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The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four
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The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2850
Posted: 7/7/10 at 9:38am
Hey Jay, apparently you weren't the only person filming (although the audio on these isn't as good). But look what I found! :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/pgam35
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2851
Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:02am
Oh god, I just made the mistake of listening to "Younger Than Springtime".
How the hell am I supposed to go to work now with that echoing in my head?? It's gonna be a loooong day.... but thank you, andi, for finding that.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2852
Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:41am
Holy holy holy crap. That is one of my favorite showtunes of all time and I simply cannot deal with this. And yet here I am listening to it grinning like a moron. It's got a lot of the gentler colors of his voice that we don't hear much, but that I love. And Old Red Hills of Home! I can't take it. Ahh.
(The chatter is awkward. He sounds so nervous.)
I have been hoping for Raul to go back to the Chatterbox for years. That last one was during my first... month or two in New York, I believe, and it was one of my favorite things I did that year. I think I was still adjusting the idea of, "Oh, I can do all this stuff now!" Honestly, though, who needs the interview portion as much as he should just do a "Raul Sings His Audition Book" concert.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2853
Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:25am
Babalu video:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/calendar/view.aspx?id=8287
Bye, focus.
If anybody can figure out how to save this, seriously, grabby hands. Please and thank you.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2854
Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:00pm
Ask and ye shall receive: Babalu video
http://www.mediafire.com/?j2ydvjndtg1
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2855
Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:12pm
He sounds very young in "Younger than Springtime"!
And it doesn't seem like there is any video of the ACW song? Pity -
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2856
Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:45pmEh. There's video from New York.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2857
Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:11pmCan I just say how nice it is to see this thread on the first page again?
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2858
Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:28pm
andi, I have John Barrowman's version as well, but I much prefer the orchestrations and- god help me- Clay's voice on this song. John Barrowman's just seems too anemic. I want the big Menken-Disney music. 
Wanting life but never knowing how
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2859
Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:41pm
Liking Clay is not a crime!
... says the newly minted Ace Young enthusiast.
I digress.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2860
Posted: 7/7/10 at 8:47pm
Bigger. (--> better.)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=147947
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2861
Posted: 7/7/10 at 11:15pm
Another pic from the press conference.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2862
Posted: 7/8/10 at 9:57amGrowin' that hair for Jonas Nightengale!
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2863
Posted: 7/8/10 at 10:02amYes, because it needs to be down to his shoulders in September. =P
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2865
Posted: 7/8/10 at 11:18am
In fact, yes, my sources tell me Jonas will have a mullet, as all suave New York City con men do.
You can all cry now.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2866
Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:22pmLet's chip in and buy him a mullet wig instead.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2867
Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:27pmAre you discriminating against real mullets?
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2868
Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:43pmIf Jonas is going to have a mullet, he has to have a beard, too!
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2869
Posted: 7/8/10 at 12:54pmSo if he doesn't have a mullet, he won't have a beard. And since he won't have a mullet, well, team no-beard wins. :)
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2870
Posted: 7/8/10 at 1:38pmA mullet AND a beard is just too much hair for me - and yes - DOWN WITH MULLETS!
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2871
Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:12pm
Maybe they will get radical and decide Jonas needs a beard but NO mullet! I could be very happy with that. 
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2872
Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:13pmVeto.
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2873
Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:32pm
Interesting interview with Raul in a Spanish newspaper. I found my rusty Spanish adequate to get the gist of it. I think my favorite part was his comment about not changing his name - "If they (the audience) can pronounce 'Schwarzenegger' they can pronounce 'Esparza'". LOL!
You can get a rather rough translation of the article at babelfish, who for some unknown reason decided to translate "Esparza". It came out as "Scatters".
Raul Esparza El Actor Cubano-Americano
The Raul E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2874
Posted: 7/8/10 at 3:37pm
If you really want to put it into a translator, freetranslation.com is a little better than babelfish, but honestly, they all suck. Because of the phrasing and inversion of syntax, they make it almost impossible to come up with a sensical translation. You're better off just looking up words that trip you up here and there if you have even an elementary knowledge of the language.
Once upon a time, I had a lot of difficulty with his name -- not because it's hard, but because apparently I was convinced that there was an extra "a" in there somewhere. Sorry, R. 
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