The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 75

#1851

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

Posted: 3/19/09 at 9:44pm

Well, it's BWW tradition that if something speculative gets deleted, it's probably true and only a matter of time.

It was NBC, but the local NYC 5:00 news.

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#1852

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

Posted: 3/20/09 at 7:11am

I caught the blip on the news at 11PM. Sue Simmons set it up that "Those who shared the stage remembered Richardson tonight" and it cut to Raul saying that he was in Cabaret, but after she had left, and then some statement about how she will be missed. It was about 10 seconds long.

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#1853

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

Posted: 3/21/09 at 5:19pm

Raul is really hitting the theatrical social scene since STP closed! He attended the West Side Story opening with Michele:







(another lovely tie!)



West Side Story Opening Night Party Pics

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Updated On: 3/21/09 at 05:19 PM

#1854

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

Posted: 3/22/09 at 12:59am

Love the tie. He's looking so good nowadays.

#1855

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

Posted: 3/22/09 at 1:39am

I still can't get over the Rooms photographs. Leslie and Raul look really cute together. I would love to see them in a show together.

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#1856

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

Posted: 3/25/09 at 1:32pm

Raúl continues with the social whirl. He attended the staged reading of Legends Monday night at Town Hall:











A t-shirt, a sweatshirt, a tan corduroy sport coat, a topcoat and a scarf? Was it really that cold in New York? (but I love the scarf!)

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#1857

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

Posted: 3/25/09 at 3:32pm

Yes - it has been extraordinarily cold - down into the low twenties Monday night here in the 'burbs.

#1858

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

Posted: 3/25/09 at 3:35pm

Ouch, glad I missed that. I escaped to the South for a few days.

I would LOVE to go to that Kander and Ebb benefit (which seems to be this year's The Ladies Who Sing Sondheim?) but it's way out of my unemployed price range.

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#1859

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

Posted: 3/31/09 at 10:48pm

Did I miss this? The Next 10 Minutes and The Man That Got Away posted on YouTube? I vaguely remember you guys hinting at it but my sleuthing skills were obviously sadly lacking a week ago.

Updated On: 3/31/09 at 10:48 PM

#1860

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

Posted: 3/31/09 at 10:58pm

They're hard to find given the way the person who uploaded them wrote the tags. Search Themanthatgotaway (no spaces) and TheNext10minutes (again, no spaces and the number 10 not the word) and you should find them.

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#1861

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

Posted: 4/1/09 at 12:24am

If you go into the user's profile, you can view all of them. If you have the time, you should really watch the White Pants-Off in Norbert's duet with Aaron Tveit (they did What is This Feeling? from Wicked). It's a winner.

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#1862

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 2:54pm

Raul continues to be busy, busy, busy. In addition to the Kander and Ebb Cabaret on May 4th, he's also participating in the Atlantic Theatre Gala on April 27th.



Atlantic Theatre Gala

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Updated On: 4/2/09 at 02:54 PM

#1863

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 5:01pm

Oh dear. I wish they'd used a similar picture to the Kander & Ebb release, where, other than the slightly sunburned and slightly oily face, he looks pretty decent. Here he's just...well, not ideal.

#1864

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 7:40pm

Neat that Raul is continuing his association with William H. Macy. Wish I could hit the lottery and afford to go to any of these benefits. And there is Drama League award lunch on May 15.

#1865

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 11:26pm

Well, given that the Atlantic was one of the producers of Speed-the-Plow, Mamet (and Macy) founded the Atlantic, and Neil Pepe, artistic director of the Atlantic, directed Speed-the-Plow, it's hardly simply Raul continuing an association with Macy.

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Updated On: 4/2/09 at 11:26 PM

#1866

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

Posted: 4/3/09 at 10:53am

I was aware of all that. I didn't think I was writing an essay about the Atlantic - just happy to think about Raul and Macy possibly performing together again.

#1867

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

Posted: 4/3/09 at 2:19pm

I would have thought so, it just read a little bit like the assumption was, "Hey, Macy is doing this, me too!!" when there are plenty of other reasons for him to be doing it. If you were just happy to think about them performing together again, you could have just said that.

Also, wtf happened to his name? Heh.

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#1868

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

Posted: 4/3/09 at 3:25pm

It started going screwy with your post, Em.

Raul doing benefits is a good thing. If he has the time, energy and voice to do benefits, that means he's probably not auditioning and has something lined up already. Besides, unless you do care about the cause, I don't think it's worth it to attend any benefit for one single performer, who sings only one song the whole night.

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Updated On: 4/3/09 at 03:25 PM

#1869

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

Posted: 4/3/09 at 3:26pm

All my fault.

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#1870

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

Posted: 4/10/09 at 7:02pm

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Updated On: 4/10/09 at 07:02 PM

#1871

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

Posted: 4/10/09 at 7:08pm

Whoa! Raúl is moving up on the world - he scored a Stephen King novel! That is going to be one creepy audiobook!

Here's the one-line blurb from Amazon: "In Stephen King's mesmerizing new novel, a Maine town is subject to the imposition of an impenetrable dome that isolates its citizens from the world".

It seems he really does have a predilection of sorts for the horror genre.


Under The Dome by Stephen King

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#1872

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

Posted: 4/10/09 at 10:34pm

Obviously I meant to say "moving up IN the world" but I discovered that when you go in to update a post, that's when the accented ú turns into gobbledygook garbage. BWW is so weird.

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#1873

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

Posted: 4/11/09 at 2:48pm

Oh, joy!

I love Stephen King's books (then again, I'm from Maine, so perhaps I'm biased?) Anyway, can't wait.

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#1874

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

Posted: 4/11/09 at 8:33pm

I've never been able to finish a Stephen King novel other than THE STAND - the gross graphic details usually get to me before I can get to the last page. Listening to this audiobook should be a very interesting approach/avoidance experience!

#1875

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

Posted: 4/11/09 at 9:21pm

I, like Joey, would put The Shining in the freezer.

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