Sofia chats with the EXTRAORDINARY Alex Boniello (Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Brooklynite, 21 Chump Street, Million Dollar Quartet)!!! Alex is best known on Broadway for starring as the Voice of Moritz Stiefel in the Deaf West Theatre’s 2015 Broadway production of Spring Awakening, in which he also acted as the guitarist in the on-stage band, and is currently starring as troubled outcast Connor Murphy in the blockbuster Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. Alex has also been featured onstage as the Rock & Roll Boyfriend in American Idiot, Tevin in 21 Chump Street, Blaine Tuttle in Cruel Intentions: The Musical, Brooklynite, Million Dollar Quartet, Stilyagi, Here’s Hoover! and I Am Harvey Milk. Alex has been featured on television in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Happyish, Unrelated, Alien Dawn, Saturday Night Live, Detachment, Floored, Welcome to Greenpoint, Contest and Alt Space. Alex most recently recorded an acoustic version of “Disappear” opposite Taylor Trensch on the Dear Evan Hansen deluxe album. Alex and I discuss his experience of portraying Moritz in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening and Connor in Dear Evan Hansen, his favorite backstage rituals at Dear Evan Hansen, his embarrassing audition for Spring Awakening at the age of 18, his obsession with video games, the culmination of his wackiest survival jobs ever, the perfect musical theatre role for his cat Penny and much more! Alex is one of the greatest talents in contemporary musical theatre and is such a nice guy, and I loved chatting with him about his experiences of stepping into the roles of Moritz and Connor! You can go see Alex as Connor in Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box Theatre.