Dear Evan Hansen's Michael Park (Episode 94)

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The handsome and charming Michael Park is currently co-starring in this season's hottest new musical, "Dear Evan Hansen." Michael has been a working NYC-based actor for almost 25 years. He got his start off-Broadway in the almost legendary productions of Michael John Lachiusa's "Hello Again" and Jeanine Tesori's "Violet." Prior to "Dear Evan Hansen", his Broadway credits include "Carousel," "Smoky Joe's Cafe," and one of my favorites from last season, "Tuck Everlasting." We loved chatting wit...

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0:00.0	Hey, theater people, Patrick here. So as a lot of you know, we have teamed up with the wonderful people at TodayTix for a brand new podcast called Broadway Backstory.
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0:21.5	In The Heights. There are two episodes for that one. Fun Home, The Secret Garden, the 25th
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1:08.5	Okay, now to today's episode.
1:16.8	Music help other people find our show. Okay, now to today's episode. Welcome to the theater people podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines.
1:21.1	Today's guest is the incredibly handsome and the incredibly charming Michael Park is currently
1:26.5	starring in the hottest show of the season,
1:28.7	Dear Evan Hansen.
1:30.4	But Michael has an incredible career that spans nearly 25 years in New York City.
1:35.4	He made his professional acting debut in the original cast of Michael John Lacuse's Hello
1:39.6	Again.
1:40.8	He went on to co-star in Janine Tesori's Violet before being cast in a starring role in the daytime soap as the world turns, on which he would earn two Emmy Awards.
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