My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

This is a musical, ma'am. If there's no gay, there's a problem.

My mother was predominately a stay-at-home Mom.

Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.

When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up.

I used to do community theater with Conor Oberst.

I'm happy to say I haven't received that much negative feedback. I'm always thrilled when I get feedback from young people, particularly from The New Normal, young gay people - when they say they want that when they grow up, that means a lot to me. As a kid growing up, I didn't really have a lot of gay role models on television, so it's nice to be part of a movement that gives some more of those.