What do the hit Broadway shows "Hamilton," "Matilda," "Hedwig and the Angry Itch," and "Pippin" have in common? Lake Oswego native-turned-Broadway producer Brisa Trinchero.

Trinchero grew up working the box office at the Lakewood Theatre Company. Turns out she had a knack for business: by her mid-20s, she was running the Broadway Rose Theatre Company in Tigard. After leading the musical theater company through the renovation of a new theater, she found herself wanting a new challenge.

"Having achieved my life goal, I had an early career crisis," she says from her office in New York. "I got addicted to high growth, high risk side of theater."

A jump from Broadway Rose to Broadway isn’t so far, right?

Now Trinchero splits her time between Portland and New York, where she produces plays with her company Make Musicals, runs a boutique publishing company, and is working on a ticketing start-up. State of Wonder’s Aaron Scott caught up with her during a recent trip to the big apple to talk the business they call show, including the hottest ticket on Broadway (#YayHamilton) and her involvement in the touring production of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," which plays Portland's Keller Auditorium Nov. 1–6.