McGuire before, but we have become fast friends, and you have to be for this show,” said Jones. It is also his first time working with McGuire and Anne Fraser Thomas, who is the female lead, Aldonza. He has also performed at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, but “La Mancha” is his first time on stage in Albany. But I know it doesn’t always happen like that for people, so I was lucky.”Īlong with his numerous regional theater credits, he has performed in three off-Broadway shows and also played Jinx in “The 101 Dalmatians Musical.” “I didn’t have to wait tables, although I did work as a singing waiter once so maybe that would fall under that category. “Fortunately I found a lot of work right off the bat,” he said.
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After graduating he went to New York and began his professional career. But the singing just came naturally.”Īfter high school, he went to Hofstra University, where he majored in theater arts. The acting part came a little bit later, after I got some training. “But it had great music and I always felt like singing when I was a kid. “They told me I was too ‘healthy’ to play Oliver,” joked Jones. Jones’ acting career began in the sixth grade when his older sister coaxed him into a small part in the school production of “Oliver.” The show is comical, but there’s also so much more to the character of Sancho.” I want to get to the truth of the character. Hopefully you like to land some jokes, but I also want to get at the real meat of the character, instead of just the surface. “I hope I’ve gotten better at it, and I think I have. “This is the third time I’ve played Sancho in the past 11 months,” said Jones, who was in “Man of La Mancha” in Rhode Island in July and in South Carolina last winter. While he has also performed as Bialystock in “The Producers” and Tracy Turnblad’s father in “Hairspray,” Sancho is his favorite. When Jones takes the Cap Rep stage this weekend, it will mark the eighth time he has played Sancho. For Gazette theater writer Paul Lamar’s review of this show, click here.
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