Was It Chance‪?‬ Broadway Podcast Network

A globally renowned magician and performer, Asi Wind shares his journey in the world of magic and the art of performance, including his childhood encounter with a magician that shaped the rest of his life. He shares insights into his creative process, discussing how he designs and refines his tricks, always striving to balance perfection and enjoyment. Asi reflects on his views on failure, emphasizing the importance of learning from mistakes and finding beauty in imperfections. He speaks about the unique connection between a performer and their audience, highlighting the role of empathy and sensitivity in delivering a memorable experience. He also touches on various topics, including the significance of perspective, the inspiration drawn from everyday acts performed with care and attention to detail, and the idea of continuous improvement–providing a fascinating glimpse into the mind and philosophy of a dedicated magician and artist.
This episode is a special crossover with Alan's solo podcast, The Theatre Podcast.
Asi Wind is a highly acclaimed magician known for his innovative and captivating performances in the world of magic. He has performed all over the world and is currently sharing his talent on the off-broadway stage in "Asi Wind's Inner Circle" which is produced by David Blaine and is currently scheduled to until January 2024 at the time of this episode drop (it’s already been extended at least 4 times – we lost count!).

Connect with Asi:

Instagram: @asiwind

Youtube: @asiwind

Twitter: @asiwind

Facebook: @AsiWindsInnerCircle

Magician REVEALS trick and still fools Penn & Teller!!! - Asi Wind on Penn & Teller: Fool Us


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Sometimes those with the quietest voice make the biggest impact. Analena is an experienced Human Design & Energetic Alignment Coach, Life, Health, and Mastery Level Coach. She is also certified in Energy Healing modalities like Emotional Acceptance, Infinity Healing, and the Rapid Relief Technique. 
She supports Conscious Introvert Leaders to create Success on their own terms so they can enjoy life more while creating more Impact with Ease (and without the Burnout!). After going from BORED & UNFULFILLED TO... FIRED, she developed the BLOOM Framework, which integrates Human Design and helps her Clients activate and listen to their birth-given Success Strategy that is already hidden in their DNA. She is also a Co-Founder of the Aligned Living Academy where Conscious Leaders obtain their Human Design Certification. She currently lives in South Florida drinking Aperol Spritzes while watching Topgun Maverick on repeat and obsessing about African Elephants. 

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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

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Trust yourself and put what you want into the world. Don’t embrace the negative.

Analena was raised that religion was fear-based not hopeful and helpful. That led to a path of spiritualness.

Gutsy Analena started a new business while still working in corporate and at her annual review, she handed her boss her new business card. Talk about embracing intentional risk.

The wellness industry can really screw you up. Be sure you’re making aligned choices.

Growth came when she learned to allow herself to feel crappy sometimes. To be honest about all of your feelings and emotions.

Masculine energy is go, do, take action, get shit done.

Feminine energy is about leaning back, being in your body, and tuning more into how you feel. It’s about receiving and allowing what’s meant for you to find you.

For Analena, her masculine energy is more powerful when she leads with the feminine energy first.

She has a gift of making things easy and practical.

Any modality is only as power as the energy of the human putting it into play.

Live the question!

Analena’s work is always starting from “you are whole.” And builds from there.

What you resist persists. Your feeling want to be felt in order to be released.

Less is more.

Slowing down to QuantumLeap.


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Whoa buddy are y’all in for a treat! For this episode Alan and Heather were live and in person in the middle of Time Square with Jasmine Rafel and Cassidy Hamilton - two brilliant Queer artists who are truly shaking things up! It was a conversation that none of us wanted to end. Jump in on this truly exceptional conversation between three lesbians and an Alan. From deconditioning gender “norms” to learning to express yourself no matter what and so much more. Don’t wait to dive into this episode.
Jasmine has over a decade of experience working in the dance industry for the likes of Ariana Grande, JoJo Siwa, Tori Kelly, and more, and is now making her Broadway debut as Imogen in & Juliet. Cassidy is a writer/producer who has spent her career developing new works theatre projects working underneath some of the industry’s most successful producers behind projects like Broadway’s ROCKTOPIA and The Trans Siberian Orchestra, and currently serves as an associate producer on AVALONA: An Immersive Musical. 
Together, not only are they both producing Co-Founders of SKYLAR STUDIOS, they are also a queer couple working in the industry and have an upcoming show called Pretty, Witty, and Gay Cabaret coming up this Sept 27th at GreenRoom42 with a new cast of industry trailblazers from Broadway's biggest shows, such as & Juliet, SIX, Moulin Rouge, KPOP and more. They created this show to playfully challenge the heteronormativity of the American musical by providing a refreshing and exuberant new queer twist on your favorite Broadway hits.

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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

Live, in person, interview from Time Square 

Gender “rules” deeply affect what artists believe they can and should be pursuing. It’s time to get rid of them. 

It’s imperative that we create spaces for people can be on the outside what they feel they are on the inside. 

Gender expression is not exclusive to the Queer community. 

All art is always growing, changing, and expanding.

Sometimes coming out and accepting a “label” is about other people because it’s easier for someone else. 

Once you make a choice to live your truest self it stops feeling like a risk and becomes required to survive. 

Jasmine moved to NYC from LA in 6 days to take the job with & Juliet. This dream came true almost as soon as she decided to stop pursuing Broadway work. 

