The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread- Page 78

[Ellie3]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:18pm

Well that was fiction! I don't really think like that, but for the sake of an easy answer I might pretend I did.

I'm scum.
Updated On: 9/22/05 at 10:18 PM

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:19pm

The real question is: Did he get entrance applause? It's all important, as I have discovered.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:22pm

It's ok. Sometimes you just can't think of anything that fits the bill and you have to snazz things up.

Why, Elphie?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:24pm

He comes out the stage door when he gets entrance applause. Or, seems more likely to. To say that that's his ONLY motive would mean he's just bitchy, but it seems to make a difference. Maybe it's a "hey, they love me!" gesture.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:27pm

Nia~ When we went, we planned to start his entrance applause, but somehow it didn't work out. AND he didn't come out the stagedoor that night. There is definitely a correlation, I think.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:29pm

Diva.

I wish we could really find out what he thinks...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:29pm

"Dear Raul...."

[Allie]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:34pm

Question: Where did the whole "Dear Raul..." thing start? You guys seem to use it quite often!

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:35pm

No idea, Allie.

"...we know you want to rush straight to your limo, but why do you put it off sometimes?"

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:35pm

"Tell me your most deepest thoughts. I promise I won't tell anyone."

Maybe, when he hears entrance applause, he realizes that there are people actually there to see HIM, so he comes out. But when he deosn't hear it, he assumes no one specifically wants to see him.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:39pm

I'd figure on something like that, Elphie. That's sort of why I get so hung up on clapping for him -- I want him to know we're there to support him. I'm sappy.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:41pm

Yes, yes you are...

It must be nice to hear, but if no one really cares about him in particular, then it wouldn't be any trouble to go through the stagedoor, would it?

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:42pm

*sigh* I'm sappy, too.
If only we'd been sitting all in a row, it would have worked! We could have coordinated it. Then my life could have (possibly) been complete. Damn that weird seating arrangement.

[Ellie3]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:43pm

Does he usually get semi-decent entrance applause?

I'm not sure if I'd prefer just one person whooping and hollering, or none at all!

And does he really use a limo? That disappoints me for some reason.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:44pm

That's the thing with the show -- it's the kind of show where the majority of the people who go don't give a damn who's in the cast: not that it's different than the one they hear on the CD, not that they might see an understudy, and not that they're looking at one of the greatest actors in the city. So, maybe it's nice to know once in a while that people are there for him. There are stage door crowds anyway, even if the people don't know the actors names or anything -- tourists just want to meet actors.

Ellie, sometimes. But usually people don't pick up on it. And the limo is on and off. It's a contractual thing.

Updated On: 9/22/05 at 10:44 PM

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:46pm

I suppose, but they might not tie them up for too long. He can suck it up and deal with it.

Ellie, me too. It might be part of his contract. I don't know why or whether or not he insisted, though.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:46pm

The kids just crowd around whomever comes out, sort of. So do the parents, which is doubly annoying. Especially when they don't know who the hell played which role.

He doesn't have a limo, does he? Maybe a car...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:47pm

I've heard people use the word "limo." I've only seen an SUV ish thing. But it *is* part of his contract.

And yeah -- they'll be like "who did YOU play?!" "OH MY GOD, POTTS!!!!!"

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:53pm

The first time I saw it, there was this dad who kept saying to his son "Adam, look, it's the actors! Go ask who they played! Look, another actor! Ask him for an autograph." Half the time, the people were orchestra members or something. He was creepy and kind of freaked me out.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:53pm

That could kill your self esteem, but he has to know that most people really do not know who particular actors are.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 10:56pm

Now I REALLY wish we could pick his mind.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 11:07pm

He's probably at least used to the people who come to see his shows knowing who he is. He's never done big tourist draws before.... MAYBE Cabaret, but still.

[insomniak]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 11:13pm

Very true, but he also comes across as being realistic. Just going by his interviews, I wouldn'tve guessed he was the type to make a fuss about being Raul Esparza and being the draw. He knew going in that this was a tourist show.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 11:23pm

Ben Brantley wrote a great blurb on his valliant "man versus machine" fight in Chitty -- that nobody appeared to have informed Raul of the fact that the CAR is the star, and he's no hope of upstaging her. I don't know that I meant it in terms of saying I thought that he felt HE was the draw, but he's never been in shows where most of the audience is your average tourist family -- they were smaller things that "theatre people" were more likely to be into. I'm sure he knew it going into this, and I like that he seemed so eager to try something new. Snaps to him, no matter how it turned out.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 11:33pm

not to change the subject, but...





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