Episode 12: Eden Espinosa

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

🗓️ 1 June 2014

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Broadway beltress discusses her humble beginnings as a Disney theme park performer, her breakthrough performance in the Title role of the 2004 musical "Brooklyn", being Idina Menzel's standby in the original company of "Wicked", and performing her dream role of Maureen Johnson in the closing company of "Rent." She also shares auditioning advice for up-and-comers, goes deep on her respect and professional friendship with Idina Menzel (they have, after all shared two of the most important r...

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0:00.0	I'm Annalee Ashford. I'm Andrew Keenan Bolcher.
0:02.0	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza. Hi, I'm Laura Osniss, and you're listening to Theatre People.
0:08.1	Hello, fellow Theater People. Welcome to episode 12 of the Theater People podcast. I'm Patrick
0:12.6	Heinz, your host. I need to say one thing before we get to today's episode. Producing these
0:17.5	episodes of the Theater People podcast is one of the greatest creative endeavors Vanya Mike and I have ever embarked on.
0:23.4	Bringing these interviews to you every two weeks or so truly is a pleasure.
0:26.9	We have just one thing to ask of you in return.
0:29.5	Help our show reach more people.
0:32.0	This is a really easy thing to do.
0:33.8	Simply retweet us, share our Facebook posts, rate us on iTunes, and even write a little
0:37.9	review if you feel like it. That's all. Retweet, share on Facebook, review us. If you've enjoyed
0:43.5	our interviews with Laura Osniss, Annalie Ashford, Michael Mayer, Anika Larson, Daisy Egan, Michael
0:48.4	Yuri, Andrew Keenan, Boulger, Katie Huffman, or any of the others, help other people to find them. It would mean so much to us if we could see our family of listeners grow,
0:57.3	and it just takes a second for you to help.
0:59.2	Okay, that's the pitch.
1:00.5	We love you, theater people.
1:02.3	So now let's get to today's show.
1:05.1	Has anyone ever read you a fairy tale?
1:14.8	And taken you to places Back in the winter of 2004, I bought a rush ticket to a Broadway musical.
1:20.4	It was a show called Brooklyn.
1:22.0	The only thing I knew about it was that John McDaniel,
1:24.3	the musical director of the Rosie O'Donnell Show, was somehow involved,
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