PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Aaron Lazar
By Ernio Hernandez
02 Sep 2008
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| Aaron Lazar |
Aaron Lazar — who co-stars in the new Broadway musical A Tale of Two Cities — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
| Full given name: | Aaron Scott Lazar |
| Hometown: | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| Zodiac sign: | On the cusp of Gemini/Cancer |
| Audition song: | Depends on who is doing the torturing on the other side of the table :) |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Annie I think…maybe The Secret Garden. I should ask my mom. |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Brando in Streetcar, Burgess Meredith in Liliom, George Hearn in Sweeney Todd. |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | August: Osage County |
| Favorite show tune: | So many! "Stranger in Paradise," "Younger Than Springtime," "Soliloquy," "Maria," "Private Conversation," "Bring Him Home," anything from The Light in the Piazza, I could go on and on and on…. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | Led Zeppelin "Ramble On" |
| Last blog you read: | my blog: www.simplybroadway.com |
| Must-see TV show: | "Generation Kill" on HBO |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Dark Knight" in IMAX! |
| Favorite board game: | On the rare occasion we play, Balderdash is totally fun. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Were they still with us/performing, Elvis, Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beatles. Now I dunno…maybe U2, Prince, John Mayer… |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "So You Think You Can Dance" (I am in awe of brilliant dancers/choreographers!) |
| First stage kiss: | 42nd Street, high school, sophomore year. I was Julian Marsh. Peggy Sawyer was a senior. It was "grand, grand, grand…"! So funny how you remember that stuff. |
| Favorite post-show meal: | Bowl of ice cream with some cookies crushed on top…sugar, sugar, salt, and more sugar. |
| How you got your Equity card: | Spent a summer during grad school at Pittsburgh CLO doing feature ensemble stuff. Soooo much fun! |
| Worst onstage mishap: | In the one time I went on for the Pimpernel in the nat'l tour, I nearly broke my neck in the pre-show guillotine rehearsal. I'll never forget 'Down, Back, Knock!' |
| Worst costume ever: | Broadway Phantom of the Opera Gollywog ties with my Papageno bird costume in college. |
| Favorite cereal: | (Guilty) Fruity Pebbles; (Healthy) Autumn Wheat. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Christian Bale or Hugh Jackman. |
| Worst job you ever had: | Cleaning up Equity actors' housing at a regional theater one summer while in the ensemble. Man, some Broadway stars are slobs! |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | The Light in the Piazza live on PBS was a night I'll never forget. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Chris in All My Sons, Terry in Side Show, Tony in West Side Story. |
