Today, I Wanna Be Like Peter Van Dam! Peter Van Dam is a Broadway casting director who’s a co-owner of The TRC Company. He’s currently the Casting Director for SIX on Broadway! Most recently, Peter cast the Tony Award nominated Best Musical Dead Outlaw, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and The Heart of Rock n Roll! A graduate from Boston Conservatory, Peter pivoted from acting and worked as Lonny Price’s assistant on the Merrily We Roll Along documentary, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Now he’s served as a Tony voter and is consistently casting shows on or coming to Broadway!
I WANNA BE LIKE PETER VAN DAM CHAPTERS
1. 00:00 Intro
2. 03:00 Peter’s I Wanna Be Like You as a Kid
3. 06:14 Theater Beginnings
4. 10:45 College Experience
5. 15:00 Internships
6. 18:20 Assisting Lonny Price/Merrily We Roll Along Documentary
7. 21:00 Transitioning to Casting
8. 26:25 Creative Side to Casting
9. 28:50 Dead Outlaw!
10. 34:00 The Pressures of Being A Casting Director
11. 37:40 Looking Out For Actors
12. 43:10 Resumes
13. 47:00 EPA & ECC Auditions
14. 50:05 Sing Street
15. 53:10 Tootsie
16. 54:40 Authentic Casting
17. 58:55 SIX on Broadway!
18. 1:05:20 Casting Swings
19. 1:08:35 Picking Projects
20. 1:11:45 AI Wanna Be Like You!
21. 1:17:35 Dream Guest Manifestation!
22. 1:18:25 Peter’s I Wanna Be Like You NOW!
