The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread- Page 232

[Atrias]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:34am

*grins and taunts from a distance*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:34am

*pout*

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:36am

Oh, I love Time Warp. If I ever heard him sing that live... well, I don't think It's the best idea to post what might happen if I heard him sing that live....

[Atrias]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:36am

*tilts head and stares at Emcee's avatar* Why did they choose to put him in plaid?

[angelic1]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:37am

{giggles} Plaid. {continues giggling}

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:41am

I like that the green brings out his eyes, though.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:43am

heeeeeee, plaid.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:44am

I like the pocket watch!

[Atrias]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:45am

From that angle, it looks like the vest and pants are connected. Like footie pajamas without the feet.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:46am

Oooooh! Me too! I am a very big fan of the pocket watch.

I was also a big fan of the bacwards pants, but they cut that in previews. Along with the fencing! Damn them!

[angelic1]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:47am

Explain about backwards pants and fencing. I never saw Chitty in previews.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:48am

Who did he fence and why?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:50am

BACKWARDS PANTS!!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:52am

Backwards pants: They were the same plaid pants, but he wore them backwards so he didn't get the fronts dirty. Then he preceeded to bend over and pat his rear end several times to demonstrate it to Truly. He he, now that was fun.

Fencing: When the children stormed the Baron's birthday party, the scene was originally quite a bit longer. Raul had to fence with one of the Baron's soldiers. With a sword!!! Sadly, it was cut very early on so the show would be shorter. And when I told Raul I was sad to see it go, he started ranting. He didn't want it to go either. The first few previews the show was three hours long.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:55am

awww, Raul!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:57am

I adore how passionate he is, yes I do!

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:58am

He wears them backwards so he doesn't get the fronts dirty?

I LOVE it. They should have kept it. It sounds just like something Caractacus would do.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:02am

They should've kept that.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:06am

phew!!! i'm back. ok, so the chitty car...damn that car! so i don't know if there was a thread about this anywhere else...i'm too tired to look...so if you know what happened skip this part, but if you want all the gory details, read on. (ps - totally started entrance applause by myself...there was maybe a smattering of applause...very disappointing, especially considering people were clapping like mad during the overture.) so, right before the car gets fixed, there's an announcement that there's been some techincal difficulties but it should be fixed soon. this takes maybe 10, 15 minutes. the show continues. when chitty floats, there's no raft. Raúl and Erin adlib and are like "Oh! Look! We're floating! This is a car that can float on water! Look at us float!" etc, etc. I find it funny, becuase I know what's actually supposed to happen. Something funky happens with the ship too. it was wierd. so after that, the vulgarian backdrop doesn't come down. we just see the car sitting there in the dark for a good 30 seconds before the curtain comes down. another technical difficulty announcement, and they decide to take an early intermission and start again where we left off (right before grandpa gets abducted.) this is when we wait almost an hour. everyone starts getting really really mad. no one came out to entertain us (chip later explained it was because they all thought the show would eventually be cancelled and they didn't want to be on stage when THAT announcement was made! understandably.) so finally, the show gets going again. they finish act one...the car magically flies with no wings. it looked really wierd. they finish the act and take a five minute break to set up for act two. act 2 runs smoothly (mostly because there is no car!) when the car has to fly again, again, there are no wings. instead of raúl saying "stand back from the propellers" he just is like "stand around...and stand there...and celebrate!" when the car flies (with no wings) Erin and Raúl flap their arms like wings. We all found it highly amusing, since everyone had basically figured it out that there were actually supposed to be wings (i became the chitty expert in my section...the people sitting all around me were asking me all these questions...it was funny.)

i decided to try my luck at the stage door, convinced that either no one would come out, or they wouldn't sign. (it was pretty clear by curtain call that everyone was exhausted.) well, i am GLAD that i went, because Raúl graced us with his presence! we had a nice (10 second) chat, I got a picture, and i'm going to send him my flea market picture for him to sign. weeeee! i also FINALLY snagged Robert Sella! Of all the (FIVE!!!) times i've seen it, he's always snuck out!!! but i managed to catch him as he was trying to sneak away, and got a picture with him. he is the SWEETEST (well, 2nd, i'm a little biased of the kitten!) man ever! sooo nice. We joked around about the car breaking down...he seemed so happy when i was like whatever i've seen this show so many times, i'm not here for the car, it's just a cool story to tell and i'll be back! he laughed. Erin came out too, so did Chip. Kevin and Jan skipped out...and Philip Bosco I have never seen once! But everyone was really nice even though it was laaaate! Raúl seemed genuinely shocked that people would stay around after to get his autographed...once again, that modesty!! it was awesome. PHEW. that was a long post.

ps - also saw Sweeney this afternoon (the Chit and Sweeney...what a combination!!!) it was AWESOME. totally loved it. sat in front of IDIOTS though. one girl complained about the set, saying why did they have to use the coffin as a table, it was discracting because she couldn't believe it was a table. use your imagination!! geez. she was also confused about why the "dead people were still walking around if they were dead." honestly, why do people like that go to the theatre if they can't appreciate it at ALL? i don't get it. but YAY for Chitty and Sweeney love!! (don't have any Sweeney stage door stories, had to book it over to the Hilton to get my student rush.)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:08am

He must really have a thing for Saturday nights. Did you clap?

Thanks for the report! YAY!

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:12am

I was thinking the same thing. Yay for Saturday nights!

"stand there... and celebrate!" Haha. That's too funny!

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:14am

i TOTALLY clapped...and some people joined in...not too many...not enough to make me think he'd come out the stage door...so it was a nice surprise! there was some talk about them refunding tickets or postdating them or something (that's gotta hurt the b.o.) so maybe when we chitty party i can use a refund! haha. i'm evil, but i'm also BROKE!! like poor little chitty...i hope they find out what was wrong, because by the end of the show she still wasn't fixed.

[greatdct]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:16am

I hope they fix her, too.

So, does he EVER come out during weekdays? I'm wondering if it's worth my time to try and catch him on a Wednesday or Thursday or something.

[angelic1]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:18am

I love you, Kook. Glad to hear about the stage door happiness. Post the pics when you get a chance.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:19am

whee, new pictures.

I used to catch him on weekdays pretty often, but who knows?