Adam Kantor Talks "The Band's Visit"

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

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4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We're SO thrilled to welcome Adam Kantor back to the podcast! When we last chatted with Adam, he was mid-run as Motel in the 2015 Broadway revival of "Fiddler on the Roof." Adam is now back on Broadway as Telephone Guy in "The Band's Visit," one of the most critically acclaimed new musicals of the year. For the episode, we chat about how Adam won the roll, working with creative team (including one of our personal favorites, David Yazbeck) on creating the role, and perfecting his character's h...

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0:00.0	Hey, theater people. Did you know that starting this Friday, February 23rd, Disney is starting Frozen Fridays.
0:07.6	For four Fridays in a row, you can go online to watch a music video featuring a brand new song written exclusively for Frozen, Disney's new Broadway musical at the St. James Theater.
0:18.4	Visit FrozenThemusical.com today to get excited and then come back on Friday the 23rd to
0:23.5	check out the new music.
0:25.2	Okay, now to the show.
0:26.6	Welcome to the Theater People podcast.
0:28.1	I'm your host, Patrick Hines.
0:29.7	You guys, today we are super excited to welcome the very handsome and unbelievably talented
0:34.7	Adam Cantor back to the podcast.
0:37.4	When we last chatted with Adam, he was mid-run playing modal in the 2015 revival of Fiddler on the roof,
0:43.9	a production he was with from start to finish.
0:46.6	Adam made his Broadway debut as Mark Cohen in Rent in 2008,
0:50.2	and went on to play Henry in the Broadway production of Next to Normal,
0:53.3	and Jamie in the off-Broadway revival of the last five years.
0:57.8	Adam is currently co-starring as Telephone Guy in the gorgeous and critically acclaimed the band's visit, now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theater.
1:07.1	It was lovely catching up with him.
1:09.3	Here's our conversation.
1:14.5	Hi. It was lovely catching up with him. Here's our conversation. Hi, Adam Cantor.
1:15.9	Hey.
1:16.3	It is so good to see you.
1:17.5	Great to see you.
1:18.3	First question answered, the hair is not real.
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