The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 50

#1226

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/12/08 at 11:11pm

I pretty much remember it being perfect both times I saw him in Taboo! Aah, good times. Man, it seems like centuries ago.

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#1227

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:20am

LOL! According to a post on AllThatChat, unintentional hilarity ensued at the Barrymore today:

"There was hilarious (and completely in-character) ad-libbing during the first scene of Speed the Plow this afternoon, when a doorknob fell off late in "Act I" --

Esparza: They don't make studios like they used to.
Esparza throwing the other half of the doorknob through the doorway.
Piven: Thanks for fixing my office.
Esparza: F.U.

The actors were having a hard time concealing their own laughter, and the audience loved it."

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#1228

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/13/08 at 11:27am

OMG - how funny!

#1229

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/13/08 at 6:13pm

Raul improvising makes my heart flutter.

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"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

#1230

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/13/08 at 6:39pm

Heh, funny. Now if Piven can just remember his lines...

#1231

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 8:20pm

Got my audiobook from Amazon today. But just my luck, one of the discs is damaged, and one of the tracks won't play at all. Called Amazon and they're sending a replacement. At least it wasn't the first disc - it'll take me until the replacement gets here to listen to it up to the point of the damaged disc. And I have to say, they were very pleasant and efficient about handling the return. Yay Amazon!

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#1232

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 8:51pm

Aww, I miss his ad-libbing. He hasn't gotten much of a chance to do that since Chitty (the good old days of boysenberry jam ).

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#1233

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 8:53pm

Calling those "the good old days" might actually make me feel as old as does seeing photos of the Chitty kids all grown up.

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#1234

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 8:59pm

Heh yeah. Yet Henry Hodges is still forever young. That kid is weird.

I love when his adlibbing got so rampant that he turned them into inside jokes with posters. No matter how shallow it was in comparison to Sondheim, Pinter and Mamet, that show was fun.

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#1235

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 9:03pm

I miss the car coat.

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#1236

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 9:12pm

I miss the plaid 3-piece suit. Especially the pants.

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#1237

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/14/08 at 10:36pm

I miss the crazy sideburns! And the sign language!

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"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

#1238

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/15/08 at 2:33pm

Raul doing audiobooks makes me extraordinarily happy. Especially him doing the various voices. His speaking voice is very soothing.

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#1239

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/16/08 at 12:36pm

Felciano, Pino, Stritch, Esparza and Benanti to Perform at Tisch Gala; Baldwin Honored
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122398.html

I started the audiobook last night even though I really thought I wouldn't get around to it for another week. However, once I started it was really hard to stop. I wonder if there are entire groups of audiobook buyers who couldn't care less about the book contents but always buy books read by a particularly person? There must be...

#1240

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/16/08 at 2:35pm

Hest - for years I only bought Len Cariou as reader! Then he started to do a lot of mystery/thrillers and I don't care for them much so I stopped listening. With Raul, Simon & Schuster will start a new audio-book boom!

#1241

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/16/08 at 4:15pm

Awwww, Mano and Raul. Speaking of good old days, ha.

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#1242

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 9:57am

I don't think anybody posted this...

http://www.broadway.com/Playwright-David-Mamet-Pops-in-on-the-Stars-of-Speed-the-Plow/broadway_photos/5013124

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#1243

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 10:17am

Thanks, emcee. I didn't see this. I am told that Mamet likes this production, and even said it seems like a more important play than even he thought. What a compliment.

#1244

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 11:18am

Awww, nice photo-op! Someone in the publicity department there is doing a great job. I especially like the one of the cast with Mamet.





Raúl is looking good!

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Updated On: 10/17/08 at 11:18 AM

#1245

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 11:43am

Awwww, cute pictures. Although Raul, in that first picture, looks like he's nursing a swollen cheek.

#1246

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 11:55am

Winner of the John McCain look-alike contest?

I think the double-breasted suit that Raul wears in the third scene ought to put him on the cover of Vogue.

#1247

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 1:30pm

Those are great pictures!

I can't wait to see this play, it might take a while to save up for it, but I'm going. Love Mamet's work, love Raul, it's a win-win situation.

And he did an audiobook?! How'd I miss that?

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#1248

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 1:41pm

He's actually done two audiobooks, although the second one won't be released until December.

As for how you missed it, I think we all would have if someone hadn't inadvertently stumbled across it on Amazon.com. I think even Raúl's people are unaware of it, because it hasn't be publicized anywhere. Somebody really needs to be more on top of this stuff.

Here's a link to the second audiobook at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Unholy-Mischief-Novel/dp/074357804X/ref=ed_oe_a

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#1249

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 4:44pm

I didn't catch it on Broadway.com either (admittedly I don't really go over there too often, especially post-new layout), but I saw it on the Speed-the-Plow website. I also got an e-mail newsletter about STP today, too. The PR seems to be in really good hands, but given the team, it's no surprise. Jeffrey Richards' office does much of their PR in-house, which obviously doesn't work for all producers, but I think the results show.

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A work of art is an invitation to love.

#1250

The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

Posted: 10/17/08 at 6:07pm

Ew, since when did Broadway.com disable the ability to right click in Firefox? Boooo. If they were going to fix anything, it should be getting a new caption writer!

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Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

Updated On: 10/17/08 at 06:07 PM