Broadway star smokers...
Broadway star smokers...
#1Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 9:57pmJust a random question...I just graduated from college with a degree in musical theatre and I, as well as a lot of my fellow BWW members, hope to pursue a career in New York in musical theatre. BUT...I have the disgusting habit of smoking once in a while. Does anyone know of any Broadway performers who smoke? I know of several dancers who do, but I was wondering about Broadway performers.
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ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#2re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:00pmThere are many Broadway performers who smoke. At times it feels like more do than don't.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
TenThousandThings
Understudy Joined: 7/19/06
#5re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:16pmJames Barbour, though he's not quite a star anymore...
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#6re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:23pm
"Idina Menzel smokes."
I think it's a once-in-a-while social thing. And not when she's in shows.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#7re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:26pm
""Now that I'm gone, I tell you: Don't smoke, whatever you do, just don't smoke." -Yul Brynner
Brynner was very much alive in January, 1985, when he made this statement on ABC's Good Morning America. He died of lung cancer in October of that year. The resulting public service announcement remains one of the most memorable antismoking statements ever made.
#8re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:43pmI hear Ms. Espinosa lights up.
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#9re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:45pm
Patti LuPone is an ex-smoker. Raul Esparza and Drew Sarich smoke.
I myself would love to quit, but I don't quite have the will power yet.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#11re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:49pmI quit about 8 months ago after smoking for about 10 years. I don't know how these people do it!! I couldn't hold a note without feeling like my chest was going to explode, and after 8 months it hasn't gotten much better. Wow, I'm shocked there are that many leading actors that smoke!
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#12re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:49pm
"I hear Ms. Espinosa lights up."
On her myspace she says she doesn't. I wouldn't be surprised if she does though. Her voice has gone downhill in the past year.
Updated On: 1/31/07 at 10:49 PM
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#13re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:51pm
Whoa, mywonderwa11, I used to talk to you on AIM ages ago!
Ok, back on topic- Didn't *MOST* (NOT ALL) of the original RENT cast smoke? If I remember, there was a whole discussion and somewhat of an 'argument' over it a while ago.
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#14re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:52pm
Smoking will KILL your voice. I am a first-hand witness to this. The occassional cigarette is fine, but seriously, if you plan to be a professional actor/singer (and also to, you know, not die prematurely), do not smoke.
That said, I still smoke occassionally because I'm a hypocrite.
Updated On: 1/31/07 at 10:52 PM
#15re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:54pmQ - I know in Anthony's book it mentions Jesse going out for a smoke break. I thought I heard someone say that Adam P. went out for a smoke break at the Goyband shoot last month.
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#16re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 10:58pm
^ ^
Yea, motor- I think they have an occasional cigarette but...who knows?
I'm pretty sure that what I said is well known though...(At least by the Broadway community)
I don't know that there should really be a thread about this. I would probably guess that an actor or actress doesn't exactly want to be identified as a "smoker."
Yes, they may smoke in public but to announce it to 'everyone' I think is just a bit...far?
Just my $0.02
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
Updated On: 1/31/07 at 10:58 PM
#17re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:00pmCan't you make it $.03? :)
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#18re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:11pmFor you Tink, I'll make it $.04! :)
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
#19re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:13pm
Raul Esparza and Drew Sarich smoke.
I heard that Raúl quit, via the reliable grapevine.
#20re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:14pmMy bad then.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#21re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:15pm
No worries. PS, your avatar is gorgeous.
And good for him.
#22re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:19pmEden looks like a smoker. I know that's weird to say, but some people just look like they've been smoking all their lives.
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jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#23re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:43pm
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#24re: Broadway star smokers...
Posted: 1/31/07 at 11:55pmCary Shields and Ethan Hawke were smoking as they signed autographs and took pictures with fans (Cary after TABOO, Ethan after HURLYBURLY). Gross.
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