Benjamin Schrader grew up in Seattle, Washington where he began his acting career at The Village Theatre and Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. At 20 he moved to New York City where he went on to star on Broadway in "Avenue Q", the 2009 revival of "Ragtime" and helped develop the Pulitzer Prize winning musical "Next to Normal". In 2007 he began work-shopping Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Broadway mega-hit "The Book of Mormon" and went on to be a member of the original TONY winning Broadway cast. Benjamin received a Grammy certificate for "The Book of Mormon" Grammy Award winning cast album. in 2013 Benjamin toured the country with the TONY Award winning production of "Peter and the Starcatcher" directed by the legendary actor/director Roger Rees. His other works include the Walt Disney animated feature "Frozen" where he can be heard as Brother Troll, season 2 of HBO's "True Detective", and ABC's "Revenge" among others. In addition to his performing career Benjamin is also a director where his work can often be seen at the world famous Magic Castle in Los Angeles where he consults on professional magic shows. In this Episode Ben and I discuss: Seeing the music man when he was a kid All his brothers were into sports and he was into musical theater We graduated High School at the same time Buying a one was ticket to New York How New York felt after 911 Making Broadway the goal Broadway’s Golden Handcuffs Being surprised by how small the theaters are Celebrities coming to see him perform An amazing encounter with Ian Mckellen Art over money always feels better Copperfield always shows up on a motorcycle Ben rediscovered magic 5 years ago How I embarrassed myself last night Does free will really exist? … and why he created a magic bar Connect with Ben @ BenjaminSchrader.com and be sure to visit magicbarla.com 
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