Charles Esten got paid not to dance in a Broadway show

[silverstarry]

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Back in the 90s, Charles Esten was cast in the pre-Broadway production of Smokey Joe's Cafe. He said that in his previous Broadway auditions, he usually did fine in the initial round for singing but would decline dance callbacks because he knew he couldn't dance. He somehow made it past the dance audition for this show (he says he bamboozled them)

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[ripqueequeg]

ok CHIP

[evillemmons]

[pikapika217]

this is so cute and he is SO -

actually, check back with me on the rest of this comment on March 1st.

[soelusive]

I adore him. Now I want to go back and watch Nashville from the beginning.

[silverstarry]

A friend of mine just started watching Nashville for the first time and it made me want to do a rewatch!

[ltmsysf]

No idea who he is but this story is very cute lol