The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four- Page 82
The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2025
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:17amSometimes you only get things if you put in EXACTLY what's in the tags. Other times you get stuff that's close. It drives me crazy. I had a video I uploaded not appear in search, even when I put in the precise tags. It was very weird.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2026
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:18amThat sucks for me, cause I have no idea how to do the accent thingy ever since I switched from Mac to PC. So apparently, I'm missing out!
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2027
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:20am
On a PC, it's either alt or alt/ctrl + 0250, either on the side keypad on a desktop, or on the little numbers on the letter keys on a laptop. I can't remember exactly what letters it ends up being. Thank you Spanish class.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2028
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:29amI tried that, but for some reason it doesn't work. So I just sorta gave up on it.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2029
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:30amWeird! I think there's some kind of setting that turns the function on and off, but I can't remember what it is... I don't use PC's very often anymore. You'd have to ask someone who's well-versed in PC.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2030
Posted: 5/11/09 at 3:17am
Laptop- Hold Ctrl-Alt, then type "MKIM"
Full keyboard- Hold Alt, then 0250 on the number pad.
Wanting life but never knowing how
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2031
Posted: 5/11/09 at 3:39amSkittles, that one doesn't work either. I would like to blame it on the damn Dell computer, but I'm sure there's a way. I just don't know it.
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The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2032
Posted: 5/11/09 at 6:27amI copy and paste. If you search on Raul Esparza without the accent, his homepage will pop up in the first few search results, and then you can copy and paste Raúl with the accent...I'm kind of anal about the accenting, lol...
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2033
Posted: 5/11/09 at 11:35am
alt 0250 works on my keyboard, and it even works on my laptop keyboard even though it's not supposed to. Computers are so weird.
I looked at the tags for the clip we've been discussing, and put in his name exactly as they spelled it in the tags, and it STILL didn't show up in the search. It wasn't until I put in "rosie" that it finally appeared. SOOO frustrating. Does sort of make you wonder what other little gems might be hiding in plain sight somewhere out there.
I repeat, computers are soooo weird....
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2034
Posted: 5/11/09 at 11:38amThat sounds like the problem I was having; it took re-uploading the video to fix it, though.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2035
Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:57pm
So copy/paste it is...
Wall to Wall this weekend! I am so excited. The Sondheim one ROCKED my world, so I've been looking forward to this ever since it was announced.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2036
Posted: 5/11/09 at 4:43pm
I had a Spanish teacher who used to take off points for not using accents ("Father and potato are two entirely different words!"), so it was easier to learn how to type them than have to search every time.
Chrys, does you laptop have the little numbers in the corners of the letter keys, like on the MNLKJOIU keys? If not, then yeah, it won't work, it has to be a laptop keyboard with a number pad function.
I wanted to go to Wall-to-Wall Broadway, as I planned to visit this weekend. Then Ragtime extended. Ah well.
Wanting life but never knowing how
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2037
Posted: 5/11/09 at 6:27pm
Yeah, it does. Which is why i couldn't understand it not working. It's beyond me.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2038
Posted: 5/11/09 at 7:46pm
I had a Spanish teacher who used to take off points for not using accents ("Father and potato are two entirely different words!"), so it was easier to learn how to type them than have to search every time.
Same here.
Wall-to-Wall is my light at the end of this tunnel of a week.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2039
Posted: 5/11/09 at 7:54pm
Wow, that's fascinating! That never would have occurred to me as a reason to know how to do the accent. Of course, when I took Spanish in high school, we were still using stone tablets and chisels. 
However, I did get to moon over Señor Escovedo (Esteban) who was from Barcelona (and gorgeous!) and made da*n sure we learned Spanish with the proper Cathtilian accent. If you forgot the lithp you got a pencil thrown at you. Fun times.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2040
Posted: 5/11/09 at 8:23pmI'm doing a Norman marathon on Saturday, but look forward to a full report about the Wall-to-Wall, not only about Raul's performance but everything. Have a great time!
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2041
Posted: 5/11/09 at 8:34pm
I took French-fat load of good it did me here.
Oh how fun! I'm dying to see The Norman Conquests!
I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, he may not show up. I remember for the Sondheim one him and Marc Kudisch were gonna perform but they got stuck in rehearsals. But either way, it's still gonna be a great concert!
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2042
Posted: 5/11/09 at 8:42pmHe's not set to perform until the last segment anyway. But even if he can't make it, it'll be a great show.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2043
Posted: 5/11/09 at 8:42pm
Symphony Space now has a detailed schedule for the whole Wall to Wall event. Raúl is only listed for the big show at 8PM, not for anything earlier in the day.
Wasll-to-Wall Broadway
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2044
Posted: 5/11/09 at 10:20pm
FYI, on the Broadway.com video followiing Constantine Maroulis on Tony nom day, there's a brief swirl of Raúl at about 7:33.
http://www.broadway.com/broadway_information_html/5015931
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2045
Posted: 5/11/09 at 10:49pm
LOL! Swirl, indeed!
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The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2046
Posted: 5/12/09 at 4:44pmAbsolutely selfish comment - I was sorry to see Terence Mann sign up for ADDAMS FAMILY as I was hoping for LEAP OF FAITH to see the light of day in the upcoming season, with him in it. Can't have everything - anyone know if LEAP is out of the question for 2009-2010?
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2047
Posted: 5/12/09 at 9:28pm
From the Tony nominees meet-and-greet last week, some quotes from Raúl courtesy Michael Musto in the Village Voice:
Meanwhile, Speed-the-Plow's Raúl Esparza agreed with me that his play seemed even more relevant this time around, the AIG collapse and other factors making it super-timely. "There was the 'maverick' line," he said. "People thought David Mamet added that!" Turns out, it was already in there?though I doubt Sarah Palin searches Tony-nominated dramas for her conversational gambits.
Some people also thought Esparza was on drugs to have given such a wonderfully wired performance. "People asked me, 'Did you do a lot of cocaine?' " he related. "No! I'd have a heart attack." But recently, Esparza did play off his own adrenaline to sing "New York, New York" at a gala event because Liza Minnelli had canceled due to an eye problem. Said Esparza, "David Hyde Pierce told me, 'You made it your own. A cross between Liza and Frank.' And at Miscast, I sang 'The Man That Got Away.' I'm going to do the entire Judy-Liza oeuvre!
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2048
Posted: 5/12/09 at 10:58pm
Heh. Like he would tell people if he actually HAD done a lot of coke.
The Raúl E. Esparza 'Spread The Love' Thread, Part Four#2049
Posted: 5/14/09 at 11:23pm
"Musicals are harder. An actor doing a musical puts out as much energy in two hours as a construction worker does in eight."
From you-know-what-site, "Dr. Sue" at the Drama Desk Awards (the nominees press event, I think? Since the award ceremony isn't until this coming Sunday?). Look for Raúl at about 4:15, and he gets a good solid three minutes of her time. Some of her questions are rather, well....basic, but he answers beautifully.
Dr. Sue at the Drama Desk Awards
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