He's a longtime political operative and activist in New York City who has worked with mayors, senators, and many others.

The theater of politics and the theater on a stage are very, very similar.

Lin-Manuel says all the time that I go through the world collecting money for candidates, and probably half of them never have a chance, but they're fights that you must fight.

Theater is a bit the same way, you go and collect lots of money (laughs) and most of the shows don't make it, the same way that many candidates won't make it, but there's art that needs to be made.

Some shows, I always wonder, "Why did they do that?" But hey, someone had a dream.

Do you have evidence?

Yes.

I'm a poor kid from a small town in Puerto Rico that somehow felt that musicals were fantastic.