Christian Borle
“When I first moved to New York City to try to get a job on Broadway, I would fork over my savings to see shows at theaters like The Shubert, The Richard Rodgers, The Music Box and The Palace. Sitting in the cheap, nose-bleed seats in historic old houses, watching performers the size of ants, I felt happy. Sepia-toned, toe-tapping, childhood happy. I got to walk through the stage doors of those theaters over the following years, to actually be in shows on Broadway. And that feeling — It’s technicolor, adrenaline, adult happy. ‘Smash’ feels like we’re cracking open the stage door and letting the larger world out there take a peek.”
