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

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#1325The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:04pm

Aha, the big hands topic returns.

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#1326The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:22pm

I'm probably going sometime this week, and then I'm taking my family at some point. They're all reaaally into Entourage, and my mom enjoys Raul.


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#1327The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:24pm

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


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#1328The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:29pm

Finally she enjoys him? Yes, she has changed her mind. The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four She wants to meet him and everything!


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#1329The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/26/08 at 5:50pm

He has an *artist's* fingers! The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

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#1330The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 2:10am

BroadwayWorldTV feature on opening night of Speed-The-Plow! See Raúl hump a desk! See Raúl flutter!

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

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

And some more pics of the interview (what can I say? I can’t help it -- I’m a screencapping fool!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



Sneek Peak at Opening Night of Speed-The-Plow


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Updated On: 10/27/08 at 02:10 AM

wonkit
#1331The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 3:51pm

I love this interview because I don't think Raul breathes at all during the whole thing. It is like he is outdoing Mamet at his own game.

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#1332The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 4:08pm

Excerpt from Seth Rudetsky's weekly column on Playbill.com, "Onstage and Backstage":

"...on Thursday I was leaving therapy…uh, physical therapy, that is…and I ran into Raúl Esparza on the corner. It was his opening night for Speed-the-Plow, and I asked him if there was any singing in the show or at least a mega-mix at the end. He said he'd love to do a Mamet mega-mix but was nervous they'd be arrested for too much profanity. I wonder if there was one in the eighties version. It would have involved Madonna in a body mic right next to her mouth, yet lip-synching per usual, a pointed cone bra and an inappropriately used water bottle."
ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: High on the Morrow


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#1333The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 5:48pm

so when will he start to sleep with Jeremy?


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#1334The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 7:29pm

When Jeremy lets him.


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#1335The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/27/08 at 11:28pm

Interview with Raúl at TheaterMania.com
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misschung
#1336The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 9:23am

Jeremy needs to get in line.

lol, I love the candlesticks in those screencaps.


The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

wonkit
#1337The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 10:39am

Hooray for the idea in the last line of the Theatermania interview! I had also thought, after seeing this production, this would make a good movie - since it is about making movies! Mamet has done screenplays, so what is he waiting for? (Ironically I can imagine production office meetings just like this play ABOUT this play, with SPEED-THE-PLOW as the Radiation book...)

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#1338The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 11:19am

Wow! The Siegels over at TalkinBroadway REALLY REALLY loved Raúl in Speed-The-Plow:

"...the current production offers Raúl Esparza giving a performance that is, in a word, sensational....you'll come out of the theater simply raving about Esparza.

We would have preferred that the vehicle that finally transformed Esparza from a solid leading man into the top ranks of Broadway actors would have been a musical. Be that as it may, we're glad to see that his electric performance in Speed-the-Plow will also speed Esparza to the point where folks write musicals and plays specifically for him. Certainly Mamet is a good fit for this actor because the playwright tends to specialize in characters that are volatile and intense, two things Esparza does extremely well. We wouldn't be surprised to see Esparza in future Mamet plays, whether they are revivals or new works. But please, somebody get Raúl in a musical!"
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#1339The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 12:17pm

I love how the reviews continue to be (almost) uniformly great. :)

wonkit
#1340The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:11pm

Also the Financial Times! The last paragraph of a middling review:

The glory of this production - the reason to see it, in spite of the play's meager satisfactions - is Raul Esparza's Charlie Fox. The quick-stop timing, the biting inflections, the final fury: all are superb. Esparza is the only actor on Broadway who can succeed in Sondheim one minute, and Pinter or Mamet the next.

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#1341The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:21pm

Esparza is the only actor on Broadway who can succeed in Sondheim one minute, and Pinter or Mamet the next.


Ahhhh, toe-wiggling pleasure all over!

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#1342The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 5:27pm

Raul needs to be in a show where he can showcase his incredible vibrato.


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#1343The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 7:22pm

lol, I love the candlesticks in those screencaps.

That upstairs part of the restaurant has a really strange pueblo look going on.


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#1344The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 9:17pm

Ohmigod!!! Pics of Raúl from 25/8!!!

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#1345The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/28/08 at 10:31pm

Oh wow, so that's really happening? Yay for Raul! Although...part of me wishes it weren't because it would mean I'd be enticed to my first horror movie in, like, 20 years, and then it will take me another 20 to fall asleep with the lights off! The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four

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#1346The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:03am

oh...my....


The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

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#1347The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:06am

The last one scared the crap out of me when I first glanced at it, but then once I looked a little closer, it just cracked me up. I have no idea why.


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wonkit
#1348The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:24am

Just in time for Halloween - some spooky photos! But I am like hest - if I see this, I won't be able to sleep in the dark for months, as I never go to horror movies!

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#1349The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:33am

Sweet!


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