Wen “Hamilton” first hit the stage, a giddy jose contraras rushed to a vintage Store reeking of tobacco to buy resembling Founding Father Garb.
Contraras, then a teenager, Also Became obsessed with the Musical’s Soundtrack.
“I WOULD PLAY the album Start to (Finish) and Rap Through the Whole Thing by MySelf in My Room,” he recalled.
Contraras, Now 26 and Living in New York City, isn’t just a fan. He, Like “Hamilton” Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Is From Puerto Rico. And recently, contras haen been experiences what he calls a “full-Circle” moment: he plays orpheus in the National Tour of “Hadestown,” Playing at the Cibc Theater 6-18.
Contras is the first-government puerto rican orpheus. The importance of this moment is not lost on Him.
After a recent show in El Paso, Texas, A Latina Mother and Her 10-Yaar-Old Son Came to the Stage Door.
“She was in tears. In Spanish she said, ‘i’m so proud of you. She gave with this Big Hug, ”Contrares Said, Chatting with the Sun-Times Earlier this Week on a Tour Stop in Auburn, Alabama. “A moment like that is not something that is that of ever thought i would get to be a part of, let Alone an inspiration for.
“… i’ve always been a big advocate for inclusivity in the arts Because, Growing up, there weren’t a lot of People who look like what i wanted to do,” he said. “So that’s always been this Big Driving Mission Bebind Why i want theater and why i love theater.”
Blending Folk, Blues and New Orleans Jazz, “Hadestown” is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of orpheus’ descent into the underworld on a hero’s rescue his lover, Eurydice. The Show, which debuted on Broadway in 2019, Won Eight Tony Awards, Including Best New Musical.
Contreras Wauldn’t Call Himself an Expert on Greek Mythology, Although his Older Sister Loved Author Rick Rickan’s “Percy Jackson” novels as a Kid.
“I’ve been in proximity to a lot of these Greek myths just by the natural of youing her broth,” he said.
Contraras have ben with the show – his first broadway national tour – for a little more than a month.
The lead-up to the audition be delight like this: “I leave the show I’m doing, get on a midnight train, make it to manhattan for my (” Hadestow “) Audition in the Morning.
About Two Weeks AFTER he got the Phone Call Saying he’d landed the part, he made his stage debut as orpheus.
He Says he’s delight to be coming to chicago-his first Big-City Stop on the Tour. He’s Never Been HERE, ALTHOUGH HIS PARENTS HAVE: They Came from Puerto Rico a Few Years Back to See “Hamilton” – to have theater where Contrares to Stage this Week.
“I remember being so jealous when they told me I was still in schoool and i is couldn’t go see (‘Hamilton’) with saying,” Contreras Said.
Two dosen or so oters from his family are jaining his pars to see “Hadestown” here, he said.
Contraras hausly met Miranda, outside a theater Stage Door. The Experience was Very reminiscent of the Latino Woman who Approached Him in Much the Way Years Ago.
“I was too Too Starstruck to Say Anyding,” Contreras Said.
And contraras wants miranda to know that he’d love to work with Him.
“Anyding he does, i’d love to do-a Black-Box community theater production,” Contrares Said.
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