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The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

#344: Kendyl Sayuri Yokoyama // The Angelica Tour // Part Two

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Kendyl Sayuri Yokoyama of the Angelica tour talks about the importance of seeing yourself on stage, finding pride and strength through her roots, finding performing roles that bring them together, and much more as she answers questions from the Patreon Peeps.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manual Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilk Cast.

0:05.1

Bootsing, cutsin, bussing.

0:18.6

Hi everyone, I'm Gillian and welcome back to The Hamilk Cast.

0:21.2

This week I'll be picking up where I left off in Episode 343 with Angelica Tour's

0:25.7

Swing and Under Study, Kendall Yokoyama.

0:28.2

Last week, Kendall talked about how her experience in the competitive dance world led her to

0:32.6

and prepared her for a live in theater.

0:34.4

You'll also hear about the night she performed at the Oscars and the very risky audition

0:38.2

move that led her to going on tour with Hamilton.

0:40.4

But if you're all caught up, I'll leave you to it.

0:42.2

Here's part two of my conversation with Kendall.

0:53.9

But I'm just so curious, yes, there has to be the Hamilton, it's the biggest thing ever.

1:00.3

I love it so much.

1:01.1

I can't just the excitement of getting the gig just because in your world,

1:06.2

like getting the gig is that's the point, right?

1:08.0

So how great is that?

1:09.8

But also that you were sitting in that theater and the Richard Rogers not that long ago,

1:15.4

wondering if there was a place for you up there.

1:18.4

Yeah.

1:19.3

And now you're playing all three Skylar Sisters.

1:21.6

You have crazy.

1:23.4

Talk to me about how that feels as a performer, but also as an Asian woman who,

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