Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Page Six: Raul Esparza and
#1Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 5:01am
Hello all. This is from the Dec. 29, 2007 edition of "Page Six."
"Star's Heavenly Intervention"
December 29, 2007 -- ACTOR Raul Esparza had to step out of his role as a wisecracking London pimp during Thursday night's performance of Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" at the Cort Theatre when a woman in the audience began loudly wheezing near the end of the first act. After the house manager announced an "emergency," Esparza was left alone onstage. He broke the suspense by asking the audience, "Any questions so far?" - alluding to the dark family comedy's many complexities. Then, when it turned out the gasping woman was all right, Esparza chuckled, "Wait, I've lost my accent." As the lights dimmed, he muttered, "Where was I?" The house manager boomed over the public address system, "You were about to light your cigarette." Esparza looked up, as if to Heaven, and asked, "Mother?" - and the show went on.
Wow... from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 12/29/07 at 05:01 AM
#2re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 8:21amI love it!
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#3re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 9:12am
I love it but I don't buy it. Page six is known for making up stories espically those about broadway. I believe they were the ones that started the stories of how Chenowih and Menzel were fighting off and on during their time at wicked.
They know that people like a good gossip story. And they know that when it comes to gossip from hollywoood they know that chances are strong that people will get that sort of thing from other tabloids. So they try to keep it up to par with what is out there.
Broadway they know that a good amount of people do not follow in the same way. So if they want to make something up and run with it more power to them.
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#4re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 9:33amNo, I think this is true, as a poster who said he was in the audience already described this on another theater forum last night. I was at Homecoming's run-through, and there were some nice moments like this one on that night, as well...
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#5re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 9:36am
Whoops, I'm mistaken, the poster who described this did it right on this board...check out the thread about Eve Best in The Homecoming:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=952951&dt=2
#6re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 10:17amI don't know how this story could be fabricated to any major extent when there were what-over a thousand people witnessing it? this isn't a behind-the-scenes tale.
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#7re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 11:31amYou don't understand how a news item could be fabricated despite a thousand people swearing otherwise? Ask Dick Cheney about Iraq's involvement in 9/11.
#8re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 11:40am
I like how a fairly inconsequential event like an actor dropping character to amuse his audience is suddenly equivalent to a massive political move. Oy. You've made your point -- obviously things in the news get made up. But to add on to what Jane said, my response would be to wonder why make this up? What good does it do to make up a story like this? I can see a gossip column making up some sort of career-damaging fodder, because at least there, there's an agenda. The thing that's missing from your analogy is that here, there's no agenda. It's just a news bit.
Anyway, I read the post about it on this board last night, and it made me laugh. 
I'm glad the person is okay, too.
#9re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 12:04pm
Emcee, thanks for your sensible post.
Yes, Joe, I do wonder about the purpose of making up such an inconsequential event.
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#10re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 12:42pm
I love it but I don't buy it. Page six is known for making up stories espically those about broadway. I believe they were the ones that started the stories of how Chenowih and Menzel were fighting off and on during their time at wicked.
Not unless Page Six is in the habit of trolling Broadwayworld looking for bits of info to post in their column.
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Updated On: 12/29/07 at 12:42 PM
#11re: Page Six: Raul Esparza and
Posted: 12/29/07 at 12:51pmthanks for that, Cape!
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