Message Board Celebrity Of The Day 11/16/07 - Jilani- Page 20

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 6:33pm

>>Which character from a play (musical or straight) do you most >>identify with? Why?

Off the top of my head, two come to mind. Ned Weeks in THE NORMAL HEART and Davey in THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. Wanting to shake sense into people who just don't bloody get it on one hand, and feeling like I've got to clean up a lot of bloody messes on the other.

"Worse and worse and worse this story gets!"

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 6:34pm

>>What are your plans, apart from answering these questions?

No particular plans, I want very much to see BARRY LYNDON at the Walter Reade Cinema, I'll probably be there on Sunday afternoon. I think we're going to a barbecue on Monday.

Life in the fast lane.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:11pm

Other than where you currently live, where would your dream home be and why?

What's the last great show that you saw?

What are you currently reading?

What's your favorite CD of all time?

PC or Mac?

What is the greatest performance you have ever seen on stage? On screen?

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:11am

>>Other than where you currently live, where would your dream >>home be and why?

Pretty much any well-maintained and well-managed home on the West Side of NYC.

>>What's the last great show that you saw?

This would have to be a tie between SPRING AWAKENING and JOURNEY'S END. Saw SPRING twice, loved it both times. Nothing I've seen since has been as impressive. JOURNEY'S END was great, too, a real surprise.

It wasn't exactly theatre, but I went to a screening of Guy Maddin's BRAND UPON THE BRAIN, a latter day silent film which had live musicians performing a score, foley artists producing sound effects, a countertenor, and narration supplied by Edward Hibbert. One of the most exciting experiences I've ever had going to the movies. I wrote more on my blog, check it out.

>>What are you currently reading?

Dickens' THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP. I've read it before, and liked it, mostly. The whole business with Little Nell taking so long to do what anyone with any sense knows she's going to do is a drag, but there's no mistaking the energy of the rest of the book. Wonderfully effective melodrama and mad vivid comedy.

>>What's your favorite CD of all time?

Impossible to choose. Some favorites would include the OBCA of SPRING AWAKENING, anything by Thelonious Monk or John Adams.

>>PC or Mac?

PC. I liked Macs, I used to have to work on one. They definitely have their charms.

>>What is the greatest performance you have ever seen on stage? >>On screen?

I can't narrow it down to one, sorry. Some of the most memorable have been:
Richard Thomas in FIFTH OF JULY
Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd
Kathy Bates and Anne Pitoniak in NIGHT MOTHER
Jessica Tandy in FOXFIRE
Kate Nelligan in PLENTY
Bernadette Peters in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Raul Esparza in THE NORMAL HEART
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in WICKED
the casts of THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE and JOURNEY'S END and SPRING AWAKENING
and so on and so on.

Film wise, the list would never end. I'll choose Bert Lahr and Margaret Hamilton in THE WIZARD OF OZ, because nobody ever seems to choose them.

[shameless]

Posted: 5/27/07 at 9:44am

Hi Roscoe, glad you made it. I meant to post some questions before I left work on Friday.


If you were recuperating in a hospital, who would you want in the bed next to you, excluding relatives?

What has given you the most pleasure in the last year?

What's something that we would be surprised to learn about you?

If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab on the way out?

If we asked an important person in your life to describe you, what would he or she say? How accurate would it be?

What’s something that you’ve never done, but have always wanted to try?

What’s the last great gift that you gave someone? And, that you were given?

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/28/07 at 9:13am

>>If you were recuperating in a hospital, who would you want in >>the bed next to you, excluding relatives?

Probably my oldest buddy Kent, the single funniest guy I know. We'd probably converse entirely in PINK FLAMINGOS dialogue.

>>What has given you the most pleasure in the last year?

My partner Bob.

>>What's something that we would be surprised to learn about >>you?

That despite all the terrible things I sometimes write about plays and movies, I really do love plays and movies.

>>If your house were on fire, what material possessions would >>you grab on the way out?

My signed copy of INFINITE JEST, my Criterion Collection DVDs, and whatever Calvin And Hobbes books I could get my hands on.

>>If we asked an important person in your life to describe you, >>what would he or she say? How accurate would it be?

They'd probably be more generous than I deserve.

>>What’s something that you’ve never done, but have always >>wanted to try?

Bungee jumping.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/28/07 at 10:52am

Roscoe, I think that the burning question on everybody's lips is...did you attend the closing performance of CORAM BOY yesterday afternoon?

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/28/07 at 11:05am

>>Roscoe, I think that the burning question on everybody's lips >>is...did you attend the closing performance of CORAM BOY >>yesterday afternoon?

No, I was spending the day in silent meditation and Thanksgiving, sending up offerings of gratitude to the gods of theatre for that merciful act of theatrical euthanasia.

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 11:36am

Any takers?

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 12:13pm

Roscoe didn't pick anyone?

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 12:42pm

Nope. Unless I missed it?


If anyone has any suggestions, go for it.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 1:11pm

Its really sad how long I've been on this board, and yet just now discovered this thread.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 2:15pm

I just saw that no one CotD today.
I nominate TheatreDiva90016!

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:21pm

I'll second that. Has JustAGirl2 been CotD yet? If not, I nominate her.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:22pm

I third TheatreDiva!!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:27pm

I agree with JustAGirl.

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:28pm

You really want to nominate Diva at 9:30?


Or, are you just very early with tomorrow's pick?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:36pm

I love them both!! can I second two people??

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:37pm

Diva was the first to get three.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:39pm

I'll be it!

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:40pm

Now it is three? I thought it was you nominated three and them people took one off each time...

I am confused!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:42pm

YAY DIVAAAA!

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:46pm

Now, I see why Craig didn't come back!


Caitie, you bad girl, you obviously haven't been paying attention.

Congrats Diva! Start now, start tomorrow. I really don't care.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:49pm

What the hell am I supposed to do?


Oh, And thanks! I'm blushing!

[shameless]

Posted: 5/29/07 at 9:50pm

We celebrate you. We say nice things. We ask questions. If you feel like it, you answer them.