Dan is joined by performer extraordinaire, Daniel Raso! This was such a fun chat and Daniel's first podcast! There's an epic audition story in this one!

We discuss touring internationally with School of Rock, the audience responses from the Asian countries, the gaps between shows, settling into new cities & countries, getting homesick, balancing the social life, finding the fuel to give the best in a performance, sustaining a vocal hemorrhage, feeling the guilt, being an athlete at heart, the hype around Matilda, families dressing up as his character Michael Wormwood, imposter syndrome, wanting to be a professional tennis player, having all your eggs in one basket, finding a drive being around other people that are better than you, Australian Idol, getting the first gig on High School Musical & it's unexpectedly short run, shopping mall shows, being built like a wombat, learning on the job, taking a moment to admire the hard work of a swing, the turning points in changing the mentality to withstand rejection, giving yourself 24 hours to be upset, teaching, a job working with Barney the Dinosaur, and we also dig into how perfect Daniel would be in the upcoming Australian production of Beetlejuice. Big episode. Great chat.

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