Derek Klena talks "Anastasia," Wicked," Dogfight" And More!

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

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The handsome, charming, and talented Derek Klena invited us to his dressing room at the Broadhurst theater to chat about starring in "Anastasia." He also shared the AMAZING story of his road to professional acting, and his work in "Carrie: The Musical," "Wicked," and "Dogfight." Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hey, theater people, Patrick here, asking you to stay tuned at the end of the episode for a very special announcement.
0:06.6	And also to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by these are their stories, the Law and Order Podcast.
0:12.5	You can find their episodes wherever you get your podcasts and at law and orderpodcast.com.
0:18.3	This episode is also brought to you by Stage Door Manor.
0:21.6	You can find information about their summer theater programs at stagedoor manor.com.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Theater People Podcast.
0:31.0	I'm your host, Patrick Hines.
0:33.1	You guys, at long last, after years of tweets and emails from you fabulous people, we finally made
0:41.4	the Derek Klanna interview happen. On a recent Wednesday between shows, Derek invited me to
0:47.2	his dressing room at the Broadhurst Theater, where we talked about everything from sports,
0:52.3	whatever those are, to how he was discovered, to carry the musical,
0:56.7	dogfight, Wicked, and of course, Anastasia. He was so funny and charming. I wanted to stay there
1:04.3	forever. Okay, here's our conversation.
1:12.1	Hi, Derek Klanah.
1:13.4	Hi, thanks for having me.
1:14.6	It's so nice to meet you.
1:15.9	Nice to meet you, too.
1:16.9	The listeners are going berserk.
1:18.7	No, I'm happy to be here.
1:19.9	This is awesome.
1:21.4	Let's chat Anastasia.
1:22.9	I have a zillion questions about other shows, too, but can we start with Anastasia?
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