Dell Dude- Page 2

[bbroadwaybb]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 1:30am

Does anyone know any more about this play?

[wildcat]

Posted: 1/19/05 at 2:10am

I love the way, when utilising the "playing gay" defense, actors always bring out the Serial Killer or Axe Murderer line...no-one ever says "Just because I played a dental technician doesn't mean I'm a dental technician in real life".

[eslgr8]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 2:52pm

Wildcat! What a great post! Actually I posted basically the same thing at another site a while back, and so we definitely see eye to eye. Yes, I'm tired of hearing actors say, "I don't have to have killed someone to play a murderer," when asked if they are gay because they "play gay." As for being being in a "gay play" being reason to wonder if an actor is actually gay, at least in L.A., it seems that more and more gay roles ARE being played by gay actors. So it's not illogical to ask this question about "the Dell guy." By the way, Michael Musto's Jan. 18th column had this to say about the man in question: "On the penile-noir scene, it was fun to run into the Dell dude, BEN CURTIS, at the gay bar Therapy." Not proof of anything of course, but interesting enough for Musto to write about.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 4:12pm

I heard Phylicia Rashad was in that black play. And isn't B.D. Wong in that oriental thing?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 4:26pm

Doesn't he have a girlfriend? A girlfriend who lives in Canada???? KIDDING!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 4:28pm

yes. she was in the us last week, but was never seen because she was sick in bed with her legs up over her head.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 4:32pm

And he said he can't wait to eat her cat again. What's up with that?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 4:36pm

so is she alberta from vancouver or is she vancouver from alberta? either way, she sucks like a hoover.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 7:40pm

Why doesn't Patti LuPone star in more Italian plays?

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/20/05 at 7:45pm

This is so random! I think the guy might have meant gay as an insult, but I'm not sure.

Posted: 1/20/05 at 11:45pm

JOY is a romantic comedy by San Francisco theatre legend John Fisher, who should be better known here in NY. It's like a gay "Annie Hall." It was produced in SF 10 years ago as "The Joy of Gay Sex," before some of John Fisher's other great comic extravaganzas like "Medea, the Musical."

This production is directed by Ben Rimalower, who did a great job directing the "Snoopy" benefit. In addition to Ben Curtis, it features Harris Doran in the lead (he was wonderful in the "Hair" benefit), Becca Ayers ("Sarah Plain and Tall"), Christopher Sloan ("Insomnia"), Brian Patacca (The Donkey Show), Sheridan Wright (The Producers) and Gavin Esham, who was a Naked Boy Singing.

But best of all--it's got Natalie Joy Johnson, who was SO good in Bare!

Is the Dell dude gay? Well he's appearing in a gay play, he hangs out in gay bars--and he likes boys! But according to BroadwayBB it's a "fact" that he's straight.

You people are silly, very silly.
Joy the Play Updated On: 1/21/05 at 11:45 PM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 1/21/05 at 12:28am

Here's a webpage for whoever wanted pics:

http://members.fortunecity.com/bencurtis2002/

[feinstein9]

Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:47am

dude, my sister went to school with him. he's not gay. sorry grammer.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 1/21/05 at 1:53am

Meda..The Musical...

A classic??? For some of us who saw it, "classic" would not be the word I would associate with it.

Childish?

One of the few things I';ve seen that I can't believe was passed as a "professional" production.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:44am

This is so confusing. He hangs out at gay bars? He likes boys? He's definietly straight? Sounds like a bunch of unconfirmed gossip about someone who's only known for a series of TV commercials.

[Justice]

Posted: 1/21/05 at 12:55pm

A: Hannibal Lector was gay. Did anyone ask Anthony if he was gay? (Of course, you don't need to ask, considering it's quite obvious)

B: Is Drew Lachey Jewish because he's playing a Jew on Broadway.

C: Patti LuPone played Eva Peron. I never knew she was Argentinian.

D: Madonna and Jonathan Price are Argentinian, too...But WAIT, isn't Jonathan Price Asian?

C: And while we are on Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga. Philipinne? Not as Kim...Viet Namese. But WAIT! FDS - she's CHINESE!!!

D: And is Shroeder really black as Linus is Asian?