46. Broadway's Will Roland "Choose Nice, Choose Positivity"

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02/28/22 • 83 min

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Will Roland. Will can currently be seen in a recurring role on the TV show Billions, and has been featured on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Red Oaks. On Broadway he's appeared in Be More Chill and Dear Evan Hansen. We discuss growing up in NYC, a life changing high school trip to London, getting a music degree at NYU, having to skip Tony rehearsals, always having a day job, knowing everyone in the audition hallway, joining Dear Evan Hansen at the earliest stage, his relationship with Joe Iconis, not booking Be More Chill the first time around, the transition to on-camera work, and going from a day player to a recurring role on Billions. That and much more!
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45. Broadway's Claybourne Elder "The Person That's Interesting Gets The Job"

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Claybourne Elder. Clay has been on such TV shows as FBI and The Carrie Diaries. On Broadway he's appeared in Bonnie & Clyde, Torch Song, and Sunday In The Park With George. He can currently be seen in the HBO Max series The Gilded Age, and in the Broadway revival of Company. We discuss growing up in Utah, being a theatre nerd, moving to NYC and not knowing anyone, the importance of traveling, being a tutor to super rich kids, the benefit of not being desperate in an audition room, negotiating his own contract without an agent, always having a side job, becoming a father, and auditioning for one role but booking another. That and much more!
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47. Broadway's Brandon Ellis "This Is Such A Career Of Momentum"

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Brandon Ellis. Brandon has been on such shows as The Crew, Dietland, 30 Rock, Iron Fist, and Vinyl. On stage he's been in the National Tour of The Play That Goes Wrong, and the Broadway productions of Once: The Musical, and Bandstand. We discuss switching to real estate during the pandemic, how music changed his life as a kid, learning to communicate better through theatre, showing up to an audition after hearing he wouldn't be seen, having imposter syndrome between jobs, wanting to develop new roles, the importance of making connections, the pros and cons of pay-to-play classes, and trying to land reps by buying them tickets to his B'way show. That and much more!
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