PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kate Baldwin
By Ernio Hernandez
06 Oct 2009
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| Kate Baldwin |
| Full given name: | Katherine Leigh Baldwin |
| Hometown: | Evanston, IL and Shorewood, WI (spent equal time in both) |
| Audition song: | "Somebody, Somewhere" from The Most Happy Fella |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Starlight Express |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Sweeney Todd with Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Hair |
| Favorite show tune: | "Will He Like Me?" from She Loves Me |
| Most played song on your iPod: | Embarrassingly, "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall and Oates. It fits my life right now, and it was in that great movie "(500) Days of Summer." |
| Web obsession: | Thereifixedit.com |
| Last book you read: | "Born Round" by Frank Bruni |
| Must-see TV show: | "How I Met Your Mother," "Dexter," "Lost," "Mad Men," "Top Chef," "The Daily Show," "30 Rock," "Fringe," "Damages," "Weeds," "Project Runway," "The Amazing Race," and yes, I still watch "Survivor." |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Bright Star" |
| Favorite board game: | Apples to Apples. It is ridiculous. I often win. |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Barbara Cook |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | Did you see my list of television shows? |
| How you got your Equity card: | Playing Lizzie in Baby at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. |
| Worst flubbed line: | During the Toronto dress rehearsal of White Christmas, a couple of us were swapping stories of line flubbage right before curtain. So I got out there with Shannon O'Bryan to sing "Sisters" and made the same "lyric rewrite" that I had just laughed about. I strongly believe in karma. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | "SVU." I was the sister of a girl who had disappeared four years earlier. I spent a lot of time blaming the police and court for not doing enough to find her. Then there was a twist! And then another twist!! The episode is called "Stranger." And it is. |
| Worst costume ever: | No one should have to wear orange "short-alls." |
| Favorite junk food: | Trader Joe's peanut butter filled pretzels. Covered in chocolate. Stop. Now. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | These days: Ann-Margret |
| Worst job you ever had: | Data entry for an investment firm. Sorry, Dad. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | I shot a commercial for three days in Venice with my pal Darren Ritchie. We played tourists who were battling colds and the rainy season. We had to speak Italian. Very quickly. |
| Leading lady role you've been dying to play: | Dot in Sunday in the Park with George. |
| What is your personal pot of gold? | My husband, Graham Rowat. He is Superman. |







