43. Broadway's J. Nycole Ralph "Yeah, I Got This"

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02/07/22 • 53 min

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, J. Nycole Ralph. J. Nycole has appeared on Broadway in the hit musical, The Book of Mormon, and in the national tour of West Side Story. She's also acted in, written, and produced her own web-series Working Out The Kinks. We discuss growing up in Ohio, having aspirations of being a dancer, moving to NYC for school, getting serious about acting from working on cruise ships, audition nerves, quitting the industry for two years, the importance of working on yourself, coming back to the industry and booking a Broadway show, making your own work, and the importance of quality relationships within the industry. That and much more!
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42. Broadway's Christopher Rice-Thomson "You Have What It Takes"

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Christopher Rice-Thomson. Chris has been in such Broadway shows as The Book of Mormon and Pretty Woman, and on tour he's performed in West Side Story, and can currently be seen on tour with the company of Hamilton. We discuss growing up in Oklahoma, not getting into big college theatre departments, being put down by his college professors, booking the national tour of West Side Story a week after moving to NYC, making his Broadway debut immediately after tour, bullying in the Broadway community, having self doubt amidst success, turning down a major job offer due to injury, the importance of being supportive of other people's success, and creating content outside of work. That and much more!
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44. Don't Look Up's Ben Sidell "So Much Of The Work Is Not Seen"

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Ben Sidell for his FIRST podcast. Ben has been a series regular on the Hulu series, Complete Works. He can also be seen in the films Queenpins, Someone Great, and Lena Dunham's upcoming film, Sharp Stick. As well as the Academy Award nominated Don't Look Up on Netflix. We discuss his COVID living situation, growing up industry adjacent, moving to L.A. to go to USC, testing the waters in college, the often false expectation of work begetting work, terrible agent meetings, the desire to get conservatory training after college to discover himself, studying in Moscow, the importance of therapy, turning baking into a side hustle, and taking the initiative himself to land his biggest credit yet. That and much more!
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