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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Laura Bell Bundy
By Ernio Hernandez
30 May 2007
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Tony nominee Laura Bell Bundy in Legally Blonde.
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| photo by Paul Kolnik | Laura Bell Bundy — the Tony Award-nominated star of the new Broadway musical Legally Blonde — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Laura Bell Bundy
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Hometown:
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Lexington, KY
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Zodiac sign:
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Aries
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Audition song:
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"Hit Me With a Hot Note" [Duke Ellington]
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Special skills:
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Songwriting, producing music, shaking my "junk," wheat-free cooking, consuming more chocolate than humanly possible... ability to be okay in uncomfortable situations?
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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I think it was either Cats or Starlight Express.
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Hair!
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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Spring Awakening
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Favorite showtune:
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"(You've Gotta Have) Heart" - sung by Dick Latessa
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MAC or PC?
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Mac Laptop and a PC that my 80-year-old grandfather built for me — how many 80 year olds do that?... He's also taking Spanish!
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Mornings Eleven" by The Magic Numbers
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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Otis Redding's "Greatest Hits" and anything Damien Rice
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Last magazine you read:
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Elle — honestly
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Must-see TV show:
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There is not anything I must see right now... don't watch TV much, but I enjoy watching whole seasons at once on DVD: "Lost," "Arrested Development," "Big Love," "The Sopranos"!
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Half Nelson" on DVD... Ryan Gosling is unbelievably gifted.
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Favorite board/card game:
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I love card games: gin, poker, rummy, phase 10...
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Damien Rice, Bright Eyes, Aretha Frankiln, Loretta Lynn
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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US Weekly... :) — MTV "Sweet 16" (obnoxious and hilarious!)... Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake
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First stage kiss:
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Actually, it was on screen, and it was in "Jumanji." I was 13, never been kissed, and I was so nervous that my first kiss was going to be on camera... Very depressing. But, I had a huge crush on this boy named Hunter, and he pulled thru kissing me just days before I filmed the scene! Woo hoo! That could have been years of therapy!!! We went out for eight months... He's now married with a child.
First Stage Kiss: Andy Ray in high school play Pajama Game.
On Broadway: Matt Morrison in Hairspray — not an unpleasant experience.
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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Mixed greens with chicken (and shrimp chips!) from Eatery and Redbull or ham and cheese sandwich (no bread, I have a wheat allergy) with Lays potato chips and a diet Mt. Dew or chicken fried rice.
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How you got your Equity card:
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I think I got it from doing Ruthless at age 10.
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Worst missed cue/onstage mishap:
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Ruthless: I was in my dressing room eating during second act.. totally zoned out.. Donna English kept yelling, "Tina! Darling come out and see your grandmother... she's had a rough day... (murdering and all)"
Hairspray: Forgot where I was, who I was and what I was doing during "Nicest Kids in Town" — it was one of those out of body "Who am I?" experiences... Peter Matthew Smith was like "Hey Bundy, you okay?" It was so surreal... I just stopped dancing. Probably for about five seconds, but it felt like an eternity.
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Worst costume ever:
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That 10-pound Hairspray wig! And, the hoop skirt that went with it.
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Cats or dogs?
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Dogs!
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Favorite cereal:
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Rice Crispies and Corn Flakes
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Worst job you ever had:
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I did a movie in Costa Rica called "Surf School"... the location was great, and so was the cast but not a great working experience.
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