May 12, 2005 19:54
Which Broadway show is your favorite because of music?: Evita
Which Broadway show is your favorite because of plot?: Wicked
Which Broadway show is your favorite because of everything?: Phantom of the Opera.
Which Broadway show is your favorite because of its stars?: Wicked
Which Broadway show do you detest the most?: 42nd Street
Any others?: Avenue Q - only cuz it stole the TONY from Wicked
Which other ones do you like a lot?: Phantom!
Which Broadway song is your favorite because of music?: Phantom
Which Broadway song is your favorite because of lyrics?: Wicked
Favorite song in general (not Broadway)?: Lonely No More
Favorite all-time Broadway song?: Don't Rain On My Parade
Do you sing any of these at auditions?: No, I use stuff from Sound Of Music
Can you sing?: Debatable
Do you like to sing?: HECK YES
Do you like to sing in front of people?: It's nervewrecking, but I get over it
Do you like to do theatre?: DUH!
Musical, dramatic, or comedic theatre?: I've never really done dramtic, so musical
Parts You've Played
What's your favorite role that you've played?: Four Words: This Is A Pen
Why?: I got to make fun of Jimmy and swoon over Kleeman!
Least favorite?: Olin Britt, The Music Man
Why?: I was a better actress than some of the people, it really ticked me off
What is your dream role?: Two, 1) Sarah - Guys and Dolls, 2) GA-linda, Wicked
Why?: They are the schiznick!
Any others?: Christine in POTO I guess.
Would you rather be onstage or offstage?: onstage
Why?: b/c I rule the stage! No, JK, there's a certain rush that I get from being on the stage
Are you currently playing a role?: No
Your Opinion
An overrated musical: 42nd Street
An overrated song: Defying Gravity - even though I love it, it was like a precious thing to me that everyone else suddenly loved
An overrated composer/playwright: Sondehiem
Techies: I Love the techies!!!!!!!
Prima Donnas: Never worked with one
Stage moms: They suck!
Child actors: Overrated
Off-Broadway: Good stuff
A musical that should have a sequel: None
A musical that should NOT have a sequel: None
A musical that exists for no purpose: Each one is good.
A musical that should not have been made into a musical: ummm . . . None
Simplicity or extravagance?: I can't choose.
Which is most important in the technical aspect: sound, lights, set/props?: Everything.
Random Questions
Favorite quote?: "Excuse me, there's no pretense here! I happen to be deeply shallow and extremely self-absorbed", Fiyero, Wicked and "When you're dead, you're dead", Into the Woods
Best ensemble you've ever performed with?: I'm torn b/w "Sound of Music" and "Comedy Tonight"
Have you ever met your significant other through theatre?: I've met crushes through theater
If so, were you playing the star-crossed lovers?: Nope.
What's a Broadway song that makes you cringe?: None
About how many shows have you been in?: 10
When was your first professional show?: Uhhhh . . I'm strictly amatuer
Do you share a name with a Broadway character?: Yeah, Emily from Our Town
Do you want to do theatre as a career?: If the opportunity presents itself
Ever been robbed of a part unfairly? Details!: Never
Which is Worse?
Casting kids who can't really act but can sing, or vice versa?: Both are bad
Being off pitch, or discovering your underthings are showing?: underthings showing
Getting boo'd at curtain call, or having people leave at intermission?: boo'd at curtain call
Being the only on-pitch kid in a group of off pitch people, or vice versa?: only one on-pitch
Being an unappriciated main part, or unappriciated small role?: unapreciated main part
Do You Believe...
About the M-word? (Scottish play): heck yes {Alyssa, the answer to what the M-word is, think of a play by Shakespere that starts w/ an "M"}
You never say Good Luck on opening night?: I've done it, so no
Bad luck to speak the last line of the play anytime before opening night?: Yeah right
Shouldn't whistle while you're in the theater?: I do it all the time
That there is a ghost haunting most theaters?: There is a happy ghost in ours-his name? Dan Kristoff
This or That
Carrie the Musical or Superman the Musical?: Superman
Cats or Les Misérables?: Les Miz
Lights or Sound?: Both
Publicity or Props?: Publicity
Costumes or Make-Up?: Costumes
Lots of lines or One Big Solo?: Lots of lines
Bye Bye Birdie or Grease?: Grease
42nd Street or Thoroughly Modern Millie?: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Zombie Prom or Little Shop of Horrors?: Little Shop
Neil Simon or Oscar Wilde?: Neil Simon
Wicked or The Wiz?: Wicked
Once Upon a Mattress or Into the Woods?: Once Upon A Mattress (Oh, I am Shyyy!)
Oliver or Annie?: Annie
Aida or Camelot?: Aida
Beauty and the Beast or Lion King?: Beauty And the Beast
The Music Man or My Fair Lady?: My Fair Lady
Cinderella or South Pacific?: South Pacific
Hairspray or Mamma Mia?: Mama Mia
Rent or The Producers?: Rent
Fiddler on the Roof or Gypsy?: Fiddler
The Sound of Music or The King and I?: Sound Of Music (duh!)
The Boy from Oz or Taboo?: Boy From Oz
Stomp or Blast?: Stomp
Annie Get Your Gun or Oklahoma?: Oklahoma
Jekyll and Hyde or Phantom of the Opera?: That's a hard one, both are reaaaaly good
Avenue Q or The Last Five Years?: Last 5 Years
Pirates of Penzance or Funny Girl?: Funny Girl
Chicago or Cabaret?: Chicago!