PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Ghost The Musical's Bryce Pinkham

By Matthew Blank
01 May 2012

Bryce Pinkham
Bryce Pinkham

Bryce Pinkham, currently playing Carl Bruner in Broadway's Ghost The Musical, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

Past theatrical credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Public Theater and Broadway), Knickerbocker Holiday (Lincoln Center), Orphans' Home Cycle (Signature/Hartford Stage), A Funny Thing Happened..., Our Town, Beyond Therapy (Williamstown), A View From The Bridge (Guthrie Theater) All's Well That Ends Well, Woman Of No Importance (Yale Rep) and Much Ado About Nothing (Chautauqua Theatre Co.).



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Full given name: Bryce Allen Pinkham

Where you were born/where you were raised: I was born in Redding, California, and I was raised in the East San Francisco Bay Area.
Zodiac Sign:Libra. The scales. Decisions are very hard for me.
What your parents did/do for a living:My parents met on a horse ranch. They are high school sweethearts. They initially worked with horses until they decided to start a family.

My mom has since worked for twenty plus years as a veterinarian technician and my dad works in the computer network service industry but also acts and directs as a serious hobby.

We have performed several times together, one specific time you may learn more about if you read further in this very questionnaire!
Siblings:I am the proud older brother of one sister, an amazing singer who is now working as a social worker at a shelter for women at risk.
Current audition song/monologue:"My Heart Will Go On." Next question.
Special skills: Portuguese, juggling, soccer, snowboarding
Something you're REALLY bad at: Questionnaires
First Broadway show you ever saw: I think I saw Urinetown and Take Me Out on the same day.
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? The original Death of a Salesman with Lee J. Cobb, Marlon Brando in Streetcar, the original Chorus Line at the Public, Bill Irwin and David Shiner's Fool Moon.
Current shows you have been recommending to friends: Peter and the Starcatcher.

Such a beautiful show that revels in the joy of telling a story as an ensemble. The entire cast is incredible and Christian Borle's performance is flat-out inspired.

Favorite showtunes of all time: So many to choose from, but I just did a reading of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and I have to say that I don't know of a better opening number than "Comedy Tonight!"

As far as other songs, I think it's hard to compete with the music from West Side Story.

Some favorite modern musicals: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Last Five Years
Some favorite classic musicals: The Music Man
Singin' in the Rain
West Side Story
Funny Thing...
Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Danny Kaye, Paul Newman
Your personal vocal idols: Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Billy Joel
The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: Closing night of Angels in America at Signature Theatre Company. I saw my good friends Bill Heck and Maggie Lacey get engaged at the curtain call... an amazing way to end an amazing evening of theatre.
Music that makes you cry, any genre: I am usually moved by songs that meant something special to me at a particular time in my life and bring back memories of a particular person or group.

Some of these include:

"Moonshadow," "Tea for the Tillerman": Cat Stevens
"Hide and Seek": Imogen Heap
"Both Sides Now": Joni Mitchell

MAC or PC? They're still making PCs?
Most played song on your iPod: A full album by this new band called "The Hollows" called "Belong to the Land." Old Crow Medicine Show meets Zepplin.
Most-visited websites: ESPN
New York Times
Playbill.com (duh)
Favorite Tweeters: Haven't taken that plunge yet.
Last book you read: "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins. Holy Cow. It's one of my new favorites.
Must-see TV show(s): Nerd alert! "Game of Thrones"
Last good movie you saw: "Midnight in Paris"
Some films you consider classics: "Shawshank Redemption"
"The Godfather"
"Chaplin's Modern Times"
Performer you would drop everything to go see: Bill Irwin
Pop culture guilty pleasure: Miley Cyrus' song "Party in the USA." Don't know why, but I am guilty as charged!
Favorite cities: San Francisco, CA, Salvador, Brazil and Queenstown, New Zealand
Favorite sport/team/player: My favorite sport to play is soccer. I've played since I was a kid and try and get a pick-up game in whenever I can in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

My favorite professional athletic team is the San Francisco Giants.

My favorite professional athlete is Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona.

First CD/Tape/LP you owned: Tape: Ace of Base!
CD: Green Day's "Dookie"
First stage kiss I was in a production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and I was the "lucky" high school freshman who got to kiss the junior captain of the cheerleading squad.

She was not only beautiful but definitely taller than me at the time. I think she had to bend down so that our lips could touch. Totally worth it though!

Favorite or most memorable onstage role as a child/teenager: My father and I performed in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird together when I was about 12. I played Jem Finch and my dad played Bob Ewell, the bad guy. I remember being surprised by how scary my dad could be as the bad guy, hopefully he passed a little on to me!
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