“I love writing, I love creating music,” Mraz, whose debut album was recently rereleased on vinyl in honor of its 15th anniversary. It’s worked out so well that when he’s done with the part, Mraz said he’s open to other opportunities in the artform – perhaps even a musical he’d compose himself. It’s only helped and enhance my performance.” “Now, I’m able to take my 20 years of playing original music and put that into a musical production. “My musical theatre gave me tools as a singer-songwriter and gave me more diversity in my showmanship, allowing me to weave my songs into a narrative night after night so there would be purpose for my songs and stories,” Mraz explained. Besides being able to flex his musical theatre muscle again, Mraz says he’s been able to grow his performance by bringing his touring experience to the show. 3 and will remain in the production through mid-January. I honestly never thought I would go back.”
“So that made my decision and I removed myself from musical theatre.
I could sing anywhere, I had ultimate freedom,” he continued. “Writing my own original music, I could take it to Central Park, I could take it to a sidewalk, I could take it to a subway stop. “I didn’t want to audition to be able to sing, I just wanted to sing.” “It was going to be very, very competitive and there was a risk I wouldn’t be able to get a job,” he said. “I assumed musical theatre would be the route I would take.”īut when he moved to New York City in his late teens to explore the industry, Mraz quickly learned musical theatre wasn’t for him. And because I like to sing and perform, those are the classes and programs I took,” Mraz tells PEOPLE. “Many young people in the performing arts, when you’re in high school, you have show choir, musicals, and drama.
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Before Jason Mraz‘s debut album Waiting for My Rocket to Come dropped in 2002, launching a career that has won him millions of fans and a series of accolades (including two Grammys), the 40-year-old singer-songwriter planned for a career in musical theatre.
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