Salisha Thomas, Broadway Actress & Podcaster

Our guest: Salisha Thomas

Salisha Thomas is an actress known for being in the cast of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" on Broadway. She was also Miss California World.

She has a podcast called “Black Hair in the Big Leagues.”  Salisha talks about how she decided to start embracing the hair she had been taught to hate. To change the way she used to think her whole life. Something that a lot of black and brown people struggle to do to this day. 

She just launched a new podcast called “The Salisha Show.” 

About her experience on Broadway

The Carole King musical debuted on Broadway as a terrific musical and had a successful tour. Salisha helped launch the musical’s tour back in 2015, she got into the show the same week she had just moved to New York City which was amazing to her. She toured with the show for two years and she fell even more in love with the show and the team. She loved working in the musical. 

Salisha then chose to leave the tour to give New York a chance because living there was what she always wanted. 

Her creativity, focus, and process

Salisha talks about how her process has changed over the years, she continues to learn and approaches her character with the mindset of how the character fits into who she is rather than how she can fit into the character.  It is a little different when you're portraying somebody who is a real-life breathing person who exists in the world, whether they're alive or dead or passed on. She tries to make it as authentic and truthful as she can by thinking who she is in their shoes. 

Researching and watching as much of the real-life characters as she can is also that helps her portray them correctly. Get their mannerisms and more. This is something she did when she got to play Diana Ross on a show called Trevor (that is about to open in a new Broadway run this fall.)

What she gets asked the most 

Mark asked Salisha to think about the questions most students are likely to ask her. She talks about how often she gets asked about how to get on Broadway, whether it is better to be on the stage or as a crew and how she is able to do the same show eight times a week and keep it fresh. When talking about her journey to Broadway, Salisha says that everyone’s journey is different. There are many ways to make a dream come true. You can begin from many angles. Part of her story includes a homeless man telling her that she needed to move to New York. 

She didn’t necessarily listen to everything the man said but she knows that it was part of her journey. And she recognizes that if she hadn’t moved to New York, she wouldn’t have started her journey. So a lot about starting your dream is listening to your instinct while also paying attention to the wisdom others share. 

“There's more peace in making that decision when you know, that's the right thing for you to do. “

To find out more about Salisha, check her website salishathomas.com and find her podcast there. You can also find her on Instagram and know that she checks her DMs! She loves encouraging people to send her a message as she always tries to answer everyone.

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