About this episode

Brian and Judson chat with Grey Henson about his theater career and personal experiences with dating and identity.

Brian and Judson are joined by Broadway musical theatre star Grey Henson! Grey takes Brian and Judson through his nonstop career that took off immediately upon leaving college with his casting as Elder McKinley in the first national tour and Broadway productions of The Book of Mormon, through his Tony-nominated performance as the iconic role of Damian in Mean Girls, to 2023's surprise hit musical, Shucked, to starring as Buddy the Elf in the recent revival of Elf, to now playing the title role in the current off-Broadway show, Bigfoot The Musical. Grey also gets personal and talks about his search for a partner since moving to New York twelve years ago, the struggle of people making assumptions about who he is as a person based on how they perceive him on the stage, and the absence in his life of his father, both now that he has passed, but also even while he was alive. He also talks about existing at the paradox of having Daddy physique, but without feeling he possesses Daddy energy. Grey then helps Brian and Judson address a Go Ask Your Dad question from a listener who has become paralyzed with fear about making new connections.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Rubin-Sowers, Judson Morrow

Guest: Grey Henson

Topics covered

• dating challenges
• theater career
• personal struggles
• Daddy physique
• new connections
• Bigfoot
• assumptions in relationships

Keywords

• Grey Henson
• Bigfoot
• dating
• theater
• Daddy physique
• Mean Girls
• The Book of Mormon
• new connections

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Book of Mormon, Mean Girls, Shucked, Elf, Bigfoot The Musical

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