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🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Alex Nicholson is currently on the Philip Tour covering Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Mulligan/Madison, King George III, and George Washington. His Hamilton journey begins in 2017 and will lead him to his Broadway debut, traveling the United States, and allowed him to reclaim Toronto after a traumatic college experience.
In between Hamilton auditions, Alex was thriving in the regional theatre world performing in shows like Ragtime, Jersey Boys, and In the Heights. When 2020 hit he helped his in-laws keep their diner alive: the local gem and true definition of a mom and pop joint Uncle Charlie’s Finer Diner in Massachusetts.
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast. |
0:05.2 | Butts and cuts and poops and guts. Hey friends welcome back to the hamelcast I'm Jillian and this is my second |
0:21.2 | episode with Alex Nicholson. |
0:22.7 | Alex is currently a standby on the Philip tour covering Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Mulligan |
0:27.1 | Madison, King George the 3rd, and George Washington. |
0:29.8 | Last week, Alex told us about growing up in Ottawa, Canada and his diametrically opposed |
0:33.6 | experiences in school. On the one hand, high school was amazing. |
0:37.0 | Alex's passion has always been performing, but the program he was in taught him absolutely |
0:40.5 | everything about putting on a show, sound, lighting, makeup, all of it. |
0:44.3 | It gave him such an appreciation for every aspect of theater, and Alex carries all that with |
0:47.8 | them to this day, so it was invaluable. |
0:49.8 | But then Alex got to college, and it was an incredibly traumatic experience and honestly getting |
0:54.2 | kicked out of that abusive place was the best thing they could have done for him. |
0:57.4 | After taking some time to heal, Alex headed to New York City and Circle in the Square |
1:00.6 | Theatre School. |
1:01.6 | He started working any and every gig he could, |
1:03.6 | especially since he was a Canadian citizen, |
1:05.3 | so he had to deal with getting a visa |
1:06.8 | and everything that entails. |
1:08.4 | And because Alex is truly non-stop, |
1:10.2 | he opened up his own theater company, |
1:11.6 | the artist sandbox. |
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