The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part 3 — Page 102

The poofy hair was a dead giveaway.

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We're not taking a computer, so I'll talk to you all on Saturday!

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I am so jealous of those going to OUR TOWN. We should have had one of them wear a wire. But it is a beautiful day to be in the Berkshires.

Time to wake up! How was it, fearless travelers?

Or maybe it's a long car ride back from the Berkshires and they probably hadn't even LEFT at 10am, so the demands for reviews are illogically premature...

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Fishdancer, don't you think it's a bit bizarre to constantly reference his estranged wife like that? Your idolization of what is truly a sad situation is a bit disturbing. I'm guilty of irreverence at times, but I don't understand putting an obviously very troubled marriage on a pedestal of sorts.

At any rate, I hope all who traveled to the Berkshires had a great time.

Not that I'm trying to defuse a potentially....heated situation here, but I've got a technical question.

Has anyone else been having problems with BWW in the last couple of days/evenings? I've been getting server error messages and what looks like long screens of code sometimes when I try to surf the site. The other night (Thursday?) it did that for like 90 minutes. Just a short while ago I experienced the same problem, but it seems to have gone away now, since this posted just fine.

I don't know if it's BWW or me and my poor struggling computer....

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I don't know if they are estranged and it's really none of my business. I'm sorry if anyone thought there was anything serious or truthful about my comment.

I hope the travelers are having a safe trip. It's a long drive, and there are a lot of folks up there this time of year.

Thanks for confirming that, Keen. I get a little twitchy when I'm suddenly cut off like that.

Siamese Dream, I guess my pale little attempt at humor failed. That often happens in cyberspace. I apologize.

The thing is, Raúl has made it quite clear that Michele is a very important part of his life, regardless of any irregularities in their relationship. So I don't really find it out of the realm of possibility that they took the opportunity of the Williamstown gig to spend a few days together away from the city. Perhaps I'm being naive, but the only people who can define what makes that marriage "happy" are Raúl and Michele. We are just on the outside looking in, through one small portion of a multi-faceted windowpane.

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It's not possible to know anything for sure, but there are indications (to say the least) that Raul and Michele aren't all rays of sunshine as a couple. Not knowing the status of their relationship, it is strange to reference them as happy marrieds. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, though. We probably have to avoid being too presumptuous in either direction about their couplehood (personal opinions on the subject aside).

Hi everyone - I, the driver, am home. The rest of the gang are on the train/subway going home and probably will arrive shortly. The trip was great. We stayed today to see a matinee of Crimes of the Heart, that's why we just got home.
I'm sure everyone else will elaborate, especially since I'm still seeing the double yellow rode lines in front of my eyes right now...

Anyway, I don't know what to say. Raul was great as the Stage Manager; he hammed up some of the lines that didn't call for it, and swallowed a lot of his words, but other than that he gave a fantastic performance. The other actors and apprentices were very impressive as well. I would have preferred if it were a fully staged version of the show, because the blocking adds a lot to it, I think. But overall, seeing Raul read the part of the Stage Manager is something I will never forget, since it's one of my favorite works of literature. It meant a lot to me. And yes, the line where the SM acts as Mrs. Forrest was hysterical!

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Updated On: 8/19/07 at 11:16 PM

Sorry to have jumped to conclusions over what was probably just a throwaway comment.

Hmm, somehow I don't picture hammy and the Stage Manager going well together. How'd that work out?