PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Shuler Hensley
By Ernio Hernandez
30 Oct 2007
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| Shuler Hensley |
Shuler Hensley — currently starring in Broadway's Young Frankenstein — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
| Full given name: | Shuler Paul Hensley |
| Hometown: | Marietta, GA |
| Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
| Audition song: | Anything Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| Special skills: | All sports, piano, "raindrop" sound effect |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Big River |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Opening night of Oklahoma! |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Curtains - love that Mr. Kander!! |
| Favorite show tune: | "Skin of Our Teeth" - from All About Us |
| MAC or PC? | MAC |
| Most played song on your iPod: | Norah Jones - "Sunrise" |
| Last book you read: | "Frog in the Kitchen Sink" (last night to my three-year old, Grayson) |
| Must-see TV show: | "24" & "SpongeBob" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Once" |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Tony Bennett & Aerosmith |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Page Six |
| First stage kiss: | Playing The Prince in Sleeping Beauty in kindergarten. Right on the lips. She opened her eyes and started to cry!! |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | Bagels and lox on Sunday before a matinee! |
| How you got your Equity card: | North Shore Music Theatre doing On The Town |
| Worst onstage mishap: | Having food poisoning while singing Don Giovanni. I could not leave the stage for 25 minutes!!! A true night in Hell!! |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | "Criminal Intent"- schizophrenic homeless man, "SVU"- a grief-stricken truck driver |
| Worst costume ever: | My Don Giovanni costume after the food poisoning!! |
| Favorite cereal: | Golden Grains |
| Who would play you in the movie? | A heavier Vince Vaughn |
| Favorite Mel Brooks movie (other than "Young Frankenstein"): | "Blazing Saddles" and "Twelve Chairs" - what a range this man has!!! He has a real future in this business!! |
