NewsPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Cookies, Whiskey and Workouts!" A Two-Show Day at Broadway's If/Then With Jason TamSpend a two-show day at the new Broadway musical If/Then with cast member Jason Tam. The actor, who has been seen in A Chorus Line and Marry Me a Little, offers an exclusive look backstage!
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August 26, 2014
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Cookies, Whiskey and Workouts!" A Two-Show Day at Broadway's If/Then With Jason Tam
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "Cookies, Whiskey and Workouts!" A Two-Show Day at Broadway's If/Then With Jason Tam
Spend a two-show day at the new Broadway musical If/Then with cast member Jason Tam. The actor, who has been seen in A Chorus Line and Marry Me a Little, offers an exclusive look backstage!
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I wake up to this guy, Malcolm, and give him lots of attention so he doesn't destroy my furniture while I'm gone all day.
Jason Tam
I Nutri-Bullet every morning. Today is lettuce, banana, frozen strawberries, and apple juice.
Jason Tam
I walk by this on my way to the subway and it makes me love NY.
Jason Tam
Our music director Carmel Dean introduced me to Pie Face and there's no going back. Two thai chicken curry pies for lunch.
Jason Tam
In an effort to destroy all of my remaining stomach lining, I have a cup of Emergen-C and a cup of coffee.
My favorite stoop in the stairwell to gaze longingly at the beautiful weather outside.
Jason Tam
The Scientology building is endlessly intriguing.
Jason Tam
I visit the gals upstairs and say hi to their beta fish who they've named Kyle Dean. He lives in a unicorn.
Jason Tam
Ann Sanders, being pretty normal for Ann Sanders.
Jason Tam
I play Words With Friends with Joe Aaron Reid, a worthy opponent.
Jason Tam
Why is rolling out so painful and so helpful?!
Jason Tam
My dresser Joe Hickey, surrounded by backstage quotes from cast and crew.
Jason Tam
First break during act one, cringing at the bleakness of the news.
Jason Tam
Just completed the seven minute workout, done every performance during "Here I Go." Curtis Holbrook will be legitimately angry if I don't mention that he was the seven minute workout founder at If/Then.
Jason Tam
Snack time in LaChanze's room during "Some Other Me"
Jason Tam
Dinner at Bare Burger with Tamika.
Jason Tam
We ran a few errands and then decided to have a desert picnic (fancy way of saying we sat on the floor) in my dressing room!
Jason Tam
Ryann, Ann, and Stephanie join us.
Jason Tam
I mean.
Jason Tam
John "Big J" Soundguy. Soundguy is definitely not his actual last name but it has a nice ring to it and I think he should at least consider it.
Jason Tam
Ukulele practice.
Jason Tam
I'm playing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, which is basically 3 minutes of the same 4 satisfying chords over, and over again.
Jason Tam
Snyderman stops by to drop off a book for Jerry Dixon.
Jason Tam
Jenn Colella and Joe Aaron Reid.
Jason Tam
Pearl Sun sneaking up the stairs.
Jason Tam
This is after our second seven minute workout of the day.
Jason Tam
Celebrating two shows done, with some whiskey and a soft batch cookie. Photo credit goes to Big J.
Next to Normal and Rent director Michael Greif helms the production that played an out-of-town tryout at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. last fall. Produced by David Stone (Wicked, Next to Normal), If/Then began Broadway previews March 5.
If/Then has music by Tom Kitt, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. The writers earned the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for penning Next to Normal. If/Then has musical direction by Carmel Dean and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Michael Starobin, who previously collaborated with Kitt on Next to Normal.
The cast boasts Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, "Frozen"), Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent), James Snyder (Cry-Baby), Jerry Dixon (tick, tick…Boom!, Once on This Island), Jenn Colella (Chaplin, High Fidelity), Jason Tam (A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones) and Tamika Lawrence (Matilda).
If/Then has choreography by Larry Keigwin, set design by Tony Award nominee Mark Wendland (Next to Normal, The Merchant of Venice), costume design by Emily Rebholz (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), lighting design by Tony Award winner Kenneth Posner (Kinky Boots, Wicked) and sound design by Tony Award winner Brian Ronan (Next To Normal, The Book of Mormon).
According to the creators, "If/Then is an original musical set at the intersection of choice and chance, where the road you takes meets the road you didn't. Tony Award winner Menzel makes her much-anticipated return to the stage in this contemporary new musical as Elizabeth, a woman rebuilding her life in New York, a city of infinite possibilities."
The Richard Rodgers Theatre is located at 226 West 46th Street. Visit ifthenthemusical.com.
