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#56

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:24am

Evil double post.

I think I'm too tired. I saw "LA times" for the sources for the links and I went: "What's, la times? It's not spanish." THEN it hit me. The picture messed me up!
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Updated On: 1/28/06 at 12:24 AM

#63

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 3:06am

Just wanted to pop in and say Jeffrey is the prettiest man I have ever seen in my entire life.

ETA: And Raul isn't bad, either! re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two
"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

Updated On: 1/28/06 at 03:06 AM

#65

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 11:15am

awww, part two! i love it! just had to pop in and say it...seems i'm much more of a lurker these days!! and i can't believe that i joined in on the Raúl loving when the first thread was on page FORTY-something!!! craaaazy.
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#67

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:08pm

I know! He has a better voice than so many people who just consider themselves singers.
"Nothing's lost forever. In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead."
#69

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:25pm

Well, for the most part, the two talents are interrelated. It seems that most singers make decent to very good actors, and most actors make decent to very good singers.
What did he do as a kid?
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#70

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:32pm

He went to an all-boys' high school, with apparently very little theatre, but he helped to make a theatre program spring up. Most of it was Spanish, I think. He did some drama competitions and things, for one of which he sang a song.

He went on to study drama in college, but that's no surprise.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#71

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:34pm

Oh, I very much disagree! Most musical theatre performers are primarily singers and just passable actors. And the other way around, not all actors can sing. I think it's pretty rare to find someone who can sing, dance and act all very well. It seems like Raul is an actor first, and just happens to be extremely talented at everything else, too.

Raul never really did musicals professionally before Evita, right? I know he did How to Succeed in high school and I think one or two early on in Chicago, but if I remember correctly almost everything else he was in were straight plays.
#72

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:35pm

I think he's an actor first, who just happens to be able to sing and dance. His training, it sounds like, is mainly as an actor.

He did a couple of musicals in Chicago, but Evita is the reason he's known for his musical work, I guess. That got him the raves all over the country.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#73

re: The Official Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread the Love' Thread, part two

Posted: 1/28/06 at 12:38pm

I agree with him being an actor first. Everything else is just extra.
"Nothing's lost forever. In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead."
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