As always, trust the universe because it has your back.

Cass’s heart belongs to new works and developmental theatre. 

It’s all about learning to trust yourself and put yourself out there. 

Hold discomfort for a second longer than seems possible and seeing what shows up. 

Try what your heart tells you to peruse! Listen to where the universes is pushing you. 

Each failure is a stepping stone to the next best thing if you learn from it. 

The dream changes. Allow it to change. 

Get comfortable with the journey.


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Performance is as much science as it is art says this week’s guest, Javier Muñoz. But Javier also knows that the Universe is vast and always looking out for him. 
Javier is one of the kindest, most sincere people on Broadway and this conversation is filled with beautiful moments so don’t miss a second.
With stage credits that include the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival's off-Broadway show hit All Is Love, In the Heights, and of course Hamilton (where he took over for Lin-Manual Miranda and earned the title of “Sexy Hamilton”). TV and film credits include of course the 2021 release of In the Heights, Blindspot, Odd Mom Out, Shadow Vaults, Eureka!, Central Park, Quantico, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. He is now starring alongside Jessie Mueller in My Heart Says Go, a musical concept album which is available for streaming now. 
Connect with Javier on Instagram and listen to My Heart Says Go! Don’t forget to catch the companion podcast Javier did on The Theatre Podcast With Alan Seales as well.

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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

Although Javier is the youngest of three, he didn’t reap the benefits of that position.

From an early age, Javier recorded “Fame” and learned the dance moves and mashed them with popular music, and created his own music videos.

In 5th grade, Javier went on his first camping trip and discovered a true night sky filled with stars and it fully changed him. From there his dream was Astro Physicist and study Astronomy.

Science is just exploration, curiosity, and asking questions and that’s exactly was a good actor does with a script.

Javier was a first-generation college student.

Mentors are, literally, everything!

It took Javier a long time to become introspective and really look inside himself.

In 2002 Javier got HIV and couldn’t book a gig for anything so he quit the business and took a job at a high-end restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen.

He decided to do this one last show that his friend Josh has written and while in the rehearsal room, he meets someone who wants him to audition for In The Heights.

He agrees to do two weeks at Manhattan Theatre Club. Unfortunately, his part in the show got cut and this lead to him taking over the lead after Lin-Manuel Miranda

Next thing you know Lin-Manuel Miranda put Javier through “rap school.”

When it came time for Hamilton, Javier and Lin teamed up again to create the character of Alexander Hamilton.

Javier got a direct offer to do My Heart Says Go and he took it without even seeing the music and script.

Whatever you chose is right, because you chose it.

When things don’t work out or go my way I really do trust that it’s for a reason.


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Erica Lynn is an American actress and dancer born in Bakersfield, California where she began her dance training at the tender age of 3. By 6 years old, she had caught the performing bug in her first theatrical performance as Molly in Annie the Musical. Erica began to pursue a professional career as an actress in 2016, starring in her first short film, It's the Taste. In 2020 she made her feature film debut in Netflix's The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy.
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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

Erica knew from the earliest age that she wanted to be an actress.

Dance was her primary focus for years and found her way back to the theater through backstage.

While Erica does feel fear and stage fright, she says that “performing feels like home.”

She was active in competitive dance and it was about passion, not winning.

Erica found her first agent by befriending a flight attendant who had a nephew in Glee, which she was watching during the flight. A series of crazy events.

The Prom (movie) was filmed in California and it was Erica’s first-ever film audition.

Being on set for The Prom was a blast. Just a bunch of theater nerds having a great time together.

Erica loves self-tapes and thinks this process was a positive to come out of the pandemic.

Family Lead on Netflix coming out soon

Failure is a common companion in the acting world but Erica stays hopeful, excited and engaged.

Erica’s favorite moment/memory from being on the set of The Prom was the ability to learn from more experienced actors on set. But having Kerry Washington checking in on her was a highlight moment. 

Be the person you want to work with… That’s how to be successful in this industry.


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From Alan’s dad jokes to real comedy! Afraid but failing forward anyway - This week we bring you Maria Shehata, a multi-award-winning Egyptian-American comedian based in London who has been featured on Showtime's Bridging the Gap, Comedy Central's The Watch List, Dave Channel’s Comedy Guide to Life, Comic Relief’s viral Modern Dating Horror Stories, and BBC’s Period Dramas and Breaking the News. Her writing has been featured in Modern Love in the New York Times, Comic Relief, and BBC Radio 4. Maria was shortlisted as Top Five Best New Acts at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and showcased as Pick of the Fringe at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe and she’s featured in the upcoming, season 2 of Comedy Central Live. 
She’s about to go on tour so be sure to follow her on Instagram and TikTok and her website.

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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS:

Maria grew up in Columbus, Ohio as a shy kid that never spoke up and was terrified of public speaking.

She always admired comedians and how they captured the audience.

Baby steps are the key to anything and everything you may want to be successful at.

She surrounded herself with comedy in everywhere possible, expect performing, for a long time before she actually went on stage.

The win was just showing up on stage.

Stand-up can be lonely but she tests things out at small open mics and getting feedback from other comics.

Fear is based on the unknown. Once you have experience and information the easier it is to show up and do big things.

Preparation is everything in Standup.

Connections and friendships make a massive difference when building a career in comedy.

Failure is not trying. Everything else is learning.


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