The tremor was a familiar feeling for the actor, who’s been based in Los Angeles for the past decade. He decamped to New York with his family this spring for his highly anticipateddebut as the lead of the new musical “Water for Elephants,” based on a popular romance novel by Sara Gruen.
With rehearsals and opening night behind him, Gustin is settling into a familiar daily rhythm, anchored by meditation and family routine. A few minutes before the earthquake, Gustin had just finished the book he was reading and was ready to dive into the next one. “I think I’m going to read this next,” he says, holding up a copy of “Hamnet.” The rest of his day ahead: pick his daughter up from school, have dinner and then head over to the Imperial Theatre.
“Going in, I was very focused on doing a good job and what I had in mind for the character and worrying about, am I going to be a good enough singer? Are they going to think I’m capable of doing this?” he says. “It was really easy to shed the ego as the rehearsal process was starting because it’s so collaborative, and this show absolutely requires everybody to hold the person next to you up — figuratively and literally.
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