PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: LaChanze
By Ernio Hernandez
08 Jul 2009
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| LaChanze |
LaChanze — Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and recent star of The Wiz — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
| Full given name: | Rhonda LaChanze Sapp |
| Hometown: | Bridgeport, CT |
| Audition song: | "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas (up tempo); "Inseparable" by Natalie Cole (slow) |
| Special skills: | Tap dancing |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Chicago |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Incognito |
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| Last book you read: | "A Perfectly Good Family" by Lionel Shriver |
| Must-see TV show: | "True Blood" on HBO |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Slumdog Millionaire" |
| Favorite board game: | Scrabble |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Watching Beyoncé do anything! |
| First stage kiss: | In Once on this Island with Jerry Dixon |
| Favorite post-show meal: | Steak & potatoes |
| How you got your Equity card: | In the production of Uptown Is Hot! just out of college |
| Worst onstage mishap: | I caught the Holy Spirit while doing a gospel number on stage, and my wig flew into the audience. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | A school teacher and a prisoner on "SVU" |
| Worst costume ever: | My costume as Marta in Company |
| Pet's name: | A cat named William |
| Favorite junk food: | Chocolate covered almonds |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Kimberly Elise |
| Worst job you ever had: | Selling cemetery plots as a summer job |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | "The Cosby Show" |
| Leading lady role you've been dying to play: | Evita |
| What other single-named stars would you like to work with? | Prince |
