The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two — Page 11

Yes, Cabaret on Broadway. Heather was (Texas...I think) and she was the best Sally understudy ever! I'm not sure if Leenya was still in the cast when Raul joined, as she was the original Texas.

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Mmmm. Raul in Cabaret is like Michael in Sweeney. It's just so incredibly delicious.

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I must go look for this.

*giddy*

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That's the worst question to ask an already indecisive Raul fan. I mean, there's favorite in terms of dramatic brilliance, favorite in terms of funny, or cute... ahhh.

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My absolute favorite moment EVER of Raul was watching him this past year at Broadway on Broadway snap his fingers and do a step-touch with his feet while the cast of Rent sang "Seasons of Love". Priceless.

My absolute favorite onstage moment was him walking around bare-footed and eating ice cream in a scene during The Normal Heart. Also priceless.

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Raul in Cabaret sparked my love for pineapples .

I haven't seen Adam and a pineapple ... yet.

I'm too non-committal for this game.

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From what I've seen/heard I can't really pick my favourites. I think I may like ttb and Cabaret the most though, although never seeing him live makes it hard to judge.

My favorite off-stage moment with him was.... probably at Symphony Space, because it was so chill.

Stealing this too. Because it's true. That was so awesome. I was thinking about Sondheim shows earlier and it reminded me of us talking about how our parents weren't really Sondheim fans, so we had to discover it for ourselves. It was just so...normal. I'm still shocked by that.

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Okay, first of all, this is really hard because I haven't seen him live yet, but here are my picks-

Funny: Sugar in tick, tick...BOOM! Him scarfing down pretend twinkies like a chipmunk is priceless.

Surprising: Cabaret- I honestly couldn't find him in there at all. Before I saw this I had only seen the John Stamos clip and I just did not get the emcee, but Raul made the movements natural and sexy, and it just worked.

Sexy: Hair- the grabbage, the hip action, "see Raul dance", Spaghettied- just so sexy.

Dramatic: This is tough, because from what I hear, the "correct" answer is The Normal Heart, and I haven't seen it yet, so from my experience I'd say Taboo. I know it's not as serious as The Normal Heart, but when he sings Petrified... I just am so completely entranced and put in the moment.

I had to rewind that trailer several time cause I just couldn't believe my eyes... FMG is 100% going on my must see list. I'll just have to do something else during the scenes Raúl's not in.

And reading all your Raúl Faves makes me want to go out on the street corner and beg for some *cough*copies*cough* of his work... Joining the Raúl bnadwagon late, it looks as though I missed a lot of his awesome stuff.

Ah well... all in due time I imagine!

Oh clever! Seeing the show in Cincinnati sounds like a good idea!