It was my pleasure to sit down with stage and film actor Yurel Echezarreta. Yurel is a Broadway veteran having spent 12 years in NYC making his Broadway debut when he was cast in the 2008 revival of WEST SIDE STORY as Tio and went on to appear in, La Cage Aux Folles, Matilda!, Disney’s Aladdin, Head Over Heels, and most recently Tony-Winning Moulin Rouge!.
Yurel and I spoke about his experience working with legendary director Steven Speilberg, what made him want to become an actor, and his work in the Pasadena Playhouse’s reimagining of HEAD OVER HEELS.
I hope you enjoy this conversation, click below for the full audio interview.
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
West Side Story is in theaters everywhere December 10th
