BWW Exclusive: Jeremy Jordan in Concert- Sings 'West Side' and Zings Weinstein

''He'd give notes and usually single out someone [for criticism]. It was part of his weird process. He never did it to me ... until my third-to-last show before I left for Florida. It was one of my best [performances], and I was really proud of it. And [Laurents] went: 'Where have you gone? You've already left the show. I didn't even know that was you on the stage.' Finally, I said: 'I had a great show. I don't know if you're trying to prove something.' And Laurents said, 'Oh, now, you're flexing your masculinity in front of everyone?' And I said: 'Isn't that what you're doing?' ... Later on, I kinda apologized, not for what I said, but for calling him out in front of the company.''

On filming his first on-screen, bedroom scene in ''The Last Five Years'':

''Anna [Kendrick] is under the sheets, and ... I'm on top of her. But I had my underwear on, and they were black. The director said: 'We can see your underwear.' I said: 'What do you want me to do?' So they took a women's pair of nude-colored pantyhose and cut out the legs, so I had a little pair of shorts. It didn't make a whole lot of difference. I felt like a complete idiot.''

On working with Weinstein, who produced ''Finding Neverland'':

''There was no guarantee [I'd get to do the show on Broadway], but I certainly wanted it. And I fought for it. ... It was a great company, and it was the first time I got to play an adult. ... Harvey was a prick. I felt like I was constantly being interviewed for a job I already had. After I found out I wasn't going forward with the show, he tried to pawn off another gig on me that was vastly inferior.''

On auditioning for ''Spring Awakening'':

''Originally, I went in for Melchoir. Then they decided I should go in for Moritz. They decided I was too twinkie, so I should go in for Georg. Then they decided: 'We'll make you the more masculine gay boy, Hanschen.' ... There were five or six of us for the final callback. We were doing the dances with the chairs. I got so into it. I picked up a chair and put it down [so hard] that it broke. I kicked away the pieces and kept going. Andy Mientus [who later would co-star with Jordan on NBC's ''Smash''] said: 'I was there! And the rest of us were on the sideline, thinking, ''Damn it. That guy's gonna get the role; he broke the chair!'' But I didn't get it.''

On Chita Rivera literally running into him:

''I was doing the Tonys and I was in 'Rock of Ages.' That year, all of the nominated shows were in the big opening number. And that year, Chita Rivera was doing her one-woman show ['The Dancer's Life']. So she was backstage, and I was in my '80s wig, looking like a fool. We're waiting to go on, during the rehearsal, when a bunch of male dancers came running offstage. Chita got frightened and grabbed me and said, ''Save me!'' It was like a wave of them. Those male dancers have monstrous calves, and I have little chicken legs.''

Finally, for the record, here's Jordan's complete song list from his Herbst Theatre concert:

• ''Something's Coming'' (''West Side Story'')
• ''Losing My Mind'' (''Follies'')
• ''Broadway, Here I Come!'' (''Smash'')
• ''Moving Too Fast'' (''The Last Five Years'')
• ''Bonnie'' (''Bonnie & Clyde'')
• ''Neverland'' (''Finding Neverland'')
• ''You and Me'' (''The Book of Mormon'')
• ''Smile''/''I'll Be Seeing You''
• ''Santa Fe'' (''Newsies'')
• ''Over the Rainbow''/''Home'' (''The Wizard of Oz''/''The Wiz'')