Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast.

Butts and cuts and, and poops and... Hello everyone and welcome back to the Hamelcast. I'm Jillian and this is the second half of my conversation with Jared Specter.

Eh, well at least for now.

Last week, Jared talked about growing up in Philadelphia, where he started performing when he was

barely three years old.

His first gig was on a local variety show, the Al Albert Showcase. He did this for years. I played a little clip

last week, but you can watch a lot of his performances on YouTube. He's unreal. You know what else is on

YouTube? A bunch of videos for when he was on Star Search.

He competed against Countess Vaughn.

After humbly passing on the Mickey Mouse Club, nine-year-old Jared landed the role of Gavroche

in LeMiz, where he performed in Philly, Chicago, and eventually on Broadway.

Can you imagine doing a show that big as a kid?

Jared says for a nine-year-old,

it's like the best gig on Earth.

He kept auditioning after that,

but when he hit his teens,

he just wanted to exist for a while.

I mean, he had over a decade of professional experience

under his belt.

Jared says he was overdeveloped in some ways

and underdeveloped in others, which I think

is a perfect way to describe it.

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