47. Broadway's Brandon Ellis "This Is Such A Career Of Momentum"

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03/07/22 • 88 min

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

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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48. Waitress' Nick Bailey "I've Picked Up Enough Skills To Be Useful"

This week on BEFORE THE BREAK, the boys sit down with actor, Nick Bailey. Nick has been on such shows as Red Oaks, The Americans, Bull, NCIS: New Orleans. On stage he's been in the 1st National Tour of Waitress: The Musical. We discuss growing up in North Carolina, getting the bug at a young age from church plays, being a bad student, playing silent characters in college, booking a soap opera right out of college only for the show to be canceled, having to move back home, booking an Off B'Way show that reignited his passion, arrogance getting the best of him, the lessons learned from being a Broadway understudy, doing background work and dog walking as side jobs, and looking forward to what the future holds. That and much more!
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