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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[colorstoobright]

aw this is cute.

chip and wayne were the best singing duo on whose line

[ginainabottle]

WTF @ this real life story sounding like a romcom I’d 100% have to suspend my disbelief to get into lol really cute!

[silverstarry]

I would watch this romcom! Bonus if it stars Lucy Hale, queen of Puppy Love!

[mathkills]

I've been rewatching Nashville and he + Hayden are probably the best part of the show (it is garbage but Undermine is still 🤌🏻).

[silverstarry]

Sometimes I remember the soapy storylines from this show and just shake my head and/or laugh.

[williammiller]

I like Juliette's solo version but this is my favorite. I hate that it's so short.

[kindpaddington]

In a reverse ONTD moment, I didn't watch the video but I did read the recap. Reading led me to look up DeLee Lively because that sounds like a fun name. Looking up DeLee Lively led me to realize that Chip's replacement Robert that she married is Robert Torti, who played Lt. Kyle Masters on the short-lived soap opera Generations. Young me had a crush on Kyle and his shiny mullet hair. Having shown my age, I'm going to go put my teeth back in now.

[fromyourashes]

his name is chip