Imani Denson-Pittman

Sugar. Butterflies. Flowers. A post shared by Jason Mraz (@jason_mraz) on Nov 4, 2017 at 7:26am PDT For the next two months, fans of singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, whose catalog includes the megahit “I’m Yours,” can see him on a stage that’s different from the ones he’s used to. Last week he joined the cast of Sara Bareilles’s Broadway musical, Waitress, playing a gynecologist who strikes up a questionable relationship with a patient. Time Out New York reader and Mraz enthusiast Imani Denson-Pittman chatted with him by phone about his latest venture. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the Reader takeover 2017How did you first get involved with Waitress?Sara invited me to sing on her album version of these songs. Two years later, after the show was up and established, we did a show together over the summer and shortly after that she called me and asked if I’d consider playing Dr. Pomatter for a few weeks. I’d never considered it! And I'm honored to give it a shot. But you have a background in musical theater, right? You went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.Yeah, but I wasn’t at AMDA very long and it was 20 years ago. I loved singing; that was my joy. Musical theater was an option, but when I got to New York I started playing guitar, and that became another option. And I thought, Wow, I can play guitar and sing on the street corner, on the subway, Central Park, anywhere! I don’t need be a waiter and go to auditions for the rest of my life. Yeah, that's hard.The stark rea