Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com's Leading Men
Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com's Leading Men
#0Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com's Leading Men
Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:11pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92696.html
Of course I was just about to leave for class and am now TOTALLY distracted, but... yay! 
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#1re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:20pmAww, he's so wonderful! *sigh* I love him...damn, now I'm too distracted to study.
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.
#2re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 1:35pm
Cute interview with Raul, and a couple paragraphs on that cute Scottish guy, too!
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 2:15pm
...He called me "a twerp who wants to be Alan Cumming."
I hate Michael Riedel.
and woo for the upcoming movie...even though Vin Diesel will be in it.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 2:47pm
I wish Reidel would realize what a weasel he is. And then crawl into a hole. And stay there. Forever. In complete misery.
Most things he does piss me off, but when he says those things about Raúl, one of the least deserving people of malicious comments on the PLANET, it makes me want to ring his neck.
Billy Warlock (The Normal Heart) adds, "Out of everything I’ve ever done and out of everyone I’ve ever worked with, Raul changed my life the most. He’s the most talented person I know."
::nod::
::melt::
I started to cry when I read the question about The Normal Heart. I'm completely serious. What happened still breaks my heart.
I love that he mentions Roland Spicer. ::giggle::
I think I hate Vin Diesel with a passion, but yaaaay movie. Crack addict? ::quivers::
Great interview, and a thank-you shout out to Wayman Wong if you see this!
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 3:53pm
This was a damn near perfect column!!!! Not only Raul, and what a fabulous interview with him, and such honest and heart-wrenching comments! But Max Von Essen too!!! Another heart melter, and oh, how I wish I could get east to see "The Baker's Wife". And EUAN!!! I don't agree with his assessment of his acting talent, but I certainly do with his god-given voice. I hope he finds his way to our shores again soon. And that film...opening in NY...how about the rest of the country???? How do WE get it?????
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 3:56pmKudos to Mr. Wong!
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
#8re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 5:03pmso cute. Raul would make a terrific dad.
"But I relish every brillant inspired moment. This is who I'm determined to be- an actor/singer/dancer-no, I take that back, this is who I am. These people are my tribe, my destiny. I know it.
-How I Paid for College; A story of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater.
#9re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 5:15pm
My God, if that man weren't married...
I really want to see him perform.
#10re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 6:14pmi am starting to love him lol! i feel as though i need to get my ass to chitty very very soon.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 6:15pm
go, go, GO! 
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#12re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 6:22pm
I love this interview. Like the fifty thousand that were before it.
If you haven't seen Chitty, go.
If you haven't seen Raul Esparza perform and you love theatre. Go tomorrow. There is so much that can be learned from him.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#13re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 6:22pm
Michael Riedel is a bottom feeding pig
too twoo...
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
Updated On: 5/2/05 at 06:22 PM
Tirso de Molina
Featured Actor Joined: 1/1/05
#14re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 7:44pmRaúl was a total heartbreaker in Normal Heart; I cried my eyes out. What an amazing production that was.
"Sweet summer evenings, hot wine and bread /
Sharing your supper, sharing your bed /
Simple joys have a simple voice:
It says why not go ahead?"
#15re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:13pmIs there going to be a cast recording for Chitty with Raúl?
#16re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:19pm
Don't know yet, but I'd bet not, since there's already the London recording of the show. boo. 
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
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Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:24pm
Love your new avatar, Em! His eyes look so blue in that picture, instead of green!
And as for a Chitty recording... *I want one NOOOOOOOOOOOW!*
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#18re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:26pmI changed it again. I think the lack of Adam is kind of going to decrease my chances of winning the BWW award! I can't decidddde.
#19re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:27pmWhat an amazing man indeed! A inspiration for all!
"If I have something to say, the whole world (BroadwayWorld) should hear it." - Thenardier
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#20re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:29pmCan I just say I adore Raul Esparza. But darling, get a new headshot....
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#21re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 8:33pm
He's back.
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#22re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:18pmEmcee, if you change your avatar one more time...
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
#23re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:26pm
::sticks out tongue and runs away::
no, wait... ::SKIPS away::
#24re: Raúl!!! (again) - playbill.com
Posted: 5/2/05 at 9:31pmwith the recording question maybe there will be because Taboo had a London recording and a broadway recording. just a thought
"But I relish every brillant inspired moment. This is who I'm determined to be- an actor/singer/dancer-no, I take that back, this is who I am. These people are my tribe, my destiny. I know it.
-How I Paid for College; A story of sex, theft, friendship and musical theater.
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