TV Exclusive: Get On Your Feet for Broadway's Next Puerto Rican Superstar, Ektor Rivera!

Get ready Broadway. A new star has arrived from Puerto Rico, and he isn't conga-ing back anytime soon!

Ektor Rivera just made his Broadway debut as Emilio Estefan in On Your Feet!, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY® winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time GRAMMY® winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan. A musical theater star in Puerto Rico, Rivera has appeared in productions of Rent, Hairspray, Godspell, Piaf, High School Musical, The Outsiders and The Mousetrap (San Juan Performing Arts Center and Tapia Theater). Stateside, he has appeared in Broadway and Beyond (Richard Jay-Alexander dir./Walt Disney Theater) and Q'Viva! The Chosen (Jamie King dir./ Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas), in which he was cast from the reality television show of the same name, produced by Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Simon Fuller. Rivera has appeared in films and additional television programs including "Incógnita," Nene Lindo, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," numerous national and international advertising campaigns. Ektor is also an established visual artist.

Below, watch as he checks in with BroadwayWorld after his first night in the show, tells us how he ended up in the role, and so much more!