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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Alexander Gemignani
By Ernio Hernandez
12 Nov 2008
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Alexander Gemignani
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Alexander Gemignani — co-star of Off-Broadway's musical Road Show — fills out Playbill.com's offbeat questionnaire.
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Full given name:
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Alexander Cesare (pronounced Chez-ah-ray, accent on the Che) Gemignani
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Hometown:
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Tenafly, NJ
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Audition song:
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"She Loves Me" from She Loves Me, "Lucky To Be Me" from On the Town or "The Mason" from Working
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Special skills:
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I play piano, trumpet and drums and whistle pretty well.
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Dreamgirls...I was 2 and remember nothing except my Dad conducting a rockin' band |
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Really tough question, so I'll ignore it and answer with a few...Lee J. Cobb in Death of a Salesman, Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd, Ethel Merman in Gypsy and On The Twentieth Century, my favorite show album.
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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It's been a while, but I loved In The Heights.
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MAC or PC?
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MAC, please.
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Most played song on your iPod:
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Any stand-up comedy (usually George Carlin) and lots of Sarah Vaughan, Martin Sexton, Billy Joel, Kurt Elling, Ben Folds...my life is a constant shuffle....oh, and I'm an avid "Weird Al" Yankovic fan, I have all his albums.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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Moss (don't ask, just listen, it will change you)
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Last book you read:
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"The Woods" by Harlan Coben (amazing thriller writer) and I'm now re-reading "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Must-see TV show:
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"Mad Men," "Friday Night Lights," "24"
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Last good movie you saw:
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It's been a really long time..hmm...I took out "It's A Wonderful Life" from the library, does that count?
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Favorite board game:
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Balderdash, Taboo, Scrabble
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Eddie Izzard
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"Mythbusters" and "Iron Chef America"
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First stage kiss:
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I kissed my friend, Jess Shanks in a production of Twelfth Night my senior year of high school, but it was such a comedic thing, I can't remember if lips actually touched lips or not...next stage kiss, Claybourne Elder, co-star of Road Show.
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Hummus and Tortilla chips or a PB Sandwich and an apple
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How you got your Equity card:
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2001 Pittsburgh CLO season in the ensemble with some amazing people.
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Worst flubbed line:
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I went into the recent tour of Sweeney Todd for about 6 weeks and for a series of roughly 3-4 shows in a row, during "Epiphany" instead of singing the correct lyric, "Now he'll never come again!", I sang, "Now I'LL never come again!"....that's right.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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Me and Chris Sieber, man, haven't gotten any of the sweet love from "Law & Order"...maybe we'll be the stars of "Law & Order S.M.U. (Special Musical Unit)"
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Worst costume ever:
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Pretty much everything I wore in George M! my second season at Pittsburgh CLO, but most particularly, the wig I wore in the 2 minute scene at the top of the second act that looked like a dead cat soaked in oil.
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Cats or dogs?
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DOGS DOGS DOGS
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Philip Seymour Hoffman or Pierce Brosnan (one of these is incorrect)
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Worst job you ever had:
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Passing out flyers in the dead of winter in Times Square and Grand Central Station
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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Never done straight up TV other than concerts but did a really fun day on "The Producers" movie.
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Leading man role you've been dying to play:
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Harold Hill in The Music Man, Burrs in Lippa's Wild Party, Fred/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate with a REALLY killer Lily/Kate.
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