1) What inspires you?
Knowing that every day I wake up, I might do something I've never done before.
2) If you could spend 1 day with someone (dead or alive) who would it be and what would you talk about?
My grandmother, who was killed in a car accident four years ago. She was the single most important person in my life, and the only person who ever 100% supported everything I ever did, including my decision to reject medical school and study music. I would like to talk about everything I've done since she passed on, and I'd want her to tell me what's really waiting for us.
3)If you were putting together a scrapbook..what would be in it?
All of the programs I've appeared in (I LOVE seeing my name in print!), all the ticket stubs for shows I've seen, all my autographs, and the hall pass I took from Dennis Yohe in 6th grade that I still have in my current scrapbook.
4)Who is your favorite composer and why?
TOUGHIE!!! If I truly could only pick ONE, I would have to say Sergei Rachmaninoff. I have never met a piece of his that didn't move me in some way...his harmonic structuring is absolutely breathtaking, and he can turn three notes into the most heartbreaking melody you've ever heard, and then lift you back up a minute later.
5)If a Broadway musical was made of your life story, who would play you?
Anthony Rapp, obviously...if only for the look-alike factor!
6)Favorite show you've played for?
Another tough one...if we're speaking strictly Broadway, definitely Wicked. If you mean in general, ever...I'd have to say West Side Story. That score!!! Those flute parts!!! OY!
7)What question could I ask that has an answer that could actually shock us ("us" being those who have followed the confessions thread)? And what is the answer to that question?
Hrmm...hard query! Given the persona that I seem to have projected on this board, the most shocking thing I can imagine you hearing would be:
"Do you ever sit alone at night in your room and cry because you're terrified that you will never succeed at anything?"
"Yes."

Would this be your type, at all?
Oh, honey, no!
9)So, if you could change one thing in your past, what would it be?
Not a goddamn thing. (Well, I might have worked out more as a teenager...)
10)What will your epitaph be?
"Let it never be said that he wasn't fun to get drunk with."
11)What three things do you never leave home without?
My Metrocard, my sense of humor, and a pair of comfortable shoes.
12)What did you have for dinner last night?
A lamb chop, a broccoli/cauliflower mix, and sauteed asparagus in a balsamic reduction.
13)If you were testifying before Congress, what would your topic be and why?
"Now, can you tell me again why exactly you can bomb the planet, allow straight people to get married and divorced in one weekend and have 39,000 children that my tax dollars have to pay for, but I can't make a legal commitment to the man I love? Oh, and I love Condi's shoes."
Because...why not?
14)are you offended by the term "straight acting" ?
Only if it's being applied to me.
Thankfully, this is all just theory so far...it's never happened. :-P
15)how about the term "homofag" ?
If the ruby slipper fits...
16)My favorite instrument to blow?
The English horn...or a Puerto Rican.
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