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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: David Pittu
By Ernio Hernandez
25 Nov 2008
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David Pittu
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David Pittu — who stars in the new Off-Broadway comedy What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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David Jonathan Pittu
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Hometown:
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Fairfield, CT
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Audition song:
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"Gigolo" by Cole Porter
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Special skills:
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Drawing, arranging/decorating rooms
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Annie, on a school field trip
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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All the original productions of the Prince/Sondheim shows from the 70s and anything with Gwen Verdon |
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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The 39 Steps
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Favorite show tune:
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Impossible to name just one: so many Sondheim masterpieces, including Gypsy and West Side Story, but several from A Chorus Line, especially "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen" and "At the Ballet"
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Rhapsody in Blue"
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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Pacific Overtures, Original Cast Recording
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Last book you read:
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"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
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Must-see TV show:
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"South Park," though "Maude" and "Mary Hartman" on DVD are pretty great
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Last good movie you saw:
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Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" was on TV the other night — had to watch it again
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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I love Jim Norton, the Spanish actor Sergi Lopez, I love Dame Edna, and I still won't miss a Meryl Streep movie (even "Mamma Mia!")
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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YouTube
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First stage kiss:
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As You Like it in high school
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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Salmon and Yerba Mate are great before a show — so good for your brain!
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How you got your Equity card:
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As an assistant stage manager/understudy for The Tenth Man at Lincoln Center
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Worst onstage mishap:
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This summer doing A Flea in Her Ear at Williamstown, I had to burst in, bang on a door and scream, "Open this door!" but when I came on, the door was already open, so I had to close it, then say the line — the audience roared.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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I've been on all of them, but a lot of people seem to remember the regular "L&O" where I play a gay father whose baby gets kidnapped by the birth mother
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Worst costume ever:
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The one time I was on "Sex & the City," the shirt and pants they put me in made me feel like a Club Monaco salesperson
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Cats or dogs?
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No, but a dog someday I hope
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Miley Cyrus
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Worst job you ever had:
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Mopping the stage after a play in which cream pies were thrown
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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A small recurring thing I did on "Rescue Me" playing a therapist
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Leading man role you've been dying to play:
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I've always wanted to play Napoleon
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