Wow, I am loving all these questions. They are so much fun. I just started playing my newly-acquired 110 IN THE SHADE cast recording and writing answers. Who knew being a celebrity could be this exciting?
Here are my answers to questions so far:
What's the strangest dream you've ever had? Very recently I dreamed that all the gay people where I go to college at got tired of discrimination and decided to kill the straight people, including my family and me and my roommate were the ones protecting the "good" straight people. It was so bizarre.
What has given you the most pleasure in the last year? Being able to travel to New York by myself twice in the same year. Quite thrilling.
What's something that we would be surprised to learn about you? I loathed musicals when I was a child, I used to fast-forward through the musical numbers in all movie musicals my mom made me watch until one day my grandma, my mother, and me sat down together to watch WEST SIDE STORY and I was hooked. Life has never been the same since then
If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab on the way out? My laptop and my cell phone.
If we asked an important person in your life to describe you, what would he or she say? How accurate would it be? He or she would probably say I'm shy, quite the drama queen at times, too impatient, trust-worthy, incredibly passionate about what (or who) I like, and that I never pick up my phone...most people would say this about me and they would be very much accurate.
What’s something that you’ve never done, but have always wanted to try? Take voice or acting lessons. I'm too self-conscious of my accent to try *blush*
What’s the last great gift that you gave someone? And, that you were given? I once burned a CD to the only guy I've been in love with when he was moving to LA, it was full of showtunes about parting ways, loving someone who has to leave, or enjoying the time you have with the person you love. It may seem cliched, but he cried listening to some of the songs and they have become very personal to us. The last great gift I got was a ColdStone birthday cake from my brother last night because my birthday was on Wednesday and I told him that I wished I had gotten an ice cream cake so last night he showed up with one for me. It was very touching.
Will you do anything extra special? Haha, I just poured myself a glass of wine, those who know me well know how wine makes me smile
Straight plays or musicals? Is there any particular reason for your preference? That's complicated and a very good question. I think I prefer musicals though I love straight plays. I just read an essay by Tony Kushner that is the prologue to the CAROLINE, OR CHANGE libretto where he explains that by writing a musical for the first time he learned how music can provide layers and nuances to words that cannot be reached on a straight play. Also, with musicals you can take a part of the experience on a cast recording which can't be done with a play.
Do you prefer to sit on the balcony or the orchestra? Why? I prefer the orchestra because I have major problems with my vision and I like capturing the details of an actor's expression or the set design, or the costume and that's easier for me to see if I'm sitting closer.
What role do you think you and me would play? Oh, muscle, how much fun I am having with this question. You rocked with this one. I must say we should be the stars because we're that fabulous so if we could be in the gay male version of those shows we would play:
-THE RINK: You-Angel, Me-Anna (yes, you're older, but still)
-CHICAGO: You-Roxie Hart, Me-Velma Kelly
-WONDERFUL TOWN: You-Eileen, Me-Ruth though this one is up for debate, lol, I can play Ruth first in the Donna Murphy way then you can replace me and play Ruth in the Brooke Shields way.
-KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN: You-Aurora/Spider Woman, Me-Molina
-SEX & THE CITY: You-Samantha, Me-Carrie
-CLOSER: You-Alice, Me-Ana
-LITTLE CHILDREN: You-Jennifer Connely role, Me-Kate Winslet's role (I forgot the names).
-THE APPLE TREE: You-Adam, and the other male principals, Me-Snake/Balladeer/Narrator
You get to lead a famous dance number, which would you pick? -Story of Lucy and Jessie
-Mein Herr
-All That Jazz
-Where You Are
-Rich Man's Frug
Oh, C for Company I love this question. As much as I love Fosse and Kander & Ebb, there is no competition, "Story of Lucy and Jessie" wins by far with "All That Jazz" being a very far second. I already know the tricky lyrics to "Lucy and Jessie" and how I would love to do that number.
Which object from Caroline would you most want to sing as? Oh, God, this is great. I would love to be The Radio, I would feel so lucky to sing the lead in "Salty Teardrops," such an amazing song.
Who is your favorite Sally Bowles of all time? I'm a Liza Minnelli guy though I do like Natasha Richardson.
Who is your favorite party guest in LaChiusa's Wild Party and why? Though Queenie is my favorite character she is not a party guest, of the guests I would have to say Kate is my favorite because I find her quite manipulative and assertive yet very vulnerable and scared, it's an interesting combination and I love Tonya Pinkins' portrayal on the cast recording.
What Tony Award win/loss aggravates you most? John McMartin's FOLLIES snub is absurd and I still don't get how Anita Morris lost the Tony for NINE in 1982. Then there's the recent awards, Heather Headley's Tony really unsettles me especially when she won over Toni Collette's Queenie. Also, Bernadette Peters loss for both SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and GYPSY aggravate me. Finally, the one that bothers me the most from recent years is Idina Menzel's victory over both Tonya Pinkin's Caroline and Donna Murphy's Ruth Sherwood, I don't get it.
Which songs would you put into an imaginary solo act of yours? Oh, here is my long list, the theme would be roles that I could never play:
1)"Lot's Wife" from CAROLINE OR CHANGE
2)"I Hate the Bus" from CAROLINE OR CHANGE
3)"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
4)"Surabaya Johnny" from HAPPY END
5)"Pirate Jenny" from THREEPENNY OPERA
6)"Speak Low" from ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
7)"Daddy's Girl" from GREY GARDENS
"Cornet Man" from FUNNY GIRL
9)"Sadie, Sadie" from FUNNY GIRL
10)"Remind Me" from ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS
11)"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine" from SHOW BOAT
12)"I Want to Go to Hollywood" from GRAND HOTEL
13)"A Call from the Vatican" from NINE
14)"Could I Leave You?" from FOLLIES
15)"Story of Lucy and Jessie" from FOLLIES
16)"One Hundred Easy Ways" from WONDERFUL TOWN
LOVING the questions, you were right you would find good questions C for Company
Thanks to everyone, keep 'em coming.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
) and the CAROLINE, OR CHANGE cast recording. 
