The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part 3

Yay!

Crotch grab! Another picture deserving of the first page:

Hello, new thread!

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Yaaaay!

Lovely speech. Especially kind to mention Barbara, as she deserved to get that one.

Such a great speech. I think I love him a little more now. :)

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Oh, congrats to Raul!! I'm so thrilled for him!

(What an opportune time for the new thread!)

So if I were to hypothetically be making an 'I love Raul' cd for my friend, what songs should I hypothetically put on it? She loves tick... tick...BOOM!, and I've just gotten her into Company, but can you guys suggest any other songs I could include?

I figured if I could find help anywhere, it would probably be here... :)

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Sweet. Thanks Emcee! I knew that this would be the right place to come.

I have to (sadly) admit that I've never heard the Taboo recording (it's the George Micheal/Rosie connection that's turned me off of it thus far)... I'll have to track it down.

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Cool. I'll definitely pick it up. (I'll listen to the Raul tracks first to ease myself into it, of course)

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Delurking...

His acceptance speech was VERY fine (just as I expected it would be). So honest and full of grace. What he said to Michele at the end at least made my heart go pitter pat.

Lucky me, I have a ticket for a 2nd row center seat next Friday night! I won't be looking up his nostrils, will I?

I saw Company in Cincinnati last April, and I have been obsessed about him since then. I happened to see him leave the theater (and light up a cigarette...I was shocked and dismayed), but was too awed by his performance to walk up to him. It was only afterwards that I found out he had played all those other very astoundingly different roles. I've spent a lot of time on that other sight watching in awe at his clips. So sad I can't see the one of him as the MC anymore.

For some reason, I only recently found this thread. How come it's on the West End board?

Anyhow, I feel soooo relieved he won tonight. I'm very happy for him...he's deserves this so much.

I've loved musical theater for over 40 years now and I've seen a lot of shows and have even been a community theater producer, so I think I know something. Yes, this guy is indeed special.

Listen to the fuzzy, but complete recording of him singing Sondheim's "Not While I'm Around" on his website, if you haven't already. He's better than Streisand.

Oh, Raul!

This is the Off-Topic board, not the West End board...

Clayford, there's a giant thread on the main board that had the link to the streaming broadcast on Theatremania's website. It's been there all night.

How had this not been posted to commemorate the new thread?

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