I'm doing some research for something, and my Googling has brought me up some reviews and press stuff about The Normal Heart. Figured I'd bump this up for a bit with a really great article from The Advocate that includes some interview clips with Raúl and Billy:
"When I read it, it made me very angry. It still has that visceral wallop," says Raul Esparza, who plays Kramer's stand-in, Ned Weeks, and who has also shone in such Broadway shows as Taboo, Cabaret, and Tick, Tick ... Boom!
"When we did the first reading in this space I couldn't stop crying," says Esparza. "It gives you chills. There are so many things the audience will pick up that the characters don't realize. It is heavy with dramatic irony right now, every time you mention gay marriage. He keeps saying, 'Why didn't you fight for this?'" Full article - not long, but worth the read, as they address the difference between those two actors who worked so stunningly together, and sort of strangely address Raúl's marriage. Oy.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2004_May_25/ai_n6150983#continue This man's passion and brilliance astound me. Every. Single. Day.
See, there are reasons why even watching him get in touch with his inner song-and-dance man in silly children's theatre can thoroughly rock my world. Raúl, I love you.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 8/22/05 at 03:23 PM