{"id":867,"date":"2018-03-09T12:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dispatch.barbersurgeonsguild.com\/?p=867"},"modified":"2018-03-09T12:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:37:36","slug":"actors-life-new-york-city-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbersurgeonsguild.com\/es\/magazine\/actors-life-new-york-city-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"La vida de un actor en Nueva York Parte 2."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was cast as the male swing in Off-Broadway&#8217;s\u00a0<em>My Big Gay Italian Wedding<\/em>, which meant that I understudied most of the men in the show and could go on at a moment&#8217;s notice. It was my big break in NYC! I earned my Actors&#8217; Equity Card and joined the union! 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