PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Julia Murney
By Ernio Hernandez
17 Jan 2007
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| Julia Murney |
Julia Murney — current star of Broadway's Wicked — fills out Playbill.com's new questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
| Full given name: | Julia Kathleen Murney | |||||||||||
| Hometown: | born in State College, PA; raised in Manhattan | |||||||||||
| Zodiac sign: | Capricorn | |||||||||||
| Audition song: | for the longest time, "Imagine My Surprise" from Personals | |||||||||||
| Monologue you can recite from memory: | Hunyak's monologue in "He Had It Comin'" from Chicago (I did it at summer camp and I never forgot it)...not very helpful when you're going in for Shakespeare in the Park | |||||||||||
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Mack and Mabel (I was very young — my dad was in it) | |||||||||||
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | the original Streetcar Named Desire, Dreamgirls (although I saw it, I would love to see it again), anything with Barbara Cook | |||||||||||
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Grey Gardens | |||||||||||
| One CD you couldn't live without: | Joni Mitchell "Blue" | |||||||||||
| Last book you read: | "The Jane Austen Book Club" - just started "Water for Elephants" | |||||||||||
| Must-see TV show: | I love "30 Rock," but I'm not gonna lie — I do enjoy "Judging Amy" and "Law and Order" on TNT in the daytime. And most things on the Food Network | |||||||||||
| Last good movie you saw: | "Little Miss Sunshine" | |||||||||||
| Favorite reality show: | "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" because there's no competition, just goodness | |||||||||||
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | all things Beyoncé | |||||||||||
| First stage kiss: | Shawn Levy (now a big-time movie director) in West Side Story at Stagedoor Manor summer camp — I was Anita, and that is some scary videotape | |||||||||||
| Favorite post-show meal: | a piece of candy from my bowl | |||||||||||
| Pre-show rituals: | a quick stretch, a deep breath, and a reminder to forgive myself for any screw ups | |||||||||||
| Worst missed cue/onstage mishap: | When I was on the road with Wicked, I forgot my hat at a very pivotal hat moment and left the cast hanging onstage with no music while I raced back to my dressing room . . . there was also a time during The Wild Party when the set broke down and Brian d'Arcy James, Taye Diggs and I had to totally restage the penultimate scene as we went along. | |||||||||||
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | I was a waitress with information on SVU, an appeals attorney with information on Plainwrap L&O, and a bitchy co-op owner with information, attitude and issues on CI | |||||||||||
| Special skills: | I make a mean pancake and I'm a pretty good baker | |||||||||||
| Cats or dogs? | doggies | |||||||||||
| Who would play you in the movie? | Billy Porter | |||||||||||
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