JoeTheHoe

Bernie,

I am 17 years old and, because of my passion for politics, am often told that I should work in politics. While the idea interests me, I usually shrug off the suggestion because I don't feel that it is possible for me to get elected. I'm not incredibly rich and my ideas, like yours, are a threat to corporations and billionares.

My question is this: What can young people, through activism, do to ensure that the system is changed and is more fair towards working-class, non-establishment candidates in the future? How can we, as a generation, rise up to make changes and see Citizens United and money in politics abolished?

Hey Zach! I met you at the stagedoor of Bullets Over a Broadway when it was in previews. You were fantastic and kind enough to take a picture and I will always appreciate it.

So, I've been wondering:

What's it like managing your career as broadway performer in which you have 8 performances per week while also promoting Wish I Was Here? I'm a theatrical actor who loves film-making, and I'm amazed at how well you've been able to make time to simultaneously promote Wish I Was Here, perform on Broadway, and maintain a sex-healthy relationship with Donald Faison.

Hey Lin-Manuel! I'm a huge fan of your work; as a young musical theatre actor, I hope to perform in one of your shows someday.

1) What hip-hop/rap artist would you like to see write the score to a musical (if any)?

2) If there were a "jukebox musical" using one contemporary rap artist's music, which artist's music would you like to see as the focus of the musical?

I had the pleasure of meeting you at the If/Then stage door last year (you were nice enough to talk to me about a production of RENT I was working on at the time) and also to have communicated with you on Twitter a few times. Thank you for being so approachable and easy to talk to.

Anyways I'm about to move to NYC to study Acting (I'm 17), and I have a specific question pertaining to that--

What is a piece of knowledge/advice about being an actor that you wish you'd known when you were entering the NYC theater scene?