Conrad Ricamora from 'How to Get Away with Murder' and “The King and I' : The Joe D Show Episode 26

On TV and Broadway, rising-star actor Conrad Ricamora faces rocky romance.

“Pat Benatar had it right, love is a battlefield,” he says. “And that’s why there are so many stories of people wanting to be together but facing obstacles.”

In the Tony-winning revival of “The King and I,” Ricamora plays Lun Tha, a lovestruck scholar who pays dearly for his romance with Tuptim, who’s marrying the monarch.

On “How to Get Away with Murder,” he plays Oliver, a gay computer geek dealing with being HIV-positive and boyfriend troubles.

Juggling roles means he keeps a suitcase packed — and red-eye flights for Ricamora, who broke through in Fatboy Slim and David Byrne’s disco-dappled Off-Broadway musical about Imelda Marcos, “Here Lies Love.”

Ricamora won a 2013 Theatre World Award for his performances as revolutionary Ninoy Aquino.

Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

Music by: Jerry Korman

Edited by: Frank Posillico

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