PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Jill Paice
By Ernio Hernandez
10 Jun 2009
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| Jill Paice |
| Full given name: | Jill Suzanne Paice |
| Hometown: | Dayton, Ohio |
| Zodiac sign: | Aquarius |
| Audition song: | "When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls (uptempo) |
| Special skills: | I can touch my nose with my tongue, I am terrible at returning text messages and emails, and I can kill any houseplant in three days flat just by looking at it. |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | My family came to New York City for the first time in 1997. We saw eight shows in seven days, the first being Les Misérables. |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Me and My Girl (1986) |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Billy Elliot and In the Heights |
| Favorite show tune: | "I Have Dreamed" as sung by Nancy Lamott |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "One Day Like This" by Elbow |
| Web obsession: | awkwardfamilyphotos.com, failblog.org |
| Last book you read: | "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography Essentials" |
| Must-see TV show: | "Lost" and "So You Think You Can Dance" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Wall-E" |
| Favorite game: | Facebook's Word Twist. I love it, I play often, and yet my winning percentage is 16%. Dreadful. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Kelli O'Hara |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "The Real Housewives of New York City." Oo! And "Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood." I feel guilty. |
| First stage kiss: | Mike Mathieu in Into the Woods at my high school. The Prince and the Baker's Wife. I know I blushed profusely afterwards and stared at the floor while stammering through the rest of the scene. |
| Favorite post-show meal: | The "Under $10" Menu at Angus McIndoe. You'll find the company of The 39 Steps there every Thursday night. But please don't bother us. We are very famous. |
| How you got your Equity card: | When I was 20, I was a Toreadorable in Gypsy at Great Lakes Theatre Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| Worst onstage mishap: | My second night on in The 39 Steps, I used my head to knock a set piece off its perch. The audience laughed, and I froze. Jeffrey Kuhn was very helpful and laughed too. |
| Worst costume ever: | I was a tree in a production of The Wizard of Oz when I was a sophomore in high school. Burlap sack. Branches fixed to my head. But never was I so excited to be on a stage. |
| Pet's name: | My nine-pound Yorkie pup is named Lolly (Best pronounced "Lolleeeeeeeeeeeeeee!") |
| Favorite junk food: | Popcorn. Movie theater-style. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Someone entirely more clever than me. But please let it also star John Krasinski, and please let me have a cameo as a waitress or a salesgirl. |
| If you could star in any Hitchcock film, which would it be? | I would choose "Rear Window." Who could resist those gorgeous costumes designed by Edith Head and worn so beautifully by Grace Kelly? |



