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The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two- Page 123

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

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sweetestsiren
#3050To great talent...
Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:50pm

It'll be sad if he doesn't do it... especially with the Hal Prince theme.
Updated On: 7/31/06 at 11:50 PM

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luvtheEmcee
#3051To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:14am

He could sing Cabaret!! And Evita! And... everything!

*pokes Raul*


A work of art is an invitation to love.

Chrysanthemum62001
#3052To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:28am

*sighs* I wanted him to sing with Michael... To great talent...


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

Chrysanthemum62001
#3053To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 1:05am

Ha. I was just thinking about that ATW interview where Raul talked about the audience leaving and remarking "that wasn't very good" and how he wanted to reply "Well, you weren't very good either!" hahahahahaha...God, I love that snarky emotional talented man...


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

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sO_aMaZinGly_giFTed
#3054To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:17am

I think Raul is AMAZING but his best performance was in Taboo...!!
I loved that show!
I have it on DVD {The Closing Performance}

He's Coming Back in something and I'm VERY EXCITED!

RAUL=TALENT

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luvtheEmcee
#3055To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:45am

Chrysanthemum, that is my FAVORITE part of the ATW interview. The "well you weren't very good either!" part. To great talent... I'm glad he's finally going to be in a Broadway show that gets amazing reviews; The Normal Heart did, but it wasn't Broadway -- and we know he's done enough Broadway flops, so Company is a good, good thing. I mean, not only did the Cincy reviews make verbal love to HIM, but they were pretty much all over the show.

heh.

Agh. I wish he um, wasn't sick when I saw Taboo. Not that Donnie was bad, but... meh.


A work of art is an invitation to love.

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sweetestsiren
#3056To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:31pm

I love that part of the ATW interview as well. I think that my favorite part is when he slumps down in the chair impersonating the bored audience member. And when Billy Crudup says, "Are you belligerent at the curtain call?!"

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Mandi Moo
#3057To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:33pm

What is this interview that you speak of?

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sweetestsiren
#3058To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:38pm

http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_05_05

It's quite long, but so, so interesting.

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Mandi Moo
#3059To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 12:46pm

Yay! Something *else* to keep me from writing my paper. To great talent...

Chrysanthemum62001
#3060To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 7:25pm

I can't believe that was filmed over a year ago. It just doesn't seem like it.


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

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luvtheEmcee
#3061To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 7:26pm

LOL; he's belligerent even NOT during curtain call! I will never stop being amused by the story about the sleeping guy at The Normal Heart. Seriously, what Raul did takes a lot of balls.


A work of art is an invitation to love.

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luvtheEmcee
#3062To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 7:41pm

I'm watching it now, since the link is so conveniently posted here. To great talent... This is only my second time watching it all the way through. Raul's hair is funny and his eyes are bugging out, but on a very serious and respectful note, every time I read or listen to or watch an interview with him, I am so taken by his intelligence and how absurdly, beautifully articulate he is.


A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Mandi Moo
#3063To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 7:45pm

And on a slightly related note, Billy Crudup is a fox.

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luvtheEmcee
#3064To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 7:51pm

hee, he is adorable.

They're talking about some stuff I was mentally wrestling the other day, with regards to reviewing and differentiating acting choices (I'm so tired, I messed up and typted "actoring" -- oh God!), from directing choices, from the way the work is written, or what the writer says he wants. David Hyde Pierce makes a really helpful point in saying that that simply *isn't* the point, because the question is, more than which is good and which is bad, how they all work together. That's just interesting to me in light of the fact that I just saw a play that had actors who were obviously capable, had decent writing, and was directed by someone who is known to be a good director; yet, the three didn't mesh.

/ramble.


A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 6/17/06 at 07:51 PM

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Clayford27
#3065To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:06pm

"LOL; he's belligerent even NOT during curtain call! I will never stop being amused by the story about the sleeping guy at The Normal Heart. Seriously, what Raul did takes a lot of balls."

I've never heard that story. What did he do?


There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

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luvtheEmcee
#3066To great talent...
Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:47pm

Apparently someone fell asleep in the front row and Raul threw a chair at him.


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Johnnytoc
#3067To great talent...
Posted: 6/18/06 at 12:42am

I'm Loving this interview. Raul's awesome. To great talent...

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Clayford27
#3068To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:19am

LOL! Wow Raul. haha

luvtheEmcee, thanks for answering!


There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

Chrysanthemum62001
#3069To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:21am

I watched it again too. His hair was so...big. And his sideburns were so long.


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

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luvtheEmcee
#3070To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:22am

It was so poofy.


A work of art is an invitation to love.

Chrysanthemum62001
#3071To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:26am

Ha. In Hedwig, Michael Cerveris would get a coke from the bar and sit it down in front of the person who was asleep. It must be so liberating to do stuff like that. I mean, what can the audience member do about it? Other than leave, absolutely nothing.


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

Chrysanthemum62001
#3072To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:27am

To great talent...

Just for fun.

I actually almost sort of kind of miss it....


"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

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luvtheEmcee
#3073To great talent...
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:29am

Ha, it must be fun to be able to freely taunt people. Cabaret was good for that, I guess. Adam liked to tickle people. I wanted him to tickle me. Badly.

aww, Cactus! To great talent...


A work of art is an invitation to love.

Zyla
#3074To great talent...
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:22pm

Can't believe how far back I had to dig to find this...

Anyway, "Hair" is playing once again on AccuRadio (I love how you can replay songs on that site To great talent...), so...yeah. I felt the need to post here.
I love this song...the belting, the roaring, the vibratto! I doubt there are many actors who could send chills up my spine with worlds like "bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghetti'd!" Okay, sooner or later, I'm buying the recording. (That's a fairly bold statement from me; I hate buying anything.)

I've actually watched that ATW interview; Raul struck me as extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about his work. The questions about actor/director dynamics, or actor/writer, were particularly interesting; I've often wondered about that - typically, how much control does the director have? How much freedom does the actor?

Plus, how can you not love Raul's excitement over Chitty? Speaking of which - thanks, Chrysanthemum, for posting the picture. He's so darn cute as Caractacus. *pets* *blushes*

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