The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four- Page 48
The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four
#1175The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/4/08 at 3:23pm
Most of you just don't sleep. 
#1176The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/4/08 at 4:18pm
Heh - we're just a bunch of vampires. 
They probably put him early because he had a matinee at 2 today.
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#1177The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 11:44am
Fun interview with Raúl and Elisabeth in the NY Daily News. They're great together!
Actors get ready to battle in Mamet's Speed-The-Plow
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Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#1178The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 12:40pm
I haven't even read the article yet, but can we talk about how HOT he is in that picture! Wow.
ETA: Very cute article! Thanks for posting that.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
Updated On: 10/5/08 at 12:40 PM
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1179The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 2:07pmThe joke Raul tells in the article usually is told by lawyers about lawyers!
#1180The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 3:30pm
Yeah, I always heard it as
"Why won't a shark eat a lawyer?"
"Professional courtesy."
But it can apply to just about any cutthroat business.
I wonder why Jeremy "declined to be interviewed"....
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Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#1181The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 5:30pm
Yeah, I was also wondering why he had declined the interview.
And I'm not sure how I feel about them referring to Raul as a "workhorse". I know it's kinda true, but it just sounds so slave-like. I guess I woulda just preferred "bonafied broadway star".
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1182The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 5:37pm
If workhorse means he works hard, and a lot of people want to employ him, I'm all for it!
The relationship with Moss seems good - I wonder if rehearsing Mamet means all the actors start interrupting each other and finishing each other's sentences?
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#1184The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:17pm
Love that picture.
Agreed, Fromage. I don't think it's an insult at ALL, especially when too many actors don't take their work seriously enough. I also thought it was a compliment; he works really hard and it pays off in the performances he turns in.
Posted on the Main Board... I enjoyed this:
Mrs R, ever the retiring type, walked over to him & said " Mr Esparza, we are going to pick up tickets to see your ******* show today". He got a kick out of it . I told him that we enjoyed him in Company & he was very appreciative. We than told him we were ****** fans of ******* Mamet & he told us to have a ******* good time. He seemed to get a kick out of it.
#1185The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:50pmCute articles. Raul was very good in "Speed-the-Plow" and I'm afraid when he was on stage I pretty much kept my eyes on him the whole time. (Sorry Jeremy! Sorry Elisabeth! I can see you on TV all the time!)
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1186The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 4:46pmI started listening to Raul reading THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION today. I am not a fan of audio books so I am having a little trouble getting used to it. What a nice voice - hope the book is worthwhile.
#1187The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:34pm
Wonkit, where did you get it? Amazon says it isn't available until October 18th.
I've read the book, it's not bad as YA goes, but the writing style skews to the younger side of the age bracket, and I felt she was rather short with the big reveal. And the ending felt rushed, like there should have been more to the story, or maybe a sequel. But overall, a very interesting science fiction tale for young adults.
ETA: Oh, and as the book is set in what is essentially Mexico, there are quite a few bits of Spanish sprinkled throughout the book. There's even a minor character named Raúl! 
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Updated On: 10/6/08 at 07:34 PM
#1188The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:35pmI tend not to be able to pay attention to audiobooks, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to hear.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1189The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 8:01pm
humbugfoto - I pre-ordered it on amazon.com and it was delivered today! It is a 9 cd set, and I am only 5 segments into the first one. Raul is, of course, accenting the Spanish names and the occasional Spanish/Mexican words so beautifully. (I don't speak Spanish but I know beautiful when I hear it!) It is clearly YA in tone and vocabulary.
Raul should be flattered that I decided to purchase this. I love Len Cariou as a reader, too, but I usually rent his audio books at the local library. Cariou is into a lot of suspense books that don't appeal to me.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#1191The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 8:09pmHeh, precisely.
#1192The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 8:34pm
Well, piffle. I just checked my Amazon.com account and it says it'll ship October 14th. That's not fair! 
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#1193The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 9:48pmI can't listen to audio books; I'm too much of a visual person so I need to actually read my books. However, I *am* tempted by this. Hmmmm...
wonkit
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#1194The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 10:14pmOkay - I finished the first cd and I am totally completely sold on this! I am visual, too, and I read at different speeds depending on my involvement with the content. With an audio book, that is completely in the hands of the reader. I don't like relinquishing that control, which is why I so rarely enjoy (or even finish) an audiobook. But Raul delivers with this one, so far. The very end of Track 5 is so amazing, so vivid, that I actually had to stop the cd and just enjoy the effect.
#1195The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 10:52pm
Wow! I'm really intrigued to hear this, now. That is a very affecting chapter (assuming that the track numbers match chapter numbers) - probably the most intense, psychologically, in the book.
How fast/slow does Raúl read this? He has a habit of speaking rather rapidly, even on stage, so I was wondering how he handled the audio book.
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#1196The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/6/08 at 10:54pmI'm sure he was directed to slow it down for something like that.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#1198The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 12:42am
Well damn, Wonkit, I just may have to take the plunge! I remember some older Nancy Farmer books with some fondness, so it wouldn't be *that* much of a hardship.
I'm picturing a run on those audiobooks and having the publisher wonder why they have such a bestseller on their hands!
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 12:42 AM
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#1199The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/7/08 at 9:34am
And I don't get a commission!
Knowing how fast Raul speaks, I was kind of surprised that it took 9 cd's to finish this book. But he is speaking very clearly and (for him) pretty slowly. At times he sounds like a father telling a bed time story, a story teller's speed, as though he is picturing in his head what he is describing. At other times he is more the actor - he does petulant teenage voices (male and female) very well (heh) but his little boy voice is unself-consciously perfect. I've always thought this guy was talented, but if he can do this range, he is damned perceptive, too.
ETA: I hate to sound like LEGALLY BLOND, but "Oh, my God, you guys!" Track 1 of the second cd - he sings! About 4 bars, first in Spanish, then in English, quietly, a cappella.
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 09:34 AM
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