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#2026

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:13am

Thanks for posting the scan from people mag...

I know there's been discussion here about how different Raulito can look from photo to photo, but I was struck by his resemblance to Freddy Rodriguez (the mortuary guy in Six Feet Under) in this picture. He so seldom looks like Hollywood's idea of a Latino, but he does here. No coincidence, I'm sure, but I'm still trying to figure out what it is that makes it so.
#2033

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:24pm

His Che did look pretty exhuberant. It's even funnier in the context of an article Sweetestsiren mentioned a while back in which Raul remembered his grandpa saying, "I knew that son of a bitch, and he didn't sing and dance!"
#2035

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:44pm

I just changed my desktop background on my computer to a very pretty pic of Raul from that "view images" series (one of the ones from an Actor's Fund benefit), because seriously - who doesn't need something pretty to look at when you're wasting away in an office all day, right?

But anyway, I've had SO many people either walk by my desk or send me an e-mail asking who "the really hot guy on your screen" is! Even one of our IT guys asked me yesterday re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3


Updated On: 7/20/07 at 01:44 PM

#2037

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 2:07pm

Emcee is referring to a story Raul likes to tell about his stint in Evita. Guevara's trademark cigar was one of his props, and sometimes he would wave the lit cigar around for emphasis. Apparently one review cited how this cigar was an asset to his performance (or something), and Raul was so excited he decided to incorporate the cigar more actively. So he did... and one performance, he was waving it around and lit the set on fire.
#2039

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 2:18pm

Hee, yeah. We were talking about reviews. Company had just opened and I congratulated him on the good reviews. He said he didn't read them (he rarely does), and I was sort of like, "well, but you have to at least know how good they were!" He said that part of the reason he doesn't read reviews is that even the good ones can be damaging -- some actors feel that if they read how much a critic liked a certain aspect of their performance, they'll be very conscious of wanting to be sure they nail it every single time... but they'll overdo it and risk "killing it," so to speak. So after he saw this compliment about his use of the cigar, he really went for it, and lit the wig on fake dead Eva Peron on fire. heh.
A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 7/20/07 at 02:18 PM

#2040

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 3:01pm

lol. As if it's not bad enough that he's playing Che, he's also abusing corpses.

I wonder when they're going to announce the rest of the Our Town cast
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#2041

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 3:03pm

lol. So in other words, don't compliment Raul on anything you don't want him to gigantify.... "you know, you really nailed that sex scene with Elizabeth Stanley..."

As if it's not bad enough that he's playing Che, he's also abusing corpses.

I wonder when they're going to announce the rest of the Our Town cast
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#2044

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 9:28pm

They announced full casts to some of their other shows, so probably soon.

Cute picture of the whole Company cast in their "I'm a Doylie!" shirts in Kristin's column!
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#2045

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/20/07 at 9:56pm

He even posted a big sign for us backstage that said "Whoever reads this, I love you."

That is really cute.
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The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
#2048

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:50am

hehe.

a little off topic, but there is a video of Doyle discussing Peter Grimes on the Met Opera website. I'm excited!
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

Updated On: 7/21/07 at 12:50 AM

#2050

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

Posted: 7/21/07 at 11:05pm

random, but...

i've spent the whole evening packing, and i just decided to take a break. i went onto broadway.com, and for the first time i watched their video from company's opening night (i don't know how i never watched it before) -

it just made me realize how much i miss it! re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, Part 3

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