Kristin Huffman's "ActorQuest" -- now with stories about COMPANY
Kristin Huffman's "ActorQuest" -- now with stories about COMPANY
#1Kristin Huffman's "ActorQuest" -- now with stories about COMPANY
Posted: 2/2/07 at 1:17pm
Hey everyone,
BWW has a really fun new feature, but I don't know how many people know about it, so I wanted to help get the word out on the boards. I've posted about it in a few other places, but a thread seemed in order as well, since it's still relatively new.
Kristin Huffman, who plays Sarah in the Company revival, has just started a column called "ActorQuest." It's comprised of stories she's written about some of her more comic adventures in the business, from audition mishaps to interactions with her young music students and more. She has a great sense of humor that definitely comes across in her writing,
A new story goes up each Friday, so keep an eye out for the ActorQuest logo on the main page. You can find the latest one (edited 5.18.07), which is about Company, here:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=18370
There are also links to previous stories at the bottom. I encourage everyone to go check them out, and if you like what you see, leave Kristin some feedback! 
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#2re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 2:08pmI've read a couple of her stories...she is hilarious.
#2re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 4:03pmBump for the late-afternoon crowd.
#3re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 4:08pmI met Kristin after Company one night. She is great.
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
Ariella
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#4re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 5:16pmI love her column. It's quite funny and she writes well.
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#5re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 5:59pm
This week's is my favorite! SO funny. 
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#6re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/2/07 at 11:38pm... and a bump for the night owls!
#7re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:19amShe is hysterical.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#8re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:26amKristin is adorable, and her column is such fun to read.
#9re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:11am
I too have seen some disasterous Christmas Pagents in my time.
I'm going to have to make a point to read these more!
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#10re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/3/07 at 10:56am
I keep laughing at the image of that Cabbage Patch Baby Jesus stuck to some poor kid's head.
Kristin's the best.
To The Stage!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/28/06
#11re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:22am
^Hee, that poor kid!
Thanks for posting that Emcee, I probably would've never picked up on this feature myself.
Her posts are adorable, and her sense of humor definitely shines through her writing.
So afraid of getting older
I'm only good at being young
I'm only good at being young
amy R
Swing Joined: 1/5/07
#12re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:36am
Yea, I went back and read some of the other stories she posted. She does that every Friday right? New ones? I keep telling my friends to read them. You can just search under ACTORQUEST...if you can't find it for some reason.
Wonder what the next one will be!
To The Stage!
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/28/06
#13re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:41amWhere do you find her posts? (besides Emcee's link)
So afraid of getting older
I'm only good at being young
I'm only good at being young
amy R
Swing Joined: 1/5/07
#14re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/5/07 at 11:57amI think she posts on Fridays at some point and then it's on the home page as "ACTORQUEST". It's an icon that is pink and yellow and red, a curtain pulled back. It says ACTORQUEST, a funny thing happened on the way to Broadway. You can also search in the Search bar just for that title...and all the other stories she has posted come up. I think that that icon stays up there most of the week and then a new story goes up on Fridays. That seems to be the pattern.
#15re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/6/07 at 3:47pmShe's hilarious - and great in the show - really connected and in the moment - makes Company worth seeing (well - it's worth seeing for SO many reasons - but she certainly adds to it!)
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#16re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/9/07 at 12:53pm
New story:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=15579
amy R
Swing Joined: 1/5/07
#17re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/9/07 at 1:48pmThis week's story is so funny!
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#18re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/9/07 at 2:03pmAnother good one...I love reading these. We all know people like that, too, who just overreact to EVERYTHING.
#19re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/9/07 at 2:47pm
this week's story is mass-mailing worthy! 
amy R
Swing Joined: 1/5/07
#20re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/9/07 at 3:07pm
You know, I think I WILL send it to my friends. They aren't actors, but this has "mass" appeal I think.
#21re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/16/07 at 6:15pm
Pickles!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=15867
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#22re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/16/07 at 6:28pmAnother great story. That one was not as awkward or horrifying as the others, but still very entertaining, as always.
#23re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 2/25/07 at 2:52pm
A little late, but this week's just went up. It's really funny.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=15936
#24re: COMPANY's Kristin Huffman and 'ActorQuest'
Posted: 3/2/07 at 11:19am
Today's column is the first story Kristin ever wrote!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=153133
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