Esparza Hopeful to Bring LEAP OF FAITH to Broadway

In a wide-ranging interview with the LA Times, Raul Esparza talked about the future hopes for Leap of Faith, and the article says that:

That intensity is the saving grace, literally, of "Leap of Faith," and in the closing days of the musical's first theatrical run the 39-year-old is in a reflective mood. He and the producers hope the show will move on to Broadway. "I know that's the hope. I don't know how quickly that will happen," he says. "You don't want to lose momentum on this thing. There's a lot of money involved, a lot of people involved, a lot of word of mouth now. I hear buzz coming back from New York that it's good."

Yet Esparza just gave up his New York apartment. He's pursuing movie gigs, but he's more interested in developing the one role he never has - that of the son of Cuban exiles.

"I'm clearing the slate, cleaning house a little bit," he says. "I'm just giving myself a few months to see what the future holds. I'm thinking that it might be time to take a look at my own life and my own family story and histories and see what I can share. I've been considering writing some of my own work. Maybe tell my parents' stories."

Four-time Tony Award-nominee Raúl Esparza and Golden Globe Award-nominee Brooke Shields star in the world premiere of "Leap of Faith," which pairs Reverend Jonas Nightingale (Esparza), the consummate flim-flam man, and Marva (Shields), the beautiful small-town woman and single mother who challenges everything Jonas believes in.

The production will run through October 24.

Based on the Steve Martin movie and featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken, book by Janus Cercone with Glenn Slater, and lyrics by Glenn Slater, "Leap of Faith" is directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford.

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