Rory O'Malley (Episode 99)

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

🗓️ 7 March 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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You guys, we've been working on locking down an interview with today's guest Rory O'Malley for YEARS! He was originally scheduled to be the THIRD ever guest of Theater People! For this episode we talk all things "Hamilton"--he was King George on Broadway before heading off in the role on the national tour. We also talk about "Book of Mormon," "Little Miss Sunshine," politics, boyfriends, and everything in between. I looooooooooved chatting with him! Enjoy!

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0:40.9	Hello. Welcome to the theater people podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines. You guys, I'm so
0:46.9	excited that we finally got to sit down with today's guest, Tony nominee Rory O'Malley, to chat
0:52.8	about like everything.
0:55.6	Rory made his Broadway debut in 2005 in the 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
1:01.0	He went on to originate the role of Elder McKinley in the smash hit musical,
1:05.2	The Book of Mormon in 2011, for which he earned his first Tony nomination.
1:10.4	And he was most recently seen on Broadway as King George in a little show called Hamilton,
1:15.9	a role he's now doing on the first national tour.
1:19.0	He's worked off Broadway and on TV.
1:21.6	He even has his own podcast.
1:23.8	He's basically the king of all media.
1:26.4	I just loved talking to him.
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