From the Sidelines to Center Stage: The "Surreal" Life of a Broadway Swing

Playbill.com: De la Cruz describes that night as "surreal." Swings have "the rare privilege of experiencing the show from both sides," he explains, often watching the show from the audience for weeks. "In the opening number, Idina was singing downstage center and it suddenly struck me that this was the same thing I'd seen every night except this time I was behind her instead of in front."