The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four- Page 91

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 9:23pm

He looks like Wolvirene in those 'sideburn' pictures.

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 10:35pm

The AP article says he has blue eyes?! SInce when?

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 10:47pm

Perhaps the AP interviewer has bad eyesight? Or maybe Raul was wearing something that made his eyes look really blue...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 10:48pm

Probably the latter, since, that happens kind of a lot.

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 8:18am

OK - hazel eyes do tend to pick up the light.

Emcee, have a great time tonight!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 8:57am

Thank you!! And it looks like we're going to have great weather! Hopefully I will neither freeze nor get wet; I picked a dress based on the possibility of neither.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:35am

Yay! Opening night! Have a great time!

ETA: Is it possible they will extend this show like they did Hair, if the reviews are good? There is a bit of time before the next production starts.

Updated On: 6/25/09 at 10:35 AM

[Hest882]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 10:54am

Yay! Have a mah-velous time!

[Hest882]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 4:46pm

Oh, and in the infamous blue-eyed article, any clue what he's talking about when he mentions a "potential Sondheim thing"?

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 6:28pm

Nope, no clue, he's very good about keeping that stuff secret, but if I had to guess (and insert a HUGE amount of wishful thinking) I'd say the production of A Little Night Music they're planning for this winter. I think it's supposed to open in December, and I THINK (could be way off, my brain is like swiss cheese) at the Kerr. It's the production Trevor Nunn is directing. Apparently he wants to skew the casting very young, so that Frederik is 40 rather than 50-something. As is Desiree, and so on. (I think they want Carl-Magnus to be in his 20's!).

But anyway, that's just my wishful thinking/guessing.

[Hest882]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 6:36pm

I figured that they would be bringing over most of the cast so Raul didn't have a chance, but if it is indeed A Little Night Music I see another NY trip in my future. It's only been a few years since I last saw a production of it, but who cares? I kept wondering if they were planning on reviving Assassins again.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 6:43pm

Well, it's possible it was the iSondheim thing the Roundabout was in talks of taking on. Plus that could be considered "new".

Even though they may transfer some of the cast members for Night Music, I don't think they would transfer all of them. Plus they had EPA calls recently.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 7:02pm

According to this article in Playbill all roles are open for casting on Broadway. Granted, it's from April, but I haven't read or heard anything to indicate otherwise (although I was ready to swear last night that Brian Stokes Mitchell had been cast as Frederik, but I must have been hallucinating).
A Little Night Music gearing up for Broadway

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 7:04pm

Here's a more recent article that was on BWW, with details about the casting.
A Little Night Music revival

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 7:44pm

OMG, he wouldn't have to shave off his sideburns!

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 8:05pm

(Shhhh, don't say that - Emcee will become hysterical at the very thought! )

[spidey_88]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 8:13pm

That photo made me gasp a little. Excellent pic!

And his quote in the article gave me a new sig. :)

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 8:51pm

Spidey, where is your avatar picture from?

[spidey_88]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 9:47pm

It's a screen shot from a Theater Talk episode for the Homecoming, when he was talking about "eyebrow acting."

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:00pm

O, be still my heart!

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:09pm

Shirt photo at last! Our Raul giving Colin Firth a little competition!

[Hest882]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:24pm

Damn, I don't remember that shirt being open to his waist, but...damn.

Oh, and here's that NY Times picture. Sing, Raul, sing!


Updated On: 6/25/09 at 11:24 PM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/25/09 at 11:39pm

His eyes do look blue in the ruffle-y shirt.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 1:58am

Pics from the curtain calls and the red carpet afterwards















Raul, what are you doing to Julie White??








ETA: OMG! his fly is open in those curtain call pics!!

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 01:58 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 2:18am

I love the curtain call/dance pictures. They're so joyful. The jig was extra happy tonight. Opening was fun. I'm exhausted.