The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 42

lol, Raul looks positively enamored of Piven there. Was that really the best way to compose that ad?

Auditioning for Elphaba?

That's quite a sighting, Best! I'm jealous

I've never been to Chicago, but I've always wanted to go. I might take a trip there in another year or so.

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Ah, Chicago. I as born there. I remember my mother taking me to The Goodman Theatre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra children's concerts when I was little. And she always talked about how all the big NY shows came to Chicago first, and how all the legendary actors and actresses all came and played Chicago as often as they could (she was particularly fond of the Lunts) so that she got to see everything the New Yorkers did. It's a pretty spectacular city.

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I want to make an observation, but I’ve been debating about saying anything because I tend to get criticized for being negative. But I feel this should be pointed out, however disappointing my observation may be. And there’s always the possibility that I’m totally off base.

So here it is: Speed-The-Plow is set for a 20 week run, starting October 23rd. That puts its closing around March 15th. That schedule does not bode well with regards to Raúl and Pushing Daisies. Basically, I think it’s highly unlikely we’ll see anything of Alfredo at all this coming season.

Right now PD only has an order for thirteen episodes. Those episodes will be completed long before next March, leaving no chance for Raúl to come out to Los Angeles to shoot any Alfredo scenes. Now, if Pushing Daisies gets picked up for the back nine, they will probably continue filming well into April, which does leave a small window for an Alfredo appearance. But even if everything falls into place and that happens, I think the most we might get is one episode with Alfredo.

I think the best we can hope for is that PD has stellar ratings this season and gets picked up for a third season (2009-10) and they can go ahead with the grandiose arc they had originally planned for Alfredo for this season. Of course, if it doesn’t do well and doesn’t get renewed, we probably won’t see Alfredo ever again.

I don’t have enough patience for this business…..

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I went to August: Osage County today and there was a Speed-the-Plow insert in the Playbill. Ticket sales start August 27th for American Express Gold card holders and September 13 for the public.

Oh, and A:OC was just as great the second time. LOVE Estelle Parsons! And worship Amy Morton.

Updated On: 8/28/08 at 10:45 PM

I loved Pushing Daisies before I knew Raul was going to be on and will love it even if his character never shows up again. YMMV, but my appreciation for a show/movie/play isn't entirely contingent on the presence of one actor.

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What's YMMV?

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20 weeks is longer than I thought it was going to be, for some reason. But that's about as long as The Homecoming would have been had the strike not happened.

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I wonder how Raúl feels about returning to Company's house

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They're gonna have to lay in a healthy supply of dental floss....

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There's a full page Speed-the-Plow ad in tomorrow's Arts and Leisure section. It's the same set of pictures from the artwork that was posted on Yahoo a few days ago, but it's big.

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Updated On: 8/30/08 at 06:13 PM