Raúl bares his soul on Broadway

Earlier this week, (December 14th) Raúl took part in the Broadway Bares Soul series at The Sheen Centre. 

​He was interviewed by Fr Edward L. Beck, C.P., and spoke candidly about his formative years, focussing a lot on his relationship with his Grandmother - who he said practically raised him - and about his high school experience. He talked about being Cuban and the challenges that he and his family faced because of that. He touched on his spirituality, his eight year stint in Chicago and about the various stage shows that he had been in. He mentioned that he'd found his 'Rocky Horror Show' role difficult and touched on 'tick... tick... Boom!', 'Company' and 'Leap of Faith', as well as a few sentences each on 'Hannibal' and 'SVU'. 

He sang six songs: 

• ​O Holy Night - part in English, part in Spanish
• All I Ever Have to Be (Amy Grant)
• El Reloj
• How Glory Goes (Audra McDonald)
• ​Running to Stand Still (U2)
• Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

​Thanks to the wonderful community of Raúl fans we can bring you some photos from the event. You can view more in our dedicated Broadway Bares Soul gallery.

And a big shout-out to one fan who managed to sneak this recording of Raúl singing Running to Stand Still/Hallelujah. We are eternally grateful. 

We understand that the event was recorded and will be edited for broadcast/uploaded to The Sheen Centre's youtube channel early next year. We will let you know when a date is announced.