Episode 12
If you have seen a show on Broadway in the last 20 years its quite possible you have seen Aaron J Albano. We go back to the beginning of his career and talk about all of the shows he has performed in and some of the lessons he learned along the way.
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Currently stuck in Toronto with the Hamilton the Musical Tour- Phillip Company
https://hamiltonmusical.com/us-tour/tickets
1st generation born and raised in San Jose to Philipino parents.
Began performing at SJCMT after seeing a school performance and his very first show was Snow White.
Started dance class at 13 with Marie Stinnett Dance in San Jose
https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/06/dancer-81-closing-her-campbell-studio-after-58-years/
Performed Music Man at American Musical Theater in San Jose while a freshman at Lincoln High School for the Performing Arts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Musical_Theatre_of_San_Jose
Rent the Musical was what made Aaron realize there was a world of theater outside of San Jose.
Starts auditioning for Colleges
(Matt performing Romeo and Juliet at Presentation High School)
While performing in a production of A Chorus Line at Sunnyvale Community Players Aaron realized he needed to take character work and therefore performing as a while more seriously.
Got into the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music majoring in Musical Theater.
https://ccm.uc.edu/theatre/musical_theatre.html
At 21 in his junior year of college was cast in the Broadway production of Bombay Dreams and left school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Dreams
Tara Rubin Casting
https://www.tararubincasting.com/
2005 began performing in the original “Emerald City Tour” First National Tour of Wicked
Was introduced to The Chicago Diner as a vegan restaurant and had his MIND BLOWN!
Auditioned for San Francisco Company of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Performed with that for 2.5 years in the cities of SF and Boston and then went to perform it on Broadway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee
In between Boston and Broadway with Spelling Bee, Aaron performed with the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, covering multiple tracks as a swing and understufy of three main characters, Mark, Paul and Larry.
(Matt understudied Lookingglass Alice - never got to perform it - Anthony Fleming III)
https://lookingglasstheatre.org/event/lookingglass-alice-2020/
Finished Spelling Bee and had a quarter life crisis- I’ve
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