.
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Ashley Ha is an 18-year-old Taiwanese American performer, content creator, and activist. She is most known as the founder of the widely recognized Broadway Instagram account broadway_corner. Ashley also attends Boston Conservatory where she is studying musical theatre. She is a co-host of ZPodway, a Broadway podcast that began in the midst of the pandemic. She is an advocate for representation onstage, onscreen, and in the media.
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Thanks for listening!
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