PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Steve Kazee
By Ernio Hernandez
01 Oct 2008
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| Steve Kazee |
| Full given name: | Steven Michael Kazee |
| Hometown: | Ashland, KY. |
| Zodiac sign: | Scorpio through and through. |
| Special skills: | Plate spinning, skee-ball, and I can field dress a moose. |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Funny Thing Happened with Whoopi! |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Anything with George C. Scott, Lee J. Cobb, or Paul Newman. |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | [title of show]!! |
| Favorite showtune: | Chris Innvar singing "How Glory Goes" from Floyd Collins. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Drops in the River" by Fleet Foxes. |
| Last book you read: | "Kingdom Come" by Alex Ross. |
| Must-see TV show: | "Lost," "The Soup" and "Fringe" has been pretty decent. |
| Last good movie you saw: | "The Dark Knight." |
| Favorite board game: | Cranium, Celebrity and Running Charades. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Megan Hilty and Michael Cerveris |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Megan and I catch a lot of VH1 Celebreality. |
| First stage kiss: | On Broadway, Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade. |
| Favorite pre-/post-show meal: | Pre-show sushi! Post-show is a no-no, but in my weak moments a burrito is nice. |
| How you got your Equity card: | As You Like It...Shakespeare in the Park 2005. |
| Worst onstage mishap: | Getting stuck mid-air offstage as Tim the Enchanter during Spamalot. Thank God for Michael McGrath and Steve Rosen! |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | Public Defender Dumas Shepard on the "Law & Order" spinoff "Conviction." |
| Worst costume ever: | uhhhh...I will let you know when I retire and write a tell all. |
| Cats or dogs? | Two! Jack Russell Terriers named Harley and Gracie! |
| Favorite cereal: | Honey Nut Cheerios |
| Worst job you ever had: | Cleaning grease out of the gears of the largest coal mining drill in the world. Terrible! |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | Being the voice of Dyson vacuums. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | I would love to play Lee in True West and Bobby in Company. |



