| Full given name: | James Anthony Carpinello |
| Hometown: | East Greenbush, New York |
| Audition song: | "It's a Hard Knock Life" |
| Special skills: | Roller-skating??? |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Les Misérables |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Ummm.....Annie |
| Favorite show tune: | "If I Loved You" |
| MAC or PC? | P what? |
| Most played song on your iPod: | My headphones broke, so nothing. But if I had headphones, I'd probably be listening to something country. |
| One CD you couldn't live without: | "Imagination Movers"...my kids would freak out if we lost it, and I can't have that happen. |
| Last book you read: | Charlie Huston's "Caught Stealing"...for the 3rd time! |
| Must-see TV show: | "Flight of the Conchords" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Slumdog Millionaire" |
| Favorite card game: | Poker |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Prince |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Perez Hilton. I can't not do it. My fingers type against my will. |
| First stage kiss: | Does backstage count? |
| Favorite post-show meal: | I love Bar Centrale. The martinis are so good you forget you're hungry. |
| How you got your Equity card: | eBay |
| Worst onstage mishap: | I did Romeo and Juliet at the Alliance in Atlanta and in the morning-after scene, I'm supposed to get out of bed, naked, and get dressed. My dresser thought it would be funny to tangle up my suspenders. The light cue changed. I couldn't get my pants on. Mucho nudity. And my grandmother was in the audience and said, "Oh James" or something like that! |
| Worst costume ever: | There are no bad costumes. Only actors who don't look quite as good as the designer hoped they would in their costumes. |
| Cats or dogs? | Dogs. Deathly allergic to cats. Hate cats. |
| Favorite cereal: | Apple Jacks...but I just can't do it anymore. So I eat Smart Start and hate it. |
| Worst job you ever had: | Until we got a riding mower, I absolutely hated mowing the lawn. Then it was awesome. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | Tori Spelling's series "So NoTORIous." The writers were genius, and we had a blast. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play | Daddy Warbucks! |
