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!
Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.
