Today, I Wanna Be Like Jess LeProtto! Jess LeProtto is a Broadway veteran who’s been working onstage since he was a child in shows including Bye Bye Birdie with John Stamos and The Boy From Oz alongside Hugh Jackman. As an adult, he was in the ensembles of Hello Dolly with Bette Midler, Newsies, Carousel and most recently seen on Broadway in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. Jess, a former contestant on So You Think You Can Dance Season 8, made it to the Top 8! He also played the role A-Rab in the 2021 Steven Spielberg helmed West Side Story film! Up next, his original album By The Bay releases August 15 on all streaming platforms!
I WANNA BE LIKE JESS LEPROTTO CHAPTERS
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 03:20 Jess’ I Wanna Be Like You as a Kid
3. 07:34 First Broadway Show
4. 08:34 Dance History
5. 10:47 Professional Child Actor
6. 13:05 The Boy From Oz: Broadway Debut!
7. 17:20 Getting An Agent
8. 18:50 How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
9. 23:00 Keys To Being A Swing
10. 25:32 Bye Bye Birdie With John Stamos
11. 36:50 So You Think You Can Dance!
12. 48:45 SMASH TV Show
13. 50:15 College Audition Experience
14. 51:30 SYTYCD Tour!
15. 55:15 College Experience CONT’D
16. 58:10 Newsies!
17. 1:08:10 In Your Arms With Chris Gatelli
18. 1:12:20 On the Town!
19. 1:22:15 Warm Ups and Stamina
20. 1:24:40 A Bronx Tale at Paper Mill!
21. 1:29:10 CATS on Broadway!
22. 1:38:38 Hello Dolly with Bette Midler!
23. 1:45:50 Gavin Creel
24. 1:49:00 Hello Dolly CONT’D
25. 1:55:00 Carousel
26. 2:05:00 Performing at the Tony’s!
27. 2:09:00 Barnaby in Hello Dolly Tour!
28. 2:11:20 Spielberg’s West Side Story
29. 2:27:45 Dancing Onscreen vs Onstage
30. 2:34:30 A Beautiful Noise!
31. 2:44:40 Schmigadoon!
32. 2:49:50 Teaching
33. 2:52:55 Auditions
34. 2:57:20 NEWSIES MISHAP!
35. 3:02:50 Advice to Younger Self
36. 3:04:20 Jess’ Upcoming Album!
37. 3:05:30 AI Wanna Be Like You!
38. 3:09:30 Dream Guest Manifestation
39. 3:10:40 Jess’ I Wanna Be Like You NOW!
