The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 113

The idea of a Desi Arnaz biopic is really appealing, but I have absolutely no idea if the appropriate Powers That Be have even thought of it.

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Well, it's officially a done deal.
Raul Esparza, Brooke Shields to star in 'Leap of Faith'

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I would hope they had Raul in to read with any serious candidates. And I honestly think they will have really good chemistry in all of the ways that Raul and Sutton did not.

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They've changed the dates of the run, pushing it back a week. So now the first performance is Sept 11, opening night is Oct 3, and closing is Oct 24.

Closing is Raul's birthday!

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Lucky people living in the Southeast - Raul is performing in Georgia Saturday night at a Ritz-Carlton outside of Atlanta (don't know much Georgia geography so sorry to be so vague) (fireworks followed by fireworks, if you know what I mean) and then is reprising BABALU in Miami from July 8 - 11. Have fun!

It was a nice evening. Held on a SPECTACULARLY Beautiful spot on Lake Oconee...

The Symphony Orchestra Augusta did a few "family friendly" pieces (Dance of the Hours, LooneyTunes Medley and Finlandia), before bringing Raul on stage, accompanied by Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

He opened his set with "Younger Than Springtime;" "Everybody Says Don't" from Anyone Can Whistle; did a Fantastic "Begin the Beguine" (half in Spanish); "America the Beautiful" matched with Parade's "The Old Red Hills of Home"; "Out There" from Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame;" a kickass "Georgia on My Mind" (piano only); and finished with "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" which he dedicated to his parents in the audience. (He said it was *their song*) Only a 35 minute set! But the crowd ate it up (especially "Georgia" and "The Old Red Hills of Home.")

He was OK with his chatter, talking up Sondheim & Mencken & Stephen Schwartz, and the upcoming "Leap of Faith"
I was with a crowd who had never seen him perform other than the DVD of "Company" He went over well.

After a 15 minute Intermission, the concert closed with the Orchestra's 1812 Overture and collection of Sousa & patriotic songs and Fireworks.

Updated On: 7/4/10 at 06:49 PM

Youtube MAY eventually get "Younger than Springtime," "Georgia," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You..."
The "Begin the Beguine" lost audio, I think...
Soon I hope!

JAY!!! That would be amazing if you're able to share those!

And thank you so much for that set list. That is definitely an.....eclectic group of songs. I don't think he's ever done a solo concert like this before, he's always been part a larger group, doing just one or two songs over the course of an entire show.

I hope he had a good experience, and realized that doing a show like that isn't nearly as terrifying as he thinks it is. And maybe, just MAYBE, he'll consider doing a full-on cabaret type of show, or maybe even record a solo album!

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Thanks!! If anyone's interested I converted it to an mp3 (I wanted it on my iPod!) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5N3T7U25

Not a huge fan of that song, actually. But thanks for uploading.

MMC is fiercely talented. A lot of people actually have no idea how much.

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Ok, NOW that's more my style. Thank you. Would love this as an mp3 too.

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Jay, I hope you realize how much of a hero you are just now....

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Thank you!

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