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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Melora Hardin
By Ernio Hernandez
07 Jan 2009
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Melora Hardin
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Melora Hardin — who recently joined the cast of Broadway's Chicago — 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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Melora Hardin. Melora is from a book, "John Brown's Body" by Vincent Bennet. My mom read it when she was 16 and loved the name.
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Hometown:
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Born in Houston, TX; raised in California
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Zodiac sign:
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Cancer / Scorpio rising / Aires moon
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Audition song:
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The "Roxie" song from Chicago.
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Special skills:
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Singing, dancing, songwriting, horseback riding
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Annie
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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Billy Elliot and August: Osage County
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Favorite show tune:
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"If I Were a Bell" from Guys & Dolls.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel
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Last book you read:
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"The Tripping Point"
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Must-see TV show:
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"The Office"
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Last good movie you saw:
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The movie I just directed, titled "You."
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Barbra Streisand.
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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Reading all of the gossip magazines while getting a manicure.
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First screen kiss:
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In "Little House on the Prairie," with Matthew Laborteaux, who played Albert. He's still one of my best friends.
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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Light pasta/hearty soup; during – a Cliff Bar or a banana
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How you got your Equity card:
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I did an Equity TV variety show when I was nine years old.
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Cats or dogs?
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I like them both but don't have any at the moment. I did once have five cats, from when my cat had kittens and we took in a stray.
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Favorite cereal:
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Barbara's Shredded Spoonfuls.
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Cate Blanchett…can she sing and dance?
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Worst job you ever had:
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I've always been an actress – since I was six years old!
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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When I was nine years old, I starred as Cindy Prescott in a TV series called "Thunder." It was about a magical horse (a black stallion) with superpowers that came when I called him.
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
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Medea
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