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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kerry Butler
By Ernio Hernandez
20 Jun 2007
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Kerry Butler
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Kerry Butler — star of the new Broadway musical Xanadu — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Your top three Olivia Newton-John songs:
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"Suspended in Time," "Have You Never Been Mellow" and "Xanadu" are my favorite songs. Luckily, I get to sing all three in Xanadu!
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Full given name:
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Kerry Marie Butler
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Hometown:
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Brooklyn, NY
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Zodiac sign:
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Gemini
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Audition song:
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My favorite audition song used to be "I Just Want to Be a Star" from Nunsense because it got me my first Broadway show.
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Special skills:
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I never really had any, but now I am so excited to say: roller skating!!!
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Annie. It made want to be on Broadway. When I was a kid, I auditioned for the movie and got a message on my parent's answering machine saying I got the part of one of the orphans. The very next message said they called the wrong girl. Ouch! The first of many rejections!
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Baby. I love that music so much and have never seen the show. I did get to do a concert version of it for Reprise, so that was fun.
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Favorite show tune:
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"The Story Goes On" from Baby.
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Extraordinary" by Liz Phair.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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This is going to sound crazy after I just said Liz Phair is the most frequently listened to, but the CD I need the most would be my Christian CD "I Could Sing of Your Love." If I get upset about anything, I put that on and it calms me down.
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Last book you read:
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I'm reading "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee" by Wendy Mogel. Everything is about my daughter at this point.
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Must-see TV show:
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"Gilmore Girls" - so sad it was cancelled!!!
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Favorite board/card game:
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I am all about game nights!! I love Celebrity and running charades — which to my knowledge have never been stuck in a box and sold by the Brothers Parker. So, if you need an official over-the-counter type board game, I'd go with Apples to Apples. I also love Texas Hold 'Em - my innocent looks get me a long way!
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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John Mayer. I love his music, but his taste in woman I hold suspect.
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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When I need a guilty pleasure, there's nothing like meeting Dylan, Donna, Brandon and Steve down at the Peach Pit. "Beverly Hills 90210" baby!
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First stage kiss:
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It was in Grease in high school. My second stage kiss was actually with the boy who is now my husband!! I was Kim, he was Hugo in Bye Bye Birdie, also in HS.
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Peanut butter and jelly. That's actually my favorite thing to eat all the time…
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How you got your Equity card:
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With my first Broadway show, Blood Brothers.
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Worst flubbed line:
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After I did Beauty and the Beast for two-and-a-half years, I kept forgetting one line — "Gaston, you are positively primeval." I had said it over 500 times before with no problem, and all of a sudden it was gone. It would crack Marc Kudisch up, and he'd laugh right in my face. Needless to say, that is when I knew it was time for me to leave that show.
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Worst costume ever:
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The gold gown from Beauty and the Beast. It's a beautiful dress but very heavy, and had a mind of its own. I think it weighed about 15 pounds.
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Favorite cereal:
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Peanut butter Puffins
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Lauren Graham
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Worst job you ever had:
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Singing waitress on a boat that cruised around New York. I used to make big pity tips, though. Every time I spilled something on someone, which was often, I would cry and they'd feel bad and give me money.
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